Happy Sunday!
You might
not like this, but parents I have a favor and homework for you! We are
all so excited about the sporting events in the news including the Super
Bowl and the Olympics. As a class we have been brainstorming a lot of
ideas about how to include these exciting current events in our
classroom and the students came up with a lot of exciting math and
history connections. I would like to use this opportunity to help students think about success skills that help athletes and adults find success. These include ideas like teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving etc. These ideas are skills that the students use across the content areas but are a little more abstract for kids to verbalize.
Here is where you come in!
I created an online conversation board using a website called, Padlet.
To do this:
I have done a few samples on the website that you can look at. Feel free to repeat skills or add ones that no one has included. We will be analyzing your feedback Tuesday afternoon to categorize skills and look for themes. Then with the themes we will have a new lens to view events like the Super Bowl and the Olympics. Students will brainstorm how we will capture the information we gain. I predict they will want an electronic tracking system, but I will also suggest a fun classroom bulletin board!
After familiarizing ourselves with these terms, students will be identifying how these skills help them in the classroom and outside of school. We will look to see if certain skills help certain kids differently, if we may use certain skills in different subjects, and how these skills can help us understand ourselves as learners.
Thank you!
Megan
