Webquest Summary

For the Webquest, I created a "Verbs in Action--or not?" The link is: http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=230818 The students had to solve a mystery, and while doing this they were learning about linking, helping, and verb phrases. The mystery they are solving is helping Professor Quinton locate the predicate of the sentence when the verb is not an action verb. The students have two different roles: detective and crime scene technician.

Lesson Plan 4 Summary

In this lesson, students went on a virtual field trip to a local news station and had the weatherman explain the importance of recording temperature and weather patterns. The students learned how to read  and create a thermometer in Celsius and Fahrenheit. The students answered questions while reading and creating thermometers and found the temperature in different cities.

Lesson Plan 3 Summary

In this lesson, students learned how to recognize faces, vertices, and edges on 2-D and 3-D shapes. They learned how to locate the different sides, made 3-D shapes with toothpicks and mini marshmallows, and did a scavenger hunt with QR codes to practice applying their understanding. At the end of the lesson, the students had to write a blog entry that included a picture of their made up shape and the labeling of the faces, vertices, and edges. The blog was graded using a rubric.

Lesson Plan 2 Summary

In this lesson, my students learned how to make a presentation displaying their understanding of place value. The students took pictures of base ten blocks formed like the number they were supposed to create (i.e. 367), added videos where the students explained their understanding, and created slides with written explanations. The presentations were graded using a rubric.

Lesson Plan 1 Summary

In this lesson, my 8th grade Pre-Algebra students were challenged to solve multi-step word problems with mixed numbers. The goal of this lesson was for students to be able to use virtual tools to solve problems within a word problem that dealt with fractions. The students needed to be able to solve 4 out of 5 questions correctly and independently by the end of the assignment. The students were given word problems that would be familiar (concert tickets, etc.) and would use fraction circles (online or physical) and a fraction calculator. The goal was not to answer the fraction questions correctly, but to figure out how to solve the problem. At the end of the lesson, students were assessed with a written assessment.