We have finished our #HashTag projects and they look SO GOOD! If you didn't have a chance to stop by during this week's Open House, feel free to pop by the classroom anytime to read your child's writing and see where they spend most of their weekday.
Below you will see some share writing that we did together a class... how do we take a 'boring sentence' and make it better? How do we actually use brackets? I think the highlight of this experience was my #IncredibleDrawings. I also find it beneficial for students to know how they are being assessed BEFORE they begin to write. We went over this 'single point rubric' together as a class and learned what this might look like for next steps and strengths. Now I just have to mark all 60 of them.... #FunTimesAhead #GirlsWeekendFirst Check out their work below! Isn't it amazing??? It's only week three and they have learned SO MUCH already. I'm so proud of them all. So, did they achieve our learning goals for writing? You bet! #SoProud #BestStudents
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The task: Think of a word that describes YOU or who you want to be... find a quote (and give credit to who said it...) and create a specific goal for this year that you would like to accomplish. Make sure the quote and your goal relate back to your 'word.'
The result: Masterpieces - WOW! Take a look at some of the work below, or stop by Rm 208 and see them for yourself. Aren't they incredible? I am SO BLESSED to teach each and every one of these talented kiddos. Who are we as a community of learners?
Who do we want to be? What are the characteristics that will help us create a safe, fun and comfortable learning environment where we are not afraid to take risks in our learning? Students collaboratively brainstormed some words to describe themselves and created this stunning visual for 'who we are' as a class! Isn't it amazing? We've hit the ground running at Kanata Highlands this past week - what a great start to the school year. Some of the highlights? I'm so glad you asked...
On the very first day of school, our students were issued with an important challenge: work together to save the fate of our class! Following a series of clues, they needed to solve puzzles, get to know each other and collaborate to locate the next clues and ultimately solve the case. Way to go crew - I loved seeing the leadership and collaboration emerge from this one task! All week, we've been focussing on some community building by getting to know each other. Each student has completed a fun 'FlipGrid' to introduce themselves to the class (Don't know what a FlipGrid is? Ask your child to tell you all about it... it's one of the ways we'll integrate our learning with technology this year). Below is the actual FlipGrid task... Another neat activity we did was one where we discovered all the connections in the classroom. Sitting in a circle, one student began with a ball of string. I asked a simple question (Beach or forest? Homework or chores?) and that student answered. Then everyone who agreed raised their hand and the student chose someone to throw the ball of string to... after several questions you could visually see the maze of string and all the 'connections' we have in the classroom. We then discussed the activity and realized that with so many connections between us, there are many new friendship possibilities to be made! We've also been working on a visual display of 'who we are' as a class... photos to come once our masterpiece is complete!
Thank you all for sharing your incredible children with us. We're so excited to continue our journey together as the 5/6 and 6 crew... here's to a great school year ahead! |
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