Idea 1: Nate will ask students what their top two or three mechanical writing problems are, then set a date to get help from Mr. M. These problems may be small errors that they made on papers. This will be a semester or year-long process of improvement. Together they will find tools and set dates and goals and propose a strategy to work on improving these areas. These may include capitalization, punctuation, quotations, commas, etc. Data will be kept in one place and mastery of topics will be tracked. This will also encourage mindfulness about their challenges.
Idea 2: Lon in World Religions will ask kids to solve puzzles such as "What does it mean to be a Muslim in Duluth?". They would research and write about their findings. They may find local stories and anecdotes from community members to add to their understanding.
Idea 3: Karen will do activities such as destination imagination challenges and write their reflection about what they did to solve the challenge using a blog to post their reflections. Using the Ipad to post encourages their participation. They may write about their approach to the challenge or what they observed as the kids solved the challenge.
Idea 4: Paul will use some of the math questions from the AMC math tests as a class challenge problem. The problems/challenges will have to be chosen specifically for the level of the class and their experience in solving difficult problems.
Idea 5: Anne will also use challenging questions as part of the homework assignments, encouraging them to try the challenges with a game format, i.e. "phone a friend", or "get one google search" to help them solve. Flipping the classroom has given them more time in class to work on homework.
Idea 6: Kelly ditto: put math league problems on group quizzes and homework. Flipping lessons may allow time in class to work on the challenge problems. In some cases they need life lessons in common sense to help them solve problems.
Idea 2: Lon in World Religions will ask kids to solve puzzles such as "What does it mean to be a Muslim in Duluth?". They would research and write about their findings. They may find local stories and anecdotes from community members to add to their understanding.
Idea 3: Karen will do activities such as destination imagination challenges and write their reflection about what they did to solve the challenge using a blog to post their reflections. Using the Ipad to post encourages their participation. They may write about their approach to the challenge or what they observed as the kids solved the challenge.
Idea 4: Paul will use some of the math questions from the AMC math tests as a class challenge problem. The problems/challenges will have to be chosen specifically for the level of the class and their experience in solving difficult problems.
Idea 5: Anne will also use challenging questions as part of the homework assignments, encouraging them to try the challenges with a game format, i.e. "phone a friend", or "get one google search" to help them solve. Flipping the classroom has given them more time in class to work on homework.
Idea 6: Kelly ditto: put math league problems on group quizzes and homework. Flipping lessons may allow time in class to work on the challenge problems. In some cases they need life lessons in common sense to help them solve problems.
