tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26843356480318644422024-03-16T13:52:48.481-05:00No. 2 PencilsJacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-26989845381812670922022-02-24T22:38:00.007-06:002022-02-24T22:38:53.074-06:00Neurographic Art<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieecx3BFdUpwyXNanJg3tcLqnWxVuaT5yG2NJM0u0LH_zqPGqODBXKLwrt_gTcwGMhtHsw8PSLl2cz8AY4O1JKkjCJkwugHcqpPRihFkWPOs2Z8b3ixwvTl88GXqo3z0bUjM2_qahKSQFJPgupd9lWSouJnvL61trAF7FAaZZtnJs8FrCME1S6LpXdCg=s981" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="981" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieecx3BFdUpwyXNanJg3tcLqnWxVuaT5yG2NJM0u0LH_zqPGqODBXKLwrt_gTcwGMhtHsw8PSLl2cz8AY4O1JKkjCJkwugHcqpPRihFkWPOs2Z8b3ixwvTl88GXqo3z0bUjM2_qahKSQFJPgupd9lWSouJnvL61trAF7FAaZZtnJs8FrCME1S6LpXdCg=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have been restructuring our study hall to be more of an advisory time for students. On Thursdays, we do Tutorial Time and teachers offer different sessions for academics and wellness. Students sign up on Monday based on the list of session descriptions and this session "sold out" fast this week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXmJoQ7oMfAvVoh3K1fttcpktoXb_HkqKqtIwuluXytPLMhxaAvoFVp0pcva3XB4UC0Q6-eGSjB0HuwCWWsuFPK2zB_OwcMJwSrskft4TewYOQPjdafy5Q9uWT2ShxH_0QeScaLhRR0EiqSm6L2_99IkRE0UjWUV_zxicwwfEZ7b6E287N9WCSY0oKig=s981" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="981" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXmJoQ7oMfAvVoh3K1fttcpktoXb_HkqKqtIwuluXytPLMhxaAvoFVp0pcva3XB4UC0Q6-eGSjB0HuwCWWsuFPK2zB_OwcMJwSrskft4TewYOQPjdafy5Q9uWT2ShxH_0QeScaLhRR0EiqSm6L2_99IkRE0UjWUV_zxicwwfEZ7b6E287N9WCSY0oKig=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Neurographic art is a process that comes from psychology and is super science-y! Neurons engage and your worries go away! This was a great way for students to have a few minutes of down time to release some stress and worry. I did a video tutorial that is linked at the bottom and the steps are below if you would rather read. I hope you can find time to take a few minutes and just relax and create some Neurographic art.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF6fYkHIzPWVu37kaB1ZYqZsrpetzgkjsl7ddshUrawrRceyaJh1hNR2UoEm5XMqBCQ3G3hkR10da2LD7weemP6QvhbJy7ZPinXp7aDLyfrd4lo7GhTIrnFcYatYk2h_6gr6NBm4jPF5fu2xaqIeFRQGLTXy959YjEEowpEz0WybrX1cA7PZC2sArjLA=s981" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="981" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF6fYkHIzPWVu37kaB1ZYqZsrpetzgkjsl7ddshUrawrRceyaJh1hNR2UoEm5XMqBCQ3G3hkR10da2LD7weemP6QvhbJy7ZPinXp7aDLyfrd4lo7GhTIrnFcYatYk2h_6gr6NBm4jPF5fu2xaqIeFRQGLTXy959YjEEowpEz0WybrX1cA7PZC2sArjLA=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SUPPLIES: Sharpies, pencil, tape, cardstock, and relaxing music are all that you need for this art project. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqlh_L60v-L1Xh-609_1dlH6RdQ2K2uPmMJDF4LCBWrrSWSBpXqMs7g-tbr_hsa8DoSJzpCTdDnYk2-KHc4T1UCEj8by-zZOKzXXqh-8KQzw5vHc6KqCiHKehN5Lx0-y8H0L_nGFMDqq3FG5dVExMxeepgXtGj-fpV04FY46gfQ0DM5ajsACMkdu5XZA=s981" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="981" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqlh_L60v-L1Xh-609_1dlH6RdQ2K2uPmMJDF4LCBWrrSWSBpXqMs7g-tbr_hsa8DoSJzpCTdDnYk2-KHc4T1UCEj8by-zZOKzXXqh-8KQzw5vHc6KqCiHKehN5Lx0-y8H0L_nGFMDqq3FG5dVExMxeepgXtGj-fpV04FY46gfQ0DM5ajsACMkdu5XZA=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first thing you will do is write down a worry or challenge that has been on your mind. Write this in pencil on one side of the paper and then flip it over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-OfuNMvVzsh0iq6kCi08lES9vJKKav3PUhkseGROP5SSoYDZNSVXNccKrtcAvI0aF7MiQEge7W08QW1H-yrDslLNFY6udE4wjOL5KQkTRq8Jspo6WMwa4tvsTht4gYffW9nlewhK24BLtw6ZzjsYmC1fUPp9Ya6g3kUCmExQd8InmXzC09IzfU5jyAg=s981" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="981" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-OfuNMvVzsh0iq6kCi08lES9vJKKav3PUhkseGROP5SSoYDZNSVXNccKrtcAvI0aF7MiQEge7W08QW1H-yrDslLNFY6udE4wjOL5KQkTRq8Jspo6WMwa4tvsTht4gYffW9nlewhK24BLtw6ZzjsYmC1fUPp9Ya6g3kUCmExQd8InmXzC09IzfU5jyAg=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next step is to tape your paper down on all four sides. This step is optional but will help you stay in control as you draw and it leaves a cool border on your art when you are finished! You could tape it down to a bigger piece of paper or cardboard or just down to the table. If you plan to use watercolor paint, I would recommend using the tape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7j7i7sSNuB9fBhKWA1w_GASlSKa89UiPQeMPOVa77WQfH1FQXeuK-GUCk-8LkX6QBGZ5blK-fdPqpECUV3TkJyr2lAFDMb3eHgEX9jUB2G48NwJ9h5mQxHefDBeDvzXuFf70Rz27F7_3O_g__hxw8uMaghZp8RD7e2sjiJ4tJKJM7RPwcsoAQaDJ0DQ=s982" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="982" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7j7i7sSNuB9fBhKWA1w_GASlSKa89UiPQeMPOVa77WQfH1FQXeuK-GUCk-8LkX6QBGZ5blK-fdPqpECUV3TkJyr2lAFDMb3eHgEX9jUB2G48NwJ9h5mQxHefDBeDvzXuFf70Rz27F7_3O_g__hxw8uMaghZp8RD7e2sjiJ4tJKJM7RPwcsoAQaDJ0DQ=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once you have taped your paper down, grab your sharpie and get ready to draw. You are going to just draw freely, squiggles, lines, curves, whatever feels good to you as you think about your worry that you wrote on the back. Draw freely for several seconds making sure to extend all the way to the edge. You can also take your tape and trace circles or use other objects to create shapes on your drawing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfH9kGH2453SbjMypj43DO7ie81Ws2ehMg4dAk_BYepbrjUY4P6ALSrqfmYcuVrVeAq6_jFJFJVBr1HrB7P0GyqQXyoijq81NPSYSoHV-mvaAIYDfAjOy21Cr-Ic5il6r4z6z9MZAOb1uBSsnDWHAjP1iUOkK67EduHhLjKweL0eRzBX3cxzyLiAaTwA=s982" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="982" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfH9kGH2453SbjMypj43DO7ie81Ws2ehMg4dAk_BYepbrjUY4P6ALSrqfmYcuVrVeAq6_jFJFJVBr1HrB7P0GyqQXyoijq81NPSYSoHV-mvaAIYDfAjOy21Cr-Ic5il6r4z6z9MZAOb1uBSsnDWHAjP1iUOkK67EduHhLjKweL0eRzBX3cxzyLiAaTwA=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The transformation is next and this is where you "curve out" all the sharp corners. You will want to round out any intersections of lines or places that seem sharp. This curving out is where your worry becomes something positive! Just relax and continue to curve and round!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpDbkMruJkeQs2R5mVI5X9cTISLmeFmFLiySZfJ-Pg2U13xEuTchja1rijaIFAOYJN9Nkb8xO4fp42ZKHennJhhHIECw57QUWX-0C9hYIEus2qcFnxGXaqWWrLhfzQzXCem_6iodOKI79xAoM1z4pZthEyIHIErd2ayV8i84rxt8r_RaVlZIjEwvBqHA=s981" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="981" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpDbkMruJkeQs2R5mVI5X9cTISLmeFmFLiySZfJ-Pg2U13xEuTchja1rijaIFAOYJN9Nkb8xO4fp42ZKHennJhhHIECw57QUWX-0C9hYIEus2qcFnxGXaqWWrLhfzQzXCem_6iodOKI79xAoM1z4pZthEyIHIErd2ayV8i84rxt8r_RaVlZIjEwvBqHA=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At this point you should be relaxed and listening to your music and in the zone of curving out your sharp lines. Your worry or stress is turning into something positive!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRM6d9KqX_Pqzr84HHQ85DPKbT9uZEvCaHbgDMkue5yAKi3O9g2PxA8NY0qcrpN877g1ZLWZoOyn8zI65Olsc-1WMKsWYWeCjTEID7MDExQ-xX4hYn2s42dhrr5ZvWcojzsSZBxB-E4OxPkOygrhW-vhO0Ag-0uX4mIjiJTWFaOSSwylHHgO1E5Q9MxQ=s982" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="982" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRM6d9KqX_Pqzr84HHQ85DPKbT9uZEvCaHbgDMkue5yAKi3O9g2PxA8NY0qcrpN877g1ZLWZoOyn8zI65Olsc-1WMKsWYWeCjTEID7MDExQ-xX4hYn2s42dhrr5ZvWcojzsSZBxB-E4OxPkOygrhW-vhO0Ag-0uX4mIjiJTWFaOSSwylHHgO1E5Q9MxQ=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can leave your neurographic art just like it is or you can color it! You could use anything from markers or colored pencils to watercolor. You could do patterns or gradients. So many choices! I found this to be super relaxing and helped really put me in a great headspace. I hope it can do the same for you! The video tutorial is below!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">FILES FOR YOU!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k2mtEMmY-uvjKcLoHgryJ4kff28np0rDa5ni2x9XZS4/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Slidedeck to copy for student instructions</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="408" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u1_jdKEq1bo" width="579" youtube-src-id="u1_jdKEq1bo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /> </div><br /><p></p>Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-68877232975131262782021-10-18T20:00:00.001-05:002021-10-18T20:51:32.983-05:00A Book Tasting for High School<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyA1s7tbJRVUUAkyf5X6BF-wdrOwnTLfAjJoTGZnYmWummE0k3nHWqanOjnA-8-8hBToBc888dvljr4iwccWQVxZZOHiVnV-IHipH7vF013HO1k2SUZ-VSvS-Ncclb798mCeeEG4oTQw28/s2048/IMG_2697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyA1s7tbJRVUUAkyf5X6BF-wdrOwnTLfAjJoTGZnYmWummE0k3nHWqanOjnA-8-8hBToBc888dvljr4iwccWQVxZZOHiVnV-IHipH7vF013HO1k2SUZ-VSvS-Ncclb798mCeeEG4oTQw28/w640-h480/IMG_2697.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Book Tastings! I was seeing more and more teachers use them as a way to connect students with books they may love. I knew I wanted our students to be a part of an exciting event like this so the planning began. There was nothing out there for high school students! Since I love bringing the excitement of elementary school to high school, I knew I had to adapt. I wanted our students to experience the joy and love of reading for only that purpose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">WHAT IS A BOOK TASTING?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A stack of books, a menu of the titles, and a little cafe theme to set the mood. Students simply move around to each table and sample books from each that they may be interested in reading. They can look at the covers and read the book jacket or few pages out of the book. It is meant to help them find a new book to read or a new genre to explore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZWGNFczqvbQEX4DYDCHHqndq_Te7qt8wACI68MKZHymkI8C8nbq_XhXItkdnNR8cFNWO6qmkt7wZTW9Gb8Q1Usi_-xqWyR_YhBCI-_4SMQNWitcLLK3ByLfAnq4sN3rqeEsIoQ9ZpVVm/s2048/IMG_2754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZWGNFczqvbQEX4DYDCHHqndq_Te7qt8wACI68MKZHymkI8C8nbq_XhXItkdnNR8cFNWO6qmkt7wZTW9Gb8Q1Usi_-xqWyR_YhBCI-_4SMQNWitcLLK3ByLfAnq4sN3rqeEsIoQ9ZpVVm/w640-h480/IMG_2754.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PLANNING</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started by reading lots of young adult blogs and top 20 lists to get my own list going of books to offer at the book tasting. I partnered with my librarian and she had EVERY book on my list. She is the best at knowing what students will like! The next thing to think about is how to group the books. A lot of book tastings I saw were done by genre. I wanted something a little less structured, so I grouped them by themes. I called them "Today's Specials" and tried to have catchy titles for each!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzdQ79WwvIdfwthT2ynnwvIZktWKt9LgxcJMTOwYD7RkGJZU7nthWJC2M9wOY8zVE1Eqar4Vq7kGXvO5FuRLnGONM-8EUqDUaJI7xBuqxbhJdNSLFicrdf056rxFdgjsmvGSqShLWxmkT/s612/Screen+Shot+2021-10-18+at+8.12.08+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="532" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzdQ79WwvIdfwthT2ynnwvIZktWKt9LgxcJMTOwYD7RkGJZU7nthWJC2M9wOY8zVE1Eqar4Vq7kGXvO5FuRLnGONM-8EUqDUaJI7xBuqxbhJdNSLFicrdf056rxFdgjsmvGSqShLWxmkT/w556-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-10-18+at+8.12.08+PM.png" width="556" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also wanted to transform the classroom into a little bistro so I ordered some twinkle lights, checkered tablecloths, tea lights, chef hats and aprons, and plastic silver trays. Dollar Tree never disappoints with silk flowers, vases, and ribbon to make centerpieces. I found a YouTube French bistro playlist that had the perfect cover photo and instrumental music. The teachers and I went all in with creating the Book Bistro feel!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHD8lfACWR2j79buZRP9MNV9pu9Un9U8ClfIPsJJbPGEm7sbY313GLO9JAqgv5kG8hX9o6raSpwFxjc0hgtwSMkoIh9IWDzpXxl5c_TRcPS-mqfBhzrc05IxixJTu0ZzDuvW8PO89tjksj/s2048/IMG_2701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHD8lfACWR2j79buZRP9MNV9pu9Un9U8ClfIPsJJbPGEm7sbY313GLO9JAqgv5kG8hX9o6raSpwFxjc0hgtwSMkoIh9IWDzpXxl5c_TRcPS-mqfBhzrc05IxixJTu0ZzDuvW8PO89tjksj/w480-h640/IMG_2701.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BOOK TASTING DAY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I created a slide deck with all of the books that were being offered for the tasting. Each theme was a "special" and had books that went with that theme. I tried to keep it high interest and relevant for them. The slide deck included a book trailer or review for every book. I also linked to some of the blogs, Instagrammers, and YouTubers that I found so helpful for them to explore more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSAAJ9St9nka8lbVguLX6j_D20alWUq9KNqrljdYUCb-GY6wpSPr-7yXuqXDGyt3OMwRObRQytvJfEM30bLnEoSJAS9eoAOkhffV721EgFMBu4s9J7e4Fua8k5TdGyA484IEUJWnQ6uoV/s620/Screen+Shot+2021-10-18+at+8.23.49+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="592" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSAAJ9St9nka8lbVguLX6j_D20alWUq9KNqrljdYUCb-GY6wpSPr-7yXuqXDGyt3OMwRObRQytvJfEM30bLnEoSJAS9eoAOkhffV721EgFMBu4s9J7e4Fua8k5TdGyA484IEUJWnQ6uoV/w612-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-10-18+at+8.23.49+PM.png" width="612" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOciVCtQH0hNSSlvi3YBzQfzXZ6hrQhhDuB65Qa2o1AfKEwYY9mfSQ_8ZC6cCh_Dv_HDyKHeeNhB_TxaXLiQVrJ3pU_X6oHtytDWAWWZQ5nM2snTEPrdnmL1yHMmBgmHebbzyjV_oNoA8/s2048/IMG_2770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOciVCtQH0hNSSlvi3YBzQfzXZ6hrQhhDuB65Qa2o1AfKEwYY9mfSQ_8ZC6cCh_Dv_HDyKHeeNhB_TxaXLiQVrJ3pU_X6oHtytDWAWWZQ5nM2snTEPrdnmL1yHMmBgmHebbzyjV_oNoA8/w640-h480/IMG_2770.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Books were stacked on the silver trays with "menus" and they gave Yelp reviews for each book. At each table, I also put a flip menu with each book's summary so they could read that as well. I included all these different access points to books so they could have it after the book tasting to look back on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnfaNSPBM12Jh-sq01SxNgEm_D7E9hEHBTPbnQDvdCVt04Nuo7yYzNXxLcusYHpYri_F22aybXT8bFjc1GAPMcjepMIq-zrZfIFlkrjIkHGYj0LGuFXGyGRG-IDaLcDTPQyML0geuaRjD/s2048/IMG_2716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnfaNSPBM12Jh-sq01SxNgEm_D7E9hEHBTPbnQDvdCVt04Nuo7yYzNXxLcusYHpYri_F22aybXT8bFjc1GAPMcjepMIq-zrZfIFlkrjIkHGYj0LGuFXGyGRG-IDaLcDTPQyML0geuaRjD/w640-h480/IMG_2716.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was able to do the book tasting with a teacher from every grade level, 9th grade to 12th grade, and can say they were all excited when they walked in and saw the room! The loved finding new books, seeing that Netflix shows they watch were actually books first, and finding other books by authors they knew. It was amazing to see these big kids having so much fun with an elementary idea! I even got a $5 tip! