TIE Blog 2

So I FINALLY finished this voice thread that I was so anxious and nervous about and really....it wasn't bad AT ALL. The students LOV ED it. They liked doing something totally different from what they do. They also enjoyed hearing their own voice play back and putting the head set on. A few students got nervous once I said to record so I had them write it down and then read it off of the paper. Everything worked out great. The students did tend to want to record versus write in their comment. The ones that are usually "shy" in class took over the mic.

"What worked well?"
- Definitely having the students make it their own and record their responses. Also, having the students write down their responses and then read them off of the paper because a few students froze when it was time to record.

"What would I do differently?"
- I would have had the computer already set up on voice thread before hand. It didn't take much time to pull it up and get the students started but while I was trying to set up the students on the computer the other students were at their desk doing their assignment with not much guidance. I think I was also nervous of getting everything done in time so I was rushing and not really paying attention.

The questions that the students worked with were:

What happens while the chick is in the egg?

Does the chick look like a chicken?

What is the difference between a female and male chicken?

Does it matter what picture you put first in the life cycle?

Two students working on the voice thread. Very Proud!!!

Here it is!!!

TIE BLOG #1

My lesson that I will be incorporating with my voice thread will be for 1st grade students learning the life cycle of the chicken. Another PST that is in 1st grade, Princess, will be doing her life cycle on frogs. We will contrast the two. We will ask students what does the life cycle of a frog have similar of the life cycle of the chicken. I will also have students comment on how it does not matter where the life cycle starts off...it is a life cycle it continues and starts wherever......

my TEK is...

(10)  Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

(D)  observe and record life cycles of animals such as a chicken, frog, or fish.

I recently got pictures from my CT that I might be using instead. I need to play around with it more and see what looks best!