Posts Tagged ‘Middle & End Organizer’
Probability Line (Between Never and Always)
Submitted by: Colette
October 26th, 2009
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: Students place a Post-it® Note with the name of an event (i.e. it will rain today) somewhere on the line on the whiteboard. Never is on the left of the line, and always is on the right. After all the Post-it Notes are placed, we discuss each one. Is the chance of a tornado actually never or close to never? Will the sun come up today? Always? This activity really gets kids thinking. The teacher can ask one question and each student can place their Post-it somewhere on the line. This can be discussed as well.
Post-it® Note Flip Books
Submitted by: Janet
October 7th, 2009
Categories: 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art
Estimated Time: 40-50 minutes
Description: 1. Discuss action story themes with students. 2. Students brainstorm ideas. Examples: Ski Jumps, Skateboarding tricks, Hitting a home run, Sky diving, Making a touchdown, Fishing, The slam dunk, Rock Climbing, Going on a walk, etc. 3. If possible, the students view finished samples of flip books that the teacher or other students have made, bought or checked out from the library. 4. Students make a plan what is going to happen in their story. Ex. Quarterback signals play in huddle. Team goes to the line. Play is put into action. Play by play of ball is drawn as it raises and lowers in the air. Reciever catches the ball. Touchdown. Players cheer. 5.Students develop/draw a rough draft of a character and setting for their story/event. Drawings should be simple, outlines or solid filled shapes work best. Drawings must be dark to show up. Sketch lightly with pencil first and then darken up final copy or trace with pen so that the story may be easily seen as the pages are quickly flipped. 6. Students redraw the character and setting over and over again on medium or large Post-it note pad with slight changes to the character and setting as you flip each page. Students have the flexibility to gradually enlarge objects to zoom in and change the focus or make them smaller to recede into the picture (for example, showing a character wave goodbye and walk off into the sunset. 7. Students and teacher critique work in progress and test the flip book by quickly thumbing through to see how successfully the character is advancing in the story. 8. When complete, the flip book should appear to be a mini silent action film that can be "played" forward or in reverse depending on how you hold and flip through the book with your thumb. 9. Students share their flip books with others in the class.
