Tessellations With Students
Experiences With The Students:
ISTE Standards:
5.3a: Model and learn with students how to formulate computational solutions to problems and how to give and receive actionable feedback.
5.3C Plan collaboratively with other educators to create learning activities that cross disciplines to strengthen student understanding of CT and CS concepts and transfer application of knowledge in new contexts.
Today was the day that I finally got to teach a lesson plan that I had worked on and created. I absolutely loved the way that the students interacted with us and, for the most part, were not shy and holding back. This was a day that I am going to remember for so long. Between each group, we had to change things up and get a better handle on what we were doing.
Group 1:
This was a group of boys that had just come in. There was one that was shyer, but the others were very talkative. They wanted to know what everything was and always wanted to be the first one to answer the question right. They were also our group that got through the puzzle the quickest. Because of this, we moved on to the other activity. We had the boys watch each other as they each took turns playing the matching game. This was a good idea at first, but we realized that by them watching each other, they were actually getting an advantage over the person who went first. We also had one other activity that we were not able to get to as well.
Group 2:
This group was a little bit different when it came to their energy while interacting with us. It was a group of 2 girls and 1 boy, which was nice to be able to see what the difference would be in their learning. One of the little girls was really good and ahead on everything that they were working on. The little boy was about average, and the other little girl was struggling a little more than the others. All of these students were able to do the puzzle rather quickly, but they did the matching quicker than the group of boys. In the end, we were able to have them work on the coloring sheets a little bit, but it was not for very long at all.
Group 3:
Now, I think that this was my most interesting group because it was 2 girls. They came in with lots of energy and frankly, wouldn’t stop talking long enough for us to give the instruction. These two girls struggled more with the puzzle than the other groups, but they also had the longest times for the matching game as well. For them, we were able to have one girl coloring while the other was doing the matching game. This way, they were able to each work on their coloring and ultimately complete their coloring sheets as well. This is how I wanted the activities to run.
Hello, I would add in some ISTE standards to this blog post, you explain what happened really well, are there any pictures you could add from your experience?
ReplyDeleteHi Sydney, great post, I think these two standards would be a great fit.
ReplyDelete5.3aModel and learn with students how to formulate computational solutions to problems and how to give and receive actionable feedback.
**This standard would be a good fit for your activity because it allows you to model, explore and learn with your student while problem solving.
5.3C Plan collaboratively with other educators to create learning activities that cross disciplines to strengthen student understanding of CT and CS concepts and transfer application of knowledge in new contexts. is another ISTE standard you can add to this activity.
**Incorporating this standard it will give you the opportunity to work with other colleagues and decide the best way to present to your classes.