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVyObQALJA3vDTl0LVs0b1XIkS-uf-8a5R_rT2G4kJUnUKYrBB6fnGCb30yyof_qF4tYYrMfGVyp8sXFNmwQqQH2LNaRDZg61WlxINf2V2f4ZJ8exCVLTkXuDlUOFgYnJVrWCoj64KH47/s2048/IMG_2723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVyObQALJA3vDTl0LVs0b1XIkS-uf-8a5R_rT2G4kJUnUKYrBB6fnGCb30yyof_qF4tYYrMfGVyp8sXFNmwQqQH2LNaRDZg61WlxINf2V2f4ZJ8exCVLTkXuDlUOFgYnJVrWCoj64KH47/w480-h640/IMG_2723.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you try this in your classroom or with your library media specialist. If you do, please feel free to make a copy of the files below to help get you started!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WgIlk0jhFo7X_IuF15X1IxojHcz7xKEZa7lKxrLJhX8/edit?usp=sharing">Book Tasting Slides</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w3iuS6RlhwB8xQ9RTLJEppxLNvww7nwA/view?usp=sharing">Book Tasting Menu Handout</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D1mj9k_n6fRAL8U6-Z0P2BvkTdBHurUF/view?usp=sharing">Book Tasting Flip Menu </a></div><br /><p></p>Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-28764115380546622482021-09-09T21:17:00.001-05:002021-09-09T21:17:52.039-05:00PowerPoint Like a Boss<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7G2LsbQwKP-JnwTGdr4iVO_IDXfQDIHzk8WnriIkg6u2w9w3lrWdm_Jp7AhJoMZlNUnL9ZsLuH7a0QXtweSRz6OernFCZHBWVyyIjZkHyVw0n7caNpbc0VQ1opIoI1miS5-IbDKsvRbu/s724/Screen+Shot+2021-09-07+at+8.49.49+PM.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="724" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7G2LsbQwKP-JnwTGdr4iVO_IDXfQDIHzk8WnriIkg6u2w9w3lrWdm_Jp7AhJoMZlNUnL9ZsLuH7a0QXtweSRz6OernFCZHBWVyyIjZkHyVw0n7caNpbc0VQ1opIoI1miS5-IbDKsvRbu/w640-h472/Screen+Shot+2021-09-07+at+8.49.49+PM.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I use PowerPoint for EVERYTHING! I get asked all the time how I make different forms or slides or handouts and my answer is always POWERPOINT! I even did a professional development session on it and included how to get some great fonts. I received a lot of great feedback from that! I decided to make a short tutorial on my favorite tricks and tips that will make text standout and your backgrounds pop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIcxAdoXLHa86f9pPS66pTvc8Kbhsf-yZTK844i-22TJjAF6We6RWNfUArq_TY4dkRH1uitmZVcegQ6DY5f0y1Nu_U2AAq6UgydgrUElwer6f6v2XSeDRSGASV-tf4Cx3kGXJTlturBrD/s1433/Screen+Shot+2021-09-07+at+8.12.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1433" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIcxAdoXLHa86f9pPS66pTvc8Kbhsf-yZTK844i-22TJjAF6We6RWNfUArq_TY4dkRH1uitmZVcegQ6DY5f0y1Nu_U2AAq6UgydgrUElwer6f6v2XSeDRSGASV-tf4Cx3kGXJTlturBrD/w640-h368/Screen+Shot+2021-09-07+at+8.12.17+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I treat my first slide like a mood board. I collect images from Pinterest, Instagram, Google, old PowerPoints, any wallpaper or backgrounds that inspire me and put them on the first slide. This is the beginning of my process and let's me get an overall feel of what I want it to look like. That is why I call it my mood board!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGLMU88yvWFnfWGFFUxeCaa1jXRew3gXfQ_EMDGiedIavzyhfV7pjBpFK7lcjj62o5Jxa1SHmAY2BvMzQvcApeXJSHEEAO3qR71EsNyJbv0zjdyKO1LllaXzYj1OwgDuYlXaarJuxnXpR/s1301/Screen+Shot+2021-09-07+at+9.37.25+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1301" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGLMU88yvWFnfWGFFUxeCaa1jXRew3gXfQ_EMDGiedIavzyhfV7pjBpFK7lcjj62o5Jxa1SHmAY2BvMzQvcApeXJSHEEAO3qR71EsNyJbv0zjdyKO1LllaXzYj1OwgDuYlXaarJuxnXpR/w640-h392/Screen+Shot+2021-09-07+at+9.37.25+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have talked about color palettes before but I cannot stress enough how much inspiration can be gained from a good one! If you haven't discovered the website <a href="https://coolors.co" target="_blank">Coolors</a> then stop reading now and go PLAY! It is the most fun and most time you will spend finding the perfect color palette! The tutorial shows some tips for using it. Another way to get a good color palette is a google image search with words like "bright color palette, warm color palette, pinks color palette." Once you have your palette, put it on the sides of your "paper" in your powerpoint and use it for all your text and shapes. I also show you how to use the eyedropper with this in the tutorial!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66YxHOZ2GIWQ9IhMsTr1Eo4EXxRkvCIYdXj4d6hJjpVciDkr08cda29fznqtGldTjUpOwVBqlh0D5VS6k3LiCyd-ccrTnBukTUmKt69pZVcnAnbog9NmY1iKNj4OElTcjICGCjccOibOV/s1439/Screen+Shot+2021-09-09+at+8.42.40+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1439" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66YxHOZ2GIWQ9IhMsTr1Eo4EXxRkvCIYdXj4d6hJjpVciDkr08cda29fznqtGldTjUpOwVBqlh0D5VS6k3LiCyd-ccrTnBukTUmKt69pZVcnAnbog9NmY1iKNj4OElTcjICGCjccOibOV/w640-h362/Screen+Shot+2021-09-09+at+8.42.40+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another website that will add SO much to your PowerPoints and slides is <a href="http://remove.bg">remove.bg</a>! This website lets you drop an image in and it removes the background for you in seconds. This makes adding your images to a background so easy and really makes them stand out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2nUDMRYKUSYI1epPj78-NKYccMaAYcYrJejUw1reuV0aZRR9nMYT6PP81Xv41IlHJzIm-PGiIVLxsT9Cy_xIVQ6xKBuzyNAEaQWmaVcHK5iGtQvoPPuGfcFRfEFQOlYWHD05xS-_Ogye/s1439/Screen+Shot+2021-09-09+at+8.42.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1439" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2nUDMRYKUSYI1epPj78-NKYccMaAYcYrJejUw1reuV0aZRR9nMYT6PP81Xv41IlHJzIm-PGiIVLxsT9Cy_xIVQ6xKBuzyNAEaQWmaVcHK5iGtQvoPPuGfcFRfEFQOlYWHD05xS-_Ogye/w640-h366/Screen+Shot+2021-09-09+at+8.42.11+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Other little tricks you will find in the tutorial are how to use the eyedropper to get the exact color you want for text and shapes and how adding an outline to your letters will make them standout. I also show you how to make an image go from a white background to clear with a couple of clicks! I hope the tutorial inspires you and makes you want to PowerPoint Like a Boss!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="408" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lvy3njF146w" width="491" youtube-src-id="Lvy3njF146w"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">FILES INCLUDED</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R5MuFO_rVSBu1bcemAn6fFablhqk866H/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103241846290203111934&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">PowerPoint Used in Tutorial</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">CREDIT</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Instagram Wallpapers: @shop.callie.danielle and @aperfectblendteaching</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fonts: AG, APL, PB, KG, dafont</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-20291649961234820812021-05-07T19:00:00.001-05:002021-05-10T11:04:33.766-05:00Math Play Date Professional Learning<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHyEBu7mkdni2xoX72zjFFyZoOf4c4vrQvPlyADEAeFqgVovCrW3Krkm70ygk5M38F1FYsHV1oba2kBNezjr5LUbUPdOYKM_CO2FqpYUsWFGhYYdjGp3q8p-hhFN843HRayegsf9xGtil/s907/Screen+Shot+2021-04-21+at+10.13.48+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="907" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHyEBu7mkdni2xoX72zjFFyZoOf4c4vrQvPlyADEAeFqgVovCrW3Krkm70ygk5M38F1FYsHV1oba2kBNezjr5LUbUPdOYKM_CO2FqpYUsWFGhYYdjGp3q8p-hhFN843HRayegsf9xGtil/w400-h341/Screen+Shot+2021-04-21+at+10.13.48+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the first things I was tasked with at my new school was planning a whole day of professional learning for the entire math department. My passion is to make math super fun in all the classrooms so I knew I had to make the professional learning fun for my teachers. Every good thing has a theme so that's where I started! I made lists of activities and games and EDTech that I had loved doing in my classroom. I then sorted the list into categories and from there the theme just popped off the page! A MATH PLAY DATE! What math nerd would not want to spend the day "playing" with math?! It was perfect!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWpGSruw786QQPVNYvQMVgt_AC6eREgDQAbz800xzUJK5JQ6HrDB8nj2RCXoT6T8I7gVCVEIui05XE0chmjOIQwL6wEN4WvtcLYPisNfmx8Rc41Ck09K4IV1t1I13W-85oPEZ2enECE4H/s699/Screen+Shot+2021-04-21+at+10.34.42+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="507" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWpGSruw786QQPVNYvQMVgt_AC6eREgDQAbz800xzUJK5JQ6HrDB8nj2RCXoT6T8I7gVCVEIui05XE0chmjOIQwL6wEN4WvtcLYPisNfmx8Rc41Ck09K4IV1t1I13W-85oPEZ2enECE4H/w290-h400/Screen+Shot+2021-04-21+at+10.34.42+PM.png" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once I started working on the agenda, I was able to group our Play Date into five categories. The hardest part was scaling down the number of activities and choosing which ones to keep because I had way too many! I tried to be intentional with the activities I chose so that they could be adapted for any math course. I wanted the activities to spark ideas for ways they could use it for their course. I created this placemat to be used with sticky notes to jot their ideas down for each section of the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwugK4cAPgFV521QoEkOoANA0vAoFj43coSp_GM-EvGQN9Edd7RgQSbgBm1rLGi8VQKE_tJMQUbWY-g4IKRsmTP_iUqHBogIuYKuwJ9K_zpHRttVBpT3PWAlOBpt2lao5qlEZAzuujpL6/s2048/IMG_3078.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwugK4cAPgFV521QoEkOoANA0vAoFj43coSp_GM-EvGQN9Edd7RgQSbgBm1rLGi8VQKE_tJMQUbWY-g4IKRsmTP_iUqHBogIuYKuwJ9K_zpHRttVBpT3PWAlOBpt2lao5qlEZAzuujpL6/w400-h300/IMG_3078.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A proper play date would also need decorations to make it feel whimsical! I thought about doing a balloon arch, but thought that was too extra even for me! Plus I needed all the space to set up the activities. So I just went with table centerpieces and the math activities all setup made it complete. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVCzXuoIANFkDr_AuL8lnlABcW5g47r9wvUY-ryYQ5jpik3RaoK-JnliZDwsYh1yA8DRePA-SED5JbWZ1znNNxsrSvYjOn-mJu_NUQM0fjfBn998wYYi9IxtSg5oRwRmzVehaLBoBTh_r/s2048/IMG_3053.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVCzXuoIANFkDr_AuL8lnlABcW5g47r9wvUY-ryYQ5jpik3RaoK-JnliZDwsYh1yA8DRePA-SED5JbWZ1znNNxsrSvYjOn-mJu_NUQM0fjfBn998wYYi9IxtSg5oRwRmzVehaLBoBTh_r/w400-h300/IMG_3053.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxxGRTdBxoQ-r8i9j5wQB6-8jGwqP9E2L2DC2V5taYmY8WRr-rVfzGU2zH3lWWSiF7fYA2nAYL53Ex0NW5rQ45m1cnWOQwYvZesHcm4-DT3bWu10ZTAZLkUsTmjXHihACvhofQKFj4Q6k/s2048/IMG_3047.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxxGRTdBxoQ-r8i9j5wQB6-8jGwqP9E2L2DC2V5taYmY8WRr-rVfzGU2zH3lWWSiF7fYA2nAYL53Ex0NW5rQ45m1cnWOQwYvZesHcm4-DT3bWu10ZTAZLkUsTmjXHihACvhofQKFj4Q6k/w400-h300/IMG_3047.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted the materials and handouts they would use during the PD to feel like an interactive notebook so they could experience the amazing-ness of them! I created a faux notebook with tabs for each section of the agenda and play date. This way they could at least see how one worked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKoSYvxish7Uh-ivxqtrrzaH6DuAUL4EoyHL83bsDV005hSZ3JRx8kKkP6cc5yT3vyP2IujwSMfKEyy3CcmKQX1DmZTAa6T8mIItJQ47FIZDQoEhEUARV2yQBfDh9nrhwgK4it8JydX7e/s2048/IMG_3117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="2048" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKoSYvxish7Uh-ivxqtrrzaH6DuAUL4EoyHL83bsDV005hSZ3JRx8kKkP6cc5yT3vyP2IujwSMfKEyy3CcmKQX1DmZTAa6T8mIItJQ47FIZDQoEhEUARV2yQBfDh9nrhwgK4it8JydX7e/w400-h336/IMG_3117.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_zGRICSXgQYYRRHEyTGVuqnSlP1UNNRsbpuld5nM20SYkeiFpapZjtV80rz3SnrN1P4hVzoOoRsOdIQwieh758DTzDaXuMVZmNn2wSucQrLdGga-BJwrt7Qy-arbGFp8IOdDeBcD8ptE/s2048/IMG_3079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_zGRICSXgQYYRRHEyTGVuqnSlP1UNNRsbpuld5nM20SYkeiFpapZjtV80rz3SnrN1P4hVzoOoRsOdIQwieh758DTzDaXuMVZmNn2wSucQrLdGga-BJwrt7Qy-arbGFp8IOdDeBcD8ptE/w400-h300/IMG_3079.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">MOVE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Movement in a classroom is so important! Classrooms that incorporate movement have increased engagement and discourse. It is said that students need to move every 20 minutes. Even if you just have students stand to talk, they are moving! You can be simple or get creative with the movement in your classroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AUc5D1HQA2uhoM_3sIKKlUQn5dt74lBipfcDzqrYBm1zt3mJYTKZMTuNUWD0BB1ajnM7qwCFX58Ev6k21Ha_TOjMzgB18HXHuMfVRN0vr9T2VA5nZ_YX0Em_cBx-mh0Al7toI_hh5oxM/s2048/IMG_3065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AUc5D1HQA2uhoM_3sIKKlUQn5dt74lBipfcDzqrYBm1zt3mJYTKZMTuNUWD0BB1ajnM7qwCFX58Ev6k21Ha_TOjMzgB18HXHuMfVRN0vr9T2VA5nZ_YX0Em_cBx-mh0Al7toI_hh5oxM/w400-h300/IMG_3065.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dance Dance Transversal is one of my all time faves! You can read more about how this looks and get my files <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2016/12/dance-dance-transversal.html">here</a>. I highly recommend you try this out! Another great moving activity is life-size Twister. Twister works great with vocabulary but could be used for anything. Add it to your review activities! Look at how much fun these math teachers are having at their play date!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm5iWi6ZjdfeEeGFgsb73Gry_XYQ3TokV6522Zc0vsu36o992eXKrihWnCSqFR7zZ4T1eGulQsbHm0I0nisu4R5XPG8f_FNpAS7bestzqOeZJ5mPsqRlalO01QZexBTHoGl-XQt2ntlBj/s2048/IMG_3070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm5iWi6ZjdfeEeGFgsb73Gry_XYQ3TokV6522Zc0vsu36o992eXKrihWnCSqFR7zZ4T1eGulQsbHm0I0nisu4R5XPG8f_FNpAS7bestzqOeZJ5mPsqRlalO01QZexBTHoGl-XQt2ntlBj/w400-h300/IMG_3070.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">MODEL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Math modeling is one of the things I added to my math classroom that really impacted student learning. Modeling is just having students experience as much of the actual process as possible and only jumping in when needed. Give them a general problem like, "<a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2018/03/rc-car-lab-for-slope.html" target="_blank">How fast does this RC Car go</a>?"or "<a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2018/03/cup-stacking-for-slope-intercept.html" target="_blank">How many cups would have to stack to equal Mrs. Richardson's height</a>?" Let the students guess the right answer first. Ask them to speculate what information they need to figure it out. Have them draw a sketch and organize the information matters most. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_qwFXrs_rzdx_8l97hNafasFAodaMYxCkl3SjyWgBMxqaDVEvv5CKNXua9tUpsNHGEQIf4tiB2Y0LgQkIAYcowGSnAgDWsbtbYZ-y5SK6xBRCO0WePBHqq9YoxN7DL4h6W8GQAJkNUQ7/s2048/IMG_3077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_qwFXrs_rzdx_8l97hNafasFAodaMYxCkl3SjyWgBMxqaDVEvv5CKNXua9tUpsNHGEQIf4tiB2Y0LgQkIAYcowGSnAgDWsbtbYZ-y5SK6xBRCO0WePBHqq9YoxN7DL4h6W8GQAJkNUQ7/w400-h300/IMG_3077.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EwlHmY7W0ylNeZjRww_0lIB5K9UulbCi0iBSY3AxZz_U9TO0lFmMt76BNQ5OHlaQwFAbooeOohPhcUTW1rIXVOeBikN_nttIA6DCNtSwt9BZWjgJ_At0PYLwRZ9u6dNRoWriSt_CHk79/s2048/IMG_3082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EwlHmY7W0ylNeZjRww_0lIB5K9UulbCi0iBSY3AxZz_U9TO0lFmMt76BNQ5OHlaQwFAbooeOohPhcUTW1rIXVOeBikN_nttIA6DCNtSwt9BZWjgJ_At0PYLwRZ9u6dNRoWriSt_CHk79/w400-h300/IMG_3082.