This week I chose to use both Tagxedo and Quizlet. I have heard a lot of great things about Quizlet and had a fun time preparing a lesson for my students. I incorporated different words or phrases that indicated a certain operation in math. For example, less than would indicate subtraction and in all would indicate addition. I think this would be a great resource to use with my students as a reminder when working with word problems. I will definitely be planning on using this to enhance my students vocabulary in all content areas this year. I found it to be very easy to use and would be a great, quick tool to have available to my students.
Using Tagxedo was a lot of fun! I put together another Tagxedo about a year ago, but never really thought about how I could incorporate it in the classroom in a meaningful and purposeful manner. The example that I put together was based on providing students with a visual that had various adjectives to use in place of he word "cold." I really liked this idea and think that the students would have a fun time putting these together. We talk a lot about using different words, jazzy words and this creates a great visual product to display in the classroom. Both were very easy to use! I look forward to implementing them in my classroom this year.
Tagxedo Example: Jazzy Words for Cold
Quizlet: Terms that Indicate Operation
I love the Tagxedo example! What a fun way to help students choose more interesting and precise vocabulary.
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ReplyDeleteThis looks great! When I visit your blog, I am always hoping to see more with Spanish, but I am glad you are well balanced with your teaching of other subjects. Great use of these tools in a variety of subject areas!
Hi Katie, I like your idea of displaying word clouds that the kids create. Encouraging them to be purposeful about their visual design decisions as well as their word choice decisions will help them develop creativity in both writing and visual art.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of using Tagxedo to help students brainstorm about alternate words they could use. I could do something similar in my Spanish class where students always tend to opt for the most frequently used vocabulary. I loved your Quizlet. This should make if very simple for them to choose the correct operation.
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