https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z Do you have any lessons you could sell tickets for? en-us 2018-04-11 16:40:34 UTC 2018-04-12 12:38:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Prizecup.png khess8 https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250846531 I can think of a few lessons that with a little more work they could be at the status of selling tickets.  With 6th grade I have started doing a project where students create their own designs with shapes and colors on an 8 x 40 cm rectangle.  Then afterwards they will make their design with beads and string.  The math part is writing colors they use as fractions, ratios, decimals, and percents.]]> 2018-04-11 17:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250846531 ksteen8 https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250846993 That's a tough one. I'm not sure anyone would purchase tickets, but the lesson we have the most fun with is the start of Macbeth.  I hand out some of the most curious, fun lines from the play. We clear the room and make a circle.  I hand out the lines but make them promise not to look until I say go...  On go, we "mill and seethe"  When I say stop, they pair up and recite their line with as much enthusiasm as they can muster.  It's pretty fun, and it's amazing watching them light up when we cross their line later in the play.  After a few times of recital, we each recite our lines with emotion, action, enthusiasm.  
Then I read a short rendition/retelling of the plot where they insert their lines.  


]]> 2018-04-11 17:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250846993 lrynning https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250865823 I agree, that is a difficult question. I think that some lessons are very engaging, but I'm not sure if they would be ticket-worthy. Historical Hero day is always fun and the students love to dress up and present their hero. Another one that is fun is Paul Bunyan and Paul Bunyan pancakes with pure maple syrup (What's not to like about making and eating jumbo pancakes on the griddle). Another fun lesson is packing a settler's wagon. The kids are enthralled with the notion of who would survive and who would perish.]]> 2018-04-11 18:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250865823 mbernstrom1 https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250872693 I guess the one lesson that I have done that the kids ask for over and over is our "hunts". We walk around the school to find shapes or most recently a sight word hunt. You can make it as simple or as difficult as you want. Next time, I am going to have them work in partners or groups to find the most. They are competitive and like when things are presented as a game. ]]> 2018-04-11 18:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250872693 salme https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250872724 As I think to my lessons and I have some that I feel are extremely engaging...then there's some that are not the most exciting. I have my 4th graders right now and I just asked them this question. Thankfully, hands shot into the air. (I was a little worried.) All of the fun things they remembered, were loaded with hooks and kinesethic learning. Two of their favorites were climbing Mount Everest and visiting the Egyptian pyramids. ]]> 2018-04-11 18:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250872724 asele https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250887783 When I reflect on my more meaningful lessons, it's the ones where the kids are excited! I've started to do a lot more with cross-curriculum. For this reason, it seems I can do a lot more with reading, writing, social sciences, math, art, and computers. Those worthy of "selling tickets" could include: Mini-Measuring Olympics, Dinosaurs/Fossils, Animal Research/Habitat, Weather, Leprechaun Traps, and anything where they can go outside the box to build a personal connection and explore what is being taught.]]> 2018-04-11 18:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/salme/elkdmvsupz3z/wish/250887783