tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25135161185961260782024-03-15T18:12:00.040-07:00Wonders in Kindergarten"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-79151968467980739922018-11-17T08:14:00.001-08:002018-11-17T09:02:52.384-08:00Creating a classroom community: A look at our first few months together!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When thirty children are placed together in a classroom it can be quite overwhelming, even for returing students. It is very easy to want to quickly dive into academics, but as the saying goes, one must learn to crawl before they walk, and walk before they run. The kindergarten years are not only special, but are very important in setting a foundation as children are very impressionable at this stage in their life. As an educator, I strive to create an environment where children love learning. Teaching with an inquiry focus, entices children to be curious, to ask questions, to be able to problem solve, and be independent thinkers. Equally if not more important, I want to support children in developing positive relationships with themselves and each other. When children feel like they belong and are part of a community, they become more invested in their own learning. They feel more accountable in caring for their learning space, and they learn to respect and support each other in positive ways. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the last two and a half months together, the children have learned so much! Not just academically, but more importantly, socially and emotionally. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Below is a chart that contains the overall learning expectations taken from the Kindergarten Program document. These expectations cover the learning over the two years in the program. In familiarizing yourself with these expectations, take a look at the photos below encompassing the learning over the passed two and a half months to gain a sense of how much the children have gained in such a short amount of time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Learning different math concepts during Math Investigations time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sharing of work with their peers fosters confidence building, creative expression, oral communication, and new learning from each other!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How do you feel today? Our feeling faces provocation encourages the children to express how they feel on any given day using the open ended materials. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Collaborating on an art piece at the Arts Studio! I love the pure joy R and L are experiencing together! This is what learning is all about!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What could it be? Where did it come from? What animal is it? Such excitement when this skull was placed at the Discover Area. The children made many observations, posed a lot of wonder questions, and had many theories! In supporting them to look even more closely at the skull, they created water colour sketches of the skull as well as re-created it using clay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Using the 'I see, I wonder, I think' templates to express their thoughts about the skull.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In providing the children with a variety of learning materials, they are quite creative in how to use them! H and M have decided to take a ruler from the Math area to measure the teeth on the skull! This learning they shared with the class. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During Literacy Investigations, the children are in small groups all working on various literacy activities. Here, Mrs. Kinsey is engaging the children in a direct lesson on letter names, sounds, and formation. Other children are working independently in their Log Books at their seats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am so grateful that I was able to capture this moment between H and I. I was a bit hesitant in sketching the skull. In seeing this, H supported her friend by using the hand over hand technique to aid in sketching the skull. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Noticing that the children were interested in measuring themselves and various objects in the classroom, an invitation to measure was created where the children could choose various items to use to measure. In this photo, K and H are measuring the table top using cubes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is incredible to see the various math concepts that are created daily at the Math Area. Many ideas stem from the direct instruction the children receive during Math Investigations time, but new math concepts are also created and are all discussed and consolidated during whole group sharing of work created.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our co-created classroom alphabet! For each letter of the alphabet, the children used their names, or classroom materials and objects that started with each letter. Very purposeful and an alphabet they can identify with.</span></div>
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Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-22534630008568531582017-10-19T14:04:00.001-07:002017-10-19T16:17:20.644-07:00Managing the use of a portfolio documentation template<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few years ago while taking my Kindergarten Additional Qualification courses, I was introduced to a template created by Joanne Babalis (<a href="http://myclassroomtransformation.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">TransformEd Consulting Services</a>), the course instructor. The template was used to document children's learning by highlighting what and how they chose to explore, investigate, and create during the day. I found the template very informative for showcasing children's knowledge, and also a good guide for me as an educator in identifying the type of support or challenge the child needed next. It was a wonderful way of capturing everyday moments and interactions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With all that said, I have to admit that once I tried to use the template it did become overwhelming in trying to stay on top of the documentation. I found I took a multitude of photos and struggled with how many of them to place in the template. I also didn't find a technological application that I felt comfortable using. Some were too cumbersome and took me a long time to fill in each template. This year I think I may have found a happy medium. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Below is a partially complete template done in PicCollage. I prefer to print out the templates and circle by hand for the context, social context, support, and links to curriculum information. I found it quite tedious doing it in PicCollage, though it can be done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To make this manageable I plan to hopefully create one or two templates per month per child to place into their portfolio. You can create folders on your computer to keep track or use a check list each month to make sure you have accounted for each child. When viewing some of the templates below, you will</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> notice that a template may include a photo of a group of children working together. In this case I will place the same template in each of the children's portfolios with a similar description as they were collaboratively working on the same creation.