Background+Knowledge

Activating Background Knowledge
(What do I know?)


 * Questions and Prompts**
 * 1) What do playgrounds need?
 * 2) What are they made of?
 * 3) What are on playgrounds?
 * 4) What kinds of playgrounds are there in North Battleford?


 * Tools to process the collection of background information**
 * Brainstorming
 * [|Brainstorming rules]: a printable handout
 * [|Bubbl.us]
 * Webbing
 * [|MyWebSpiration]
 * [|KWL]
 * [|Graphic Organizers]
 * [[file:Background Knowledgeand the arts.doc]]This article may inspire you to build on their samples and make it applicable.
 * RAN (Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction) [[file:ranstrategy.doc]]
 * Rate your Knowledge is a simple strategy that introduces vocabulary and allows for discussion and clarification. A chart with the significant words is given to students and they are asked to rate their level of understanding of the word. If helps define what is known and what needs to be clarified. [[file:Rate your Knowledge.doc]]

General Knowledge
(What do we know?)
 * go out to playground and note what is there
 * take pictures or draw what is seen
 * interview people about what their playgrounds were like (parents, grandparents)
 * look at other playgrounds in the city
 * Add this to the data collection tool started to collect background information

Day 2 - Asking Questions