tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36589446542530634202024-03-06T04:35:50.404+01:00Chalk and SlateChalk and Slatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00821025167181956822noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658944654253063420.post-34168681178587221322015-10-14T17:59:00.001+02:002015-10-14T17:59:18.357+02:00Two cute little ApronsIt's Fall Holiday time and after visiting France for a few days I am busy planning for our new unit in Kiga, Harvest/Fall. <div>As part of the unit we are setting up a Farmer's Market in our dramatic play corner. </div><div>I decided I wanted to make a couple of kid's aprons for the market workers. I found two old tea towels and got out my sewing machine. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwDA17vqH0d9nX40x8vfa2JdyCABf9zJUQM0jLxAlQTPz2nNtDJpKEI_CbT0MwtkdeAyCqmT28hExltCVaZW1JfcGtITYe85yrUBZhQEPvy-YWANveM9mg8R50SSobc7QyqVPTaa7VnI/s640/blogger-image--2129700437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwDA17vqH0d9nX40x8vfa2JdyCABf9zJUQM0jLxAlQTPz2nNtDJpKEI_CbT0MwtkdeAyCqmT28hExltCVaZW1JfcGtITYe85yrUBZhQEPvy-YWANveM9mg8R50SSobc7QyqVPTaa7VnI/s640/blogger-image--2129700437.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I started by ironing the towels before folding them in half and cutting the sides away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutIanEmCS-DZcldeAlUhu5CANTpQfRwrhbZ280nsApFFEw7Zrww3jpX0q0fAgORgzPN4z8_w7hUwmDKD1YlwY2rwvOkhCzpvEm1XaASs-9m-9Dfq6fB8mivEjMNfEZIBG5SF6gw5Pjz8/s640/blogger-image-1177222333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutIanEmCS-DZcldeAlUhu5CANTpQfRwrhbZ280nsApFFEw7Zrww3jpX0q0fAgORgzPN4z8_w7hUwmDKD1YlwY2rwvOkhCzpvEm1XaASs-9m-9Dfq6fB8mivEjMNfEZIBG5SF6gw5Pjz8/s640/blogger-image-1177222333.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZB4IZV1RjVCtIzYLHhETRiIvYKU_Azw7lbkzwSO_LZXe1I_fZpKZcmr59JrN6EWC9d7PEw3OemWSkQEhj3DJiAPH3dpenD2_KU0oAV_sAX3QZC4_ZH-e_0ShSl-0-gSKqN9gE5HVKIw0/s640/blogger-image--507432416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZB4IZV1RjVCtIzYLHhETRiIvYKU_Azw7lbkzwSO_LZXe1I_fZpKZcmr59JrN6EWC9d7PEw3OemWSkQEhj3DJiAPH3dpenD2_KU0oAV_sAX3QZC4_ZH-e_0ShSl-0-gSKqN9gE5HVKIw0/s640/blogger-image--507432416.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Once it was cut I attached some red trim for the neck strap as well as the apron strings. I used a zigzag stitch on the edges. I didn't worry about binding the edges because these are just for some fun play. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkazTosysGxofaj8Lnj5o4T2D8xngcQrO2uvG3VXsuOvZMQnEvSQ_a9sADvpXGZZJccFkJqX1-bZ8PPIX_8g_RcKFr5Fw-2kJzxTtJfZMAxf5aapvCV4FJXYn029ZuEIbE4t6F9Sh_6I/s640/blogger-image-1877688444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkazTosysGxofaj8Lnj5o4T2D8xngcQrO2uvG3VXsuOvZMQnEvSQ_a9sADvpXGZZJccFkJqX1-bZ8PPIX_8g_RcKFr5Fw-2kJzxTtJfZMAxf5aapvCV4FJXYn029ZuEIbE4t6F9Sh_6I/s640/blogger-image-1877688444.jpg"></a></div><br></div>I cut two pockets from the rest material and ironed them on with some binding tape from Ikea. </div><div><br></div><div>Lastly I stitched them into place with some embroidery thread. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm pleased with how they turned out and I'm sure the kids will love them. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm heading to school tomorrow to set up our little market. 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I thought about letting it all go for a while but decided that I miss blogging and the feeling of belonging to a community that it gives me. <div>Much has changed in my life both personally and professionally. I left my previous position where I was teaching 3rd grade and spent one school year in administration and curriculum planning. What I realized is that my heart and passion lie in the classroom and was so thankful when an opportunity to teach at Lakeside School presented itself. I've been trying to get in to Lakeside for the past four years and it is the best thing that could have happened. I'm teaching Kindergarten now and I absolutely love it. </div><div><br></div><div>Lakeside school is a bilingual school where instruction is 50% English and 50% German. The curriculum is a mix between the Zürich curriculum and an English Speaking World Curriculum. </div><div>There are some big differences in the way Kindergarten is taught in this system and i wasn't convinced at first. I am a convert and believer now and can't wait to share all that I have learned with all of you. </div><div><br></div><div>As I mentioned I've had some changes in my personal life as well. The biggest change is that I had Gastric Bypass Surgery 15 months ago and it has changed my life completely. I have lost 110 lbs and feel incredible. I didn't expect that my weight loss would have much of an impact on my teaching, mainly because I wasn't willing to admit that being overweight had any impact at all. I am amazed how much of a difference it has made. I have so much more energy, I can move easily from one place to the next, I can sit on the floor with the kids, play games and dance with them. I am grateful that I made the decision to have the surgery and that it has been such a positive change for me. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WpD06uhdw8ZLXPTPnwe0-QHdWIDYtGJMk4HKpqgpB-DC-7SpUe0B2PyF_-lTagGjWj3zprvM-1ycFlGvr216vpOSfores7GjCmq-c-Qc6CBzh9iqwiuIuwDXmyjRySEcThCebVtCbJA/s640/blogger-image--2020692611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WpD06uhdw8ZLXPTPnwe0-QHdWIDYtGJMk4HKpqgpB-DC-7SpUe0B2PyF_-lTagGjWj3zprvM-1ycFlGvr216vpOSfores7GjCmq-c-Qc6CBzh9iqwiuIuwDXmyjRySEcThCebVtCbJA/s640/blogger-image--2020692611.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I look forward to sharing my journey in Kindergarten with all of you!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Chalk and Slatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00821025167181956822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658944654253063420.post-50783507576520107492014-03-02T22:09:00.002+01:002014-03-02T22:09:45.863+01:00What is Science?It was science week at ISZN and each class took some time to investigate and engage with the scientific process.<br />
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We started our inquiry by asking some of the teachers at school what they thought Science is.<br />
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After gathering our information we came back to class and mind mapped the answers that the students collected. </div>
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Once we had a working idea of what Science is we moved on to a fun investigation as a class. Miss Nelly came and together we planned and created a bridge made out of popsicle sticks. We divided into four groups with each one responsible for a side or a top/bottom. </div>
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<br />Chalk and Slatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00821025167181956822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658944654253063420.post-86105710136597868052014-02-02T19:31:00.003+01:002014-02-02T19:32:40.240+01:00I'm One Lucky Lady<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Pea Sandra Dee";">On Friday I had the chance to celebrate my birthday with my kido's and their parents. Although my birthday is December 27th I like to celebrate it in January after all the holiday hustle and bustle has passed. That way I get to party with my kids. Let's face it, who doesn't like an excuse to celebrate together?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Pea Sandra Dee;">I have been truly blessed with amazing parent helpers this year. Including a "Room Mom" that goes above and beyond. Once she heard that I was planning a party for the class she insisted on taking care of all the arrangements. What a great present, right? Well it didn't stop there. I was spoiled, spoiled, spoiled and it was so much fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Pea Sandra Dee;">Here are a few pictures of the party and of course a picture of the incredibly beautiful <a href="http://shop.thomassabo.com/CH-de/charm-club" target="_blank">Thomas Sabo</a> bracelet that I got from the parents and kids. Top it off with my absolute favorite flowers in my favorite color and you guessed it...I was in heaven!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Pea Sandra Dee;">I couldn't ask for anything more. Thank you to all my kids and their parents and a special thank you to Maria and Monika. You two really now how to make a girl feel special! [</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">I am so excited to tell you about the
amazing experience I had yesterday. I had the privilege of attending the
Ecolint Educational Conference in Geneva Switzerland. It was my second year attending and I was so
thrilled to go again because this year I would get a chance to hear Lynn
Erickson speak. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">If you don’t know Dr. Erickson’s work then
I encourage you to Google her and read her books. She is a leader in
concept-based curriculum and instruction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">Now, let me digress for a minute, I was
first introduced to conceptually based teaching while working on my masters
degree. In fact, we had to use Understanding by Design to plan all of our
lessons. I remember being told that UbD was “backward” planning, that we wanted
to start with the intended student outcome and plan our lessons to guide
students in that direction. Along the way they would acquire skills and facts
and make connections. I started using this design and found it rather difficult
to wrap my head around the “big idea”, “understandings” and “essential
questions”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">As I started my first year as a pyp teacher
I had to get used to the IB unit planner. Similarly to UbD we start with the
“Central Idea” and again work towards the skills and knowledge that we want the
students to gain (or this is how I understood it should be done). One area that
started making more sense to me was the use of key concepts. In the PYP program
we have seven concepts that are to be addressed, studied, woven through the six
units of inquiry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">These concepts are: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">I have used these concepts to try and
direct our inquiry into specific topics. I have not, however, used them to
really guide my planning process. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">So, back to yesterday where I was sitting
in my seat eagerly waiting to be transformed. And would you know…I was!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">Lynn explained what she calls the structure