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">GAMES</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Math games keep the excitement level up! I once had a student tell me that her older brother said all they ever did in my class was play games. And I am totally okay with that! Here are a couple that can be used with any content with little prep for days when you just need a break in the action. <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2018/12/function-auction.html" target="_blank">Function Auction</a> is one of my all time faves! You can read about it here. <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2021/04/zap-best-review-game-ever.html" target="_blank">ZAP!</a> is the greatest review game of all time and I tell you why here! Basing playing cards on real card games like <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2019/06/combine-like-terms-uno-card-game.html">UNO</a> and Go Fish are always a big hit too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4fO0hBunv9t-8vjRapj1wfArNeGVZMdWmljgPaVo9uBEIHiEm5dci6dmToKM0miHyMz087gctBslXhVmf85c_36QX3JUCey_JHmUwP_u-WNMIXoxHa-evWwLDKc32aKD3VQ2ZToC8tTR/s2048/IMG_3089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4fO0hBunv9t-8vjRapj1wfArNeGVZMdWmljgPaVo9uBEIHiEm5dci6dmToKM0miHyMz087gctBslXhVmf85c_36QX3JUCey_JHmUwP_u-WNMIXoxHa-evWwLDKc32aKD3VQ2ZToC8tTR/w400-h300/IMG_3089.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">TECH</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For this PD, I used Desmos and Sphero EDU to get them excited about incorporating tech into their lessons. Marble Slides in Desmos are so addicting and as expected, they did not want to stop! I also have a class set of Sphero robots that I received with grants. The possibilities are endless with these little guys! You can see one way I used them <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2020/10/sphero-golf-course.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">CREATE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Math and art are the perfect couple! There are so many math standards found in art, I love incorporating them as often as possible. Again, because I was trying to be general so my teachers could adapt the things learned at this PD for their content, I went generic with origami and being a designer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nrAyugPeE7M_hg6fsZNAq4lO8QwTVU_JGrvR0hatR9CqEcBpsHyJm77sH460NXkVQFYFWnqw12dTEIQqFkLsdWO_QPwvctYjtmyePyjMrSNG3U93_uVu79-vtitP0Poml_HBpwwxqgs7/s2048/IMG_3091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nrAyugPeE7M_hg6fsZNAq4lO8QwTVU_JGrvR0hatR9CqEcBpsHyJm77sH460NXkVQFYFWnqw12dTEIQqFkLsdWO_QPwvctYjtmyePyjMrSNG3U93_uVu79-vtitP0Poml_HBpwwxqgs7/w400-h300/IMG_3091.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I went with modular origami because engineers at BYU are designing solar sails for use in space inspired by origami! Watch <a href="https://youtu.be/3E12uju1vgQ" target="_blank">this video</a> to see how cool these compliant mechanisms are! Origami has a place in all kinds of geometry standards from constructions to vertex to crease patterns. There are many articles out there about the math behind origami and you will be in awe of them all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwOPLnMy5ApS9fxATu0U4YQAzm_4HmXiG_Vobb44o8Sp9Ro8IPUbBq7yJ236gLkYTL37OFhD9zLvnWYjtXlAWnk0ix8C-XidmvRe97_LB98poScNinxI-xo-lpjJUcx6VCA_zHRtZMyzr/s2048/IMG_3097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwOPLnMy5ApS9fxATu0U4YQAzm_4HmXiG_Vobb44o8Sp9Ro8IPUbBq7yJ236gLkYTL37OFhD9zLvnWYjtXlAWnk0ix8C-XidmvRe97_LB98poScNinxI-xo-lpjJUcx6VCA_zHRtZMyzr/w400-h300/IMG_3097.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of my favorite projects is the water park design. This can be used with linear relationships or Pythagorean theorem, and even transversals and angle relationships. For the PD, I had my teachers design it for distance between points using Pythagorean theorem. They had a great time creating! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My goal for this professional development session was to get them off campus and spark some ideas for ways they could make the math come alive for their students. My passion is creating experiences for students that makes learning fun and makes the math stick. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and that makes me so happy! I love that they are willing to try new things for their students. Please feel free to use anything from this professional development. The files are below and you can always reach out if you need anything at all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">FILES FROM PD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-GbpHy4d3YJu26p6yVrW1JaJ3KuJnyI/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Math Play Date Notebook</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/17250kdHLj-DPSViLhti9SgkShSismN-H/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Math Play Date Presentation</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QeCJHilpqGwZdJI-vJUkny0YgOI92KUW/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Lesson Planner Placemat</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11W8x-gwTfulnwWAuvPQXXkmKrD8IQcGYXm76k_bVY6A/edit?usp=sharing">Math Play Date Resources</a></div></div></div><p></p>Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-19281570070324677412021-04-21T21:05:00.008-05:002021-04-21T21:17:00.681-05:00ZAP! Best Review Game Ever!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRlKfeJ-vE4rkuuQv4_ROrLnRlCvQ8z9X7HLtadf96pYzV06_tvvgEWUL0Iawbl-5RgRIIxJbIEZ07S08at1mJZJxV4fNYD_8hNfVfR40a7XiUOhrkr9QgvAJDk3X-SXn-HW58McE4vRw/s1198/Screen+Shot+2021-04-21+at+3.16.51+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1198" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRlKfeJ-vE4rkuuQv4_ROrLnRlCvQ8z9X7HLtadf96pYzV06_tvvgEWUL0Iawbl-5RgRIIxJbIEZ07S08at1mJZJxV4fNYD_8hNfVfR40a7XiUOhrkr9QgvAJDk3X-SXn-HW58McE4vRw/w640-h480/Screen+Shot+2021-04-21+at+3.16.51+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">ZAP! The BEST review game ever! It is super old...I have been using it since literally 2012, which really only adds to its street cred! It is definitely a classic! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5 REASONS I LOVE ZAP!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. ZAP! is easy and cheap to create.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47vdNcAbvpjMLkB7XE-Gk84Y0JrWeYymxXgO49Z56oSlweuO6qcWeIRMrxJvU2phNra2pi4LUQnF2iT67uT4rt0jBqYS5Iy2XXrY9EyihDTHmVgAXjEqU6fyDCOAFPrKtknzsI-HfbheP/s2048/IMG_2898.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47vdNcAbvpjMLkB7XE-Gk84Y0JrWeYymxXgO49Z56oSlweuO6qcWeIRMrxJvU2phNra2pi4LUQnF2iT67uT4rt0jBqYS5Iy2XXrY9EyihDTHmVgAXjEqU6fyDCOAFPrKtknzsI-HfbheP/w640-h480/IMG_2898.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first set of ZAP! cards I made was with library card pockets that I had left over with handwritten index cards inside. I gifted that well used set to a math teacher when I became a coach and needed a new set. I had only one library pocket left, so I made a template from it and used cardstock to create my own. You are welcome to use my template found at the end of the post. Either way, cheap and easy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. ZAP! is almost zero prep.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUcBN13GyCab7knptRi7cetzbeEs2F9g2qdHwihyphenhyphenSt7_dLOaXSaI1MJOSKuLttmN2vjsqPi2hrnua6449AQjEYFu5jH3R0ocnv9Zqy0A1Kk3FPBOD4o32B1BXY3boJQWvxNVDxeOShYPZ/s2048/IMG_8884.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUcBN13GyCab7knptRi7cetzbeEs2F9g2qdHwihyphenhyphenSt7_dLOaXSaI1MJOSKuLttmN2vjsqPi2hrnua6449AQjEYFu5jH3R0ocnv9Zqy0A1Kk3FPBOD4o32B1BXY3boJQWvxNVDxeOShYPZ/w480-h640/IMG_8884.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You just need questions! I have found that 16 is a good number as far as time and interest go. I usually take a blah worksheet or grab practice problems from online to get questions. You can project those or I have even just written them on big paper and held them up. I included a couple of sets for you at the end of this post. EASY prep!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. ZAP! keeps kids doing math to the very last question! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYP8I_dR3uC95fL5wqRisIfwZhnV_UqnCg4Q3yDlj6ptI_VzXJ789weNm_spYKjWIoRhg2b-ZiUaGoMxgenR0AeIth53tcujficQioM_mdhWgTZolwTRTJt4X7fHLXuhubnCvW8PL3eNpz/s2048/IMG_2886.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYP8I_dR3uC95fL5wqRisIfwZhnV_UqnCg4Q3yDlj6ptI_VzXJ789weNm_spYKjWIoRhg2b-ZiUaGoMxgenR0AeIth53tcujficQioM_mdhWgTZolwTRTJt4X7fHLXuhubnCvW8PL3eNpz/w640-h480/IMG_2886.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once a team answers the question correctly, they earn 1 point for their team and then draw a card. The cards are all different things like +2 for your team, -3 for your team, switch scores with the other team, and then ZAP! which takes away all points! The cards keep the score going back and forth with the chance of losing all your points. So students work until the very last question because it always comes down to the last card to decide a winner!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. ZAP! keeps the fastest and most proficient teams from always winning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtW4OoY2sYQtHZY5DQFhX8khSrm-L7xhTMER_exzhbaOuzPLEquj3fSjZcyZI-a4hn8TnZ11fs7PpYU8-qgfSCD2GWbb9yLaiQo1XKpBcsExkcAxEbwdam2PngD7EiMbauUCqW8QzSGiK/s2048/IMG_8885.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtW4OoY2sYQtHZY5DQFhX8khSrm-L7xhTMER_exzhbaOuzPLEquj3fSjZcyZI-a4hn8TnZ11fs7PpYU8-qgfSCD2GWbb9yLaiQo1XKpBcsExkcAxEbwdam2PngD7EiMbauUCqW8QzSGiK/w640-h480/IMG_8885.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I know you have played review games where the fastest thinkers always win and it is not fun for everyone. With ZAP!, there is space for everyone to have a chance. ZAP! is played in teams but EVERY team member has to work the problem. After everyone works it, they chat to come to a consensus before giving the answer. The other team can steal, but they are required to give the answer immediately so they are working at the same time. Every student happily working problems is the best thing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. ZAP! creates so much excitement and fun for math!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nch6SPe1c6j1L73LpwwqXOyoEnr_tE06SajFG8afPCA-qDle3AQIdr0kemgqKS4UelOUi-O5cjn96xuIGlgEPGZ0umO4ieZRycg5R937C1Q5yoRyjLsu9V7IZWvR4HE_WdyrL3NGLLvw/s2048/IMG_2895.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="2048" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nch6SPe1c6j1L73LpwwqXOyoEnr_tE06SajFG8afPCA-qDle3AQIdr0kemgqKS4UelOUi-O5cjn96xuIGlgEPGZ0umO4ieZRycg5R937C1Q5yoRyjLsu9V7IZWvR4HE_WdyrL3NGLLvw/w640-h524/IMG_2895.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Drawing the cards is the best part! They are so scared because it could be great or bad for their team's points. They close their eyes and point, they choose based on color, they argue over which one to choose. I have even had kids put their heads on the board to listen for the good one! It is the best!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbZ-Y95jGTi96pjLZOfnR0goGADAq4erczk8kuiv9qC_wsvNyvs9ySe9S67Gc7eT0oTNmDhKtL27hx4pTVSCH1NpnCZ7rmfjNrbMQQbTEGAnaTPUbQfr5PmL_7WtPIUCV7pXtWmgWmTM4/s2048/IMG_8886-2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbZ-Y95jGTi96pjLZOfnR0goGADAq4erczk8kuiv9qC_wsvNyvs9ySe9S67Gc7eT0oTNmDhKtL27hx4pTVSCH1NpnCZ7rmfjNrbMQQbTEGAnaTPUbQfr5PmL_7WtPIUCV7pXtWmgWmTM4/w480-h640/IMG_8886-2.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">ZAP! can be used in any content area. I have tried it in ELA and Science and it was a blast with that content as well. I would recommend it for reviewing so that the game stays at a fast pace. Below are a few examples of problem sets I have used. I hope you will try this classic and let me know how it goes! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>GET THE FILES!<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C8bYByW0lo0_Fte9zIF4nJr3nmgR6GRg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Cards and Pocket Template</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HIpI2ar81FzwsZrvOOqGE_Ly2UivctGZ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">ZAP! Slope Problems</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NsnAwtNBS8UHEfFuVEvUa4aV6S03FQ97NWFYrHLu5go/copy" target="_blank">ZAP! Factoring a=1 Problems</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/2/d/19_BetOAb4SNP1wUTbq5wSISBfhCkPgmLJ_29qAOvUYI/copy">ZAP! Factoring Problems</a></div><p></p></div>Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-56431382176318957992021-03-23T16:00:00.015-05:002021-03-23T16:00:00.899-05:00Rotations Circle Art<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDufVV_IjLunn9_55a6ljoaIQfdB4WpBVS7EkO48t3rt1-uSB4dmMPfg_Z2aM2mYtWRlNAEnwx2mOJJfu-tckD4LciP7yZapJX2XTPB9SaMgglkacpX7aFxj16r584ZUQzRMLiVFYWsxua/s1154/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+12.25.27+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1154" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDufVV_IjLunn9_55a6ljoaIQfdB4WpBVS7EkO48t3rt1-uSB4dmMPfg_Z2aM2mYtWRlNAEnwx2mOJJfu-tckD4LciP7yZapJX2XTPB9SaMgglkacpX7aFxj16r584ZUQzRMLiVFYWsxua/w640-h448/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+12.25.27+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />So many math concepts connect directly to visual art. I love to be able to end a concept or unit with art! This project is one of my favorites. It could be used for rigid transformations with rotations, rotational symmetry, measuring angles, and even with the unit circle. The results are incredible and students are always amazed that they created something so beautiful...and with "pencil ink!" Let's get to it because you will love this!<p></p><p>CREATE DESIGN PIECE<br />Students use one eighth of a circle to create a simple drawing. Simple designs work best because they will be tracing it eight times! The more detailed the design, the less impact it had when finished. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCDHkIhBBqpRJLBfo3_8hDlNwBLGz6aotQtqyV4yDn6rAMpXZYMNfsaKqL9Yr5Np7wmybyS6LZW7AID8kDbeci52iz7vDTQ7uIt_T8YtVMtBmUROUc9zkwi_yoQMOszhUiqmrhBaxX8-x/s2048/IMG_2997.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1753" data-original-width="2048" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCDHkIhBBqpRJLBfo3_8hDlNwBLGz6aotQtqyV4yDn6rAMpXZYMNfsaKqL9Yr5Np7wmybyS6LZW7AID8kDbeci52iz7vDTQ7uIt_T8YtVMtBmUROUc9zkwi_yoQMOszhUiqmrhBaxX8-x/w640-h548/IMG_2997.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">CREATE THE PENCIL TRANSFER SMUDGE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next step is to fill the back side of the design piece with pencil lead. Have students place a scratch sheet of paper under their piece while they scribble scrabble on the back creating a solid coat of pencil lead smudge. You will want to use wooden pencils rather than mechanical for this project to ensure the lead transfers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UITb091d4r1f0j31oG6rj7OldGUSFXW4QVidwKMsThfkGzWPjoIBao3htIyG_gPyCsGgQJ574ke8Fkg6H9t8IYvWyVjN9ndm3XkPBWvnCCfCzU-rtMGDwkYnKfbO3cJW40ho6JODdQfg/s2048/IMG_2998.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1843" data-original-width="2048" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UITb091d4r1f0j31oG6rj7OldGUSFXW4QVidwKMsThfkGzWPjoIBao3htIyG_gPyCsGgQJ574ke8Fkg6H9t8IYvWyVjN9ndm3XkPBWvnCCfCzU-rtMGDwkYnKfbO3cJW40ho6JODdQfg/w640-h576/IMG_2998.