Asking students what they can break out of hooked them into our math lesson
today. We discussed skills one would need to break out of
something and why people break out of places too. This kicked off our first Breakout EDU activity.
Thanks to Patti Harju for creating our class
Breakout activity, Oh The Places You’ll
Go. Students were told the following:
We
have an awesome year ahead of us, and I am so excited to get started! I have
our Ticket to Learning for this year all ready to go, however I locked it in
the box for safe keeping and I forgot the combinations to the locks. I did
leave clues to the combinations in the room, and I know you can help me figure
them out. However if we do not figure it out and unlock the box in 45 minutes,
we will need to use last Year's Ticket to Learning instead, and well, that
wouldn't be anything new. So do your
best thinking, work together, communicate and open the boxes so we can get our
Ticket and Go Places this year!
They were given several clues to use to help figure
out the lock combinations. Using maps, longitude and latitude lines, an
alphabet code, plane tickets, and a flashlight they worked as a class to figure
out how to get their ticket to learning. Our class successfully broke out in
under the allotted 45 minutes. Squeals of joy were heard when the last lock was
opened.
We reflected on the process as a class. Students shared their communication
skills were great. They also told me they were able to
read things and figure out codes. Our
class decided we needed to work on team work and sharing ideas with a group.
Students learned such valuable life skills today in
our activity. They are already looking forward to the next one!
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