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The Initial Iteration of the Strategy
Expanding What I Did - Particularly for the Virtual Students
The Final Iteration - Second Page, Room for a Video and More Reflection of Learning
F2F EWD.MOVSharing the Moments
Sharing the Moments
I've worked hard this year, trying to make my virtual students and face-to-face students all feel a part of the family. Because of this, I decided to show the virtual students how things worked in class. They enjoyed it immensely!
How it Began!
How it Began!
I attended a training through the county - and learned so much. But one thing stood out to me and became a regular class protocol that includes so much learning and such a deep relationship with vocabulary....
...and brings in root words and etymology too!
The Purpose
The Purpose
The original concept was one of students filling out the boxes by researching using their tools - from hard copy dictionaries to online resources. They then use that information to complete the sentence stems. With the original goal of using that information to write an informational essay - we've never reached such lofty levels.
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Why It Became a Protocol in Our Class!
Why It Became a Protocol in Our Class!
As a 'student' working through this in the training, I saw the power of learning the vocabulary this way. Digging deep, connecting with etymology - so much! I immediately into the classroom and we got to play.
I quickly saw a connection that I missed initially and made some changes to how we worked through things - root words. Sixth graders have root word knowledge as a main standard, and I permanently strive to find ways to integrate the importance of root word knowledge into my teaching. I emphasized that right away!
When I started to introduce this to my virtual students, I immediately needed to find ways to include the reflection that we did automatically in class, into the process. The result was a second page asking the students to think about their work and answer questions to open up their minds to what connections they had made. Students began to see the purpose behind the work - always a top goal of mine. I began to work through them in our virtual meetings, and there is no doubt that the interaction makes everything better!
Over time, I realized that our online students needed more guidance and support. That led to the third iteration - adding in a teaching video (occasionally two) to show the word or a connection to the word in a video format to support the student's ability to think and reflect about the meaning.
EWD explained!Initial explanation of 'how to' for our virtual students
A Couple of Student Examples of Submitted Work
A Couple of Student Examples of Submitted Work
Good honest examples of what my sixth graders were producing from this activity.
Good honest examples of what my sixth graders were producing from this activity.
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