Submitted by: Monica Starkweather, Allison Batholomay, Jessica Bagley, and Amanda Florio
School: Johnson Elementary
Summary
Students were asked to pick and read a book of their choice. Students were then asked to take a “book report adventure!” where students would have to complete six assignments in class during Reading and LA block over a period of two weeks. Students could pick from a total of 9 diverse activities. The project outcome allows for students to be extremely creative and earn a chance to dress up as their favorite character found in their book. It ended up being a grade level challenge, where each class voted for a class winner. All winners earned a fun, yummy lunch with the 3rd grade teachers.
TIPC Ratings
This lesson is entering with research. The students researched within their own book and not other sources to develop their own questions.
This lesson is developing in communication and collaboration. Students worked in groups to accomplish a class assignment. Students expressed their interpretations of the story through writing, acting, drawing, and thinking as characters in their books.
This lesson is approaching in critical thinking and problem solving. Students were given supplies and they needed to use these supplies to answer purposeful questions. Students applied digital tools to think about their book and display their findings to solve open-ended tasks.
This lesson is developing and on its way to approaching with creativity and innovation. Students worked on class assignments the blend technology and many aspects of personal choice to generate new ideas and products.
