Submitted by: Meg King
School: Highland Springs
Summary
Students will work together in pairs to develop and create different shape combinations for the face of our class Jack-O-Lantern. They will develop, create, and share their ideas using the program Pixie. As they recall the names and attributes of different shapes, student pairs will count and record the number of shapes used for each face. Lastly, student pairs will record an explanation of which shapes they chose for their face and a justification of why they chose the shapes they chose. Our class will review the different shape combinations and choose a favorite face to carve into our pumpkin.
TIPC Ratings
The teacher is leading students through a shape review using a limited number of teacher selected shapes. Students are responding to the teacher’s prompts and doing a limited search based on the age level objectives for this lesson.
The teacher has developed a lesson that encourages students to work together to design a product. Before students start working in groups the teacher will review how to work in groups and how to communicate while working with a partner. She will visit groups as students are working and give instruction and help about working with a partner. Students will work in teacher defined groups to create their shape pumpkin. They will then record their the number of each shape that they used. Finally, the students will record what shapes they used and why they used them using the Pixie recorder. When the students hear a signal they will switch roles within their groups.
The teacher is questioning students and having them review basic shapes. As she works with small groups she will have them define the shape and give their reason for using the shape in their pumpkin. The students are working in pairs to design a pumpkin face using basic shapes. As they design the face they have to define the shape and explain why it was used on their pumpkin, This will be shared with the teacher in their small group and also recorded using the Pixie recorder.
The teacher taking a review of basic shapes a making a connection to the students anticipation of Halloween to create a activity that should have high student engagement. If you read her notes above she has made modifications to this lesson to help every student be successful. The students have the freedom to create a pumpkin with the basic shapes. They are using Pixie both to create and record this process. Each pumpkin will be shared with the class and aspects of these pumpkins will be used in the carving of the class pumpkin.
Student Artifact
Ms. King’s Class from Price on Vimeo.
