Find+Someone+Who...

Name of Strategy: Find Someone Who...

o This is another activity that gets students to interact with each other. It is a good activity for activating their prior knowledge, and it lets me know what they already know. I used this activity for the purpose of finding out what students knew about rocks, minerals, and the earth’s processes. Since students need to find someone who can answer the question, I was able to ask those students to explain the answers to the questions. If no one knew the answers than that let me know that I needed to make sure I covered those topics. o I used this in Science to begin my unit on Rocks, Minerals, and Earth Processes. I will use it again at the end of the unit to review. • In Reading- I can use this to go over the story elements of a story we read in class. • In Math—I can use this to go over geometry terms or problem solving strategies. • In Social Studies—I can use this to talk about the branches of government and the jobs of the president, Congress, and the Supreme Court. • This can also be used at the beginning of the year to go over the Peacebuilder Principles and school expectations or to get to know each other.
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o This activity allows all students to show what they know, building their confidence. This is definitely a good activity for kinesthetic learners because they are up and about finding people who know the answer to the question. Those students who may not have the background knowledge for all of the questions, should be able to answer at least one of the questions and will learn from their peers—because we all know kids tune out adult voices a lot of the time.
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1. Ask students to think about all the things they know about rocks, minerals, and the earth. 2. Hand out the “Find Someone Who…” paper. 3. Read the questions together. 4. Have students think about which ones they can answer. 5. Tell students they need to get up in an orderly fashion, walk to a person, and ask them quietly and politely if they know the answer to one of the questions. 6. Kids sign the papers. 7. Give 5-10 minutes for activity. 8. Come back together to discuss. Ask one student who signed their first box. Then ask the student who signed the box to answer the question. Repeat until all questions have been answered. 9. o Students may get too noisy or not be able to sign the paper because their question has already been answered. This can be solved by telling students it is okay if they don’t know the answers—this is a tool for me to know what they need to be taught. The noise level can be controlled by using the chimes and reminding students to use indoor, 6 inch voices. Stephens, E. & Brown, J. (2005). A Handbook of Content Literacy Strategies: 125 Practical Reading and Writing Ideas. Norwood: Christopher-GordonPublishers, Inc. Find Someone Who...Rocks and Minerals paper
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