Tag Archives: Peanut Butter Jelly Time

8/23/2016

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We survived Day 1! Today, I’m splitting you up into groups to read the Anglo-Saxon history before we start reading Beowulf.

If you were missing a group member, I took over for that person so your group wouldn’t suffer. I know, I know. I’m awesome.

 

We are not going to read this all individually ourselves, we are going to split up the work within our group. The sections you are responsible for are listed on the back of your Peanut Butter and Jelly card.

 

Read your sections, highlighting what you think are the important notes. If you need help or just want to double check to make sure that you got the best information, call me over so I can double check it.

Once you have read all of your sections, then you will DRAW your notes. You will draw each section on an index card for a total of three index cards.

Here is the one that I have already done for all groups:

PBJ SingleJust like I taught the class what each one of these pictures meant, tomorrow, you will teach your groups members the information, make a poster, and take a group quiz (daily grade!) over the information.

1/8/2015 – A

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We finished doing Peanut Butter Jelly Time today! I have to say First Block that I have NEVER had a class that worked so diligently on this as you guys did today. I really mean it. Block 2, I sent you all a video that I made earlier in the year for a review from when I was absent. You can watch it over the weekend if you’d like, but I will be going over MY pictures on Monday before our quiz.

Afterwards, we did a Gallery Walk. That means in YOUR group, ONE person stayed with the poster to teach the students from the other groups and the rest of the group wandered over to the OTHER groups to hear. There are a few reasons we did the Gallery Walk, even though a few people found it repetitive.

  1. It *is* repetitive – the more you hear it, the more likely you’ll remember it for the quiz.
  2. If you had a group member who didn’t do a very good job, this gives you opportunity to fill in the gaps from the other groups.
  3. If gives you the opportunity to see how other people interpreted the information. Greg did a great job with this – I have never seen the pictures he drew to represent the facts from his passages.

Then, we talked about geography for a bit. If you missed today, go to Beowulf < Peanut Butter Jelly Time, to see a blank copy of the map. You can print this out and fill it in. Here is a completed map:

Map of British Isles

If you fill this map out, you can use it on the final exam. There are about 5 final exam questions just over this map! So keep this in your folder. Remember: anything we do in class can be used on the final exam!

Remember – your middle finger is for Ireland !

1/22/2015 – A

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I love it when my students are motivated and I don’t have to babysit!

We started the day out by finishing our picture notes and trying on chain mail. Here are some of the best of the day!

Here is First Block!

Smug Garrett

Smug Garrett

Coy Kami

Coy Kami

Kami Attacks!

Kami Attacks!

Daniel is fascinated by the seagull!

Michael helps fend off the seagull.

Michael helps fend off the seagull.

Daniel is proud after he vanquished the seagull.

Daniel is proud after he vanquished the seagull.

Second Block

Louis started out very somber...

Louis started out very somber…

But he soon became a Viking!

But he soon became a Viking!

Jalen Ferocious

Jalen is fierce!

He tried to attack Esmerelda, but I think he just her a hug instead. Vistas Vikings are huggers.

He tried to attack Esmeralda, but I think he just her a hug instead. Vistas Vikings are huggers.

He did end up getting stuck, though...

He did end up getting stuck, though. I think he looked like a little sausage kolache!

He needed some help.

He needed some lots of help. Thank goodness for Sergio and Louis!

Then, we did a Gallery Walk. That means in YOUR group, ONE person stayed with the poster to teach the students from the other groups and the rest of the group wandered over to the OTHER groups to hear. There are a few reasons we did the Gallery Walk, even though a few people found it repetitive.

  1. It *is* repetitive – the more you hear it, the more likely you’ll remember it for the quiz.
  2. If you had a group member who didn’t do a very good job, this gives you opportunity to fill in the gaps from the other groups.

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We did a Word Storm of important vocabulary words that will be used for an activity tomorrow (and you can use on the final exam). If you weren’t here for this, get the words from a buddy or copy them down from here.

word stormSee you tomorrow!

9/3/14 – A

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Ahoy, mateys!

We started out the day trying on chain mail (while slackers finished their pictures). Once completed, you taught the rest of your group what your pictures meant (you will be taking a quiz tomorrow based on what they taught).

Then, we did a Gallery Walk. That means in YOUR group, ONE person stayed with the poster to teach the students from the other groups and the rest of the group wandered over to the OTHER groups to hear. There are a few reasons we did the Gallery Walk, even though a few people found it repetitive.

  1. It *is* repetitive – the more you hear it, the more likely you’ll remember it for the quiz.
  2. If you had a group member who didn’t do a very good job, this gives you opportunity to fill in the gaps from the other groups.

We reviewed MY Peanut Butter Jelly Time pictures! I told you that if I expect YOU to do the assignment, I’ve done it myself.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time Riley

Then, we took a group quiz. You were supposed to work WITH your group to answer those questions.

