Sketch to Stretch

In my college class, we are learning about different types of learning strategies we can use in our future classrooms. One of the strategies we have recently learned about is called a Sketch to Stretch. The Sketch to Stretch is a strategy to help the students break down concepts in the classroom by using different methods of learning, such as pictures and note-taking. This strategy can be used in several different ways. 

I have created a sketch to stretch to show you have this method of learning can be used. In my example, I broke down who the character is, character traits, and the morale of the story. I used the picture book "Rainbow Fish". If you are unaware of this children's book, here is a video of it being read aloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cmddZh6t8. In my Sketch to Stretch, you can see how I broke the concepts down into each row. I wrote a little note about it and drew a picture to represent the concept.

This week in my class, a couple more students presented their lesson plans (you can refer to the other student's lesson plan reviews in last week's post). Here are my reviews:

Tinya - Tinya's lesson was a little different from the rest of us since she is a science teacher. Her lesson was covering the Continental Drift. I really like how in her lesson she added specific vocabulary terms the students have to learn in this lesson. She made sure to have her students review and use the vocabulary more than one time, to help them understand the terminology and definitions very well. I also liked how Tinya added the estimated time each thing may take for her and her students to do.

Valentina - Valentina's lesson was about the different types of genres. In her lesson, she explained how she is going to use a word wall in the classroom that will have each genre included on it. However, what really stood out to me was that on this specific word wall, she was going to have the definition included on it for the students to review and refer to if they need it.