simple play dough recipe base for kids: 2 cups plain flour1/2 cup salt2 tbsp oil2 tbsp cream of tartar1 .5 cup boiling waterfood colouring (optional)3 drops of glycerine (optional)
Mr. Potato Head Building Variation. Take pictures of Potato Heads with an iPad. Students can scroll through pictures to choose Potato Head. Have the students make matching potato heads. Goals - requesting, WH questions, describing, sentence building
Bloom's Taxonomy / new teacher evaluations require evidence of lesson planning for higher level thinking ~ I like thinking of it as a ladder and not a pyramid. All students can get to the top, with a pyramid it feels like only a few can.