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">TRANSFER THE IMAGE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Place the design piece in the first part of the circle, smudge side down. Hold the design piece in place and trace the lines of the design. Continue tracing over design into each piece of the circle. You will need to press hard to transfer the lead smudge. It may also be necessary to add smudge to the back of the design piece as you go around if the tracing becomes too light. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMROzN_fw0OMW_rIN-Wj4lPrMu92VzBSOfb768QH5oU6Lj7ID_Fmo05cR_9H_H6PNrxonFCB5pBst8HaEkRUItzENG5FDAO8Wna4qY70HRT7Kg-1d4ieDMuJYM_70M5dV-lJowCUAskJ2/s2048/IMG_2999.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMROzN_fw0OMW_rIN-Wj4lPrMu92VzBSOfb768QH5oU6Lj7ID_Fmo05cR_9H_H6PNrxonFCB5pBst8HaEkRUItzENG5FDAO8Wna4qY70HRT7Kg-1d4ieDMuJYM_70M5dV-lJowCUAskJ2/w640-h480/IMG_2999.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">FINISH WITH COLOR</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Students can choose to continue using pencil to shade or they can use markers, colored pencils, sharpies, whatever they want to fill in the design with color. Some students also used sharpie to outline the design before they colored and it made it look a lot cleaner. The simplest designs came out stunning once they added color! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgI8mSa7bJZKdHjDys3K_fJm0RNpio1yC21Dn1X15US4U3yjzYhALXYqJHY67tQzAs15DPsIpD2CZqEqaJTk4BE90EJZAkubyg5vpBxqSnbtW13MHlWaueTEAgXnLUyiVGmKy878GQjVUg/s602/Picture1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgI8mSa7bJZKdHjDys3K_fJm0RNpio1yC21Dn1X15US4U3yjzYhALXYqJHY67tQzAs15DPsIpD2CZqEqaJTk4BE90EJZAkubyg5vpBxqSnbtW13MHlWaueTEAgXnLUyiVGmKy878GQjVUg/w636-h640/Picture1.png" width="636" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVenJvStS_j9NpzR3OPuNBRN5m7grtdxffNipgNMd0G6lVemQH4EHbzLKCiKBt2_0HFhoXDkTPqQketocRZSdBfMOWt-7NSPFcdhH4QXb2s0S-NP7edx58f4cCRfMnaw7Q0nsIDBLYENoj/s601/Picture2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVenJvStS_j9NpzR3OPuNBRN5m7grtdxffNipgNMd0G6lVemQH4EHbzLKCiKBt2_0HFhoXDkTPqQketocRZSdBfMOWt-7NSPFcdhH4QXb2s0S-NP7edx58f4cCRfMnaw7Q0nsIDBLYENoj/w636-h640/Picture2.png" width="636" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyCqZQZIxayv8OZS6cq3762UKAmxcyo3SUNPEUtgerhFmq4vzt4eJChx4wsHvX9dPnTt-CgcLR18_vIYv1kBHfxWwiuAwzwpQgefUg3iGoCLHNDXlPWkviL_Ho7n-xJOBX9gay6jfIU8B/s622/Picture3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="622" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyCqZQZIxayv8OZS6cq3762UKAmxcyo3SUNPEUtgerhFmq4vzt4eJChx4wsHvX9dPnTt-CgcLR18_vIYv1kBHfxWwiuAwzwpQgefUg3iGoCLHNDXlPWkviL_Ho7n-xJOBX9gay6jfIU8B/w640-h624/Picture3.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl_RF_25tmEvsD8U2ZxSbdPvMpXs1EvHgMre1YgYZ3veB1r7Jrx5ITg9Vqoptbd0ZE2zfp8W_M4PLKsSkoi8Kd-9nENVVFDaHCVhBi8_pMUKIwG1higvABmZhhsitDNX4XUscgUi8rMT7/s1291/Picture5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="1275" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl_RF_25tmEvsD8U2ZxSbdPvMpXs1EvHgMre1YgYZ3veB1r7Jrx5ITg9Vqoptbd0ZE2zfp8W_M4PLKsSkoi8Kd-9nENVVFDaHCVhBi8_pMUKIwG1higvABmZhhsitDNX4XUscgUi8rMT7/w632-h640/Picture5.png" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course my favorite was the pencil design! You can find other transformation art posts <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2014/02/translations.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2014/03/reflections-with-names.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2015/04/flip-book-of-transformations.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I hope you try these with your transformations or circles unit and let me know how it goes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEbWhzgVf_ksqtzVOAcdFrXSPqS_dEKuHSmYHg-teahgFZ3HRKMve5TfACXZJWSZ3toAwBPccLdLSea0Ds58TpskpOMRMdLfeZQOTA5uTNyuo8-z0gV-AUgw2Q7vo7G2M_jJddB-MqfRX/s685/Picture4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="685" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEbWhzgVf_ksqtzVOAcdFrXSPqS_dEKuHSmYHg-teahgFZ3HRKMve5TfACXZJWSZ3toAwBPccLdLSea0Ds58TpskpOMRMdLfeZQOTA5uTNyuo8-z0gV-AUgw2Q7vo7G2M_jJddB-MqfRX/w640-h480/Picture4.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p>Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-77804332435025675582020-12-22T14:59:00.001-06:002021-10-18T18:59:52.967-05:00Canterbury Tales Spotify Playlist Using Google Slides<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WMzubA-WuEZfPkxnmQUkUCZFzMUNkHmOqVwFJ_x2NbYuTkyESQLxDmuu_mr03rszZkjfHn-jFMSg8qv3Y4R0rz-q-BxSr0aLJR5TC31fRgdol7h61DBlo0MSGV4BRjS9H8sfLQ18tGut/s964/Screen+Shot+2020-12-22+at+12.17.03+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="964" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WMzubA-WuEZfPkxnmQUkUCZFzMUNkHmOqVwFJ_x2NbYuTkyESQLxDmuu_mr03rszZkjfHn-jFMSg8qv3Y4R0rz-q-BxSr0aLJR5TC31fRgdol7h61DBlo0MSGV4BRjS9H8sfLQ18tGut/w640-h480/Screen+Shot+2020-12-22+at+12.17.03+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Leveraging social media to teach students can be a huge win in your classroom. Finding ways to bring students' worlds into the classroom not only adds high interest, it also gives you that sneak attack advantage to learning! Music says a lot and is a huge part of our lives, especially our students' lives. Having students curate a playlist could be a way for them to show concepts they have learned, their perspective on characters, or their view on a historical event.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was visiting a senior English class that was finishing up Canterbury Tales and they were playing a review game of the characters and their traits. This sparked the idea of bringing in one of their favorite apps to gain more insight on their perspective of some of the characters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzLceX7fkrlP-cTAjBHlecx9xnjWpcdWXv8ama-mMmfAaHoz32ioHtdBa005UIJqpUpCuVhvR0tSHSCN86Sm3GkNt3j6BP__eh17fvvyxotRvoG5VB3P3_odmbYydsM9dJakyfAjh4Vs9/s698/Screen+Shot+2020-12-08+at+6.18.11+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzLceX7fkrlP-cTAjBHlecx9xnjWpcdWXv8ama-mMmfAaHoz32ioHtdBa005UIJqpUpCuVhvR0tSHSCN86Sm3GkNt3j6BP__eh17fvvyxotRvoG5VB3P3_odmbYydsM9dJakyfAjh4Vs9/w540-h640/Screen+Shot+2020-12-08+at+6.18.11+PM.png" width="540" /></a></div><br />CREATING THE TEMPLATE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Google Slides + Spotify led to amazing conversations about the characters from Canterbury Tales! To create the Google Slides template for them to use, I just took a screengrab of one of my playlists and used PowerPoint to take away the photos and songs from it. I used boxes and made them the color of the background to cover up and then took another screengrab of the "blank" playlist creating a template for slides. I set this image as the background so I could add the details that they would edit on top. It took less than hour to create the template and an example. Most of that time was spent coming up with songs and looking for clean versions of the video!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SHARING WITH STUDENTS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I shared the Spotify Google Slides template with students through Google Classroom, making sure to choose make a copy for each student. I went through my example {I love examples} showing them little tips and tricks of using the template and slides. Students are so digital but there are details they do not know, so don't assume they are completely savvy! Going through my example also showed them the expectation for their playlist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApRSJegCVaffIpLLQQJKCftXYLVnO6lFKaM82fq-LBGZNNZah8udhK4s06q5wCTIqOfvG3R8eF0gH89EGuLWpLYuJPf_lM6ziaqKqy3_ztj1ioQk5gIvka5PIjyPiHZtYjz3-i21EsQxl/s900/Screen+Shot+2020-12-10+at+2.42.37+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="575" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApRSJegCVaffIpLLQQJKCftXYLVnO6lFKaM82fq-LBGZNNZah8udhK4s06q5wCTIqOfvG3R8eF0gH89EGuLWpLYuJPf_lM6ziaqKqy3_ztj1ioQk5gIvka5PIjyPiHZtYjz3-i21EsQxl/w408-h640/Screen+Shot+2020-12-10+at+2.42.37+PM.png" width="408" /></a></div><div><br /></div>EDITABLE ELEMENTS<div>I used the side space on the slide to put directions and what was editable for student to reference. Students had to come up with a playlist title, cover photo, and a photo for each song. I also put in a place for them to add their profile photo if they wanted! The song requirements included the name of the song and artist and the Canterbury Tales character. </div><div><br /></div><div>BEHIND THE LYRICS</div><div>Spotify has a feature called Behind the Lyrics where you can get the story behind the song, artist stories, and fun facts about the song. I included this section in the template for students to write their rationale for choosing the song for that character. I encouraged them to be creative! It was hilarious to listen to the songs they chose and the commentary and discussion among the class during this activity!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoSB4UuOPUBtoIpeFZ0LeG-PP_UBOea0z72UgPNt1OFpJD_rj1py1prusULCF4pNiE4s02Utse0pe4ejAHJejPfdElq-tF_fJbzGV9kDeyFNYUcGtEFdEeBhlEBeuZA3a1ZHite_NIZMP/s640/Screen+Shot+2020-12-10+at+2.43.58+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="640" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoSB4UuOPUBtoIpeFZ0LeG-PP_UBOea0z72UgPNt1OFpJD_rj1py1prusULCF4pNiE4s02Utse0pe4ejAHJejPfdElq-tF_fJbzGV9kDeyFNYUcGtEFdEeBhlEBeuZA3a1ZHite_NIZMP/w640-h484/Screen+Shot+2020-12-10+at+2.43.58+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>ADDING YOUTUBE VIDEO LINKS<div>I gave the option to add a YouTube video link to the song cover photo. Not many students took me up on this, probably because of the songs they chose! It was definitely hard to find clean versions even for my example!</div><div><br /></div><div>SHARING THEIR PLAYLISTS</div><div>This can be done a couple of different ways. You could have a gallery walk with each student pulling theirs up in present mode and let them walk around and view. You could also pull each one up on the promethean board or the presentation board you have. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg32r6Ir2rfbAuUxDhjvqXGR8lonoNgo1-PXxzD886YmBYoY6MAT3YM1gyQ-kedZpLSQQRcuEEdYqOHtCk7-I_yar7Fm8MHy_bf_MUhyphenhyphenK1WzMm4KiUgRXS5ue5XCdno6Y4wHD2sKDaXqey/s1161/Screen+Shot+2020-12-22+at+1.48.36+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1161" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg32r6Ir2rfbAuUxDhjvqXGR8lonoNgo1-PXxzD886YmBYoY6MAT3YM1gyQ-kedZpLSQQRcuEEdYqOHtCk7-I_yar7Fm8MHy_bf_MUhyphenhyphenK1WzMm4KiUgRXS5ue5XCdno6Y4wHD2sKDaXqey/w640-h360/Screen+Shot+2020-12-22+at+1.48.36+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This project was a big hit! They enjoyed this Spotify-social media aspect and being creative with songs and behind the lyrics. The singing and laughter were at a high volume the day we worked on these in class. I love when there is a learning buzz in the classroom! Even though it was an independent project, many asked neighbors or shared their creative, funny song selections and rationale. </div><br /><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HR1dokVo-dESiraZPKtYcYuKxPX9qeREbSTL2I-hWWA/edit?usp=sharing">GET YOUR SPOTIFY TEMPLATE HERE</a> and make a copy!</div><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p></div></div>Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-47238344652640983512020-10-31T18:15:00.003-05:002020-11-01T11:02:30.273-06:00Sphero Golf Course<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXulu6uEZRugLNBTSEmmmRZRCk5E0uwBMtdO3XNivA8lXZ98QJT3JdtQXLx3JadTwT4A0CPCAWzYYfiimQNDB10q4LERIU7HiPvdE-076MMfNapbFLtauHf98eJOZGCnhtiSUAJ2HaSEq/s1108/Screen+Shot+2020-10-31+at+5.12.06+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1108" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXulu6uEZRugLNBTSEmmmRZRCk5E0uwBMtdO3XNivA8lXZ98QJT3JdtQXLx3JadTwT4A0CPCAWzYYfiimQNDB10q4LERIU7HiPvdE-076MMfNapbFLtauHf98eJOZGCnhtiSUAJ2HaSEq/w640-h446/Screen+Shot+2020-10-31+at+5.12.06+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>*The photos in this post were taken before COVID, before masks and before social distancing but could still be done in this crazy time we are in.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpYSQs5LFAmbvTpT73yvqaCO_p4t3jfvzXgC25VwmbA5UJQM8JQ6dT7Q5ppGS8N6R26qfwSWtiHJ3d7AIk1vNZR4vwNPEilHntarKlk3wUBI8lCaTR5tSGA-4jQ2rAC1WrWJ1GsXLyG6F/s1920/IMG_4143.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpYSQs5LFAmbvTpT73yvqaCO_p4t3jfvzXgC25VwmbA5UJQM8JQ6dT7Q5ppGS8N6R26qfwSWtiHJ3d7AIk1vNZR4vwNPEilHntarKlk3wUBI8lCaTR5tSGA-4jQ2rAC1WrWJ1GsXLyG6F/w640-h360/IMG_4143.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I first learned of Spheros at <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2017/06/my-week-at-space-camp.html">Space Camp</a>. We programmed these clear spheres to go over mountains and through rivers to gain sols on Mars! It was so much fun and I knew I had to have these in my classroom! I wrote a grant and once the adorable, glowy spheres arrived I could hardly wait to play. But I had no idea what to really do with them to get the most educational value out of them. That only lasted until I went to the <a href="https://edu.sphero.com/cwists/category">Sphero community</a> and found more than I could ever imagine.<p></p><p>I taped off some mazes on the floor and students used their Chromebooks to connect the Spheros via bluetooth and they were able to dive into programming right away navigating the mazes. I have plans to blog about how I have used them in water as boat engines, with K'nex as race car engines, to send secret messages after reading Ender's Game, and as Roman Chariots in social studies. And yes, there is definitely more! But for now, I want to show you SPHERO MINI GOLF!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDp911tLIwAUnT_tFdbil-Q5THlyskpDx0ovPW3_jGEgYzoEYH-BI4TM_hP7ptrd9Zhr0nYKz_5BWSLwvvN5estrlBAAOx-d2VkUiq-mL68MhdPIiKrvIW9q-4vT_73CrBs_vc01GbQA_/s2048/IMG_2985.HEIC.heif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDp911tLIwAUnT_tFdbil-Q5THlyskpDx0ovPW3_jGEgYzoEYH-BI4TM_hP7ptrd9Zhr0nYKz_5BWSLwvvN5estrlBAAOx-d2VkUiq-mL68MhdPIiKrvIW9q-4vT_73CrBs_vc01GbQA_/w640-h480/IMG_2985.HEIC.heif" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Beginning my trip down the rabbit hole to get inspiration, I saw some mini golf activities with elaborate courses made from felt with real sand hazards and real golf pins with fancy flags. Even though I am the founder of the being too extra club, I wanted to create something we could pull out and quickly use during downtime or duck days. So I created a few mini golf holes in Powerpoint, printed them on the poster maker then laminated. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVvgRrWtJzp0HBGgKZo3ehD-xwsxkFeSaqFuYogNs85Ql-Oy5SghJZ5hjNMGVg29jIVIRfXBbLqH256QFkp7yYgOqeTR0LVdBPq8DX4lw7illGizF7D1aDLF0aUYp7geaoILyoOtsowMY/s963/Screen+Shot+2020-10-31+at+5.43.56+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="963" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVvgRrWtJzp0HBGgKZo3ehD-xwsxkFeSaqFuYogNs85Ql-Oy5SghJZ5hjNMGVg29jIVIRfXBbLqH256QFkp7yYgOqeTR0LVdBPq8DX4lw7illGizF7D1aDLF0aUYp7geaoILyoOtsowMY/w640-h462/Screen+Shot+2020-10-31+at+5.43.56+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the mini golf course was made, I had to think about scoring and the logistics of coding the Spheros to make it to the hole. Would students get unlimited chances to code or would each try count as a "stroke?" How would they team up and rotate through the course? Would they get bored if they were waiting on the other team to complete the hole or should they take turns? