Is it ever ‘too soon’ to take the training wheels off? “Change Tomorrow Today” is the 2017 title for our Grade 5 Exhibition at UWCSEA. But I’ve been wondering…how might teachers use this mantra in our own pedagogy? Can we change TODAY to better prepare students for TOMORROW? Although I’ve been teaching for ten years, this was my first…
We’ve now had a week’s buffer to think and reflect on our Grade 5 Exhibition How the World Works. What a journey it was! It seems miles away now that students and teachers have had a week’s holiday to ‘decompress’ from the long but rewarding journey! Some Challenges in review… This was definitely a challenging…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfA33JyA0UgGrade 5’s challenge For each student to publish 3 e-books before June 12th, 2013! What kind of eBooks? 1 non-fiction about the Exhibition Journey 1 fiction/non-fiction about ANY topic of our choice 1 non-fiction for our next UOI: Where we are in place and time How do we create these eBooks? Use iBooks…
To practice oral presentation skills, I introduced my grade fives to ‘5 frame flickr storytelling’: See FLICKR website: We played the game a few times, using different prompts and different storytelling arrangements. Some students told the whole story themselves, while others told the story in 5 parts, each person narrating one picture. For homework,…
Using our activity from today, create your own 5 card flickr story to share in class tomorrow! See website from today: http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157632684100074/ Use your Exhibition simple machine as part of the story. You can involve people in your house (nanny, brother, sister, parents, dog etc) or toys to help make your photos interesting. Post…
Helping EAL students make personal connections to simple machines and how they affect their lives. Session 1: Unpacking Impact The past 2 weeks students have moved from the finding out phase to the sorting out phase of the Inquiry Cycle. The first two key concepts covered were FORM and FUNCTION. This week students were expected…
Today Grade 5 had the privilege of visiting a local Indonesian school’s PYP Exhibition. Their theme was Sharing the Planet with a focus on how marine life is affected by water pollution. Our students came prepared with questions to ask that would help them…
As we enter week 4 of Exhibition, students are required to develop a stronger understanding of the concepts and lines of inquiry. While much of the discussion around these complex topics happens in English, students primarily use their mother tongue language so they can gain a deeper understanding. Promoting use of technical vocab To encourage…
Tuning In We have launched full force into week 1 of our PYP Exhibition! Students have published their e-Dictionaries (see: writing process of e-Dictionaries) to our school’s e-Library (Write Now 1000 Blog) and are using the defined terms as a resource for their tuning-in activities. Inquire into Simple Machines To foster an inclusive environment, the…
Grade 5 students are wrapping up their e-dictionaries this week! In preparation for Exhibition, students reviewed the project requirements on the blog and chose from over 15 new words to learn. They prepared posters on Comic life or Keynote that defined the new terminology on Simple Machines. Students chose their top 5 and are in…
Innovative Learning in the Elementary Classroom 