One of the most successful ways that Librarian Emily Baccomo has found to implement the shared foundation Collaborate is through Breakout activities. The bonus is that she collaborates with her ELA teachers at Lugoff-Elgin Middle School to create these learning experiences to extend their literary studies! Her middle school students consistently have a positive response to challenges that she designs with BreakOut activities.
Recently, Emily partnered with the 8th grade ELA teachers to implement a Cold Case BreakOut challenge based on their Edgar Allen Poe unit. Students used knowledge of their literary studies to crack codes and puzzles in small teams. This teamwork allows students to contribute their critical thinking strengths, as well as their analysis of the Poe texts from their close reading, a significant competency of the Collaborate shared foundation. Since Breakout challenges require a collective effort to problem-solve, students share in actively participating in these innovative experiences. The teachers and librarian are on hand to facilitate the activities and coach the teams through their hard work. A bonus for this example was a guest visit from the Kershaw County Sheriff, Lee Boan. He spoke to students about the power of teamwork, persistence, and problem solving in life, as well as in law enforcement.
These Breakout challenges are a popular way for Emily to partner with her core class teachers because designing and creating the challenges are skills that she can contribute to their collaboration. Feedback from the teachers is always positive and the experiences are very memorable for the students. There is a lot of time and work that goes into implementing them, but the payoff is worth it, according to Emily.
Recently, Emily partnered with the 8th grade ELA teachers to implement a Cold Case BreakOut challenge based on their Edgar Allen Poe unit. Students used knowledge of their literary studies to crack codes and puzzles in small teams. This teamwork allows students to contribute their critical thinking strengths, as well as their analysis of the Poe texts from their close reading, a significant competency of the Collaborate shared foundation. Since Breakout challenges require a collective effort to problem-solve, students share in actively participating in these innovative experiences. The teachers and librarian are on hand to facilitate the activities and coach the teams through their hard work. A bonus for this example was a guest visit from the Kershaw County Sheriff, Lee Boan. He spoke to students about the power of teamwork, persistence, and problem solving in life, as well as in law enforcement.
These Breakout challenges are a popular way for Emily to partner with her core class teachers because designing and creating the challenges are skills that she can contribute to their collaboration. Feedback from the teachers is always positive and the experiences are very memorable for the students. There is a lot of time and work that goes into implementing them, but the payoff is worth it, according to Emily.
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