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was already taking many photos each month but they didn't always have the context to go along with them. I am hoping that this simple template will provide this for families.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Lastly, I am aware of the expense in printing out so many templates even if only one per child per month. It still can add up for the ten months of school year. I agree that colour does look great but perhaps black and white is a good start and still allows for the showcasing of learning. The photos are also not very large as they have to fit into the template. I do not have all the answers of how this can work for you. I am simply trying to provide you with my example of how I am trying to make it work for me. I am sure there are many wonderful and different ways that educators are showcasing the children's learning if they are using portfolios. Every education setting and educator is unique and we all have different comfort levels. I hope that this at the very least provides you with an idea of how it can look. </span></div>
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Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-57833361182811011872017-08-31T12:48:00.001-07:002017-09-02T04:41:48.770-07:00The Importance of the Learning Environment in Education<div style="text-align: center;">
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This will mark my fourth year being in the same classroom. It's a small space but over time it has evolved with the support and input of the children. It is inviting and enticing, provides flow, allows for large group, small group, and independent learning, and the materials are stored and placed in ways that promote independence and self-regulation. But with all that said, I also like to add a bit of change at the start of every school year. I browse books, resources, and photographs for inspiration on various layouts and set-ups of learning environments and there are so many amazing ideas, but as you know, what works for one space doesn't necessarily work for another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One thing that has helped me immensely when I struggle in the type of change to make is to re-read excerpts from "The Kindergarten Program" and the resource "How Does Learning Happen?". These two resources brings it all back to basics and highlights important aspects of setting up a learning environment that acts like the third teacher.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Below are a few key points from both resources which I found to be very informative when contemplating the set-up and creation of a learning environment. Sometimes we can become caught up in the aesthetics and forget about function. Questioning what is <b>most important </b>and<b> what is the purpose</b> is critical and can really help with decision making and keeping one focused on the main goal which is to develop an environment that promotes learning. I have attached some photos of my new classroom set up for September with some explanations for my rationale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(The Kindergarten Program, 2016)</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I mentioned to the children that we were going to have some caterpillars in our classroom. We had a few weeks to wait for their arrival so in the meantime I got many books for them to peruse. I also placed some art materials at the Discovery Area enticing them to become more familiar with caterpillars and butterflies by means of sketching what interested them in the books they perused. Sticky pads were also available for the children to write/draw any observations, wonders, and theories they had and place them on the chart hung on our wall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once the caterpillars arrived the children were given their own observation booklets (coloured cover with a few blank pages inside) to further support them in documenting any changes they may have observed throughout each day. There was no set time for the children to document in their observation books. Most of the children preferred to write in them during exploration time when they had more time to observe or they had the choice to use them during Log Book writing time. They documented as much or as little as they wanted. Of course whenever something exciting was noticed this sure increased the entries!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You may notice in the photos that the children had written the observation day number in their entries. This started from the use of a calendar to mark the arrival of our caterpillars and other important observations that were noticed. I was not at all concerned with the correct observation day number. I was just very pleased that they were aware to even make this an important item in their entries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I do not have set times for Knowledge Building Circles. Rather I try to meet with the children and have these group discussions about once or twice a week. It really depends on whether something pivotal happened and the children have a lot to say or if I see that our wonder chart is getting full and we need to discuss some of the children's questions and theories. At times I also meet with children in a small group depending on who is interested in a certain discussion that has come up. It is a very unstructured and organic process that allows the children to dialogue with each other and move our thinking along. These gatherings are also very helpful in supporting the direction that our research will go as the discussions highlight common interests the children may have which helps me as an educator to figure out what resources I will need to have or set up to build on and extend their knowledge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I saw the butterfly this morning, it was flying!" C. W.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wonder what inside their bodies looks like?" J. K.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"How do their wings give the butterflies their ability to fly?" J. B.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I saw the butterfly open his wings!" L. W.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wonder what kind of butterflies they are?" W. C.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"We need to see if they lay eggs or not to find out if it's a boy or girl." E. B.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Their wings broke the chrysalis and they got out." A. K.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes unforeseen happenings may occur during an inquiry. Such is life and I do my best to involve the children and use the situation as a learning opportunity. One morning as the children went to look at the butterflies they noticed that one of them was on its side and not moving. It was a sad moment to say the least. Some children were somber and one even got teary. We discussed briefly what may have caused such a thing to happen and a few children suggested that we may have waited too long to release the butterflies. I would have to agree with them. We were waiting for our last butterfly to emerge so that we could let them all go together. It may have been a couple days too long to wait. But one positive thing that came out from this event was that the children were able to view and feel that butterfly where they never would have been able to if this situation didn't happen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wish for you a happy life." M. N.