Monster Science
Minds On
What is a word you'd use to describe this creature?
Take three sticky notes and write one word on each that describes the picture you see.
As a table group, use these sticky notes to create one or two sentences to describe this creature.
Possible alternative: Use Duplo bricks that have been covered with whiteboard tape/paint. Have students write one word on each piece with whiteboard markers and create a sentence structure.
Let's Read!
Learning Goals:
- I can summarize important ideas and cite supporting details
- I can extend understanding of what I read by connecting to other texts and/or experiences
- I can express an opinion about the text and support it with evidence
- I can find, utilize and cite resources that fall under Creative Commons licensing
- I can create, edit and revise multimedia artifacts to communicate my thinking
Let's Make!
Many of the learning opportunities below can be guided by a modified 3-2-1 template. Feel free to copy and modify for your learners.
Create an interactive digital image with Scratch or Thinglink
Find an image using Thinglink to create an interactive image to showcase your learning. Create an interactive spot to answer the following questions:
- What facts did you find?
- What interested you?
- What connections did you make?
- What is your "Big Think?" What do you still wonder?
- How did you cite you the information you used?
Step One: Find an image
Step Two: Make it interactive
Use loose parts to create and code a Microbit monster!
How might you modify this design and code so that every time you shake it another monster fact is displayed?
Create an talking argument to explain why a monster can or can't possibly exist!
Create an interactive poster or story to share your learning about monster science!
Reflect and Connect
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
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
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?
