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AddaLittleConstructivism
Duringyoursession,youexploredthesixprinciplesofconstructivism.Chooseatleasttwo
principlesandincorporatethemintoanactivityforyourstudents.
Useideasfromthesessionorreviewtheselinkstohelpyou:
Teachnology:ClassroomApplicationsofConstructivism
ConcepttoClassroom:WhatdoesConstructivismhavetodowithmyclassroom?
ImaginationSoup:WhatisaConstructivistClassroom?
NameofActivity:
JoyofPoetry
SuggestedTime:
3classperiods(45minuteseachsession)
Standards:
RL4/RI4/SL3
PrinciplesofConstructivism:Highlighttheprinciplesyouplantoincorporate.
Socialinteraction
Collaborativeinteractionwith
peersintroducesmultiple
perspectivesforstudentsto
considerthroughreflection,
discussionandthe
developmentofshared
meaning.
Activeengagement
Understandingisdeepened
bythestudentthrough
engagementinmeaningful
experiences.Studentsmust
findtheexperiencerelevant
andinterestingsotheywill
becomeabsorbedinthe
creationofpersonal
meaning.
Knowledgeconstruction
Understandingisapersonal
formationofmeaning
throughthedevelopmentof
mentalmodels.Individuals
buildunderstanding
internallybyreachingsome
typeofagreementbetween
newinformationand
previousknowledge.New
mentalmodelsareput
togetherthrougha
processofaccommodation,
assimilationorrejection.
Priorknowledgeand
experience
Individualsareuniqueand
havevariedlifeexperiences
andbeliefsthatshapetheir
understandingoftheworld.
Reflectiveprocess
Creatingmeaningisa
processofthinking,
ponderingand
Understandingevolves
Learningisnotstagnantitis
somethingthatcontinuesas
newinformationis
uncoveredovertime.
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RebeccaWinter
meditatingaboutthe
learningprocessandwhatis
known.
Description:Shareabriefdescriptionofyourclassroomactivity.
Introducestudentstoapoem.Iwillconnectthemeaningofthepoemtomypersonal
experience.Iwillusefigurativelanguageexamples(RL&RI4)toshowhowIcameto
themeaningofthepoem.
Step1:(Day1)Dividestudentsintohomogenousgroups.Eachpoemrepresentsa
differentkindoffigurativelanguage...onomatopoeia,similes/metaphors,alliteration,
etc
Studentswilltalkabouttheirpoem,theywillcomeupwithanagreeduponmeaning.
Theywillcomeupwithexamplesfromtheirpoemthatshowwhattheirfigurative
meaningis.Studentswillhighlight,explainandunderstandthefigurativelanguage
highlightedintheirpoem.
Step2:(Day2)Studentswillformheterogeneousgroupswith1studentfromeach
figurativelanguagegroup.Studentswillthencomeupwithauniversalthemeusing
theirrespectivepoemsandhowtheycanderivemeaning.
Step3:(Day3)Studentswillcreatepostersoftheiruniversalthemesillustratingthe
differentfigurativelanguageexamples.Theywillthenpresenttotheclassabouttheir
universaltheme.
Aftersharingwiththeclass,eachstudentwillthenreflectontheirlearningprocessin
theirjournals.Studentswillprocessthedifferentuniversalthemes,makeconnections
betweentheuseoflanguageandmeaning.
Pleasesharethisdocumentwithyourtrainer.
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