PE2_GoogleDocs Templates

For part 2 of my practical experience this week, I decided to delve into Google docs templates to see what exists for teachers. I found many useful tools, although, I must admit the pool of templates was small considering all of the teachers who could submit lesson templates. I landed on a colorful template for a Venn diagram. 

Original template on Google docs templates

This week we are using graphic organizers in my classroom and looking at character traits and comparing and contrasting characters in a story. I used a predesigned template to create a simple Venn diagram to share with the students comparing and contrasting attributes of my cat Kirby, and myself. I used this template because it was colorful, and had a nice visual effect for a large screen in the classroom. 

Venn Diagram I created using Google docs template

I will use this to review Venn diagrams with the students and then go on to discuss character traits and pair up the students to create Venn diagrams comparing them, and character traits they possess to character traits of one character in our novel Running Out of Time. I will definitely use Google document templates in my classroom. I also want to submit templates of my own, as I create them for my own class. For my next practical experience I will check out how easy it is to create a Google template for classroom use and submit it to the template site. Stay tuned to find out how it goes.