Before the lesson began the teacher began by brainstorming some sounds that were familiar to the students and even some that she had heard just that morning at home. This was a great way to bring the students knowledge front and center for them. The class gave some responses like my dog barking or dad snoring. Once the brainstorming was complete, the teacher read the chapter on hearing. She paused at each point and allowed the students to act out the sounds they might hear if they were in the story. I felt that this was very powerful for the students and gave them more opportunities to have some sounds they could be thinking about.
Once the chapter was finished we had the iPads all set up to their 30 Hands slide that they needed to begin. This was the first time the kindergarten students had used 30 Hands, but we were quite confident they would be fine. One of the many great things about the 30 Hands app is that it's really user friendly, both teacher and student. The classes task was to illustrate one sound they can hear or have heard, some students were able to get to more than one illustration. After they completed their illustration we had the students record their explanation of the picture they drew.
Students then saved their 30 Hands video to the camera roll on the iPad. They did this for the next part of our task. Students were then going to take their 30 Hands video and import it to Kid Blog to make a new blog post. This is always the most challenging part, in particular with kindergarten students. We had the students upload the video first and we were then able to go around and help those who needed help with their titles. There is a link to the final products below.
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