Are you looking for a way to bring more engagement into your classroom? This activity gamifies your lessons while teaching your students about our three branches of government. Students have to master a level before they earn a badge and move on to the next level. Included you will find: 5 readings (Our Government, The Legislative Branch, The Executive Branch, The Judicial Branch, and Checks and Balances) 30 Task Cards split into 5 levels Questions worksheet (if you didnt want to use the task cards) Color classroom set of badges for each level Level Up! Sheet fI have been doing Leveling Up! activities for two years now and they continue to amaze me how wonderful they are and how much the kids love them. I have written two blog posts about how they have worked in my class. I totally suggest you read these before you implement the lesson http://toengagethemall.blogspot.com/2013/03/leveling-up-my-hand-at-gameification.html http://toengagethemall.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-classroom-gameification.htmlor recording
Are you looking for a way to bring more engagement into your classroom? This activity gamifies your lessons while teaching your students about our three branches of government. Students have to master a level before they earn a badge and move on to the next level. Included you will find: 5 readings (Our Government, The Legislative Branch, The Executive Branch, The Judicial Branch, and Checks and Balances) 30 Task Cards split into 5 levels Questions worksheet (if you didnt want to use the task cards) Color classroom set of badges for each level Level Up! Sheet fI have been doing Leveling Up! activities for two years now and they continue to amaze me how wonderful they are and how much the kids love them. I have written two blog posts about how they have worked in my class. I totally suggest you read these before you implement the lesson http://toengagethemall.blogspot.com/2013/03/leveling-up-my-hand-at-gameification.html http://toengagethemall.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-classroom-gameification.htmlor recording
Are you looking for a way to bring more engagement into your classroom? This activity gamifies your lessons while teaching your students about our three branches of government. Students have to master a level before they earn a badge and move on to the next level. Included you will find: 5 readings (Our Government, The Legislative Branch, The Executive Branch, The Judicial Branch, and Checks and Balances) 30 Task Cards split into 5 levels Questions worksheet (if you didnt want to use the task cards) Color classroom set of badges for each level Level Up! Sheet fI have been doing Leveling Up! activities for two years now and they continue to amaze me how wonderful they are and how much the kids love them. I have written two blog posts about how they have worked in my class. I totally suggest you read these before you implement the lesson http://toengagethemall.blogspot.com/2013/03/leveling-up-my-hand-at-gameification.html http://toengagethemall.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-classroom-gameification.htmlor recording
Ha!!!! i was writing a new blog post about small group instruction (i know, the excitement!!!!!) and I went to link to this post and realized i had never moved it over from my old blog on Weebly. Enjoy!!!! Although our Constituional Convention simulation was successful, my kiddos lost interest about three quarters of the way through. Some days I really wish we had a block schedule because these simulations really benefit from not being split into multiple parts. I tend to lose the kiddos' interest after two periods. I left school after the third day knowing that I had to plow through the 3/5 Compromise, choosing an executive, the Bill of Rights and Federalists and AntiFederalists. I really didn't think the kiddos were up for whole group instruction but I had some pretty good resources from History Alive that focused on HOT questions. I promised myself that I was going to get my daughter and drive home with the cell phone and radio off until I could come up with a game plan. How could I have my kiddos works through some reading comprehension and get to conference with them in small groups or individually to help them understand the material? I have had a real interest in gaming in the classroom and decided why didn't I treat the lesson like a video game. The midgets love to earn kudos and rewards! To cash in on this I created Level Up. The reading and questions were broken into seven sections so I created seven levels of this video game. I created a learning target for each section and changed it into a mastery questions, (i.e. I have mastered and understanding of the 3/5 Compromise.). For each mastery concept, I created a title, (i.e. Magnificient Negotiator, Population Analayst, etc.) and I created a nifty badge that I printed out on a color printer. I set up the classroom in groups but in the center I had set up six desks with a teacher chair in the middle. I roped it off and labeled it with a sign that said, "Do Not Sit Here! Leveling Up Station". That sign got my gamers' attention. They were just buzzing at the possibility of what this lesson might entail. Students would work in small groups or individually to answer the