Ms. Fan talked with me about sketchnoting, and we discussed how the students might try it. First efforts are below! It was structured like this: students were given several websites to use in their research on the earth-moon-sun systems, then shown an example of sketchnoting, and launched to research and sketchnote in their own manner. Afterwards, we discussed pros and cons of the experience, and I decided to make some tweaks. The next time, I began by sharing my lesson plan with the students (I had written it in sketchnote form--see below). Then I shared sketchnoting videos from Michael Rohde at rohdesign.com. Afterwards, the students and I discussed how combining text features, words, and pictures in our note-taking might help our thinking. Then, they made a second attempt in math. In the second sketchnoting session, students used their math journals to sketchnote on rounding. This was a review session, and they were shown a brief (3-minute) video on rounding twice, and encouraged to sketchnote their thinking on rounding as the video played. Overall results were stronger for most students, demonstrating a sound grasp of the general concept and individual applications. One journal entry is featured below.
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AuthorMs. McGill is a public school librarian at Stony Point Elementary. She has previously taught all subjects in 4th & 5th grades, and creative nonfiction at UVa's Young Writers Workshop for nine summers. Categories |