Weekly Blog 8

In this lesson I viewed a PowerPoint presentation and article about The Big6 Skills. I reviewed two activities and discussed if the students in the identified grade level were capable of doing the activity and if it was a worthwhile learning experience. I focused on the Super3. This is a version of the Big6 for younger students. I believe that the Super3 is better suited for the second graders that my Web page is geared to. The Super3 are Plan, Do, and Review. I especially liked the Super3 Dinos activity and plan to use it in my classroom. This activity could be used to teach students how to problem solve in math. In a problem involving coins, a student could plan by deciding what needs to be done and deciding what answers would make sense. The student could do by omitting unnecessary information and evaluating the information to solve the problem. Finally, the student can review by making sure the answer is a plausible answer.