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April 6, 2020 · Leave a Comment

April Fools Day Fun Facts

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Preparing students for the ELA standardized tests is always a stressful time – not just for students but teachers alike.

Preparation is the key and there’s one way to prepare students for the ELA standardized tests also synonymous with Naplan Language Conventions (ACARA). Students are assessed on their competency in spelling, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation skills at the specific grade/year level.

So, what is that one thing that can easily be capitalized on and will instantly get a majority of students motivated to access the preparation key to being stress free – it’s technology and it has taken the world by storm presently.

By technology, I’m referring to the various digital devices that are being used by students all over the world and within the realm of Google Classroom and similar safe online learning platforms.

Combine this use of technology with some facts on a fun celebration and you’ve got interdisciplinary learning strands of the curriculum culminating – namely social studies/history/humanities and Language Arts.

Let’s take for example, the fun celebration of April Fools’ Day – a perfect celebration to not just have students laughing at all the ridiculous facts, but also subtly preparing them for testing.

ELA REVIEW

So, how does that work?

Well, for one thing students will first read a fun fact on April Fools’ Day by accessing their Google Drive in Google Forms (that’s the technology part).

april fools day google forms google classroom

Next, they will read and analyze the fact card not just for the fun fact but also for the language used to express that fact (that’s the testing part).

april fools day google forms google classroom

Interestingly, the question subtly employs the language used in the fun fact to target skills related to

spelling,

april fools day google forms google classroom

vocabulary,

 april fools day google forms google classroom

grammar,

april fools day google forms google classroom

and punctuation.

april fools day google forms google classroom

Everything is not so straight forward too – as fact cards feature deliberate errors that students have to spot.

april fools day google forms google classroom

This kind of preparation has a dual benefit. Other than benefitting the student, it benefits the teacher as well.

How so?

By alleviating the need for – marking!

Once students submit the fun-facts celebration quiz targeting essential ELA skills, they get instant feedback in terms of an instant score and breakdown of errors.

april fools day google forms google classroom

The teacher too gets a summary report of all student responses, individual questions and an individual student’s response.

How innovative is that?
 
Data at the tip of your fingertips to dictate further teaching and learning.

april fools day google forms google classroom

State testing for the year 2020 is cancelled or maybe cancelled at your school due to yet another adverse repercussion of the pandemic – but you know what – all bad things (and good for that matter) come to an end and it won’t be long when life is back to normal and testing is back. But our students don’t have to worry for we have subtly prepared them to be resilient in the most light-hearted of ways.

Get your APRIL FOOLS DAY DIGITAL ELA REVIEW freebie here:

This post first appeared on teach2tell.com

 

Stay safe!

Until next time…

 

 

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About Teach2Tell

Laurane Rae is the founder of the educational website, Teach2Tell. Her teaching tenure has given her the opportunity to teach students at the elementary level (K-5), middle school (6-8) and high school level (9-11).

She designs curriculum in subject areas pertaining to math, literacy, literature, science, history and social studies. Her strong passion lies in improving students' writing skills, hence she has spent and continues to spend countless hours designing interactive lessons on this often considered difficult-to-teach subject.

She is a strong advocate of taking on the role of a facilitator and directing teaching and learning to be more student-focused. Moreover, her teaching mantra dictates, that less teacher talk and more action gets the pace of a lesson going.

In addition to fulfilling her professional duties as literacy coach/literacy co-ordinator, Laurane has also delivered professional development sessions to teachers and been a mentor to new teachers

To unwind after a busy school week, Laurane plays the piano and enjoys going on long hikes and biking trails with family and friends. She is also a pet parent to a very active Dobie called Mercy (her 4:30 am running partner) and cuddly bundles of joy (cats), Bouncy and Missy Boy.

Visit her TpT Store to see all her teaching resources.

You will also find useful teaching ideas at her Blog.

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