I have found a couple ideas that have worked well so far as anticipatory sets with my class. I got to introduce the social studies curriculum and the first lesson discussed the different social scientists that students would be thinking like and studying this year in social studies. I found a funny claymation video online and introduced social scientists to students that way. The students were really engaged and they enjoyed the video. After the video we talked about the different social scientist and their characteristics. The students were able to recall a lot of information.
The other anticipatory set I used was during a science lesson. I started my lesson with a demonstration, a question students would be trying to answer and then we worked together as a class to determine the set-up of a science experiment they would be using to answer their question. I asked for student volunteers to demonstrate appropriate procedures and to test the experiment and almost all students had their hands raised to participate. I used this format today during science as well and students responded very well.
How would you explain the purpose of an anticipatory set, Nicole? Just curious. You've described some great ideas in your post, both very different, so I'm wondering how you're understanding the role of anticipatory sets in the instructional cycle. Will you let me know? Thanks!
ReplyDelete(You can post your response to the blog--I'm going to ask Meggie and Julie the same question)