DRIVING QUESTION:

How can we design and share a set of activities for kids to do at home while their parents are working?

Overview

Today children will share their products publicly and reflect on their learning. This will look different depending upon if a teacher is facilitating, a parent is organizing, or perhaps a homeschool cooperative is sharing. You might have every child create an informational video of their products and share the videos (imovie, flipgrid, etc.). If it works to connect through FaceTime, Google Hangout or Zoom, the children could share their products in real time. Digital works could be turned into PDF’s and shared through email.  We encourage you to connect with others in some capacity whether it is within the class or beyond. 

Key Questions

• How can we share our work with others? 

• Who will we share our work with?

Project Work Time

Students complete all of the elements for their shared resource. Then, they decide who to share it with (i.e. is it the school principal, the teacher, a group of friends?) Then: share it! If it is possible, children can share about the process of the project - i.e. learning about the Coronavirus and explaining the reason they need to be at home, sharing their comic or social stories, or even their hand-washing posters.

Checking for Understanding: Reflection

• Create a Google Hangout with others who are doing the same project or the same type of project and have them discuss any of the following questions

  • What was challenging about designing your project? 

  • If you could change one thing about it, what would you do? 

  • What other things do you wish grown ups would ask you to help plan?

  • Are there other times when these activities could be useful

Or, pose any of these questions and have children create a Flipgrid video response to share with other family members, the teacher or other members of the school community. If possible, send an email (to your school) in response to the initial email asking for help with ideas, sharing your child/ren’s resources.

We’d love to see the final products! Please share them on Facebook - we know many children and families will benefit from the great ideas that come from you children!