When Ms. Petersen first showed us the website, we had to
choose a “guy” to be our mascot. The AM students picked Chris Shabob and the PM
students picked Tiny O’Flexem. Every time we complete an activity, we watch our
guy grow! When we complete 10 activities, our guy transforms! This is our
favourite part!
Chris Shabob
Tiny O'Flexem
Tiny O'Flexem after he transformed!
The main purpose of www.gonoodle.com is to provide the students with a short period of exercise to increase their ability to focus on a new task. We usually complete a dance video after our meeting time on the carpet is finished because we have been sitting for so long. Sometimes, if we are doing many activities that require a long time to focus, we break up these periods by doing an activity as well. And sometimes we earn an extra activity by working really hard in class!
The dance videos also help students with coordination and
copying skills. They must watch the performers on the video and try their very
best to complete the same move. We noticed that some moves take a lot more
coordination than others! Sometimes we get the hand movements right, but have
to work on making our legs move at the same time! Some videos are tricky but
the more we practice, the better we become!
We also use www.gonoodle.com
as a way to incorporate math in our classroom. Each time we complete an activity,
the “thermometer” changes. We know that if we complete one activity, the number
goes up by one. We also like to use our subtraction skills to figure out how
many more videos we need to complete before our guy transforms! When he does
transform, we use our detective eyes to see what characteristics have changed
since the last time.
Enjoy our videos of us working on a dance video!
AM Class
PM Class
