First I want to say the video with the show and tell was great. Since I plan to be doing lower elementary, I will look forward to using this activity in my classroom to get my students excited about history!
I’m enjoying being part of the literature circle but there are a few question I have about it. At what age would this activity be effective for students? Is this something you could only do with chapter books (older kids) or could I break it down and simplify it to do a picture book for younger elementary students? I wonder what other types of layouts (worksheets/guides) can be used to complete this activity. This is the second time (second class at UR) that we have used the same guide. Maybe different classes could use a different guide to give us a glimpse into other options.
The SOL sheet we did in class shows the progression scale for grades K-12. While grades 3-12 take the SOL, what kind of test/how are teachers in K-2 held accountable testing wise like all other grades?
I noticed that the “It says, I say, and so” activity this class was more successful than the previous two classes. I’m not really sure why that is. I’m not sure if it was the way it was presented, that fact that we have done it a few times now, or maybe it was the fact that I didn’t realize we were following the same routine with it since it wasn’t brought up until toward the end of the activity. Either way, I feel like it was a success this time.