Literature Circles Part 2 Background: Before starting these Literature Circles, I consulted with MYP teachers to inquire about language used in the Language B classroom. I was given a list of terminology to expose students to such as: Plot, Exposition, Rising/Falling Action, Climax, Resolution, Metaphor etc. The students in my EAL class have only…
Last two weeks of school…enjoying reading and preparing for Grade 6! As our Grade 5 students prepare to exit the PYP and enter the MYP, we are focusing more on narrative books and literary devices. The last few weeks of school are often the most difficult for students to feel motivated…teachers as well! To…
Today during my Grade 5 EAL class, I decided to trial a new (free!) online visible thinking tool called ‘Mural.ly‘. Its claim is that it is ‘Google Docs for Visual People‘, which couldn’t better define myself or my EAL learners. Using Mural.ly with Beginner EAL students: Tuning-in to UOI vocabulary Students are able to upload…
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…
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…
For our current UOI on Role-Models, Grade 5 is focusing on Writing to Recount with specific focus on biographies. Students inquired into the text features of a biography in three rotations: 1) Reading biographical books 2) Looking at biographies online through http://www.duckster.com/biographies 3) Listening to biographical stories on http://www.brainpop.com EAL students went further with…
Innovative Learning in the Elementary Classroom 