I found a fun instructional strategy on the Teaching Channel. Using detective cases, the children gather evidence from the clues provided by the teacher to build a character to use as a story starter. You can see the lesson in action here. As was shown in the video, groups of 4 or 5 children share a detective case. Collaboration is critical.
My power point that includes the Common Core and AASL standards can be found here. Because the Teaching Channel did not include a usable activity sheet I created one based on the one used in the video. Here is the activity sheet that can be included in each detective case.
This provides an overview of the lesson. It was such fun to share it during LBSC 742 last Thursday evening. Students of all ages respond to props and visual aids!
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