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Minds On
Minds On
What makes a superhero a SUPERHERO?
Are they super even when they are not saving the day?
Can a superhero have a bad day?
What strategies might superheroes use if they encounter problems we have when we have a bad day?
Let's Read!
Let's Read!
Learning Goals
Learning Goals
- I can identify calming strategies
- I can identify, develop and use strategies that work best for me
- I can create multimedia artifacts to communicate my thinking
- I can share my learning to help others and myself
Let's Make!
Let's Make!
There are plenty of things we can create and strategies we can use to "make" our days better!
There are plenty of things we can create and strategies we can use to "make" our days better!
Try a few of the following!
Try a few of the following!
Make some music with Google Chrome Music Lab!
Make some music with Google Chrome Music Lab!
Make your own superhero shield to help spread positive thinking and strategies!
Make your own superhero shield to help spread positive thinking and strategies!
You could do so much with this - designing and creating costumes for Character Heroes! Check out @mzmollytl and her Cosplay presentation!
Make your own anger catcher!
Make your own anger catcher!
Make your frustrations disappear!
Make your frustrations disappear!
Make a 60 second "shake break" to share with your class!
Make a 60 second "shake break" to share with your class!
Make a strategy "infomercial" using Scratch Junior!
Make a strategy "infomercial" using Scratch Junior!
How might you share with someone what strategies they could use when having a tough time?
Make your own strategy "Magic Eight Ball" with the Microbit!
Make your own strategy "Magic Eight Ball" with the Microbit!
Extension: How might students create, describe and nets of various 3D shapes to make their "Magic Strategy Cube/Prism/Pyramid/Cone"?
Make an interactive strategy wheel with a Makey Makey!
Make an interactive strategy wheel with a Makey Makey!
Reflect and Connect
Reflect and Connect
Think about it:
Think about it:
What skills and competencies are students developing while learning?
How might we document, share, reflect and connect with our learning communities in order to drive thinking forward?
Create, reflect upon and share learning via a documentation panel or audit trail
Create, reflect upon and share learning via a documentation panel or audit trail
How might this panel provide you more insight to what is happening in the learning environment?
How might this panel spark dialogue and discussion about teaching and learning practices?
How might this panel empower learners (students and teachers)?
How might you caption the learning? How might the students?
What might you continue to wonder in order to drive learning forward?
Document and share learning with a learning story
Document and share learning with a learning story
Forest of Reading learning journals and badges
Forest of Reading learning journals and badges
What if students documented their learning with a learning journal created with Google Slides?
What if students got badges for the skills they used through Forest of Reading learning opportunities?
Here is a Google Slide Deck that could possibly be modified and copied for students to showcase their learning.
Here is a Google Slide Deck that could possibly be modified and copied for students to showcase their learning.
Please feel free make a copy and modify for your own students.
Please feel free make a copy and modify for your own students.
Additionally, please find all the templates and pngs for the badges in the Google Drive folder below.
Additionally, please find all the templates and pngs for the badges in the Google Drive folder below.
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