What can games teach us about the power of questions? (Day 1) Daily Plans: Monday, 24 Monday

Happy Monday AVID Family!

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Homework: Revise notes and organize binders! Review for benchmarks.

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Big Idea: Systems

Essential Question: What can games teach us about the power of questions?
Objectives: I can...

...practice reading a project assignment.
...paraphrase an assignment.
...track how I learn while playing a game.
...revise my notes.

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1) Warm Up: Creative Journaling (5 min)
Choose one of the prompts below to respond to. Write for 5 minutes. If you get stuck write "wonderful" until you can come up with something else to write.

Option 1

Option 2

2) Literacy Block: Reading a Project Assignment Sheet

1. Before you read: How do you know what to do when a teacher assigns a project? 
2. While you read: 
1. Paraphrase the purpose and objectives of the assignment.
2. Identify the "chunks" in the assignment. 
3. After you read: 
1. Add any questions you have now about the assignment. 
2. Summarize the steps of the assignment and what you will learn from it. 

3) What can games teach us about how we learn?

1. Have you played Rush Hour?
1. Yes? Write what you know about it!
2. No? Write what you know about traffic jams, parking lots, and puzzles.
2. Try playing! Go to the link here. As you play, I'll prompt you to pause and tell your neighbor:

1. What are you thinking?
2. What have you tried? Did that work? Why or why not?
3. Is there a strategy that you've used before that you could try? Does the strategy work here?
4. What's got you stuck?
5. How do you know what to do?
3. After you play: 
1. List questions you asked yourself while you played.
2. Reflect and note: 
1. How did you learn to play?
2. What strategies always worked? Sometimes worked? Could you tell when they'd work?
3. Describe what it's like when you learn something new?
4. Find or make your own puzzle. Resources:
1. Free Online Games 
2. Think Fun 
3. Cool Math 4 Kids
4. Mindbend Puzzles - Plymouth
5. Fun and Games
6. Discovery Education Brain Boosters

4) Time for You: Revise your notes!

1. Highlight key terms.
2. Add Level 2 and 3 questions in the margins.
3. Write summaries.

5) Exit Ticket: Set your SMART goal for the week!