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPHA_QtafjRYjIUWKblU9ig1HOKQ0iNyReTG0wc1VpJ-XB5IOPTTz_FqnK05Rdz1skXrTou8vkdcKNPJ29queJz313MUhoyMl6h07bqU_vTmpF2DJq2M9YHW-indwKzIP9KVomApwaejP/s2048/IMG_2982.HEIC.heif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPHA_QtafjRYjIUWKblU9ig1HOKQ0iNyReTG0wc1VpJ-XB5IOPTTz_FqnK05Rdz1skXrTou8vkdcKNPJ29queJz313MUhoyMl6h07bqU_vTmpF2DJq2M9YHW-indwKzIP9KVomApwaejP/w480-h640/IMG_2982.HEIC.heif" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can see from their smiles that I was asking myself way too many questions! They LOVED the mini golf and had so much fun playing the course! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8Pmik8E3fC1X6hpzVFFdTFKowwinXuTVHKTw78m2NUsGUN7c812UL455rqhLaMtiBQsb-1jC54Z63wi6hEi8WqAZj92oHjExTrRHE6gDayij3WsJEDw1wMROgeK6HU-pZx6bMtGGTGZk/s2048/IMG_2992.HEIC.heif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8Pmik8E3fC1X6hpzVFFdTFKowwinXuTVHKTw78m2NUsGUN7c812UL455rqhLaMtiBQsb-1jC54Z63wi6hEi8WqAZj92oHjExTrRHE6gDayij3WsJEDw1wMROgeK6HU-pZx6bMtGGTGZk/w640-h480/IMG_2992.HEIC.heif" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also created a score card for them to use. Each block of code counted as a stroke. 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So one block of code was one stroke. Some of my golfers argued that my par numbers were not "on par!" I had a lot of no way we can get this in 2 strokes or 4 strokes! But they did and it was so fun to watch! Sphero Mini Golf was a huge hit! I am linking my course below and I hope you will use it with your students or as inspiration for your own course!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o7Vhi15vbJuuXv6mkM3HE39vtU9IQe2L/view?usp=sharing">SPHERO MINI GOLF COURSE AND SCORE CARD</a></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-61211010628940491332020-09-29T00:19:00.005-05:002020-09-29T00:19:58.996-05:00Characterization in Your Writing with Storyboard That<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4rbEC7v1yGQ5kqSYoJbAGOgbTgCBlTuccU7duytXyVIC2M9uG2xTQyqKEJDKH26L14Ddmrc3dcsyqY6Ojp6kaCTp-fR9DPYz3VBNsjkSTBFBC9HPKDkx9Zdfv4tHnNMvr_TvJmG3wlsj/s999/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+11.22.37+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="999" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4rbEC7v1yGQ5kqSYoJbAGOgbTgCBlTuccU7duytXyVIC2M9uG2xTQyqKEJDKH26L14Ddmrc3dcsyqY6Ojp6kaCTp-fR9DPYz3VBNsjkSTBFBC9HPKDkx9Zdfv4tHnNMvr_TvJmG3wlsj/w640-h360/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+11.22.37+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>One of our electives is Creative Writing and it is amazing to see each student's unique writing voice. The teacher is phenomenal but she wanted to add some technology to the students' writing. As a math teacher twirled into an instructional coach, writing is not my one of my top skills! But this teacher makes the coaching easy and tech <i>is</i> one of my top skills! She is the best at developing students' writing skills and fostering their untapped passion for narratives and stories. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOf3kJGhH-nQbkSO2JtLr21wFqhrCqJSPUCPhQ137mVe8x8DmgvwnoVfDrfnHOtHUNzsr0dinsH_hN-7iZ8lPpk_Q8dOv8eWxQ3GTXSkfydMnsR07AbpwrQb5VjqrsVEfAXWN3ksdWGHu/s1107/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+10.52.15+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="1107" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOf3kJGhH-nQbkSO2JtLr21wFqhrCqJSPUCPhQ137mVe8x8DmgvwnoVfDrfnHOtHUNzsr0dinsH_hN-7iZ8lPpk_Q8dOv8eWxQ3GTXSkfydMnsR07AbpwrQb5VjqrsVEfAXWN3ksdWGHu/w640-h166/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+10.52.15+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>In this class, students learn about setting, characterization, and different types of conflict and plot through narratives and stories. To help them with creating character driven stories, they first had to learn about characterization. This was what she wanted my help with and I found the perfect EdTech for it! STORYBOARD THAT! This is an online storyboard creator students can use to create amazing visuals and for digital storytelling. For this characterization lesson, we used <a href="https://www.storyboardthat.com" target="_blank">Storyboard That</a> as a comic strip type activity.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOtHoBlGGFX-VjfiWpkdml_dtubmZeU1MOVbWSqdNNLwnSiyNyBXUSQiHw9FjQ8gzTyTaM0JiyeJhYXIjNxfAa4Gl4KT0bTWX4coMd_iCJRYpcRo88T_hxQYMosO4v-jQhqP-N_63UOmj/s1334/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+10.55.53+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="1334" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOtHoBlGGFX-VjfiWpkdml_dtubmZeU1MOVbWSqdNNLwnSiyNyBXUSQiHw9FjQ8gzTyTaM0JiyeJhYXIjNxfAa4Gl4KT0bTWX4coMd_iCJRYpcRo88T_hxQYMosO4v-jQhqP-N_63UOmj/w640-h194/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+10.55.53+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>I showed them examples of direct and indirect characterization. The project was to create an illustrated guide of either the classroom, our school, or their family. Characterization had to be used through telling about the character's personality, physical traits, or flaws. They also needed to include indirect characterization by using speech bubbles, actions, reactions from other characters, and appearance.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBuTcKGpyieU6iFUcCA9COVLIn8cT0OKr-RwPR7Iz19n8o0ZZqoToMQr2NDNOoW5j_CFtxl3SIGVxKg0x3V75UlOQiuFJaE3YyLYu7WNr8VvPN2WrYSG4I7ckLiRMyg1jv2eIA2fhvMOD/s996/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+11.42.13+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="996" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBuTcKGpyieU6iFUcCA9COVLIn8cT0OKr-RwPR7Iz19n8o0ZZqoToMQr2NDNOoW5j_CFtxl3SIGVxKg0x3V75UlOQiuFJaE3YyLYu7WNr8VvPN2WrYSG4I7ckLiRMyg1jv2eIA2fhvMOD/w640-h358/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+11.42.13+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_W9DHKzHvnDAKOqotQjRxFiFwLDzYvRqzYnPKttXBntcXTXbVLYqv-lXH-o8_QXI8xBeGagCKWxLxbitGZ8K2_hFVZGHIxYKHpdMvr6S9prW8wMVq68gBxjTIRjsvo0S_CsDVYEUbH1U/s1007/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+11.42.28+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1007" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_W9DHKzHvnDAKOqotQjRxFiFwLDzYvRqzYnPKttXBntcXTXbVLYqv-lXH-o8_QXI8xBeGagCKWxLxbitGZ8K2_hFVZGHIxYKHpdMvr6S9prW8wMVq68gBxjTIRjsvo0S_CsDVYEUbH1U/w640-h366/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+11.42.28+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Storyboard That gives SOOOO many options to customize the strip with scenes and characters. Students are able to do a strip of three scenes on the free version. As you can see below, the free version had more than enough options to keep them creating and engaged! <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRx5A4dS0khAck4zkzYJYrM5_J_Evzpz9_RMWTrpCz0r8k9IMKRWQ8hViiNiSKxIq9vqvEBtsiJ5SISv2aoFXVXJA1C3bhMIfVFik8eW0v46FjSlICgFbb5QCbuH8PJP5SXJbjGS6b12ub/s2048/IMG_5083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRx5A4dS0khAck4zkzYJYrM5_J_Evzpz9_RMWTrpCz0r8k9IMKRWQ8hViiNiSKxIq9vqvEBtsiJ5SISv2aoFXVXJA1C3bhMIfVFik8eW0v46FjSlICgFbb5QCbuH8PJP5SXJbjGS6b12ub/w640-h480/IMG_5083.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>They would have worked on these forever if we had let them! Students worked hard to illustrate and really tell the story of the characters through the details in their strips. This also gave us so many opportunities to conference with students to be sure their characterization skills were solid while they were working.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzjdk2GvrF11YTylxqfQ-FscPc2X_N9_ZMzi0OYQhuf6Iw5er5red8_nBFsX751QT3lK2_mwAVSNgY3_Z1Cy4Cm9LTB0C3r9HeCkv6MBJtvM0k_FpivTrdFcyJw5NNBrjPUhrhL1qsd2K/s2048/IMG_5079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzjdk2GvrF11YTylxqfQ-FscPc2X_N9_ZMzi0OYQhuf6Iw5er5red8_nBFsX751QT3lK2_mwAVSNgY3_Z1Cy4Cm9LTB0C3r9HeCkv6MBJtvM0k_FpivTrdFcyJw5NNBrjPUhrhL1qsd2K/w640-h480/IMG_5079.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once all the illustrated guides were ready, they screen grabbed their strip and put it on a shared Google slide deck. You can download these, but we found they looked better with with a screen grab. They had fun looking through everyone's guides! We also printed them out and hung them because they just turned out so great!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiD-5hJsCOQbPJMcDcdg8RahMETDATqp2fZY0EyrEzdpWeVNzh8HM5dBbwKcmJztqlbdjhbm9S5D3N1d_tAjzeouWoaVPoXw_xtJ7-SLeVWgt3XQYSl3uz5k87izGYabWXnJV3zYt5Wxk8/s2048/IMG_5216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2048" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiD-5hJsCOQbPJMcDcdg8RahMETDATqp2fZY0EyrEzdpWeVNzh8HM5dBbwKcmJztqlbdjhbm9S5D3N1d_tAjzeouWoaVPoXw_xtJ7-SLeVWgt3XQYSl3uz5k87izGYabWXnJV3zYt5Wxk8/w640-h382/IMG_5216.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirdXU_Eiiu-yHlfCoM264jfFUdXBl9yygObnFZ8DmpXu63z3uH5lUWr8yTGdrVuTWyBUIQUezkId1ZFoJBoBglkvRxS71CyTtliSP3tqrkMZb3CgbqYmVM14K6NKCtygQr2TPfnv4IF4v/s2770/IMG_5217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="2770" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirdXU_Eiiu-yHlfCoM264jfFUdXBl9yygObnFZ8DmpXu63z3uH5lUWr8yTGdrVuTWyBUIQUezkId1ZFoJBoBglkvRxS71CyTtliSP3tqrkMZb3CgbqYmVM14K6NKCtygQr2TPfnv4IF4v/w640-h262/IMG_5217.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><p>Students also write about pirates and jungles and do a detective unit, zombie unit, and fractured fairy tales. Can't you just hear the buzz in the classroom? This is not your quiet, librarian shushing you writing classroom! It is writing filled with technology that makes it come alive. Check out the narrative prep with the <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2019/10/narrative-in-your-head.html" target="_blank">Personal Narrative in Your Head</a> we did using a green screen on our heads. You may also enjoy the podcast students created that is a collection of short mystery stories including sound effects. You can listen to Ms. Grant's Middle School Mysteries <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2019/12/podcasts-in-classroom.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Most students, at the end of the class, when asked if they knew they could write will say no! Some are outstanding and they didn't even know they could write. This class has sparked a love for writing!</p></div>Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-61645122432267618122020-08-22T14:28:00.002-05:002020-11-01T11:02:59.639-06:00Digital Teacher Tool Box Using Google Sites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know about yours, but my google drive and files are not ready for company to come over! I can't even hide things in <strike>closets</strike> folders to make it look tidy! With all the digital things in our teacher lives, sometimes it is hard to find the things we need on the reg. So I wanted to create a digital hub or binder or clipboard, if you will, to be able to easily access those things. </div>
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A teacher website just for YOU with all the digital things you use like daily slides, checklists, lesson plans, communication logs. All the things that have gone digital but go missing in your drive! The tutorial linked at the end of the post will walk you through some ideas of what to include. If you have not created a google site before, please go <a href="https://youtu.be/PVrbToFp58s">HERE</a> for a step-by-step to make your first one! I will link all the things at the end of the post! Let me walk you through the things I linked to give you ideas of what you could put on your site.</div>
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If you have gone digital with your lesson plans, your teacher site is a great place to link those. Lesson planning in google sheets is another great use for Sheets. You can keep adding tabs for each week and you could also have a monthly view. Using a digital planner means you can have it anywhere, on any device.</div>
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CHECKBOXES! All the heart eyes for checkboxes in Google Sheets! And just look at that color! This is how you make grading more fun! Sheets are a great tool to use for checklists such as attendance, grades, activities completed, standards mastered and anything else you need super cute checkboxes for!</div>
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Student check-ins are so very important in creating a community of learners. You learn about your students and can intervene when they have needs all from this one little form! Add some flair to it with your bitmoji or gif of yourself! With this link on your teacher site, you are able to check responses really quickly.</div>
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By setting up the form for the communication log in a way that captures everything you need, your documentation is done for you! You can organize and filter your data however you want. But it is timestamped with all the data there JUST by completing your form each time you make contact! So great, right?! I am currently thinking of other forms I need to make that will collect data and make my logs for me!</div>
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I hope this gives you some ideas of what you could put on your teacher site. Organizing all of the digital forms, sheets, websites, and more that we will be using during this school year will help our mental health!</div>
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I am a huge composition notebook, scissors, Astrobright paper, and glue fan. Interactive Student Notebooks are my JAM! But it is 2020 and maybe it is time to go digital. The hubs definitely thinks so because he has told me every time he has moved me and ALL my supplies that there has to be a way to "put these on the computer!" So I did! </div>
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Interactive notebooks keep everything organized, keep students engaged, are literally interactive, and I could go on and on! I even wrote a post about it <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2017/07/a-teachers-guide-to-interactive-student.html">here</a>. When thinking about how to make all of this goodness DIGITAL, I knew the top priority was that it stayed INTERACTIVE. </div>
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Enter Google Slides! I created pages in PowerPoint because I have to keep my fun fonts of course! Then added those images as a background on the slides. This will keep it from being clickable to students. Slides makes it easy to link to other slides in the presentation. It even changes the slide number for you when you add more slides. Impressive, Google! </div>
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I used the space around the page to add in directions, videos and pieces for a drag and drop activity. You could put links to websites you want students to visit, collaborative slides and activities, anything you can think of! I do like that you can use all the color you want without worrying about printer ink! The list below are some ideas about how to make it interactive.</div>
