Grace Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I taught my kids how to outline with halloween candy. We dumped their buckets over and I asked them to seperate it into 3 different groups. (They chose candy bars, hard candy, and chewy candy) Those were the I, II, and III Then we did A,B,C by listing the types in each pile. Then I showed them 1,2, etc. by listing flavors. I. Chewy Candy A. Starburst 1. wild berry 2. fruit flavor B. Taffy 1. Laffy Taffy a. bite size b. large II. Chocolate bars A. Hershey bar 1. plain 2. with almonds B. KitKat 1. regular 2. peanut butter Then we mixed the candy and sorted it again by something else like favorites, color of candy, fat content, etc. They really understood it after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirch Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 That is a terrific idea! I just may steal that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 You are good, girl!! :hurray: Thanks for a fabulous idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 I am glad you all found it useful!:D My 7th graders even asked if we could "outline" their halloween candy again this year.... just for fun! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I just wanted to say thank you for posting this. I read it over the weekend, then got out our writing lesson this morning and part of it was on outlining. The kids groaned. I said, grab your notebooks and lets go. We ran upstairs, dumped a bag of halloween candy and had so much fun. I don't think they will soon forget the steps in outlining or how to organize their information (they each chose different methods which was even better!). What perfect timing! I was so grateful for the creative lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 We also used it for a science lesson one year, helping to explain how to classify things. The kingdoms were chocolate, non-chocolate, etc.... It was a great exercise because it highlights the difficulties in classifying things that have similar characteristics to other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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