Thinkfinity

Thinkfinity is a collaborative website with thousands of activities by teachers and other education creators for teachers to use in their instruction. I've used Thinkfinity in the past to locate resources and activities to use with my students in almost all of the content areas. In this assignment we were to locate two lessons that we could use in our classroom to add as supplements to our lessons.

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The first lesson I selected correlates with my research unit on Colonial Times vs. Today. It is a nine lesson unit that walks students through the life of a pilgrim. I plan on using this lesson with my first grade students in addition in to my normal research project where we explore the voyage on the Mayflower, daily life of a child, and survival. The Thinkfinity lesson is a nice supplement to my current unit with extra lessons about the feast and how Squanto helped the Pilgrims.



The second lesson I chose was an ELA lesson focusing on fluency, comprehension, and phonics. The lesson was built around the story Go Away Big Green Monster. The students will read this story in different methods; choral, whole group, and partner read. After they read the story they will work through centers focusing on reading comprehension, fluency, phonics, and word work. They also will have a "free center" where they will complete an art project. I chose this activity because our new reading series promotes group time and during group time; the students who are not in a group must work at centers. This lesson from Thinkfinity build centers around one story and had students work on reading skills that build upon those in our reading series.



Reflection:

My school district introduced Thinkfinity to me a while ago, so this was not a new site for me to learn, but it was beneficial to look for something to use for this class. I have found so many supplemental lessons to use in my classroom. It is a beneficial site to have access to. I enjoy looking at the site and seeing what others have come up with and how I can adapt those lessons for my instruction and students. The site offers many ways to limit what you are looking for, such as. grade and type of lesson and subject.

Reflection:

My school district introduced Thinkfinity to me a while ago, so this was not a new site for me to learn, but it was beneficial to look for something to use for this class. I have found so many supplemental lessons to use in my classroom using Thinkfinity. It is a beneficial site to have access to. I enjoy looking at the site and seeing what others have come up with and how I can adapt those lessons for my instruction and students. The site offers many ways to limit what you are looking for, such as, the grade and type of lesson and subject. I liked completing this assignment as it wasn’t unknown to me. It was a program that I was able to easily navigate and found it beneficial as I found several lessons on topics that will come in handy in my classroom. I definitely will continue to use Thinkfinity in my classroom to locate resources to supplement to my instruction and also activities that my students can interact.