Unit Big Question: What makes cities great?
Learning Target: Students will discover more of what Sturgeon Bay and the great area has to offer and consider future needs.
class Linoit
Learning Plan
1. Learning Target and review previous days work
Skill: recall information/ research
Formative assessment: discussion and observation of content recall
Research on qualities of cities named best cities in America
2.What do others think about the Sturgeon Bay area?
Skills: searching sources; identifying a theme
Formative assessment: Google Form results
What social media resources do we have at our fingertips to know what others think?
Record research in Google Form "Sturgeon Bay" below.
Chrome Extension: Word Cloud Website Preview
3. What do you know (or didn't know) about Sturgeon Bay and the greater area?
Skills: activating prior knowledge, focused thinking around a specific perspective
Formative assessment: Shared Google Document
Read through the data/statistics about Sturgeon Bay, find a fact provided that you did not know about the city from the data presented- good or bad. Record what you learned in our class Linoit or the appropriate column on the shared Google doc.
4. Discussion: How does Sturgeon Bay rate?
Skill: communicating an opinion
Formative assessment: large group discussion; individual sharing
Vote with your feet activity
5. The Big Decision! Is Sturgeon Bay a great city?
Skill: formulating an opinion
Formative assessment: Backchannel posting
Create "Only in Sturgeon Bay statements" reflective of your answer to the following question: Is Sturgeon Bay a great city? Post a Twitter-esque responses on todaysmeet channel
Exit Slip/Assessment:
Summative Assessment:
Demonstrate what you learned as well as your opinions from today. As en exit slip, create a collage that includes your opinion of if Sturgeon Bay is a great city as well as include at least 4 artifacts that assisted in formulating that opinion (class discussion, video/audio comments by classmates, screenshots of sites, presentations, etc) .Chrome Apps: Linoit, Awesome Screen Shot, Google