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I have high hopes for the DIGITAL Interactive Notebook! I created a tutorial on setting one up and how to link things with some options. You will find a link below that to grab a copy of my example. Please copy and make it your own! I would love to see what you create!</div>
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Jacqueline Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953392829065026091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684335648031864442.post-56305920572934508182020-07-21T09:11:00.003-05:002020-07-21T10:17:39.450-05:00Create a Classroom Website Using Google Sites<br />
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We are going into an uncertain fall this year as we get ready to start back to school. Many districts have already put their plans out and some of those are to start virtual. Whether you will be virtual or in person, a classroom website is a great way to have the things students and families need all in ONE place! A classroom website can provide a familiar and safe space, like your classroom, that can be a home base for students and families that will alleviate a lot of anxiousness. Think about designing your online classroom so that it provides a single place for daily or weekly agendas, learning materials, assignments, activities, meeting links, grades, feedback, and on and on. In your teacher brains, think of the classroom website as the bins, baskets, and cubbies in your classroom!</div>
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The <a href="https://youtu.be/PVrbToFp58s">tutorial</a> at the end of the post walks you through setting up and publishing your classroom website. Google Sites is super user friendly and you are able to link things straight from your Google Drive such as Slides, Forms, Documents. The great thing about adding from your drive is that changes you make to these are automatically updated in your website. Just be sure your share settings are so that anyone with the link can view! I hope the tutorial gives you some ideas of things you could include in your website. The idea is to have everything in one place so you can direct students and families to your classroom website where they will easily find all the things that make your classroom run. </div>
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I added some super fun extras in the tutorial {hint above} to help with design and creativity! The tutorial is long so it also gives you a brain break while you are creating. You will find time markers below the tutorial in YouTube if you want to jump to the extras. The first is how to create a color palette to use in PowerPoint. Color makes ALL the difference when you are designing resources and using those cute fonts! An easy way to get a color scheme going is to use a color palette. Much like the paint chips at the home improvement store.</div>
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You can use the hex color number or the dropper in the font or shape color dropdown to get the perfect shade of pink or orange you want. The color possibilities are endless! I like to use the dropper and hover over the color I want to select it. But you can certainly use the hex color number to be more exact.</div>
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So you have cute fonts and vibrant colors in your PowerPoint presentation AND you want to have the same extravagance in Google Slides! That brings us to the second extra found in the tutorial. Until Google stops holding us back, this workaround will be your go-to. </div>
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Create your page in PowerPoint and screengrab or group and right click to save as image. Go over to Google Slides, choose "Background" on an empty slide. Next, choose the image you created in PowerPoint either from your drive or by uploading and click "Done." This sets the image as the background and locks it in place so you can click all over it and nothing moves. You can then layer things you need including links or text boxes. This is how the <a href="https://youtu.be/1nSHk8fOhn0">Bitmoji Virtual Classrooms</a> are created as well. You can find that tutorial <a href="https://youtu.be/1nSHk8fOhn0">here</a> and the blog post <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2020/05/bitmoji-virtual-google-classroom-header.html">here</a> if you need another fun project that would also be awesome on your classroom website!</div>
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Leveraging a classroom website as a home base is a great way to provide a student-centered community. You can ensure all students have what they need to learn and be successful no matter what environment that takes place in. </div>
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THINGS YOU COULD PUT IN YOUR CLASSROOM WEBSITE</div>
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Link to Google Classroom, Canvas, or other LMS</div>
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Bitmoji Virtual Classrooms</div>
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Classroom Library</div>
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Newsletter</div>
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Daily/Weekly Agenda</div>
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Learning Materials and Websites</div>
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House System</div>
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Virtual Meet the Teacher</div>
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Communication such as Remind, Email, Social Media, or School Website</div>
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Resources and Videos</div>
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LINKS FOR YOU</div>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/PVrbToFp58s">Classroom Website Tutorial</a></div>
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/jrichsitestutorial/home">Example Classroom Website</a> </div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pm1Nm0Gh53IBzYNi2S-6TqqV-3vvJ-LyyYQKQLCTLCY/copy">Virtual Meet the Teacher Example</a></div>
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https://www.remove.bg</div>
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Bitmoji anything and I am all in! I have used bitmojis for all the things in my classroom over the years - lesson slides, interactive notebook pages, stickers and basically anywhere I can add them for fun! So when I saw them being added to "virtual google classrooms" and how super fun these classrooms looked, I had to join in!<br />
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During this pandemic, I know you have spent countless hours creating digital lessons or even LEARNING how to use technology! Spending all day on Zoom calls, answering student questions and making sure they have everything they need. I know this is not the same as having them in your classrooms and that's why I made this tutorial. You can recreate a little piece of your classroom for your Google Classroom headers and slides. You could even save it as an image and use for your Zoom background. And it could be a fun little escape to play!</div>
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In the photo above, that is actually a YouTube video on the "board" that is clickable and links to the video I want to show. The posters are screenshots of the actual posters I have hanging in my room. These little touches would make it seem like your classroom for your students. You could create a virtual classroom for your headers or you could create different scenes in slides for your digital assignments. I'm thinking digital room transformation!</div>
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I created a video tutorial that walks you through creating your own and I hope it is helpful! You could also do this in PowerPoint and then screenshot and add as a background on Google slides and use as image for header in Classroom. </div>
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I hope this brings you a little joy and is a fun break from all you are doing for your students during this crazy ending to our school year. </div>
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Feel free to use my examples to get your started:</div>
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I am so excited to share about this amazing organization and the exciting opportunity they provide for students! <a href="https://www.firsttheseedfoundation.org/tomatosphere/">First the Seed Foundation's</a> program, Tomatosphere, brings the excitement to your classroom with packets of tomato seeds. The program sends you two packets of seeds. One packet contains space-farming seeds that went to the International Space Station and the other packet was Earth-bound, the "control seeds." Through the Tomatosphere program, students experiment and learn about conducting a scientific experiment by looking at the germination rates of the two groups of seeds. </div>
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After you read all about the Tomatosphere program, sign up! They will send the seeds to you with suggestions about how to plant them. You choose Fall or Spring. Some things I would consider are the holiday breaks, weather in you area and what you will do with them once they germinate. The packets come with approximately 30 seeds in each so I knew how many to plan for. I purchased these <a href="https://www.homedepot.com/p/Jiffy-Tomato-Starter-Greenhouse-J636-10H/202250741">Jiffy Tomato Starter Greenhouses</a> from Home Depot. Each kit came with 36 peat pellets so it was perfect. </div>
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I began the lesson with this <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DvJMIuOzClx2qsKmpKBsMHeYO1yQ5oV0">presentation</a>. It is a huge file because of the video clips! I included clean clips from the movie <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/">The Martian</a> so students could get the space farming concept. The discussion centered on how we will get 2 to 3 years' worth of food to Mars and why it is more practical to grow their own there. We wondered how outer space would affect the seeds and plants.</div>
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Tomatosphere relies on a "blind test" so I explained that we would not know which of the two packets are "space seeds" and which are the Earth-bound seeds until after we submit our data. Our wondering then continued and we recorded some initial predictions on this <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hEDAvv_F3FMkQYngGJNc4H6sBZPOUVjA">data sheet</a> in our interactive notebooks like which packets were the "space seeds." These questions came from the website that had a lot of activities and ideas. I condensed them to work for us. Finally, we talked about what germination is, what it looks like and what qualifies it for the Tomatosphere program. I gave them a call to action to make a contribution to assisting space exploration by taking this investigation of the germination rate and growth of the plant seriously with their data. </div>
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Now the fun part! Follow the directions for the peat pellets to get them soaked in water and ready to plant the seeds. Each student was able to plant 1 seed from each packet. There is a video on the website (included in the presentation) that shows how to plant them. You have to really push the seeds down into the peat pellet to be sure it is covered with dirt. </div>
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Wait! The Tomatosphere Program suggests planting on a Wednesday or Thursday so they have the weekend to hopefully germinate, making the wait less torture for <strike>students</strike> the teacher! </div>
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Once you have germination, start counting! The Tomatosphere program wants to know how many germinated and how many did not. Their requirement for germination is two leaves. You can find all kinds of <a href="https://www.firsttheseedfoundation.org/resources/">resources here</a> that will help you. Some of the things they don't suggest I couldn't help like fluorescent light and growing in the window sill. Ours still grew!</div>
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Once the germination is over, you submit your data on a quick form found on the website and through a link they send you. We had <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ApVlpm2VNJvM5uzViIhcmFrcDjIzRxWm">this poster </a>up in the classroom to keep up with our numbers. Students checked the seeds daily and entered their data and observations in their notebooks. They were excited to find out which ones were the "space seeds!" We had a lot of students choose "M" because Mars and that wound up being the ones that went! </div>
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I love being a curriculum coach and I especially love how my teachers open their classrooms up to me and are always up for anything crazy I want to try! Thank you to my 7th grade science teacher, Ms. Asbill! Follow her "teachergram" over on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/science_is_my_jam/">@science_is_my_jam</a>. She has so many great ideas you will want to steal!</div>
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<a href="https://www.firsttheseedfoundation.org/tomatosphere/">First the Seed Tomatosphere Program</a></div>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DvJMIuOzClx2qsKmpKBsMHeYO1yQ5oV0">Hype Presentation</a></div>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hEDAvv_F3FMkQYngGJNc4H6sBZPOUVjA">Data Sheet for Interactive Notebooks</a></div>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ApVlpm2VNJvM5uzViIhcmFrcDjIzRxWm">Classroom Growth Chart</a></div>
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Pythagorean theorem is maybe my all time favorite thing for students to learn! It is also close to my heart from growing up on a construction site with my daddy. Pythagorean theorem was the thing that made me want to teach math and want to teach it in real ways. This is because my daddy would argue all day about how he did NOT use this fancy formula to calculate the pitch of the roof on the house he was building. Even though he would measure and use Pythagorean triples, he would never concede! I also love Pythagorean theorem because of the scandalous stories there are about Pythagoras! I love celebrity gossip and Pythagoras provides us with that. </div>
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I like this math art because it helps students visualize a segment length with the square root of two. This is one of the first times students use irrational numbers so I want them to see the amazement in them. I have students use notecards that I have pre-cut to a one inch square for a template. I have them measure the bottom and side to be sure it is one inch. Then I have them measure the diagonal and get as close as they can to an estimate. Then we work it using the Pythagorean theorem to show how precise we can get. </div>
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Now the fun begins! Add a new right-angled, one-inch leg to the base of the hypotenuse of the first right triangle then add the new hypotenuse and label. Calculate the length of the new hypotenuse using the Pythagorean theorem then measure and change to decimal form. Is it close?!</div>
