Submitted by: Jim Covais
School: Adams Elementary School
Summary
This is a review lesson for perimeter. The students pick a partner and design the floor plan for a house. First they make a blueprint on paper using a ruler. Then the students transfer their design to the computer using the activinspire software and the ruler tool. When the students were finished they shared their designs with the class. They then reflected on their experience using the class blog.
TIPC Ratings
Entry – Because this lesson is under 150 minutes, this strand wasn’t my focus.
The students picked their partners and worked together after also determining their own roles within the groups and deciding who will assume each role. The authentic task was to design a house. The blog provided the opportunity to collaborate with others regardless of time zone or physical distances, and provided a venue for reflection.
The students used ActivInspire to think critically as they worked together in small groups to design their own houses which was an open-ended project that required the higher order thinking skills of planning and drawing to scale.
Students designed the houses while being allowed to create beyond of the assignment parameters if they chose to do so. The blog allowed the venue for reflection.
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