My district is making everything voluntary on the elementary level and we're not allowed to link to outside websites like youtube. This may change but right now the students get to pick the lessons they wish to do if they do any at all. So far the only responses I received are the step-by-step, how-to-draw ones I threw in to provide more variety. I tried to provide a lot of options to help them customize their drawings but they haven't really gone beyond the steps so the few I got all looked super similar. Oh well, at least they are creating!
We can use Tumblebooks, You Tube, On Library. The things we used have to be checked out by our technology to make sure these sites don't use student information for data. It is a life saver.
We aren't grading but when my students upload, I give them 100 to motivate them because they met the objectives. We only use letters for grading M=mastering, P=progressing. And we are expected to give feedback to all of our 560 students within a 7 day period.
I have been asked to keep it simple. A video, maybe a book and a project. I also created "Explore More" that is optional but students and families can explore more.
This week for 2nd grade I did the lesson on Cave Art of Lascaux. I found a virtual tour into Lascaux 2. I made google slides with information on the boys and dog that found the cave. I included two books from You Tube that related to it. The project was to crumble a paper and then color it with a brown crayon like the cave and I asked the artists to draw animals. They upload them and I comment on all (560) students.
The benefits is I seem to be able to share more because there's no interruptions; fire drills, assemblies, behavior issues. It also takes more time to do all this but it is so fun to share so much. Good news once their made I am making a library. I also hear the district may have us do this during snow days. I hope we don't have to make up the snow day then.
I am tracking student participation with forms that I created from class lists and checking off work as it comes in. It is time consuming but it is giving me a clear picture of which students are participating. My K-3 students are producing much more than my 4-6 grade students.
My district is making everything voluntary on the elementary level and we're not allowed to link to outside websites like youtube. This may change but right now the students get to pick the lessons they wish to do if they do any at all. So far the only responses I received are the step-by-step, how-to-draw ones I threw in to provide more variety. I tried to provide a lot of options to help them customize their drawings but they haven't really gone beyond the steps so the few I got all looked super similar. Oh well, at least they are creating!
I have been asked to keep it simple. A video, maybe a book and a project. I also created "Explore More" that is optional but students and families can explore more.
This week for 2nd grade I did the lesson on Cave Art of Lascaux. I found a virtual tour into Lascaux 2. I made google slides with information on the boys and dog that found the cave. I included two books from You Tube that related to it. The project was to crumble a paper and then color it with a brown crayon like the cave and I asked the artists to draw animals. They upload them and I comment on all (560) students.
The benefits is I seem to be able to share more because there's no interruptions; fire drills, assemblies, behavior issues. It also takes more time to do all this but it is so fun to share so much. Good news once their made I am making a library. I also hear the district may have us do this during snow days. I hope we don't have to make up the snow day then.