of knowledge. She uses the following diagram to illustrate just how this
structure is formed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">She shared with us the difference between
the two dimensional curriculum model which is topic-based and the three dimensional
model that is concept-based. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">The difference as you can see from the
illustration is that in the three dimensional model we add concepts and
principles to simple factual content and skills. In a two dimensional model the
facts are taught but very superficially. There is not real depth of
understanding or analysis of why it is relevant. The facts that are learned are
not transferable but rather, are locked in time, place or situation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">The three dimensional model, on the other hand, is idea-centered. This
means that the ideas provide the foundation to understand conceptual and
transferable ideas. Through the use of a conceptual lens the students gain an
intellectual depth in thinking and understanding. WOW! Don’t we all want that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">Here are a few other key points that really
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planning but are the groundwork that everything else is built upon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or two concepts but can utilize many related concepts as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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teaching for conceptual understanding is possibly more important than making
sure a child understands the Central Idea or our units.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #00245a; font-family: AbcTeacher; font-size: large;">When we started this unit we read Galileo's Journal by Jeanee K. Pettanti. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #00245a; font-family: AbcTeacher; font-size: large;">After reading we made a list together of characteristics that we thought described Galileo. Many of the Learner Profile Attitudes and Attributes of the PYP came up. At the end of the discussion I shared my thoughts with them and asked them if they thought that Galileo was Curious. I challenged my students to be more curious, to find more enthusiasm and to make discoveries. Now wonder I am so proud of them!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #00245a; font-family: AbcTeacher; font-size: large;">Other students have shown Action by finding a book at home and bringing it into the classroom to share. Armaan even brought us a huge map of the Solar System to hang up during our unit. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #00245a; font-family: AbcTeacher; font-size: large;">Other students find a more hands on approach to action. Amish brought in a Solar Eclipse Model that he made all by himself out of a shoebox. It even had a little battery operated light inside to represent the light of the sun. Well done Amish!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #00245a; font-family: AbcTeacher; font-size: large;">Are you impressed yet? I know I am!! I can't wait for our mini-exhibition after the holidays. </span><br />
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Chalk and Slatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00821025167181956822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658944654253063420.post-64053498697723298752013-02-04T17:48:00.001+01:002013-02-04T17:48:11.878+01:00Action, Action and more Action<p dir=ltr>As we are coming to the end of our Solar System unit my students are busy completing projects and preparing for our exhibition.  <br>
Many of them have also been working hard at home taking action and continuing their learning independently. <br>
I want to share some of this action over the next couple of days. </p>
<p dir=ltr>This morning I arived in my classroom and was surprised to see an incredible Sun, Earth and Moon model.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Here are some pictures of Kyle's model.</p>
<p dir=ltr>In an impromptu lesson he used the model to demonstrate the phases of the moon as well as the movement of the Earth around the Sun.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Well done Kyle!</p>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">Action is a big part of
the PYP inquiry cycle. In a nutshell it is my biggest goal when teaching a unit
of inquiry. I am so pleased with my students for the enthusiasm they have had
to demonstrate their learning with others. This is Action!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">One of my students
asked me if we could have a sleepover at school so we could look at the night
sky. I dismissed her request at first but after thinking about it at home later
that night, I realized this too was action. I didn’t want to thwart her
enthusiasm so I decided to turn her idea into a reality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">After much planning and
collaborating with parent volunteers, Nilde and the administration we got the
go ahead. And what an amazing time we had!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">We started the
afternoon off with a follow up activity to the phases of the moon lessons we
had had in the weeks prior to the big event.