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Continue to add on one inch legs at <b>right angles</b> {this is super important} to your last hypotenuse and label all the new triangle's sides using the Pythagorean theorem. This is where the template square comes in handy!</div>
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Create a huge display of their wheels because they will be so super proud of their art! Get creative and peak their curiosity about Theodorus!</div>
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I am a huge fan of student ownership of their learning. When I changed to Standards Based Grading a few years ago, it transformed how I view student learning. From ownership and accountability to confidence and motivation, students were transformed as well. I wanted to build on this and hear what students had to say about their learning in order to guide them in self-reflection, help provide needed feedback, and check on their mastery of standards. That is when student conferences started!<br />
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I get to know students on a deeper level which gives me leverage for high interest instruction.</div>
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Students feel known on a deeper level which increases the trust they have in me. This trust leads to a higher level of student self-efficacy. Before conferencing, I was accidentally ignoring some of the quiet kids who were doing just fine. Conferences help guarantee I meet with every student. </div>
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Students are empowered to ask questions about their work and to reflect on the product and the process. My students know how they are doing and what they need to work on because of the conferences.</div>
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ONE-ON-ONE These are great at the end of a unit. This conference gives me a chance to learn so much about my students and give them my attention. We seem to stay at high speeds and this is a great time to slow down and listen. I get to hear them share their goals, their favorite things about math, their best work, and areas they want to get better in. </div>
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Students judge their own mastery in these conferences using the tracking sheets from standards based grading. They prepare for the conference using a Pre-Conference sheet that is in their interactive notebook. Completing the pre-conference sheet gives them the opportunity to reflect on their own and think about what they want to talk about with me. </div>
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The pre-conference above is a great example of the deeper conversation we are able to have. This student wrote honestly and then erased it and said he was good and understood. The erased words are "When we do it together I understand but when I do it by myself I always get" and then it stops. Without these conferences his learning would have stopped there too. </div>
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REFLECTION My goal with this type of conferences is to draw out their reflections with leading questions. These are short check-ins used after benchmark testing or big projects. As students get used to the questions, they can reflect more on their own without them. </div>
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To keep track of these short conferences, I use a sticker and notecard system. I keep the stickers on my clipboard and write notes on what we talk about. The sticker is then placed on that student's notecard. When my stickers are gone, I know I have met with every student and I print another sheet! The notecards are a great resource to remember all the things we talk about throughout the school year. </div>
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WEEKLY CONFERENCES This type of conference was me realizing that there were quiet students sitting in my classroom that I was missing opportunities with because they were doing fine. I would go a couple of days and realize I had not had a conversation with these students and knew I had to do better. I created a weekly calendar and put 4-5 names for each day in each class. It seemed manageable to focus on those students. I look at my calendar before each class and have their names in my head so I can be intentional with my time. This is just 2-3 minutes with each student on the calendar for that day but it guarantees that I meet with each student. </div>
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Hello, 2020! Not only do we get a new year, we get a new decade! That calls for real pants, alarm clocks, and answering no to Netflix's question, "Are you still watching?" at 2:00am! I want to share some ideas for the first day back from winter break. I have found over the years, it is better to ease the kids back in to the swing of things with new year activities. It has been great for me too! You could use this time to do community building, refresh procedures, and set goals for the new year. </div>
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My favorite activity to kick off the new year is having students create VISION BOARDS for their new year. I keep it simple with a page in their interactive notebooks. Having it in their notebooks allows them to see it often, basically flipping past it every day. </div>
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Visualization is one of the most powerful mind exercises you can do. For my students, we focus on how they want to feel, not just things they want and goals. Material stuff is fine but the more the board focuses on how you want to feel, the more it will come to life. For example, I have OPI nail polish on mine, not because I want to own every color of every collection, but because painting my nails is my self-care and makes me feel good! </div>
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Students always ask what they should put on their vision board. I answer with anything that inspires and motivates you! The goal of our vision boards is to bring everything on it to life. I encourage them to consider goals in school and outside of school. </div>
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I put on the music and bring out all the old magazines, scissors, and glue and they pour over them finding just the right piece for their vision board collage. They take snippets of letters, words, and photographs from the magazines and glue them in. It is relaxing, we are able to reconnect after winter break, and ease our way back in, while setting goals and talking about our vision! Some have more flair than others!</div>
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Vision Boards could also be done digitally using Google Draw or Adobe Spark. Either way, they are a great way to welcome the New Year! Happy 2020!<br />
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Podcasts are so popular and I am obsessed with so many that I wanted to find a way to bring them into the classroom. You may be thinking about the popular true crime podcasts and wondering how you could ever bring something like that to students. Well, keep reading because I have a couple of ways that I am so excited to tell you about!<br />
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Just in case you haven't jumped on the bandwagon, let me tell you a little about them and how to listen. First, there is a genre to suit anyone from true crime to radio shows to teacher learning, it is all there! You probably never even noticed the purple icon on Apple devices but it unlocks the magic! Spotify has joined the crazy and has a platform to listen as well as places like Google and Stitcher.<br />
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There are many ways podcasts can be used in your classroom. Just be warned, once you get students listening, they will want more!<br />
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1. One of my language arts teachers was looking for something to engage her students in that tricky time between testing and spring fever. A podcast was the answer! She spent two weeks doing pretty much everything you would do for a novel study, but for a podcast. We used the serial podcast <a href="https://app.kidslisten.org/pod/Six-Minutes">Six Minutes</a>. We did all the things you would do for a novel study: summarize, character development, plot, conflict, author's mood, point of view, and theme. Students were able to imagine the characters and it was great for listening comprehension. It also allowed for deep discussions because it didn't matter what reading level students were. Students were so eager to hear the next chapter each day that predictions and inferences were happening naturally and they were loving every minute of it! Here are a few of my favorites with one for adults thrown in for fun!<br />
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<a href="https://www.marspatel.com/">The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel</a><br />
<a href="http://www.welcometonightvale.com/">Welcome to Night Vale</a><br />
<a href="https://serialpodcast.org/">Serial</a><br />
<a href="https://thisiscriminal.com/">Criminal</a><br />
<a href="https://app.kidslisten.org/pod/Six-Minutes">Six Minutes</a><br />
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<a href="https://season1.upandvanished.com/">Up and Vanished</a><br />
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2. My Creative Writing teacher, who also fuels my creativity, had a vision of her students sitting around an old fashioned radio and listening to shows. She wanted them to experience what it was like with no television to help with their writing. As unthinkable as it seemed to students, it would be a great way for them to hear stories and use their imagination! I knew immediately that podcasting would be the perfect way for them to tell their stories! It took a couple weeks of tweaking and bouncing ideas around to come up with the logistics since she teaches six sections of Creative Writing. We knew we wanted a series and originally tried to have each class add on with an episode of the same story but that worked out easier in our plans than real life. We settled on a series of different murder mysteries and <a href="https://anchor.fm/grantswriters">Ms. Grant's Middle School Mysteries </a>came into existence! Students were grouped together and wrote their own murder mystery complete with computer sound effects. Then they stepped into the "recording studio" to record their episode using different voices and their sound effects. Students enjoyed taking a day to listen to their classmates episodes after the series was published. Here is the link to their podcast!</div>
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I am always looking for ways to build the community and schoolhouse relationship. I want families to feel like they are a part of the amazing things happening around campus by getting a look at the day in the life of their students. Over the summer, I began researching what it would take to have a school podcast. I told you I love them oh so much! There were so many things to consider: equipment, recording software, finding a media host, the focus of the podcast, guests, the list went on and on! I came up with an interview wish list. I thought of all the people that could have something to say about our community and what we would talk about. It was a lot of lists! But <a href="https://anchor.fm/torosinthemiddle">Toros in the Middle THE PODCAST</a> became a reality and all the prep and recording and lining up guests was worth it. I have loved the way it brings voices into the community and the feedback has been very positive. Well, except for my teacher who said, "I have prayed all quarter you wouldn't ask me to be on the podcast!" Ha! She did an episode for me and it was great! Listen to a couple of our top episodes.</div>
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I love professional learning! I know not every teacher shares my love so when it comes to professional development I try to get creative. Our district PD focus this year is writing quality standards-based assessment items. Item writing is not the most glamorous topic of professional learning! So I started the session with this video.<br />
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On <i>Chopped</i>, chefs create a delicious offering on the spot using ingredients they're given. In my version of this concept, I provided teachers with three ingredients: a standard, a DOK level, and a template.<br />
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There were three rounds: appetizer, entree, and dessert. Teachers could also use items from the "pantry" such as Item Specifications, the Course of Study, their computer, flip books, DOK Level guides, or Google!<br />
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Each teacher then presented their "dish" or assessment item to their content group. Unlike what happens on the show, no one was "chopped!" Whenever I facilitate professional learning, I try to deliver it in a way or use a strategy my teachers could take back to their classrooms and use with their students. And that happened with <i>Chopped</i>! </div>
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Another one of my teachers was inspired to do a <i>Chopped</i> lesson with her Civics classes. She also had a three course, timed challenge. Jurisdictions Sampler was her first course. Students had to know how many Federal District Courts are in our state and find information about them using the QR codes in their basket. The next course was the Dual Combo Entree. Students completed a scavenger hunt on the Dual Court System using our county Circuit Court website. The last course was Dessert Supreme. Students created 45 second skits acting out how each court tries a case. </div>
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She also got into character with an apron and chef hat! The possibilities are endless with this <i>Chopped</i> inspired strategy. You could make baskets with ingredients for any content area. It really engaged the students and my teachers! </div>
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Creative Writing is an elective at my school that 6th graders take. The teacher is amazing and she asked me to help her come up with something fun for personal narrative writing. We talked through how students would be thinking and writing about themselves for their writing. I immediately thought of a DoInk video I had scrolled through on Instagram. <a href="http://www.doink.com/">DoInk Green Screen</a> is an app for iPhones and iPads that has endless possibilities using green screen technology. </div>
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Students were nervous about sitting there for 30 seconds "thinking" and kept asking what they should do during the videoing! I would say make the face you have when you think! </div>
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You had to get up close to make the video fit inside the "green screen" so be sure to make students comfortable with that!</div>
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The Creative Writing students are now ready to write their personal narratives! This was a super fun project. This green screen app makes my head swirl with ideas of what I can do with it next! </div>
