See, I Can Learn....
Well, today, I did all of the same things that I did yesterday. You know what, though, I did them better this time. We did group activities in each class and each class went much better than yesterday. Here are the differences:
1) In the classes where we did the Tangram stuff, I walked through each step in front of the class, I had them throw away the extra flap of paper that isn't used in the set, I made sure that each student had the right group of 7 tangram pieces, and I had each student label each of their pieces.
2) Then, I had each student try to put their tangram set back together in the shape of a square. I helped the kids that didn't get it.
3) Then, we formed groups. I still let the kids pick their own groups, but today, they were all boy or all girl groups. Maybe I got lucky, but the groups all worked really well together and didn't just throw up their hands and quit. Each team had to chose a team name. I put the team names on the board.
4) We did each of the 4 tangram puzzles in order. First team to get each player's tangram set into the proper configuration won and got 5 points (if there were 5 teams). Second team got 4 points, etc. This went really well today and the kids were into the competition.
5) Winning teams got prizes. I am a bit of a cheapskate, so each team member on a winning team got one of my Tea Tree Oil Toothpicks to chew on. Remember, it isn't the value of the prize, it is the fact that it is a symbol of your victory. Two ladies teams won today and they seemed pleased to have toothpicks to chew on.
Oh, and why am I doing Tangram stuff in my Technology Class? Making a Tangram Set and the subsequent creation of different figures with your pieces is fairly similar to the process that one uses to create a drawing in AutoCAD. There are certain tools at your disposal, certain rules that must be followed and an end product image that must be created. Just like with a Tangram set.
Next class period, we start learning lines. Yeah!
1) In the classes where we did the Tangram stuff, I walked through each step in front of the class, I had them throw away the extra flap of paper that isn't used in the set, I made sure that each student had the right group of 7 tangram pieces, and I had each student label each of their pieces.
2) Then, I had each student try to put their tangram set back together in the shape of a square. I helped the kids that didn't get it.
3) Then, we formed groups. I still let the kids pick their own groups, but today, they were all boy or all girl groups. Maybe I got lucky, but the groups all worked really well together and didn't just throw up their hands and quit. Each team had to chose a team name. I put the team names on the board.
4) We did each of the 4 tangram puzzles in order. First team to get each player's tangram set into the proper configuration won and got 5 points (if there were 5 teams). Second team got 4 points, etc. This went really well today and the kids were into the competition.5) Winning teams got prizes. I am a bit of a cheapskate, so each team member on a winning team got one of my Tea Tree Oil Toothpicks to chew on. Remember, it isn't the value of the prize, it is the fact that it is a symbol of your victory. Two ladies teams won today and they seemed pleased to have toothpicks to chew on.
Oh, and why am I doing Tangram stuff in my Technology Class? Making a Tangram Set and the subsequent creation of different figures with your pieces is fairly similar to the process that one uses to create a drawing in AutoCAD. There are certain tools at your disposal, certain rules that must be followed and an end product image that must be created. Just like with a Tangram set.
Next class period, we start learning lines. Yeah!
posted by silverpenny at 1:06 PM
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