Shanice's Letter to Colleagues
Dear Ms.Espinal
This summer I participated in a professional learning experience with Lute Stem at Lehman College. I learned a lot about scratch, problem based learning, using All features, Habits of Mind, and the importance of just expressing how you are feeling each day.
There was a lot to think about and to consider how to apply in the classroom, and in this letter I’d like to focus on the importance of staying healthy and taking care of yourself first so that you are able to function each day and live a happy life. I think it is very important to discuss this with students so that they know that no matter what comes across in life they need to understand how important it is to stay healthy. I have put together a collection of articles and a video on why it is very important to stay healthy and what it does to our bodies which can have a huge effect on us.
I would like to propose that as a class what does the word healthy mean to you. After this discussion, I will give students the definition. Next, as a class I will call on students to answer the question of what they do each day to stay healthy. I would allow a few students to share their answers. After that I will read students an article so that they can have a discussion with their classmates about the importance of staying healthy and what they need to do in order to remain healthy. Students will also be given an opportunity to make a chart with their group members of things that they should do to remain healthy and the things that they shouldn’t do.
To do this we will need the articles , chart paper, pencil/pen/ markers
The students will be making a chart in groups of what they need to do to remain healthy and what they shouldn’t do. Students will be able to go back to the article if necessary. Students wouldn’t need any media to use.
Here’s how I think we might introduce this activity. We could give these directions to the students: First, teacher will read aloud the article. Students will be allowed to take notes so that they can use it when working in groups. Next teacher will play the video that goes along with the article. Then, in groups students will start working on their assignment using their chart paper. Each student in the group should contribute to At Least one idea on the chart paper. Students should be talking to one another and working together to come up with what they believe is important to do to stay healthy. After 15-20 minutes teacher will call on each group to share what they came up with.
I would also propose that the students give each other feedback on their work. Students will use this checklist to self-assess and to give each other feedback. All groups will share. Students will then complete an exit ticket based on their assignment.
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