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I am starting my second year as a curriculum coach so over the summer I was able to plan all the back to school things! I have had the mindset with this position that I want to treat my teachers just like I did my students. So I am always trying to build community, make professional development fun, and build my street cred! Ron Clark is my teacher idol and his house system is amazing. I thought having a house system would be a great way to create camaraderie with my teachers. We tend to stick with our grade level and/or our content area in the secondary world so I wanted to mix things up! And bring on the competition for motivation!</div>
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Look at that super fun wheel! It is not the Ron Clark 47' wheel but it was made with a lot of love. We {and by we I mean my husband} started with a trip to Lowe's for lumber and paint. But it was a day date and we were in my car so this is what that looked like! </div>
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For the first day back, we rolled out the red carpet, played loud hype music, dressed up in house costumes, and got ready to greet the teachers! The House Sort started and each teacher took their turn spinning the wheel. My administration went wild when someone landed in their house and it was oh so much fun!</div>
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The point system has been a little controversial because admin are our house leaders and some like to make it rain with the points! Also, we have two houses that are tiny, a medium sized, and a ginormous one. The luck of the wheel! Points are given to teachers for teacher-y things using Class Dojo and I keep house totals posted in the workroom. </div>
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I found this idea from <a href="https://www.saravanderwerf.com/week-1-day-1-name-tents-with-feedback/">Sara Van Der Werf</a> a few years ago and it immediately became my all time favorite way to get to know my students. The first year, I found my students were having a hard time coming up with comments on their own so I added questions for each day. I had them tell me their baseball walk-up song, what they looked for in a teacher, what they are passionate about (hello Genius Hour!), their strengths and ways we could use them, and what success would look like for them. Students answer the questions each day and I comment on them each night. You get to know so much about your students and it is a great way to connect their names to something you can remember. It does take a bit of time each night to write back to each student but is sooooo worth it! </div>
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Team work is a BIG deal in my classroom. We work as a team in everything we do from math problem-solving to taking care of our space. So it is important to set that community and team vibe from the very first day. One of my favorite back to school team building activities is the cup stacking challenge. You may have done this before by just stacking the cups but this is a series of six challenges. They get progressively more difficult and my students love it! </div>
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You can find the challenges from this <a href="https://middleschoolscience.com/2015/06/25/cup-stacking-collaboration-challenge/">website</a> and I have linked directly to them at the end of the post! It is a great way to build community with very little prep. Another great activity is the <a href="https://www.saravanderwerf.com/100-numbers-to-get-students-talking/">100 numbers task</a>. I have used it for several years and it always shows students the expectation of what group work should look and feel like.</div>
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Yes! Classroom jobs in the middle school are amazing! Students love them and I love the ownership it gives to our classroom community. I love that my teacher assistant remembers to take attendance since I never do! </div>
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Job applications are taken at the beginning of each quarter. Students can fill out the paper version or the Google Forms version. The application includes a section for them to explain why they would be an asset to the class at the position they are applying. </div>
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When students enter the classroom, they grab their badge to wear during class and return it at the end. They take a lot of pride in their jobs! It really gives them a sense of belonging and purpose in our learning community. You need to have classroom jobs!</div>
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Yes we gather like kinders on a carpet! Yes they love it! Yes we work out so many problems! Community meetings happen every couple of weeks or as needed. We discuss things like work ethic and taking care of our classroom when things aren't going quite the way we want. We take care of social and emotional needs. When students were scared of being deported or losing their family, we made it a safe space for them. Community meetings are so powerful and can serve such a big purpose in your classroom. The best 10 minutes you can invest in them!</div>
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Middle school students have needs! And it is our job to meet them. Even the small ones like being hot and needing a fan in our super hot classroom so you can do math!</div>
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This play table always has someone at it! Maybe they needed a brain break or they finished early, it was a space to create or solve riddles. I changed out the materials every week or two to keep it fresh. </div>
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I did a post about my auction and paper plate awards <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2017/10/end-of-quarter-things.html">here</a>. Students earn "JRICH Dollars" for going above and beyond what is expected of them. At the end of each quarter, they use their dollars to bid on items at our auction. I have junk and my fave, Mountain Dew. I also give out Paper Plate Awards that are tailored to each student and the connection we made. You can read all about it <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2017/10/end-of-quarter-things.html">here</a>!</div>
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On Mondays, we do "One Good Thing" from the weekend or the week before. Students get a sticky note and write down something good. It could be anything from got new shoes to grandmother cooking their favorite meal. I wrote about this in detail <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2014/08/daily-do-now.html">here</a>. It is the one small thing that really made a difference in knowing my students outside of school. From their one good thing I learned who played sports, who danced, who participated in tractor races or worked on cars with their family. It was a great way to invite every student's voice into the room on a Monday. They could share or they could say pass but every student spoke. </div>
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Creating a positive classroom community is all about the little things you do to let your students know you care and love them! A growth chart so they can see how much taller they are than their teacher and how much they grow in the year. Positive words all over the room that let them know they matter and are welcome. Having supplies available so they can do math and not have to worry about a pencil! All the little things matter!</div>
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We have celebrated the 4th of July so I know you have ALL gone to your schoolhouses begging for the key to your classroom so you can start bringing all your June ideas to life! I love that our brains have the down time for ideas to swirl with a fresh new school year ahead. I have put together <span style="color: red;">5 Teacher Things to Do In July</span> that will get you back into the swing of things as you begin to plan for your new students. And that have probably been on your to do list for a while!<br />
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Our team created a postcard to send to our new students that would get them excited about the first day. It also let them know who we were and that we were ready to have fun! Another example is a favorites postcard. This one let the students know a little about each of us. It also gave us something to talk about the first day when we met everyone. I did two to a page and printed front/back on card stock so it was inexpensive. The color photo one I took to Staples to have printed because INK! It was still less than $20 and that is money well spent to start building those relationships!</div>
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The teacher toolkit has by far been one of the best things I added to my classroom. I love how students can get what they need all in one place. It perfectly holds all the most common things they ask for. With the toolkit, they can just get what they need!</div>
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Now that I am in an office instead of a classroom, I Rae Dunned my toolkit to be a little more adulty! I changed some of the labels to things I frequently use. If you don't have a teacher toolkit, you really need to get one! </div>
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Combining Like Terms is taught before they get to me, but it is always good to have a quick review before we start equations. This is one of my favorite additions to the review! You can grab the cards <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ulfMieKufFwsXs956rZPwIXLKtxsvj5q/view?usp=sharing">here</a>. I printed on red, green, yellow, and blue paper and then cut. I wasn't sure if I would love it, so I did not laminate. I also made copies of the directions for each group because I tweaked the game play just a little. </div>
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Students shuffled the deck and dealt five cards to each player. I did groups of 4-5 and that worked out well. The deck was placed face down and the game started. </div>
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Once play began, you could lay down a LIKE TERM or LIKE COLOR on your turn. If you did not have a play, you drew one card. If that card didn't play, your turn was over. This differs from real UNO, so make sure you go over the rules or you may have an uprising! </div>
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Skip, Reverse, and Draw Two only worked for their color. The WILD card worked whenever! When a player had one card left, they had to yell UNO...which was hilarious to hear all across the classroom! The player to get rid of all their cards was the winner.</div>
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I love friendly competition and my kids got really into this game of UNO. So much so, this group started getting their JRICH Dollars out to bet! Don't worry! I shut it down before any actual bets were placed! They groaned because they wanted to win extra money to use at our Auction. You can read about why money for the Auction is so important <a href="https://www.highheelsandnumber2pencils.com/2017/10/end-of-quarter-things.html">here</a>!</div>
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Things I would change...put a card stock back to the cards and laminate. It took away some of the strategy and surprise because you could see what colors each player had in their hand. On the set I linked, I added some patterned pages to use for the back of the cards. Other than that, my kids LOVED this! It was amazing to hear them check each other when they played a card that was not like terms. I love when my students speak math! Let me know how it goes if you play with your students, and what we can do to make it better.</div>
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My new role as a Curriculum Leader has taken me out of my math world and into all of the other content areas. I have wondered what to do with my math blog, keep it mathy or branch out? While I decide, this is one of my fave activities from this year and I just had to share it with you! </div>
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This job has been perfect for my scatter brain as I search and think about multiple content areas at once! I will be searching for something to use in social studies and find something for science. Squirrel! This culminating activity to a "Fish In A Tree" novel study with sixth graders came about from seeing the Red Ball Challenge on Twitter, #redballchallenge. I wanted to know more about the magic of "connecting" Chromebooks and making a ball bounce across ALL of the screens! Hello stop motion in this <a href="https://youtu.be/RC_0NzJ2mWA">mind blowing video</a> that was the inspiration for this activity. Go watch and come back!</div>
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Day 1: We showed students the awesome video to inspire them, then had them create the illusion of the red ball transitioning from computer to computer using Google Slides. I followed<a href="https://youtu.be/Yx3v9xtmuZQ"> this video</a>, which gives the best detailed directions on how to create the magic. The hardest part was getting students to understand the timing and adding slides to make transitions from computer to computer work. This visual really helped and everyone rose to the Red Ball Challenge!</div>
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In the book, the main character, Ally, struggles to "fit in." To cope, she draws in her Sketchbook of Impossible Things and watches "mind movies," which help her escape from reality. Animating with Google Slides plus the Red Ball Challenge made Ally's mind movies come to life. The mind movies can be found on the pages below, curated from Mrs. Milstead, the teacher who let me try this craziness with her classes.</div>
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Day 2: Students discussed with their group what mind movie they wanted to create. Once they had their mind movie chosen, they created a Google Slides to share. We found it was best for them to create one slide together with all the backgrounds and images and then share it with the group to do the stop motion animation. </div>
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Day 3 and <strike>forever</strike> 4, if we had let them! Students worked super hard on their stop motion mind movies. It was a great collaborative activity because the transitions on the Chromebooks depended on the person before and after you. </div>
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Students became good at making the animation with tiny movements of their images, stop motion pros! They took a lot of time with the details of their mind movies, really capturing the author's descriptions.</div>
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Here are just a few of the awesome mind movies students created. Thank you to the fantastic 6th grade English Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Milstead, for always opening your classroom up to me! I loved this activity and this book and that my favorite quote is in it! "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." - Albert Einstein</div>
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