4.25: Flocabulary: New Mix & Break It Down Activities

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Recently, Flocabulary introduced a new feature to their platform. It’s called Flocabulary Mix. Teachers will choose a Skill Video to pair with a Video Text to create a Mix. In a Mix, the videos will play back to back. The Skill Video provides direct instruction on a skill the students should demonstrate when they watch the Video Text. After students watch the Skill Video and Video Text they demonstrate their understanding in the new Break It Down activity. In the Break It Down activity, students practice comprehension skills through multiple-choice questions, an interactive text evidence-gathering tool—through which students literally select clips from the video to support their answer—and an open-ended question to explain the connection between answers and evidence.

Flocabulary Mix and Break it Down aims to help teachers strengthen student comprehension strategies. There are over 100 new Video Texts and 300 Mix combinations across grades K-12. Break It Down is also available on existing Flocabulary lessons and not just new lessons. Along with the Break It Down activity, Flocabulary still offers other engaging activities like Vocab Cards, Vocab Game, Read & Respond, Quiz, and Lyric Lab. Flocabulary Mix and Break it Down are available to users with a school or district Flocabulary Plus subscription for free until September 15.

In TikTok Tech, @teachingandtacoz introduces a fun, non-tech maze activity where students need to work as a group to try to solve the maze and get the entire class through the maze safely. Only one student is allowed in the maze at a time and you can choose to allow talking or have the students only communicate silently. It’s a really fun activity that builds collaboration and critical thinking and can be adapted for any grade level. In Tech Refresh, I just want to reintroduce you to Boddle Learning with my YouTube demonstration. Boddle Learning is a K-6 math-based game that is fun and can be personalized with standard-based assignments. Students also earn coins to personalize their character and design their character's house with furniture and knick-knacks. It’s also a great activity to introduce to students after state testing is over.

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