Reply To: Lesson 3 – Teaching Through Task – Discussion

[Chris Laurie]

I liked the sequencing graphic at the end.

(Sorry, as a Grade 5 teacher, I did fast forward much of your discussion)

But I am planning on asking students, “How many square centimetres is their desk?”

A) Direct Comparison: – provide a single cubed cm square for them.

B) Indirect Comparison: – provide each student one (4cm x 5cm) Postit note.

– provide each student with 4 more postits.

C) Direct Measure: – as a class cover one desktop

– assess how they deal with new information

D) Indirect Measure: – *since desks are not the same, use their rulers to calculate square centimetres.

I love listening for leading questions to draw from students their thinking.