We used Oreo cookies to demonstrate the different phases of the moon and
to label our diagram on a plate. The kids were very eager to eat their cookies
one they had finished their diagram. I think next time I will glue the Oreo’s
to the plate and give each child two cookies to eat. I would love to have displayed them before
they ended up in bellies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kyle enjoying some delicious cake that Amish's mum brought us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out that Crescent moon. Well done Thomas!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like Daniel is ready to eat them all up.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">Next we headed to the
cafeteria and made Moon Rocks. The recipe for this activity comes from Teacher
Created Resources </span><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">–</span><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;"> Planets for
Primary Aged Students. As a tie-in to
the lessons on writing and following instructions that we have been working on,
I gave each group of four children an instruction sheet to follow. Here is the
link if you want to get a copy.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">4 cups flour</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">2 cups salt</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">2 cups water</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">1 cup dry tea leaves (new or used but I have only ever used new)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">silver glitter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">waxed paper</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">Mix the flour, salt and water together. Add tea leaves and knead until the dough is smooth and pliable. Add more mater if the dough is too dry or more flour if too sticky. Add a few sprinkles of silver glitter and have each students mold a small potion of dough into their moon rock. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">Dry rocks on wax paper for several days (they do take 4 to 5 days to really dry).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">*The recipe makes enough dough for 4 to 5 good sized rocks. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Measuring the ingredients</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">The kids worked very
cooperatively and all made successful moon rocks. Thanks to the parent helpers
who were there to help with the measuring and pouring, etc. </span><b style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">Your help was incredible!</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"This is fun!" - Shivani</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you to all our Parent Helpers!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final Product. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">Before we settled down
to watch a movie, we played a game of Solar System Jeopardy against the
parents. This gave the kids a chance to show off how much they have learnt
during the past few weeks. To their surprise the parents did</span><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;"> </span><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">a great job and almost won.</span><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;"> </span><span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">Many of the kids said that the game was their
favorite part of the sleepover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">After saying good night
to some of the parents we got into our PJ’s and watched the movie WALL-E. No
matter how many times I see this movie I am laughing and crying by the end. It
has such a wonderful message about preserving our resources and respecting our
planet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">After the movie it was
lights out. What a fun time the kids had gigging and talking. I’m not so sure
the parent helpers and Nilde enjoyed that part of the night as much as they
did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amish is ready for the movie.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie and Shivani with their cuddle bears.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool pillow Aditya!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sebas ready to go to sleep. Or not. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shahana andAkane waiting patiently as always. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">The kids were up bright and early and helped to tidy everything up. After a yummy breakfast of fresh warm bread, yogurt, cheese and orange juice we were all ready to go home. What a fantastic time we all had!</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast Spread.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Which flavor do I want??</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">It has bee such a long
time since I have blogged. I wish I could say I have a good excuse, but other
than being completely overwhelmed with my personal and professional life, I
have nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">So back to it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">We have been working on
multiplication and division and have had some fabulous lessons that I will
share with you in the coming weeks. We have moved on this week to time. For
most third graders telling time is quite simple but with the disappearance of
Analog clocks I want to make sure they have a solid understanding. I don’t want
them to end up like my sister (Senior in High School) who can’t read an Analog
clock because according to her “there are only digital clocks in all the
classrooms and I have my cell phone the rest of the time”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">I was sick yesterday so
Nilde (my teaching partner) did a review of the clock with them and gave them
some homework to practice. I was looking for something a little fun to do,
because looking at clock after clock on a worksheet can get a bit boring, when
I stumbled upon this <a href="http://creativewithkids.com/5-inexpensive-and-cute-crafts-for-kids/" target="_blank">cute idea on pinterest</a>. I believe this activity was for a
