Elevate the ‘fun factor’ by adding a pretend play component when using your Animated Step-by-Steps on the interactive whiteboard. Rather than
doing a predictable (and might I add, boring)
…. read … press the remote switch…. read …. press the switch … read … press
the switch routine, add comments that suggest that you are actually calling on a
specific child to perform the suggested task.
Give students that feeling that they alone have been chosen to perform the
next step whether it be pouring the water, adding the cut banana, bending the
butterfly’s pipe cleaner antennae or putting the bowl of butter into the
microwave.
Here are just a few examples to illustrate what this shift
in focus sounds like.
In Instant Pudding:
Read: … Ready,
set, pour.
(after animation) … "Not a drop!"
In Banana Berry Yogurt Shake:
Read: Ready,
set, peel!
Pretend Play
Comment: "Let’s see how fast
Indira can peel this banana for us. Ready, Indira?"
(after animation) … "Whew, she was fast!"
"Now
we have to do something with that banana peel"
In Instant Oatmeal:
Read: Microwave
on high for two minutes!
Pretend Play
Comment: "Marium could you
please set our microwave time for 2 minutes then press start. Remember you
have to put in 2…0…0 for two minutes."
(after animation) … "Well done, Marium!"
In Cranberry Sauce:
Read: Use
the knife ….
Pretend Play
Comment : "Antonio, could you please find us a knife. No not a sharp one. A plastic one would be good."
(after animation) ... "Thank you, Antonio. This will be
perfect for cutting."
Yes it may seem like a subtle change in delivery …. but it is a small
shift in focus that seems to make a seismic change in engagement!
…’til the next post …
© 2015 Carol Goossens’, Ph.D.
canadiangoosse@gmail.com
