Do you pause and reflect with students? For a creative spin on a mid-year check-in, the team at Adobe for Education has partnered with Khan Academy to share a free mid-year reflection template for students. As part of their December challenge, you and your students can reflect on the first half of the school year as 2022 comes to an end.
In today’s blog post, I’ll take you through the December challenge details and spotlight a few of my favorite challenges from this year!
Mid-Year Check-In Template for Students
This December, the teams at Adobe and Khan Academy have come together for a special mid-year check-in challenge. There are resources for different grade levels that you can use right away or adapt for your students. With two versions to choose from (grades 3-5 and 6-12), you can access a lesson plan and template for each level.
With this quick, creative check-in and semester review, teachers can ask students to reflect on the first half of the school year. And at the same time, this creative activity can help activate their growth mindset and focus on ways to be successful in the second half of the year.
Quick Creative Check-in
As you can see in the video below, Adobe’s Claudio Zavala, Jr. created a quick explainer video for your students. The student tutorial video shows your students how to personalize the graphics to make them their own. The video is also an excellent resource for seeing the challenge in action and envisioning how to introduce it to your students.
You can find more details about the challenge on this landing page, including details about special prizes. The team at Adobe for Education is sending ten educators a surprise pack of teacher Adobe Swag. And they’ll get a classroom set of stickers from Adobe Express for participating in the challenge.
Note: Although this is the official December 2022 challenge, you can use this reflection template any time of year. It’s a great activity to help students pause and reflect on their accomplishments.