much younger class but I adjusted it to work for my kids and they had a great
time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">In English we are
working on writing a set of instructions. I referenced the instructions lesson
and wrote a set for the kids to follow for the activity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">Here is what we did:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">I gave each student one clock face, one strip of brown construction paper and one list of class names. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">1. Cut out the clock face</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher;">3. Glue the clock face to the brown srtip of paper</span></div>
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The weather here in Switzerland is turning colder and I am definitely enjoying my favorite season of the year. We have just finished our first five weeks of school and the kids are really starting to settle and get used to all our routines. </div>
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If you've read this blog before you might know that I am a huge fan of centers. I have had such great success with them and so naturally we are using them again this year. I try and teach one grammar, one writing and one handwriting mini lesson a week so that I can then let the kids get to work in their centers. This past week I combined the Grammar and Writing lesson into one and it turned out fantastic.</div>
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I use the Six Traits for my writing lessons and we started the year by learning about IDEAS. Before I prepared the mini lesson for our writing I taught a quick review of Adjectives for the grammar lesson that week. </div>
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We started by working together to come up with examples to fill in on our Anchor Chart. (I got this idea from Pinterest).<br />
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We then read the story <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Terrible-Horrible-Good-Very/dp/1416985956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348383350&sr=8-1&keywords=alexander+and+the+terrible+horrible+no+good+very+bad+day" target="_blank">Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day</a> by Judith Viorst. I asked the kids to listen for the many ideas that the author had and for adjectives that they hear in the story. After reading it we discussed the pattern that Judith Viorst used when she repeated the same line every couple of pages. The kids discussed with an elbow partner why they thought that helped the story move along.<br />
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Our next step was to do a shared writing in the same style about our own experiences with a bad day. The ideas came from the kids and they had a blast discussing them together. </div>
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The kids really enjoyed this lesson and did a great job using their creative ideas and smashing adjectives in their own stories.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Pea Neat Freak";">How do you teach
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<span style="font-family: "Pea Neat Freak";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you give it much thought or is it just part
of your textbook curriculum?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ask
because until this year I really didn’t give it much thought either. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Pea Neat Freak";">Like many I spent
part of my summer reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guided-Math-Framework-Mathematics-Instruction/dp/1425805345" target="_blank">Guided Math by Laney Sammons</a> and have set some goals (hopefully attainable) for myself this
academic year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of these goals was to
use Math Journals with more forethought and execution. With this goal in mind I
took the whole first week of instruction and focused on place value and a
review of base 10 with my kids. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Pea Neat Freak";">We did some hands
on work with manipulative, some group work and partner work and some great
activities with my favorite place value tool</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">…</span><span style="font-family: "Pea Neat Freak";">the Arrow
Cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Pea Neat Freak";"> For our Math Journals we worked together with sets of base 10 problems. We cut them out, glued them in and answered our investigation questions using them. It was a great review for all of 3rd grade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Neat Freak';">Next I split the class into small groups and gave them each a mixed set of arrow cards. I made sure not to give them the same exact set. I asked them to find the largest and smallest value they could find. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Neat Freak';">We then had each group present their largest and smallest number to the rest of the class. The kids really enjoyed this activity and helped them to understand the vocabulary that we were using as well.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Neat Freak';">Because Arrow Cards are not readily available for all my kids I created my own set and two fun activities to go with them. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Neat Freak';">You can find them here: <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Place-Value-Arrow-Cards-Independent-Activities" target="_blank">Arrow Cards & Activities</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Neat Freak';">Let me know how you teach place value. We are off to estimation and rounding and I'll be sharing my lessons next week. =)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Neat Freak';">Happy Teaching!!</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Chalk and Slatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00821025167181956822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658944654253063420.post-72077745382764268122012-09-02T12:37:00.001+02:002012-09-02T12:37:05.401+02:00Fantastic Reading Log<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've posted about this reading log before but I just wanted to repeat it. I've received such amazing positive feedback from teachers using this log.