In the Our Neighborhood at Work unit, students learn about different types of jobs and the interdependence upon each other in a community. This blog includes three activities. Each activity builds upon the previous activity and takes students through the inquiry process to develop a completed project to conclude the unit. Activities can be completed whole group, small group, or independently with many different differentiation options.
Padlet Brainstorm - Inquiry/Flex
After introducing the unit and reading What I Want to Be, students will begin the inquiry process by brainstorming a career they are interested in and responding with a sentence or question on a virtual bulletin board called Padlet.
Padlet is an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, and share links and pictures in a secure location. If students in your class have never used Padlet, here is a getting started lesson. This Getting Started Padlet Tutorial will assist you with familiarizing yourself with Padlet’s layout, creating a discussion thread, and sharing the discussion with your students.
Create your Padlet class on the web, in the Padlet app, or use this ready-made Padlet. If you choose the ready made Padlet, you can click “remake” in top right corner and a copy of the Padlet will be added to your account. This will ensure you only see your class/students' responses.
Students can post to Padlet using iPads after reading the text as a response within their table groups or with a shoulder partner. This activity can also be used in workstations. If you decide to use this activity during workstations, be sure that Padlet has been downloaded to all student devices. You can use this task card for students to complete a post in Padlet independently.
If the teacher doesn’t have access to iPads, Padlet is also available on the web or here is the lesson without technology. More advanced students can add a photo to their post or more than one sentence or question.
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