questions for each section. After they had finished the questions for one or two sections( I did my best to stagger them so I wasn't inundated) the kiddos would come up to the Leveling Station. Here I was able to accomplish the middle school teacher's dream of working with children in very small groups. If students had difficulty with the section I was able to give them redirection and send them back for corrections. If they got the answers correct they got their badge and were able to Level Up. Each badge was pasted onto a sheet and the completion of that sheet was confirmation of their grade which was 70/70. O to the M to the G .... The kids loooooved it! At first they pretended the badges didn't matter but then they really started to get jazzed by them. The two favorites were "College Graduate" and "I finished the Constitutional Convention and all I got was this lousy badge." Badge. Some of my ASD kiddos were literally buzzing with excitement at this. "Mrs. Wilkins, I can't believe you made these badges. They are so cool!" In the end I got everything I wanted. I didn't have to do any whole group instruction and kids worked at their own pace. If a kid came up to me twice with wrong answers I was able to do some one on one guided reading with those individuals and sometimes was able to simply explain the concept to them but in a much more casual and useful conversation than a whole group lecture. I had a two really interesting byproducts that I hadn't planned for. As the students moved through the leveling, students that were taking longer and were struggling, felt comfortable asking if they could just stay at the Leveling Up Station and get more intense help from me. Because I was working with children in a staggered fashion, this was totally able to happen. I had other students whose groups were not good influences for them (cheating, too much talking, etc.) and they also felt comfortable asking if they could work at the station. I never could have predicted the station would be an oasis. I will probably do this activity about once a unit. The kiddos have begged to do it again but I know that they will get sick of it if it is the norm. My proudest badge that I wear was earned because even though 95% of the kiddos really loved it, I saw excitement and pride from that group of boys that a haven't yet decided to be achievers and usually get lost in the larger group. After their friends left the classroom a couple hung back to let me know how much they liked learning this way. One of my quiet tough nuts came a little closer to me and quietly said, "I wish we could do this all the time." I also know it was a good idea because my husband, the math teacher used it in his class the very next day and another math teacher implemented it in his classroom before I even finished my lesson. Sometimes you come up with the winner! Posted with Blogsy
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Are you looking for a way to access all levels of learners in your classroom? One of the easiest ways to meet the needs of all learners is to change the reading level of a text. Leveled reading passages: Our Government Legislative Branch Executive Branch Judicial Branch Checks and Balances 30 Task Cards for the readings Questions worksheet (if you didnt want to use the task cards) Answers to all questions 8 Extension Task Cards for early finishers ****Disclaimer: The higher leveled reading and task cards are the same ones included in my U.S Government Level Up! Gamify with Readings and Badges.
Kids love glue, scissors, and engagement! Why not combine this love with learning about the types of government around the world? This mini-unit focuses on the four basic government systems: monarchy dictatorship democracy republic Students will complete a note-taking activity with a notebook foldable and then experience each form of government in a History Lab! Students are asked to build the tallest paper tower possible but there is a twist!!!! Each time they build the tower, they need to follow the directions of one of the four governments! A History Lab is a hands-on activity that allows students to experience history and not just read about it! In this mini unit you will find: Suggested activities ☀Powerpoint and PDF notes on the four forms of government ☀Notebook foldable template ☀History Lab that includes four stations with directions for the students, supplies needed, and Act It ☀Out Cards ☀Notebook processing activity asking students to rate each government ☀Culminating writing assignment ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Related Products ▶️ Three Branches of Government Leveled Readings and Task Cards - Differentiated ▶️ U.S Government Level Up! Gamify with Readings and Badges ▶️ Articles of Confederation Leveled Readings,Task Cards, and Notebook Foldables ▶️ Creating the Constitution Essential & Leading Questions and Bulletin Board ▶️ Interactive Notebook Flippables: Constitutional Convention ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ If you would like to see this activity and others being used in the classroom, head on over to my blog To Engage Them All! Also, follow my store so you can be updated on new items. All my items are 50% off for the first 48 hours!!!!
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