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I will always like you butterflies." C. T.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wish you have a marvelous lovely life." S. F.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wish that you didn't have to fly away." M. T.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wish that you have a great time!" T. H.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wish you could stay forever." M. K.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wish you find lots of your favourite flowers and you don't get attacked by a predator." J. B.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I hope they meet new friends." MK. K.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wish that you could fly very free." M. E.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Bon voyage, butterflies!" J. B.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I hope that you find lots of friends!" O. L.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I love you, butterflies." C. F.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I hope you have a great time!" C. W.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I hope your wings don't fall off." A. K.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I want you to stay." D. F.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Bye bye butterfly forever. I hope you have a good time!" J. K.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Farewell butterfly." K. C.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I love you, butterfly!" P. S.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I wish you don't get hurt." F. W.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I hope you come visit my garden." E. B.</i></span></div>
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Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-76852493520200946132017-03-26T13:10:00.000-07:002017-03-26T13:57:02.777-07:00Scruffy's Adventures: How the gift of a stuffed dog encouraged literacy, math, and home connections! <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you follow this blog, you may remember reading about the <a href="http://wondersinkindergarten.blogspot.ca/2016/12/infusing-aboriginal-stories-into-our.html" target="_blank">Aboriginal Card Fundraiser</a> the children decided to do with the intention of supporting the <a href="https://www.torontohumanesociety.com/" target="_blank">Toronto Humane Society</a> and the <a href="https://www.torontowildlifecentre.com/" target="_blank">Toronto Wildlife Centre</a> with the proceeds raised. As a thank you, both organizations gave us certificates of appreciation which the children proudly placed on the classroom door for all to see. The </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Toronto Humane Society also included a few pamphlets about good pet care, a calendar and a dog stuffy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My teaching partner, Mrs. Kinsey shared her experience with the children of delivering the funds raised from the Aboriginal cards to the Toronto Humane Society. She told them about getting to meet a few of the dogs and cats and explained to the children how the money they raised would help the animals at the shelter. She showed the children photos she took of some of the animals and then showed them the stuffed dog that was given to us as a thank you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The children were so excited to see the stuffed dog with the green t-shirt that read "Toronto Humane Society"! I was glad they had something tangible to play with in the classroom and that is as far as I thought this stuffed toy would go. But children can have the best ideas! Within minutes everyone started to discuss what they could do with the dog. Ideas were flying about naming the dog, taking it home, leaving it in the classroom, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to start with naming the dog. As with most decisions we make in the classroom, we voted on a few suggested names. The winner, originally thought by T. H. was "Scruffy"!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once the name was chosen, D. F. thought we should write a list of all the children's names on the chart paper and then everyone would get to take Scruffy home for the night and return him the next day to give to the next person on the list. The idea was voted on and unanimously everyone loved the idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And so began Scruffy's Adventures for the next month and a half. I did not give any direction as to what the children should do with Scruffy at home. All I asked for was that a photo be sent to me for sharing purposes for the following day. As the photos came in our idea grew and the children decided they wanted to make a book with them. Luckily this idea was generated early on so that I made sure everyone had a photo of themselves with Scruffy to include in the class book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*I printed out photos each evening and had the children write about their experiences with Scruffy the following day during our Log Book writing time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Below are the pages from our classroom book titled: Scurffy's Adventures! It was so great to see the way the families supported this project at home. The activities captured were unique and delightful. I especially loved the way it seemed to bring together siblings, family pets, and parents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to share and blog about these experiences because I can't believe how much leaning was a result of this stuffed toy. What I am also amazed at is how the children took the lead on many aspects of the learning that have taken place. I tried several times throughout my teaching career to "create" learning experiences using certain toys but I found they never really took off like this experience. I suspect it may be due to the fact that Scruffy was gifted to the children by an organization and past experience that was important to them. They had a connection to the previous project which made this a bit more authentic rather than if I just brought in the stuffed dog on my own. Whatever the case, I am very proud of the learning and the fun the children, families, and us as educators had along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you Toronto Humane Society for the gift. It was well received and used!