F2009+8Y24+Lab+5+Activity+Type+Reviews

= 8Y24 Lab 5 Vocabulary Bingo Erica McKellar Vocabulary Bingo is an activity type that places assessment of learning in the form of using recognition into a game form. This is a communication and project-based learning activity where the ‘Bingo Master’ reads the words or concepts aloud the learners are to recognize and mark them off their individual sheets. The student whose card is completed first wins! I could see myself using this in a lesson as a checkpoint of where my students are at in their learning. I could also see this game format being used as a review before a formal assessment. I would integrate 15-20 words or concepts at a time and each student would have individual cards to avoid cheating or copying from one another. One aspect of this activity that I would be assessing is the students’ ability to recognize the word or concept and search and find it on their sheet. This game can also be altered to meet the needs of all levels of students as well as ESL students. I would circulate the room to identify what students are marking the correct word and which ones are struggling and may need more assistance.

Olivia Marsters I chose the character map or web activity. A character web or map is a visual map that organizes and lists a character’s individual traits. By creating this web, students create a visual representation of the character’s traits in an organized way, and I think that this is a great comprehension strategy. In the grade 3 class that I am in right now, we have been discussing characters and completing activities where students describe and list their characteristics. I could easily incorporate this into their independent reading by having them create their own character web for the main characters in their story. I would be assessing their comprehension by looking at the information that they provided in the web and be able to use the web to assess their ability to make inferences, for example, “how do you think that the little pig will react to the wolf and his actions?”. I think that creating a character web would be a great activity for them to do, since they love using computers…and maybe I will suggest it next week!

Lucy Frabotta: The activity type from Chapter 4 that really interests me is the brochure. A brochure is a small pamphlet which contains information that is used to either inform or entertain the reader. The design of a brochure matters just as much as the words do as it is generally a persuasive piece of writing. I would definately see myself using a brochure as a final assignment for a geography lesson in any of the junior years. Students would be required to choose a country, or a province, and create a brochure advertising their chosen location. In assessing the students' work, I would be evaluating how well the students were able to condense all of their information and images to fit a small workspace as I think it is just as important as the actual information that goes inside.

Tara Ulrich The activity type that caught my attention was from chapter 4 and it is called "MADlibs". MADlibs is an activity where students are given a story where every 4th or 5th word is left blank. It is up to the student to proivde the replacement word out of a list of words that he or she has already created. This list of words must meet a certain criteria which has been set out by the teacher. This is a fun and exciting game for students because they are able to make up funny phrases. I would use this game on a lesson on either nouns, verbs, or adjectives. For instance, I would tell the students to make a list of nouns and replace the blanks in the sentence with these words. This would allow students to put their knowledge of nouns to the test in a fun way. By looking at the students words that they chose to use I would be able to assess weather or not they know what a noun is. If students are not creating a proper list of nouns than I would know that I need to go back and give another lesson on nouns.

Julia Gentili One activity type that interests me is the newsletter because it can be used both by the students to display information learned in class, and by the teacher to display information about the class to students and parents. A newsletter is “a printed report giving news or information of interest to a special group” and includes informational pieces that include who, what, where, when, and why. I can see myself using a newsletter to provide parents with information about what their child is currently learning within the class and upcoming projects that may require parent help. I can also use the newsletter as an assignment and have students create their own about a specific theme in a unit. Once they have created the newsletter I can assess their knowledge of the particular theme based on how informative and organized their information is within the newsletter.

Crystal Zawislak One activity that I found pretty interesting was the picture prompt writing. Picture prompt writing is when the student is given a picture and they have to either write a story about the picture or write about what is happening in the picture. For example, the student could be given a picture of astrounauts on an unknown planet and they could write a story about how they got there and the types of exploration they are performing. Or they could look at the picture and describe exactly what is going on just by examining every aspect of the picture. This activity could definitely be used when working on a writing component in any grade. Depending on the grade level obviously determines the skill and level of writing. However, I feel this is a fun way to get the children to use their imagination and creativity. One aspect that I would be assessing would be spelling and grammar, and also use of different vocabulary and words.