Several weeks ago, we shared a learning at-home activity, Spice Cabinet Stories, on this blog. It's time to reach into your spice cabinet (drawer, shelf, baggie) again for another round! This at-home learning activity uses the Creative Teaching strategy Hot Seating. You'll create and interview a character based on a spice. Watch this video for … Continue reading Spice Cabinet Stories, Part II: Hot Seating Interview
Topic: Retelling and Sequencing CLI Strategy: Hot Seating Subject: ELA Grade: Lower Elementary Students will be able to: Take on the role of a character to answer questions about what happened in a story and in what order. Procedure: Ask students to imagine that a reporter is going to interview a character from the story. Brainstorm … Continue reading Hot Seating – Retelling and Sequencing
Topic: Biography CLI Strategy: Hot Seating Subject: ELA Grade: Upper Elementary Students will be able to: Take on a role and use their knowledge of a historical figure to explore ideas around the figure's life and impact on their community and history. Procedure: Brainstorm questions with the class that students would want to ask the historical figure. Choose … Continue reading Hot Seating – Biography
Topic: Genre - Comparing Fantasy and Reality CLI Strategy: Hot Seating Subject: ELA Grade: PK, K Students will be able to: answer questions in role to compare fantasy and reality Procedure: Read an expository text or discuss what students know about dinosaurs. Read If the Dinosaurs Came Back Hot seat (interview) a group of dinosaurs. Have them think about what it's … Continue reading Hot Seating – Comparing Fantasy and Reality
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