9/2/14 – A

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If you missed today, if you go to Beowulf < Peanut Butter Jelly Time, you will see the map of where we are. You can print this out and fill it in. Here is a completed map:

Map of British IslesIf you fill this map out, you can use it on the final exam.

Now that we know where we are, I set you up into groups based on your Nature and Demeanors from yesterday. Each group member picked a card: Peanut, Butter, or Jelly.

We printed the Anglo-Saxon History (Peanut, Butter, Jelly) into OneNote. Except Shelby. She was Time. We are not going to read this all individually ourselves, we are going to split up the work within our group. The sections you are responsible for are listed on the back of your card.

Read your sections, highlighting what you think are the important notes. If you need help or just want to double check to make sure that you got the best information, call me over so I can double check it.

Once you have read all of your sections, then you can DRAW your notes. You will draw each section on an index card for a total of three index cards.

Tomorrow, you will teach your groups members the information, make a poster, and take a group test over the information (using your notes and text).

1/23/14

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Ahoy, mateys!

We started out the day trying on chain mail (while slackers finished their pictures). Once completed, you taught the rest of your group what your pictures meant (you will be taking a quiz tomorrow based on what they taught).

Then, we did a Gallery Walk. That means in YOUR group, ONE person stayed with the poster to teach the students from the other groups and the rest of the group wandered over to the OTHER groups to hear. There are a few reasons we did the Gallery Walk, even though a few people found it repetitive.

  1. It *is* repetitive – the more you hear it, the more likely you’ll remember it for the quiz.
  2. If you had a group member who didn’t do a very good job, this gives you opportunity to fill in the gaps from the other groups.

We did a Word Storm of important vocabulary words that will be used for an activity tomorrow (and you can use on the final exam).Word StormYou assessed which group had the best poster and which presented was the most effective (those were rewarded with extra XP and extra booty!)

And finally, we reviewed MY Peanut Butter Jelly Time pictures! I told you that if I expect YOU to do the assignment, I’ve done it myself.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time Riley

1/22/14

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Day 2. Today is the day that we started real, academic work.

On our trip to Jamaica, we got attacked by the dragon. Yikes! A few people were able to hit the dragon in the eye, but the majority of us ran away in fear. It knocked down the mast of our whip, which seriously crippled our mobility. All we know is that we are located between two islands, so before we do anything, we need to figure out WHERE we are.

If you missed today, if you go to Beowulf < Peanut Butter Jelly Time, you will see the map of where we are. You can print this out and fill it in. Here is a completed map:

Map of British IslesIf you fill this map out, you can use it on the final exam.

Now that we know where we are, I set you up into groups based on your Nature and Demeanors from yesterday. Each group member picked a card: Peanut, Butter, or Jelly.

We printed the Anglo-Saxon History (Peanut, Butter, Jelly) into OneNote. Except Shelby. She was Time. We are not going to read this all individually ourselves, we are going to split up the work within our group. The sections you are responsible for are listed on the back of your card.

Read your sections, highlighting what you think are the important notes. If you need help or just want to double check to make sure that you got the best information, call me over so I can double check it.

Once you have read all of your sections, then you can DRAW your notes. You will draw each section on an index card for a total of three index cards.

Tomorrow, you will teach your groups members the information, make a poster, and take a group test over the information (using your notes and text).

8/29/13 – A

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We started out class today meeting with our Peanut Butter Jelly Time members. We taught each other what are pictures were and what they were supposed to represent. We also did a gallery walk to check out the other posters that were done.

During the group teach, we wrote down important words on the Word Storm to use on the quiz and on the final.

Sadly, we got into a scuffle with a small child and ended up having to pay wergild for his demise. Wergild literally means man payment,  but we don’t have any money, we were given the chance to take this quiz to prove we respected their culture.

Then, we took a quiz with our group members, You can use each other as resources, you can use your picture notes, you can use your text, and you can even use the internet. Notice that the last question is worth six points while all of the others are worth only 1 point. Spend some time on that last question.

 

1/28/2013

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Today, Riley started out today with the Riley Review of Peanut Butter Jelly Time – it was pretty much just a small mini-lecture reviewing all the history bits from last week.

Captain Riley as a Celt

Remember that OLD ENGLISH is not the same thing as ENGLISH.

Our adventurers came back from their reconnaissance mission tired, but with much knowledge. We learned that there is an old, epic king who is very generous, noble, and honorable who might be willing to help rebuild The Revenge (that’s the name of the ship, remember?).

But what does epic mean? We watched The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny and identified what made this ULTIMATE, and then we took notes over an epic. Get those notes from crew member, Zully.

We then worked on the Epic Dude. Using our notes, find an epic hero and fill out the template.

One last bit of great news: ALL of my students have leveled to cabin boy!