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the past month, the children have been learning and practicing how to best sketch their friends. Using a pencil and working in their individual sketch books, the children became more aware of lines and shapes. With encouragement, the children started to become more comfortable looking closely at their friend's features and sketching what they saw. In their first attempt at sketching, children were made aware of the elements that were missing, e.g., eye lashes, ears, short/long hair, etc. Once their pencil drawing was complete, the children learned that using a sharpie to trace over their pencil marks highlighted their sketch and drew attention to the lines and contours used. Introducing colour by using water colour paints involved another guided lesson. The children learned about using only certain colours that they saw reflected in their friend's features. Blending and colour mixing were other important skills learned as the children soon realized that some of the colours they needed were not found in their paint selection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the classroom, many items are sorted by some attribute including the paint brushes. Sorted by the size of the bristle I've noticed encourages the children to make more thoughtful selections when creating. During another guided lesson, the children experimented with the various brush sizes allowing them to become familiar with the type of marking they produce. For the friendship sketching project, the children practiced using the various brush sizes and learned the technique of dipping the brush into the water, wiping it on the side of the jar, then proceeding to dab it into the water colour of choice. Depending on the feature they were painting, they became more confident in choosing the appropriate brush size needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As mentioned, the children have individual sketch books. These books are used to practice particular art techniques and using new art materials. The children have used oil and chalk pastels, water colour pencils, pasel pencils, charcoal, water colour and acrylic paints, and sharpies. Sketching Time is not only necessarily about sketching. During this time the children have also had the opportunity to explore plasticine and clay, wire, and natural materials to produce art.</span><br />
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<i>"Art explorations are rich experiences for children. They inspire scientific investigation, as children seek to understand the qualities and uses of an art medium. They spark collaboration and strengthen relationships among children, as children share discoveries, coach each other about strategies to try with an art medium, and work together on a creation. They demand focused attention and physical finesse. They stir the senses and emotion, delighting eyes, hands, and heart." </i></div>
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Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-30741129295350571982016-12-11T16:52:00.001-08:002017-01-24T17:10:53.593-08:00Infusing Aboriginal stories into our learning and the manifestation of our Aboriginal cards fundraiser!<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">From the first book I read </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Nanabosho How The Turtle Got It's Shell)</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">, the children were mesmerized by the characters, story line, surprise, and adventure found in the Aboriginal stories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The stories became very popular and an area was set-up to support the children in exploring the Aboriginal stories further. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Open ended and natural materials were set out along with small plastic forest animals and plasticine to provide a variety of different ways the children can use the materials to express their learning and re-telling of the stories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each time a story was shared with peers, the children improved in their public speaking skills and were more prepared by taking the time to practice acting out their story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The children started to wonder why animals were used to tell many of the stories. I was so glad when I found the book "Sometimes I Feel Like A Fox". </span><br />
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book summary: <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Sometimes-I-Feel-Like-Fox/dp/1554987504">https://www.amazon.ca/Sometimes-I-Feel-Like-Fox/dp/1554987504</a>)</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Below are the cards that are displayed on our bulletin board outside our classroom. D. F. suggested we sell them for $10 which I thought was reasonable especially given the effort they demonstrated in creating the cards. Below each card is a statement that reflects why they chose the Totem Animal that best represents their own character. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The cards have been available for purchase for only a few days we have already raised $270! We are excited to see how much more we collect in another week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I start with the quote above because I think it's so important to understand the inquiry process not only for educators, but also for families who engage with their children on a daily basis. When children ask questions and are curious, it's important to ask questions back, model your own curiosity, and ask them how they might be able to figure out more about their interest. In doing so, it keeps their curiosity going and allows the child to learn to use research and collaborative skills to seek out information. Extending the learning can open doors to new experiences involving the arts, literacy, mathematics, science, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Kindergarten Program summarizes the process that educators perform when they collaborate and co-construct thinking and learning with the children. I show this as I think it can also be quite helpful for families at home in supporting their children's interests.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The chart below, taken from the Kindergarten Program, highlights the elements of the inquiry process in kindergarten for children and educators. It is helpful to note the steps and actions taken by the children and educators as the inquiry develops and progresses through the different elements.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What observations and explorations were done by the children? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How did the children describe their theories or findings? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What investigations took place? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How did the educators act as co-learners with the children? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What materials, resources, and provocations were provided by the educators to support and extend learning for the children? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How were understandings and theories communicated?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What other materials, provocations, and experiences, would you have added to this inquiry?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An inquiry is like a web and can lead to many new discoveries and explorations. Based on the children's questions, observations, and theories, what other extensions did you notice may have potential for further investigations?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can you help our tree turn into a fall tree?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"What can we do with all the leaves we collected in our classroom? Mrs. Ralph</span><br />
