Asking students to “explain the importance” wasn’t as high-level as I thought.
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Introducing Ourselves With Depth and Complexity and Frames
A go-to activity to introduce the prompts of depth and complexity to students while they also introduce themselves to their new classmates.
Climbing Blooms With A Science Lesson
How I’d push a mere science demonstration to higher level of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
A Playlist That Shows A Character’s Change
Here’s how I’d take one task from my choice board and focus on making it great!
Healthy Donuts!? Framing a Math Project with a Big Idea
Instead of jumping straight to calculations, what if we framed this math concept with a big idea?
Free Verse from A Particular Point of View
My go-to writing task is a free verse poem written from a particular perspective. I learned this idea from my boss, Sandi, who learned it from Joan Franklin Smutny (I think!). You can use ANYTHING as your prompt. A piece of art works well to introduce the idea, but you can move to writing once […]
Upgrading A Research Report
So many “research reports” are really just “regurgitation re-writes.” Here’s one way to take a research report to a much more interesting level.
I Compared Characters, Yet Stayed At “Remember”
I set up an Analyze question, but never actually asked it! All of these questions are at the “remember” level.
Create A Civilization: The Flag
Let’s design a flag for your students’ civilizations. But let’s do it right! We’ll dig into the language of vexillology, analyze real flags, form some opinions, and only then create our own flag.
Create A Civilization: Pick The Location
As we begin the project, students first consider where on earth their civilization will begin.