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Monday, March 12, 2012

Team SCOOT "Main Idea" made it a Marvelous Monday!

Today was marveloso, baby! I took in enough "stuff" to fix up a dozen bags for "Main Idea" work. My students were given Team SCOOT sheets  half-sheets, run front to back (see Team SCOOT post). I used the copier to put the image on one sheet twice, then copied front to back and cut in half. Voila! Two copies for each of my students and my teamie's!


Brown bags were put at each pod of four desks. The children's job as a team was to use whatever was in the bag to agree on a "main theme." I appointed one leader per group to keep my sweet seconds from "grabbing" the bags and destroying something because there were breakable items. I had two incomplete bags (I forgot to get a few items on my mad dash this morning), which I used to explain how to play. The children practiced Team SCOOT once before I put the bags at the pods so they would know what to do. :) 


They "scooted" around the room twice before we went over what was in each bag as a class. They loved this! I told them that this is like finding the main idea in a paragraph...you're looking for "stuff" called "supporting details" to point to what the whole paragraph is talking about or telling. We talked about determining the importance of what we read by thinking about the explicit ideas and looking carefully for implicit ideas as well.


The next step is to put 4 copies of the same paragraph for "Main Idea Team SCOOT" and let them work as a team together again to figure out what the main idea is based on supporting details.


I think I'll have them take turns being the secretary for the group and writing the main idea and at least 3 supporting details at each station. This was such a fun and exciting way for them to learn something that is sometimes difficult for seconds.


I had 12 brown bags in all. I remembered to get out my camera after the first round of SCOOT. I'll try to remember to get pix of the other bags tomorrow.


I am thrilled with the awesome learning going on today...
check out the pix!

Dog-bone, tug toy, water bowl


 Cleaning!-old towel, kid-friendly cleaning solution, duster




Painting!-purple tape, paint stick for stirring, paintbrush, pint of yellow paint (for my rocking chair)...



Cookies!-flour, cookie cutters, salt




Now a question...does anyone else have a time getting your students to keep their desks neat? Check out this picture I took Friday afternoon and put on the Promethean board so they could see exactly what pleases the Desk Fairy! ;D You should see some of their desks today, though! Ouch! :*(


Can it get any plainer than this?!? :D

More "Main Idea" tomorrow...a "craftivity" to practice main idea and supporting details...stay tuned!


Blessings & peace,
    †~Melly~†

7 comments:

  1. Love, love, LOVE this! I'm going to "borrow" your idea if you don't mind for my classroom!!!

    Thanks so much for sharing!

    Cynthia

    www.2ndgradepad.blogspot.com/

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    1. You're welcome. I'm glad to be able to help! :)
      Melly

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  2. love the main idea scoot!! and it would definitely be good to do as a team!

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    1. Yes, and my entire second grade team is going to use my bags to do it...we've even talked about my students visiting the other teachers with an assignment to finish while I play SCOOT with their students... :D

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  3. I LOVE this idea! Hope you don't mind me borrowing it for my room as well! I'm sure the kids had a lot of fun! I like that you added the idea about practice - I know my kiddos would need a practice round to get used to it! :)

    Chrissy/Adventures in Second Grade

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    1. I hope they love it as much as my students did...and learn as much or more! :)
      Melly

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  4. Thanks for filling me in on Team Scoot! :) Tried it out with my class, and they loved it. Thanks for all the great ideas!

    Jenny
    www.luckeyfrogslilypad.blogspot.com

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