Teacher(s) Name: Mrs. Wilson
School: Greenwood ES
Grade Level(s): Grade 3
Content Area(s): Math, Social Studies, Art, Language Arts, Reading
Lesson Summary
Students read five fall related books as a class and then decided to debate which book was the best. Groups collaborated to develop a slideshow about their book, design a book cover, create questions for the debate, speak to why their book was the best, and analyze the data after other students voted. Throughout this project, students used a variety of resources to include Padlet, Read Write Think, Google Slides, Google Sheets, Google Docs, and Seesaw.
TIPC Ratings
Research & Information Fluency
Rating:Ideal – Explanation: Students read and analyzed the picture books that they selected to debate. They used Google Slides to organize information about the story elements featured in their book. Students generated questions on a Padlet wall to be answered during the debate. Students learned about debates and practiced debating skills in the library.
Communication & Collaboration
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: Students collaborated on a Padlet wall to generate questions. They collaborated on a Google Slide presentation to share information about their book. Students used Seesaw to record themselves explaining how to solve the graphing question they wrote using the voting data. Students displayed their graphs with a QR code to the answer to the graphing question so that other students and teachers could scan the wall and discover the answer.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Students had to think critically and problem solve to best answer the debate questions and persuade others to vote for their book. Students had to analyze data, write their own graphing question, and demonstrate how to solve the problem.
Creativity & Innovation
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: Students had many opportunities for creativity throughout this project. Students designed book covers on Read, Write, Think. They created clay models of the monsters in their books with the art teacher. Students created posters that were held by audience members to show support for their favorite book.
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