We've had a busy first week of school getting to know each other better, welcoming new students, and learning about our classroom jobs and routines. Let's take a look at some of what we've done!
Together as a class we came up with all the ways we should act in our classroom. Then narrowed them down into three basic essential agreements for our class. Everyone also signed the list agreeing to them!
We got to know each other and ourselves better (along with practicing some math skills like measurement and sorting) by comparing our heights, ages, and foot/hand sizes. After doing basic comparisons we measured the exact size in centimeters which we will be using to practice our addition and subtraction skills with.
We also started doing self portraits by learning how to use guide points and light sketching. This week we'll finish them up while learning about layering and splatter paint. They're coming out great!
Another highlight was out "Inquiry Bags" which contained three important items to us. The students did not share them in the traditional sense of "Show and Tell" but instead asked questions to try and find the meaning of the objects to the presenter and what they were.
The first day the students were introduced to our IB Concepts (which are like types of questions that can be used to guide our inquiries) with me explaining about what each one meant and what types of questions they had just asked.
Then the second day they explained it on their own such as, "I have a function question. How do you make that work?", "I have a connection question. Did you get that from someone in your family?" or "I have a change question. Did you always like that?" It was an exciting way for the students to begin understanding these difficult concepts and I was really happy with their effort and ideas!!
This is wonderful. Sounds like they had a great start. Thank you so much!
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