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| How We are Smart Board |
Miss Trayers over at Not Just Child's Play had a lovely post about multiple intelligences a few weeks ago. She used
How We are Smart to introduce the kinds of smart. I got the book from the library a couple of days ago and we have been reading smart by smart. Then we thought about how we might learn best.
I printed a page that had a simple graphic for each of the "smarts." (Just did a google image search for one.)
Then we started thinking about what one best fit us and how we would show that.
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| "I am picture smart because I make pictures to show my ideas." |
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| "I am music smart because I am good at music." |
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| "I am picture smart because I love drawing. I can use drawing for math and tell stories." |
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| "I am picture smart because I like inventing things." |
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| "I am math smart because I can do subtraction, plus, mulitplication, and division..."it goes on:-) |
I didn't give a lot of direction for what they did to show how they were smart. I did have mine finished and I wrote going around the edge, in a circle. So some kids copied that and others just wrote somewhere on the page. I found their thoughts fascinating. They probably don't completely get the whole multiple intelligence thing, but maybe the grasped a piece:-)
I am music smart....I would like to be body smart, so I could do what the amazing people on So You Think You Can Dance do! What smart are you?
Happy Tuesday,
I'm music smart too. You're teacher smart. :)
ReplyDelete❀ Tammy
Forever in First
What a great way to get the kids to think about their strengths and to know that it's okay to be different. I love this!
ReplyDeleteBarbara
Grade ONEderful
Ruby Slippers
Love it. Your kids did a great job. I used to do a multiple intelligence type of survey thing... similar to this... with my first graders... but they just wanted to say all of them. I love that the older kids "get it" a little more. :D
ReplyDeleteToday my brain feels like its lacking in all areas of smarts! :P
❤Dragonflies in First ❤
I read her post. I need to check out the book. This would be great to introduce multiple intelligences.
ReplyDelete~April Walker
The Idea Backpack
What a surprise (and an honor!). I'm reading your blog and see my name! Your kids did such a great job with it, so creative and such thoughtful answers! I do agree the older kids probably understand it better.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be body smart too (I guess you don't fall into that category if you trip over your own feet on a daily basis, right? :)-I think I'm probably more picture smart-very visual learner.
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