Kinesthetic/Predicting Outcomes

Title: Acting Out

Idea:

Have students act out a scene from a story or lesson that they have read. After they have acted out a certain scene, have the students write down what they think will happen next in the book or story.

The group of students could also act out their predictions of what will happen next.

Title: Predicting Outcomes through Pictures

Idea:

Before the class/students begin a new story, ask the students to flip through the story and look at the pictures without reading any words. Then ask the students questions about the story. For example: Who do you think the main character is? Is the main character going to have a problem in the story? What will the problem be? How will the problem be resolved? etc... Pictures often give a good indication as to what the story is about. By looking at the pictures before the story is read, students can predict events and characters in the story.

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Title: Acting Out Through Pictures

Idea: The teacher will pick a book that the students will be reading.  Have the students flip through the book looking at the pictures and the bolded words.  Make sure they don't read anything but the bolded words.  Split the students into small groups and have them act out what they think the book will be about, have the others students try and guess what they think the other students are acting out.  The group that guesses right, will be the next group to go.  Then read the book with the students and see who predicted the book correctly.
Resource:

 Title: Planetarium In Motion

Idea: Kinesthetic learning techniques (KLTs) include any type of motion a student performs to engage in the subject they are learning. The students used KLTs during the program to make predictions, follow the motion of the sun, moon and stars, and reinforce concepts of motion and change, by:

. describing the motion of the sun across the sky by pointing and moving their arm before watching the motion in the planetarium . following the motion of sun with their arms in the summer and winter . predicting where the sun will rise, where it will be at noon, where it will set . following the motion of a star through out the night with their arm . predicting the motion of the moon across the sky with their arms . following the motion of the moon across the sky with their arms . spinning around to mimic the rotation of the earth on its axis

I liked this activity because it is a "cross-curricular" activity. (Reading used in Science)

Resource: Julia Plummer

Center for Highly Interactive Classrooms, Curricula, and Computing in Education University of Michigan