https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu Please share a specific assignment, or a general strategy that you use with students that "transforms the task." en-us 2018-09-20 20:15:25 UTC 2025-11-18 23:45:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/284804291 I have been doing more each year with team work. I teach students that I am looking for the things that are listed in the 20/20 vision and they get a grade for showing me that they are making progress in those areas. I drill with them that this is not a time for the smart student to teach the others. That this is a time to collaborate, discuss, share and critique ideas. ]]> 2018-09-23 21:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/284804291 https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/284804707 I have students who do not need assignments in the traditional way to come in to access and provide tutoring. I always listen carefully as they help another student to avoid them giving wrong information.]]> 2018-09-23 21:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/284804707 https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/284804859 Last year I allowed a choice assignment for two of the units. Based on their needs, they could A) watch videos on the content B) make a video explaining/ teaching the content OR
C) make a kahoot game with correct answers and good distractors. ]]> 2018-09-23 21:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/284804859 https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/284805828 I am trying to show students they can use tools like Khan Academy to help them practice for SAT, look up topics they need help with and fill in any gaps in their learning.]]> 2018-09-23 21:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/284805828 dmacri https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/285189015 Many of my units now include some form of hands-on activity, or Tactivity. This could include problems with multiple steps that they work with their partners to rearrange in the correct order or doing a graph match activity with cards that don't necessarily have a 1:1 match. It's a great way to get them to rely on their knowledge and their group's knowledge. It gets them to communicate and collaborate to successfully complete the task and I have found it much more effective than simply giving them an example that I ask them to work on.]]> 2018-09-24 18:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/285189015 https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/286775350 I frequently have my students put down their pencils and talk to their partner about a problem.  Anything from "what is the answer" to "how is this different than what we have seen before" or, "what are some patterns or things you observe"
It's often much harder to communicate mathematically than just come up with an answer]]> 2018-09-28 00:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/286775350 https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/287216045 The teacher is not the only resource for the content. I have students access multiple access points. Of course there is Khan and mathispower4u, as well as their peers. For lower levels I actually grade their group interaction to force them to share and collaborate. At the end of a group session, I recap all the great phrases of what group collaboration sounds like.]]> 2018-09-29 14:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rjarrett1/ebb1r6dzgggu/wish/287216045