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Introduction to Book Teasure Hunts
It all started a few years ago when our madricha from Machon L'Integratia- Tzippy - introduced us to the concept of making a treasure hunt for the textbook we were using to help the learner get acquainted with the textbook in the beginning of the year. We are all teachers here, so I will not go into the pedagogy behind the importance of a learner feeling comfortable with the textbook, making it more user-friendly. In short- our teachers LOVED the idea and we started making them for all the textbooks we were using. I thought (as I always do) that work should be shared, and suggested we put them up on ETNI - and from there, it caught on like wildfire. (I wouldn't THINK of bringing a textbook into class now without one). In addition to the ones I moved, I have added one that I developed to use when teaching enabling skills to the classes where I did projects this year - it is to teach them to get to know the dictionary. I highly recommend using it - my kids learned a lot about how to use the dictionary more efficiently. I trust that you will continue to add more treasure hunts (just email them to: ask@etni.org), since there are lots of new books coming out, and I hope people will continue using this technique in future. One request - for everyone's sake - including the original deviser of the treasure hunt- in addition to the activity itself, make an answer key. It can be used either for self-checking (by the students) or by the teacher if it is decided to collect the activity and grade it- at any rate, it makes the process a lot easier and only takes a few more minutes of your time when writing the treasure hunt (suggestion: when you type it up at first, include the answers- make that the key. Then copy the entire thing and delete the answers - that is the learner's page) I hope you enjoy using this link - thanks to Tizppy for starting it all, to ETNI for keeping it up and running and to all those who have contributed, and hopefully, will continue doing so. ~Adele
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