Last Night of Class 12-13-17 Post #15

In class, I missed some of what was said regarding "Magic Wands"; because my internet kicked me out of class. I went back and listened to the recorded class portion I missed. Professor Steffes gave us some information, regarding our magic wands (our anticipatory sets), on what they should be based on. The anticipatory set should be relevant and content based, have a clear bridge or connect, reappear during lesson, acclimate prior learning, and be a way to share your objective. Some creative ideas to make an anticipatory set are through Art, a question, video clips, quotes, card match, #tweet, or meme.

For Example: Lesson- 4th Grade Social Studies Immigration to Ellis Island

ART- Immigrants eat rotten meat and stewed prunes in Ellis Island dinning hall

Question based on picture- Would you feel very welcomed or accepted; being over crowded and served rotten meat and stewed prunes?

Video Clip- Series of 3 videos could be played over three days

Quote-

Picture Match- Students get a country they immigrated from; they go around the room and collect the cards that go with their country, for example job, place to live, education.

 

# Tweet response to picture-

(Mine- #littlebrothers )

I hope you enjoyed seeing these examples and I enjoyed seeing all of the creative wands people came up with.