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My student's parents really love this log because it allows them to work with their child to practice these reading strategies.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The 5 weeks worth of logs include the following topics:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #313131; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Main Idea and Details<br />Visualizing<br />Inferencing<br />Sequencing<br />Cause and Effect<br />Making Connections<br />Vocabulary<br />Fiction and Non-fiction<br />Story Map<br />Grammar<br />Prediction<br />Talking back to books</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Logs-for-Comprehension" target="_blank">Give them a try</a>...you won't be disappointed!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Click on the link below the picture to be taken to my TpT store to get your set. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students picked two pencils and sharpened them for our classroom set.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Say Cheese! Great way to get a picture of each student in class. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Estimating is part of our Maths curriculum in 3rd grade. This helped me see who understands that concept. And who doesn't love peanut m&m's. =0)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At this station students wrote their birthday next to their name. Of course this gave me some insights into who understands how to write a date in dd.mm.yy format.<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Neat Freak'; font-size: x-small;">The kids had such a great time with this activity. It took less than 30 minutes and I was able to see strengths an ears of needed improvement in my students. And of course the m&m activity was LOVED!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Neat Freak'; font-size: x-small;">I've also included pictures of my completed classroom. I should say completed for now. It changes all the time as most learning spaces do. I am not big into classroom themes. I think they can shift the focus from student centered environment to a teacher's decoration project. Having said that, I do choose a simple color theme each year. This year I chose primary colors and I like how bright the classroom is looking. </span><br />
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husband are moving away from Switzerland in a few short weeks and I am trying
to get as much time with them as possible. We go to Germany for our pampering
because it’s 60</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">%</span><span style="font-family: "Pea Neat Freak";"> cheaper and as a teacher we all<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>need to save every penny (or in my case rappen)
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getting ready for the new year to start in two weeks. I have unloaded one of
the two pallets in my room and am making good progress. Here are the before
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re-designed my calendar wall (pictures to come), created a new weekly reading
log and created my own version of a mini poster that I saw on <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/121667627404048429/" target="_blank">Pintrest</a>.
Feel free to grab the Reading log for yourself if you are interested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Pea Neat Freak"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I also took a trip to the school today. WOW! There
has been a lot of construction going on this summer. My classroom along
with several others had new hardwood floors put in. And the biggest project is
a brand new staircase that was put smack dab in the middle of our entryway. I'm
posting pictures of all this tomorrow as well. As you can probably guess the
place is a huge mess. Because of the new floor I had to pack up my entire
room and place everything on two palates. I now have to move everything back
in. While the task is daunting (to say the least), it does give me an
opportunity to make changes and re-decorate. Can't wait to show you all the before
and after pictures of that project either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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book study, planning, relaxing and traveling. I have tried to fit it all in and
I can’t believe that the five weeks are coming to an end. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AbcTeacher; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I promised a while back that I would “re-launch” this
blog with a renewed focus on the PYP. There are so many teacher bloggers out
there that offer so much wonderful insight and creative products that can be
used in the classroom. There is, however, a much smaller group of bloggers that
address the IB and even fewer that focus on the PYP. I would like to share my
journey with all of you as I learn more about conceptual teaching and guiding
students through inquiry. The topics that we will discuss and the tips you will
get can be applied universally to your teaching regardless of whether you teach
in an IB school or a Title 1 School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
hope you’ll find value in what you read here and hope that you contribute to
the discussions. I am learning so much and continue to learn from other
teachers. I am so grateful for bloggers and all the amazing collaborative
spirit that they bring to the table. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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training course in Zurich. It was an amazing and enlightening experience. I
felt full of great ideas and left with a clearer understanding of what the PYP
is all about. While I understood the 5 essential elements before going to the
training, I came away with a clearer picture for myself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pre-plan all six of my units this year. I’m posting it here for you if you
