What systems can we use for success? (Day 4) Daily Plans: Friday, 21 August

Happy Friday AVID Family!

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Homework: 

• Prepare for Binder Check on Monday!!! 
• Share finalized, publishing ready TPEQEA with me, comment "Ms. Nickel, I'm done!"

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Big Idea: Systems

Essential Question: What systems can we use for success?
Objectives: I can...

...describe characters in materials I'm reading.
...decide what makes a book worth sharing with others.
...list clubs at LEC.
...sign up for a club. 

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1) Warm Up: DEAR Reflection (5 min)

1. Option 1: Think about the character or person you are reading about. Describe this character. Then, decide what club your character would be in at LEC or what club your person would create. Justify your choice.
2. Option 2: Describe a character in what you are reading. Think back to ancient history. Which ancient civilization would your character be best suited for surviving in? Justify your choice.

2) Book Club: Recommend it or not?

1. Share your DEAR Reflection with your group.
2. Then, discuss with your group what makes a book recommendable and not recommendable. List this on a note card.
3. Add on to your list! Is what you are reading recommendable or not? Write the name of each person's book on the note card in the corresponding section.  

3) Family Day Club Fair 

1. Head to the gym at 1:40.
2. Ice Breaker!
3. Club Fair:
1. Fill in your Club Fair Scavenger Hunt.
2. Turn this in to me!
4. Free time!

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First Block: 

3) TPEQEA for Ms. Sawyer:

1. Write a TPEQEA answering the question: Did Melinda have to change to grow?
1. Call this document “Speak Change TPEQEA”
2. This will go in your classwork folder
3. This will be graded on the following rubric
4. Add 2 DWCs
5. Share the document with Ms. Sawyer!

4) 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. 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. Make your own puzzle!
1. Option 1: Make a puzzle to teach a little kid (or Ms. Nickel) how to play the game.
2. Option 2: Make an unsolvable puzzle.
3. Swap with a neighbor and get feedback!