I'll be honest. As time approaches to do my blog, I spend a lot of time deciding which is the "perfect" lesson to showcase. I love for you to see the students' best work so you can be as proud of what students do as I am.
Today, I want to showcase the students' best work in a different capacity.
This week, we went on a viral field trip to the city. I displayed a poster of a skyline and we have been learning about nouns and adjectives.
I posted our daily "I can..." learning target (what students will learn) and a language target (how students will show what they learned.).
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| Today's learning and language targets |
During the mini lesson, I explained when to use "Are there...?" vs "Is there a..." and "there is..." vs "there are..." (Use there is when the noun is singular; use there are when the noun is plural).
Sentence frames were posted for students to refer to if they got stuck. Sentence frames provide an opportunity for students to use key vocabulary while providing a structure for the sentence.
Then it was time for students to practice. Originally, I planned another way for students to ask/answer each others' questions, but at the last minute, I changed my mind. I gave them a rolled up piece of paper to toss to someone and ask a question. That person would answer the question then toss to someone else.
Below is just a snippet of the lesson. It's actually the part that I feel encompasses the perfect lesson; not because every student knew what to say but because it demonstrates how students support each other and help each other out.
At Goodrich, we don't only teach content/academics, we are also teaching kids how to coach, communicate and problem solve so they learn from each other.
In case you're wondering what the student keeps looking back at, he's reviewing the sentence frames to determine what to say after the hints given. You can see how, with a little bit of coaching and a little visual support, students take learning into their own hands.
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