Comments by Kennedy Aswegen Most recent public comments by Kennedy Aswegen https://nowcomment.com/users/147382 How do I incorporate more student backgrounds and experiences into my classroom to promote deeper learning using the curriculum EL Education? https://nowcomment.com/documents/377482?scroll_to=3329433 https://nowcomment.com/documents/377482?scroll_to=3329433 Certainly! Let's turn some of these theoretical insights into practical classroom activities for your 2nd grade classroom. ### Chapter 1: Leveraging Students' Preconceptions **Quote:** > "If their initial understanding is not engaged, they may fail to grasp the new concepts and information that are taught, or they may learn them for purposes of a test but revert to their preconceptions outside the classroom" (pp. 14-15). **Practical Activity:** **Concept Mapping** - *Materials Needed:* - Large sheets of paper or poster board - Markers or crayons - Sticky notes - *Activity:* Start a new unit by asking students to draw what they already know about the topic. For example, if you're beginning a unit on plants, ask children to draw a plant and label its parts. Have them use sticky notes to add their thoughts on what plants need to grow. As the unit progresses, update the map with new knowledge, showing how original ideas evolved. - *Why Implement It?* This engages their pre-existing knowledge and visually shows the progression of their learning. This process helps students anchor new information to what they already know. ### Chapter 2: Developing Expertise **Quote:** > "Experts notice features and meaningful patterns of information that novices do not notice" (p. 36). **Practical Activity:** **Pattern Recognition Games** - *Materials Needed:* - Sets of cards or objects with different shapes, colors, and patterns - *Activity:* Create a 'Pattern Detective' game where students have to find and describe patterns. For instance, cards with different sequences of shapes or colors can be used, and students have to group them based on identified patterns. This could be a fun and interactive way for them to start noticing and talking about patterns. - *Why Implement It?* Encouraging students to recognize and articulate patterns helps them begin to think like 'experts' in their own way, enhancing their observational and critical thinking skills. ### Chapter 3: Effective Transfer **Quote:** > "Initial learning is essential for transfer" (p. 53). **Practical Activity:** **Real-World Connections and Reflections** - *Materials Needed:* - Storybooks or short articles - Reflection Journals - *Activity:* After teaching a concept (like the life cycle of a butterfly), read a related storybook. Ask students to relate the events in the story to what they learned in class. They can draw or write in their reflection journals about how the story connects to the real-world learning. - *Why Implement It?* By connecting classroom learning to real-world situations, students are more likely to transfer their understanding across different contexts. It also integrates literacy skills with content knowledge. ### Inviting Reflection: As you dive back into the text, how might you further adapt these ideas to account for the unique cultural and social perspectives of your students? Are there any particular preconceptions your students bring that could serve as a foundation for deeper learning? Feel free to share your thoughts or adaptations! Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:51:56 -0400 How can I adapt this into my classroom setting? provide examples and materials needed https://nowcomment.com/documents/377482?scroll_to=3329426 https://nowcomment.com/documents/377482?scroll_to=3329426 Certainly! Let's turn some of these theoretical insights into practical classroom activities for your 2nd grade classroom. ### Chapter 1: Leveraging Students' Preconceptions **Quote:** > "If their initial understanding is not engaged, they may fail to grasp the new concepts and information that are taught, or they may learn them for purposes of a test but revert to their preconceptions outside the classroom" (pp. 14-15). **Practical Activity:** **Concept Mapping** - *Materials Needed:* - Large sheets of paper or poster board - Markers or crayons - Sticky notes - *Activity:* Start a new unit by asking students to draw what they already know about the topic. For example, if you're beginning a unit on plants, ask children to draw a plant and label its parts. Have them use sticky notes to add their thoughts on what plants need to grow. As the unit progresses, update the map with new knowledge, showing how original ideas evolved. - *Why Implement It?* This engages their pre-existing knowledge and visually shows the progression of their learning. This process helps students anchor new information to what they already know. ### Chapter 2: Developing Expertise **Quote:** > "Experts notice features and meaningful patterns of information that novices do not notice" (p. 36). **Practical Activity:** **Pattern Recognition Games** - *Materials Needed:* - Sets of cards or objects with different shapes, colors, and patterns - *Activity:* Create a 'Pattern Detective' game where students have to find and describe patterns. For instance, cards with different sequences of shapes or colors can be used, and students have to group them based on identified patterns. This could be a fun and interactive way for them to start noticing and talking about patterns. - *Why Implement It?* Encouraging students to recognize and articulate patterns helps them begin to think like 'experts' in their own way, enhancing their observational and critical thinking skills. ### Chapter 3: Effective Transfer **Quote:** > "Initial learning is essential for transfer" (p. 53). **Practical Activity:** **Real-World Connections and Reflections** - *Materials Needed:* - Storybooks or short articles - Reflection Journals - *Activity:* After teaching a concept (like the life cycle of a butterfly), read a related storybook. Ask students to relate the events in the story to what they learned in class. They can draw or write in their reflection journals about how the story connects to the real-world learning. - *Why Implement It?* By connecting classroom learning to real-world situations, students are more likely to transfer their understanding across different contexts. It also integrates literacy skills with content knowledge. ### Inviting Reflection: As you dive back into the text, how might you further adapt these ideas to account for the unique cultural and social perspectives of your students? Are there any particular preconceptions your students bring that could serve as a foundation for deeper learning? Feel free to share your thoughts or adaptations! Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:46:15 -0400 word: Expertise, powerful but not completely accurate https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326808 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326808 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:14:03 -0400 Sentence https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326807 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326807 I believe this encompasses the main idea of this text. No one is all knowing, there is so much to learn, but you have to be open to it. Metacognition... Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:12:39 -0400 Phrase https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326804 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326804 This phrase provoked me...as an educator to want to find ways in which I can create hands on and engaging lessons for my students that deepen their understanding, so that students have this automatic and fluent retrieval of information. I think this shows their thorough understanding on an area. Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:07:56 -0400 response https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326794 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326794 This was one of my responses as well. I understand strictly grading on if students follow a method taught to get an answer like in math courses, however students may have alternative methods to solving different problems or have varying answers to situations, so how can there always be a clear right answer? and should there be? I feel as though this limits creativity and deeper level learning as students only focus on getting it right compared to truly understanding and being able to use that method in other contexts. Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:32:17 -0400 reminder to always continue to learn and grow https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326547 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326547 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:01:03 -0400 lifetime learners! https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326525 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326525 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:52:00 -0400 So how can there be experts then if things are ever changing and as we grow and learn more? You can never be "all knowing". https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326524 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326524 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:43:20 -0400 say it louder! https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326523 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326523 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:44:21 -0400 building background knowledge is key, not every student comes into the classroom environment with the same experiences https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326522 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326522 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:43:48 -0400 answered part of my question above https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326521 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326521 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:42:38 -0400 important https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326519 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326519 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:41:58 -0400 remember https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326517 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326517 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:40:27 -0400 remember https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326516 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326516 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:40:03 -0400 Importance of retrieval - how students store information in a way that they can quickly recall and apply it https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326510 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326510 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:33:05 -0400 Just heard this almost exactly quoted at a staff meeting this past year. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326507 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326507 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:30:52 -0400 Hence why hands on, interactive and or problem based learning better equips students and deepens their understanding. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326506 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326506 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:30:10 -0400 This is something interesting to consider, if situations can be solved in various ways...can there be different outcomes/many correct answers? I feel like when I was a student, there was very much a focus on if you were right or wrong. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326503 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326503 How has this idea changed or adapted since to be more inclusive of ideas? Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:41:29 -0400 As teachers, how do we elicit this idea grouping in our students to help them better receive and recall the information being taught? https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326502 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326502 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:21:53 -0400 Important https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326501 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326501 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:20:06 -0400 Important https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326500 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:17:16 -0400 Exactly relating to my question above - can someone truly be an expert in a situation if all they have is the knowledge base? https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326496 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326496 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:11:49 -0400 Does this imply teaching is a craft that not everyone is able to do in a way that students actually learn? I feel like if someone is knowledgeable in an areas they should be able to relay the information. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326481 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326481 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:10:17 -0400 All related to this one area though. They may miss other aspects or others may have different experiences they bring to the table that also play a role. How is expertise considered other just lengthy knowledge. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326480 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=3326480 Is this knowledge correct, do they have lived experiences that contribute to their knowledge? Is it something that has truly been provender? Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:06:34 -0400 test kennedy https://nowcomment.com/documents/141493?scroll_to=3326428 https://nowcomment.com/documents/141493?scroll_to=3326428 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:22:15 -0400