would like to use it as well. For those of you not familiar with the elements I
will be addressing them for the next 5 weeks on my IB Thursday posts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been the best blogger recently but I can say that I’ve been a pretty good
teacher. I feel like a juggler all the time and I can’t keep all the balls in
the air at once. So while I’ve been working hard at school, I haven’t been
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books that they read during our center time. Sometimes it’s a verbal activity
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I spent a little time the past two days creating a new multiplication game for my third graders. I have had so much success using games to differentiate that I am always looking to make new ones. I find that as soon as I add one I need to start making something new because my amazing kids can't get enough. It also allows me to target each child's individual needs. I can create practice games for those kids that have special needs that the other don't require help with. </div>
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What I didn't know then is that inquiry is the foundation upon which learning is based. If we don't access our student's interests, if we don't prompt their curiosity then the learning which does happen is superficial.<br />
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This is exactly what John Dewey's child-centered learning was about. His model started with concrete experience. This is the interaction between the student and his or her environment, subject or teacher.<br />
The cycle moves on to reflective observation. This is where the action is considered through observation or discussion. The next step according to Dewey is the abstract conceptualization. Basically this is when the student derives some meaning or knowing from the experience. The last step in this cycle is the active experimentation. This is where the student takes his or her new knowledge and applies it to new experiences.<br />
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Dewey believed that reflection is an integral part of the learning that takes place from experience. He believed that reflective thought started when students had an experience that created some form of conflict or dilemma within them. Dewey felt that this conflict stirred the learner into asking further questions and asking what is really going on. From there the learner experiments with possible solutions either literally or in thought, and lastly he or she will determine if the solution was effective. This entire process, according to Dewey is how all concrete learning happens.<br />
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There have been many inquiry cycles developed since Dewey's time. Here are some of my favorites and lastly I'll show you the one I use in my class.<br />
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This model by Kathy Short really helped me to better understand the inquiry cycle. She starts with Invitation. It is this invitation that starts the learner on the journey to something new. It is on this path that the tension or the conflict is discovered. From there the students goes on to investigate, demonstrate, re-vise, represent and take action.</div>
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This is the model that I use in my class. While it is a wheel and connects from one phase to the next I like to think of it as fluid. No matter what part of the cycle you are in you can always go back, start over or skip ahead. </div>
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I can tell you from personal experience that the process of inquiry works. It works because it is based on connecting a child's experiences to his or her knowledge. When working at my school last year we often said that we were working with our hands tied behind our backs. We thought this because our student population came with so little experience to build on that they were ill prepared to understand texts and topics in our state mandated texts. </div>
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What I realize now, that I didn't then is that Tuning In and creating Tension happen because we present our students with that opportunity. The first week or even two should be spent immersing the students in experiences. Hands on learning and exploration are key. The difference between last year and this year is not that my students come with more experience, all be it they do, but that we (my students and I) take the time to discover and investigate new concepts before we ever learn about the facts. This is what makes the learning personal. This is what makes it stick!!</div>
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So...which model of inquiry do you use when designing your lessons? I'd love to know and have you share with me. Please leave me a comment and tell me what you think about inquiry and Dewey.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Celestial Creation';">Give it a try...You'll love it too! =</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Celestial Creation';">Happy Teaching!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Celestial Creation';"><br /></span>Chalk and Slatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00821025167181956822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658944654253063420.post-71555913839154766752012-03-27T06:31:00.000+02:002012-03-27T06:32:25.575+02:00Great idea from: Pammy Loves...: A Little Encouragement<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Celestial Creation';">Last year I taught at a Tittle 1 school in New Mexico. It was just about this time of year when my 2nd graders were asked to prepare a little encouragement for their 3rd grade buddies taking the "big" state test. This is what we made. Although I don't teach in a school that does standardized testing I wanted to share this with you anyway. Maybe this someone can use this idea to cheer up some nervous test takers. Please share if you have a great activity that you use. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Celestial Creation';">Happy Teaching! </span><br />
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