I spent the last six months creating over 100 building thinking classrooms style tasks for Kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade students. As much as I say all those ideas came from my brain, I had a little help.
Before sharing the tasks the most important thing to remember is no program will know your students better than you! You are the one who brings tasks to life, encourages them when they need it, and facilitates a year full of learning experiences to help your students grow year after year.
Be specific
You could ask a program like ChatGPT to come up with 5 task ideas about counting, and you’ll get generic answers. Giving the prompt specificity and context is more helpful!
Some things you can include in your prompt:
Grade Level
Standards
Goals
The mindset you want ChatGPT to be in
Context of the story if you know it
The specific area you want support on
An example might be, “ Image you are a 2nd-grade teacher and come up with 5 open-ended or creative thinking math tasks about a movie theater including double-digit addition (or include the exact wording of the standard you want). Include 6 increasing levels of difficulty in each task and explain why each task is more difficult than the last.
This prompts whichever AI tool you are using to dig deep and “reflect” on its answers and better meet your needs. You can also ask it for more ideas, or tweaks, to further refine your results.
Ask for Various Examples
Asking for more than one idea helps ChatGPT be less surface-level and spark your creativity!
Zoom in on specific parts of the task that’s helpful.
If you don’t know the context and need help with that. You could ask AI to come up with 5 real-life contexts, or engaging contexts when a student might use measuring within 100 and you can use one of those ideas as a jumping-off point.
You may have an idea but would like some support in thin slicing. You could ask for ideas or actual increasing levels of difficulty to meet a certain goal or standard.
Maybe more engagement is what you are looking for. You could ask ChatGPT to create a list of 10 names for a movie theatre that includes a pun, alliteration, something your grade level would like, and more!
Check the work
Computers are not people. Checking what they give you can help you clarify the task and check for errors. If it is simple single-digit addition, the math will probably be fine, but as you get into more advanced or nuanced topics, making sure the math is correct is a great practice to start!
Final Note
AI is not magic. It won’t create slides to launch the task or pick the best context for your students. The human touch is what makes an idea a task students will love. The person who brings the tasks to life is you!
Check out these Kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade task bundles prepared with busy teachers like you in mind!
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