Velcro How To Make A Velcro Activity.docx

VELCRO INTERACTIVE TEACHING RESOURCE Title

Description

HOW TO MAKE A VELCRO ACTIVITY Velcro activities have a ‘magic’ tape on the back and stick to carpet. It replaces blue tac and things don’t fly when fans are on in the room! At the end of this lesson students will practise and be able to: 

Make any poster or text page an interactive activity

Learning Objectives: 

Increase student involvement and memory retention

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Create a whole-class teaching aids that later becomes a review station for group work that are easy to adapt for different abilities.

Yr. 1

Yr. 2

Yr. 3

adaptable for yr. 4,5,6

Suitable for: Use for:

Class activity Pair work group work 3-6 Ps individual student work

Activity Time A class can complete cutting within 15 minutes and students read & discuss.

Required Materials Needed:

Attachments included

The time depends on the size of the activity and the number of pieces 

Nearly any visual image or text

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Stapler & staples, scissors

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Velcro ‘magic’ tape & 2-sided tape

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Laminate paper

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Velcro Board

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Many pre-made activities ready to click, print and laminate

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First Aid Kit labels

Lost & Found Kit

Students can help make activities and Velcro boards

Step by step 1 Use any pictures from posters, magazines, text books for your topic directions: 2.Cut out the image and laminate

3.Attach 2-sided tape to the back of the Velcro ‘magic’ tape

How to 4.Peel tape and stick Velcro to the back of your laminated picture or text create this 5. Reinforce the tape by stapling the Velcro tape in place with flat-side of staple on Teaching Aid the front of the picture 6. Place all pieces into a re-sealable plastic bag and label the bag.

How to use this Resource in class Introduce the Use with the entire class first to model the activity and learn the rules. Activity Divide students

Divide the students into teams, pairs or groups 1.How you introduce the activity is usually how the students will use it 2.Try to hand out pieces and give many students a turn to interact

How to use

3.Once students know the vocabulary and at least one way to use it the Velcro board and activity can be used as ‘Early Finisher’ activities or in groups 4. Each group can use a different activity as you build your resources. 5. Group work activities should review previously taught work/units 6. You can leave the board and activity at the back of the room for ‘free time’ play

Photo of students using this activity

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Suggestions to increase  success while using this activity 

Train students how to take care of the Velcro pieces; use 2 hands to remove by gently pulling near the staple. Do not bend the pictures. Simply take photos of parts of a poster, print the pictures. Laminate and use. The poster becomes the ‘answer sheet’ for pupils to self-correct Cut the pictures into as pieces, separate picture and words to increase interaction

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Make a ‘Lost and Found’ box for pieces found after clean-up

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Make a ‘Velcro First Aid Kit’ with replacement Velcro pieces and stapler

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Train students to cut out laminated pieces and attach Velcro; encourage them to take ownership of their created materials

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If Velcro activities are left in the room and taken care of, tell students they can get a new one each week. Remove activities for one week if you see they have been mistreated; then try again the next week.

How can you  adapt this activity for  ability or  extend to another topic

Can be used for any curriculum or non-curriculum topic Use for Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing and create them in language arts! Can be adapted to all abilities and ages: Year 1 phonics through creating UPSR sentences with word cards.