Post 9: Traveling Story

I enjoyed the traveling story activity we did in class yesterday. It was different from what would be done in most language arts classrooms, let alone in a science classroom. The activity would be very fun for the students and allow them to learn about language arts and science at the same time, but it may be difficult for the students to stay with in the content area during the activity. To possibly make it a little less stressful for the students to perform at the drop on a hat, I would incorporate a science vocabulary word box into the activity. Each student would be given a word box with science terms to choose from if needed. the list would have words both learned in class and from the science community in general. This way the students may have an easier time staying within the content area and be less concerned about not having a word to say between I or the from the previous student. An example to give the students of a sentence with science terms could go like, "The astronaut went in to outer space in a space shuttle to look at the stars, which are giant balls of gas millions of miles away from earth." In this format the students could understand the direction that the sentences should go. The use of everyday words and science terms combined to explain something about a science concept or term.