One of the techniques discussed by Dr. Bennett is the use of Fish Bone diagrams to help students develop specific concepts. Below is a fish bone template borrowed from an elementary teacher in our district. My only concern with this diagram is that "Am I telling my students how many headings I want?", "Am I taking away from their learning experience?".
Because of these questions, another teacher and myself edited the original template (we just removed the bones). This allows students during a Think/Pair/Share with the class to develop as many headings as they see fit for a specific concept. This new template ca be seen below:
And lastly, to help students here is an example of a completed fish bone.
The above information has also been placed inside of a smart notebook file (see attached file to this post) to help guide students through the process of using a Fish Bone Diagram to discovering "Separating Mixtures" as seen in Unit 1 Topic 3 of Grade 8 Science in Alberta. As well, here is a mini lesson guideline that shows our basic implementation of this idea: http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddmqct2t_265dt8mbmf5And lastly, lastly, to get myself and my class ready to try and implement Fish Bone Diagrams for concept attainment in Science 8, I found this old 80's video by Barnes and Barnes... ENJOY... Let me know if you have any ideas that can be used to enhance this approach...
After attending my first session with Barrie Bennett I decided to try the Yes/No technique to help with concept formation. I integrated this technique with Think/Pair/Share to help.
I have attached the Smart Notebook for this lesson. It is important to note, that students were specifically placed around mt room for maximum effect, as well they were given a specific partner (designated by the teacher) to maximize high/low pairings. I hope to see indicators of student success on the upcoming Integer's test to take place on October 21st, 2009.
I realize the approach that I tried today is not exactly found within Beyond Monet, however the graphic organizer known as the Frayer Model (a modified concept map) was shown in the new Math 8 curriculum and certain Beyond Monet approaches, such as Think/Pair/Share, can be added to make this experience more meaningful to the students. To show what my students accomplished today, I have attached the original Smart Notebook file that was used to help the class through this initial exercise. I have also attached images showing some of the completed Frayer Model's showing the concept of Integers. Also, had reviewed the following information provided through Google Docs with my class to help them understand the process of completing a Frayer Model:http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:OpRRgxDMUQcJ:www.lkdsb.net/program/elementary/intermediate/di/files/31Strategies%28The%2520Frayer%2520Model%29.pdf+frayer+model&hl=en&gl=ca&sig=AFQjCNHDPnfEjJ8vsPEM81ehJDBfxPtEPA Enjoy the process, and please comment if possible...
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