This project was really something interesting. For starters, beginning this project took A LOT of time. It is extremely difficult to come up with an idea that students will be able to relate to and at the same time connect to the standards as it should. But we finally were able to come up with our great idea for a game day. We had found a similar idea to this on Pinterest and decided that it would be something really fun to play around with and extend it into a problem project for 4th grade students. Another thing that I thought was super fun about this project was working to tie in interdisciplinary connections. I love when projects or lessons can tie in multiple subjects, and we were excited about being able to include English and Visual Arts into ours.
Additionally, it was very interesting to listen to the other groups presentations and what they game up with for their grade bands. One thing that stuck with me after hearing the other groups' ideas was how as you get up into the higher grade levels, the more ill-structured you can make the whole project and you can give a little more creative freedom with the project still running smoothly. I feel as though groups dealing with younger ages felt the need to include a lot more information and instruction than the groups with older grades. Overall, I think our group as well as both of the other groups came up with some amazing ideas for such a difficult project.
Thank you, Amanda:)
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