Creativity in learning by xfactorpodcastnetwork https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1 Use the + button to add ideas of creative lessons ideas you have used. Use this link to return to home Padlet https://padlet.com/smilefactor/stronger-together-urudv0ifp6ohny1g en-us 2024-08-02 00:09:29 UTC 2024-08-19 18:25:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080317286 Infographics- drawing in class all the time

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]]> 2024-08-19 17:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080317308 Hands on Project https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080317961 Used oranges and their peels to demonstrate and have students derive the formula for the surface area of a sphere based on how many flat circles they filled in with the same radius as the orange sphere: SA=4(pi)r^2

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]]> 2024-08-19 17:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080319646 Games https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080319671 Play games that foster peer to peer communication and creative story telling.

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]]> 2024-08-19 17:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080320455 Student created games/projects https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080320892 2024-08-19 17:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080320892 Using Padlet as a student response board. https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080321499 2024-08-19 17:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080321499 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080321971 Creating youtube shorts/podcasts on information they learned


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]]> 2024-08-19 17:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080321980 Student created anchor charts/mentor work samples. https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080322055 2024-08-19 17:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080322055 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080322727 Doing a cross-curricular project with a fellow colleague to connect learning


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]]> 2024-08-19 17:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080322759 BTC: building thinking classrooms. https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080323117 Wipebooks (whiteboard chart papers) are hung up around the classroom and students use them to collaborate in groups. Endless activities can be utilized and students are encouraged to use each other's brains and work.

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]]> 2024-08-19 17:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080323605 Hands on,creatvity https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080323720 2024-08-19 17:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080323720 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080323975 Allow students to show their learning in a variety of ways.

]]> 2024-08-19 17:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080323975 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080324004 Learning about the butterfly life cycle by having live caterpillars and watching their metamorphosis. Learning through art activities. Lots of hands on exploration. Incorporating nature as much as possible. Field trips.

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More hands on activities, projects and experiments.

Incorporate different teaching methods - real life examples/experiences, going outside, bringing community members in, etc.

Mead Grade 5

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Rap battle for historical figures vs. other historical figures

Mock trials


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]]> 2024-08-19 17:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080324588 Component of Fitness https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325003 Connect components of fitness to body systems in PE.

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]]> 2024-08-19 17:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325135 Opportunities for play in all grades https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325260 2024-08-19 17:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325260 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325346 Students “teach” a class and present what they have learned and invite their parents in to watch

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]]> 2024-08-19 17:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325523 Putting out a variety of materials and having students use the materials to make their own creation https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325567 2024-08-19 17:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325567 Empower students with leadership skills to create independent learning opportunities https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325708 2024-08-19 17:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080325708 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080326122 Create a comic book

]]> 2024-08-19 17:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080326122 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080326140 Allowing more ways to show their creativity about lessons they’ve learned


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]]> 2024-08-19 17:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080326493 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080326617 Have students create a social media page for different animals to learn about classification

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Create trivia and games to have students collaborate.

]]> 2024-08-19 17:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080327116 More creating , hands on activities https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080327265 2024-08-19 17:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080327265 Explore Play-Based Learning https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080327999 Design play scenarios that tie into standards and units of study (ex: design an animal/build a zoo for an animal unit in reading.)

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]]> 2024-08-19 17:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080329280 Hands on activities https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080329450 2024-08-19 17:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080329450 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080329657 Letting students use multiple ways to show what they know (slide show, poster, essay, etc)

]]> 2024-08-19 17:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080329657 Transforming classrooms https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080329764 2024-08-19 17:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080329764 Interdisciplinary/ Real-life connections to content https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080329999 Student: “Why do we have to learn about shapes in 4th grade…?”


Have an answer for the why do we need to know ___________ question.


Teacher: “Video and software developers to create amazing 3-D graphics and this is how it starts.”



]]> 2024-08-19 17:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080329999 Hands on projects https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080330150 2024-08-19 17:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080330150 Bring back the early friends program https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080330352 2024-08-19 17:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080330352 Making games out of things. https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080330561 2024-08-19 18:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080330561 Ask students their ideas and figure out how to implement them. https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080330794 2024-08-19 18:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080330794 Have students tell you how they learn best https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080331118 2024-08-19 18:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080331118 Share Across Grade Levels https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080331611 Have students teach an older or younger class about what they have learned. Utilize older mentor students as buddy readers, fact practice partners, or peer mediators.

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]]> 2024-08-19 18:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080331805 Less by the book and more out of the box https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080331965 2024-08-19 18:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080331965 Allow students to reteach a topic https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080332170 2024-08-19 18:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080332170 More hands on learning such as tracing the letters in shaving cream https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080332523 2024-08-19 18:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080332523 Show kids it’s ok to be (appropriately) silly as an adult https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080333078 2024-08-19 18:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080333078 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080333326 Sketch notes

]]> 2024-08-19 18:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080333326 Encourage appropriate risk taking https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080333361 2024-08-19 18:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080333361 Student led projects with guidance from the teachers https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080334332 2024-08-19 18:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080334332 Getting students active inside the classroom to burn off energy https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080335927 2024-08-19 18:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080335927 Allow teachers pay teachers for supplemental material. So much creative material already created. https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080336820 2024-08-19 18:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080336820 Creative writing https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080337274 Create historical fiction where the students pretend they are historical figures in real events

]]> 2024-08-19 18:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080337274 Schoolwide Olympics https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080341570 2024-08-19 18:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080341570 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080346274 Write a “hand off” story with class. 1 person writes a section and then hands it off to the next writer.

]]> 2024-08-19 18:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080346274 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080347174 I want to grow a garden in the classroom with things we could use to make a pizza— we’d learn about planting, growing, harvesting, cooking, caring, working together, and more!

]]> 2024-08-19 18:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080347174 Substituting song lyrics by finding interesting rhyming words https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080349737 2024-08-19 18:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080349737 Tic Toc dance for gym class. https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080352740 2024-08-19 18:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080352740 https://padlet.com/smilefactor/ak6brx0c0a27urp1/wish/3080355857 I'm looking forward to working with my new students in the ABA program to help them learn academic behaviors and how to use various strategies (i.e. pecs, AAC devices) to communicate wants and needs.

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