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Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-64159287503144935732016-10-02T10:14:00.000-07:002016-10-02T10:35:54.746-07:00A great start to new beginnings!<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I cannot believe how quickly the month of September has come and gone. In just one month there has been some incredible growth and learning demonstrated by the children in our class. I want to take this time to showcase and celebrate some of this advancement and place it in the perspective of the newly updated Kindergarten Program. I hope that this may guide and support you in familiarizing yourself with the new document.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Ontario Ministry of Education has released the newly updated <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_342235742"></span>Kindergarten Program<span id="goog_342235743"></span></a> for use in all Ontario public schools. The program now focuses on Four Frames of learning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>In the Kindergarten program, four "frames", or broad areas of learning,are used to structure thinking about learning and assessment. The frames - <b>Belonging and Contributing</b>, <b>Self-Regulation and Well-Being</b>, <b>Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours</b>, and <b>Problem Solving and Innovating</b> - are designed to support an approach that aligns with the way children's learning naturally occurs and that focuses on aspects of learning that are critical to young children's development. The frames reflect the integrated way in which learning occurs during children's play and inquiry in Kindergarten. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>***As you view the photographs, I encourage you to glance at the 2016 Kindergarten Program: Overall Expectations chart above, and try to familiarize yourself with the type of learning that may be demonstrated in the photographs.</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">their sense of connectedness to others;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">their relationships to others, and their contributions as part of a group, a community, and the natural world;</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The learning encompassed in this frame also relates to the child's early development of the attributes and attributes that inform citizenship, through his or her sense of personal connectedness to various communities.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">their own thinking and feelings, and their recognition of and respect for differences in the thinking and feelings of others;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">regulating their emotions, adapting to distractions, and assessing consequences of actions in a way that enables them to engage in learning;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">their physical and mental health and wellness;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the interrelatedness of children's self-awareness, sense of self, and ability to self-regulate;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the role of the learning environment in helping children to be calm, focused, and alert so they are better able to learn.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This frame encompasses children's learning and development with respect to:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">communicating through thoughts and feelings - through gestures, physical movements, words, symbols, and representations, as well as through the use of a variety of materials;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">literacy behaviours, evident in the various ways they use language, images, and materials to express and think critically about ideas and emotions, as they listen and speak, view and represent, and begin to read and write;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mathematics behaviours, evident in the various ways they use concepts of number and pattern during play and inquiry; access, manage, create, and evaluate information; and experience an emergent understanding of mathematical relationships, concepts, skills, and processes;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an active engagement in learning and a developing love of learning, which can instil the habit of learning for life.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What children learn in connection with this frame develops their capacity to think critically, to understand and respect many different perspectives, and to process various kinds of information.</span></div>
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Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-80325354545473904822016-06-26T09:57:00.003-07:002018-02-22T14:51:19.365-08:00Welcome Days!<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Having received some inquiries about what our Welcome Days entail, I thought it might be nice to dedicate a blog post to this topic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last year my teaching partner (Kathryn) and I decided to incorporate what we call "Welcome Days" into our classroom environment. We were looking for a way to give families a glimpse into an aspect of their child's learning through play while also trying to encourage families to engage and learn alongside their child with an active hands-on approach. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We wanted to give as much time as possible for the children to get to know each other, feel comfortable with one another and the classroom environment, and allow for as much time as possible for building community, therefore we decided that starting Welcome Days at the beginning of April and running them until the end of June would work out well. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Welcome Days visits happen once per week and last for one hour during Exploration Time.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As our classroom is quite small we have found that having a total of four adults per visit works out really well. We are fortunate to have some wonderful parent volunteers and they greatly supported us by creating an online sign up through VolunteerSighup (<a href="https://www.volunteersignup.org/" target="_blank">https://www.volunteersignup.org/</a>) where families could view the dates that work best for them and sign up. The site also shows when spots are full so that families can select other dates that are available. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All children self select where they would like to work and have the opportunity to share their creations alongside their family to their peers at the end of Exploration Time. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The sharing piece is very valuable as it gives families another insight into just how much knowledge and learning can be gained from the many questions and comments asked by their peers. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every time we have families visit it's so nice to observe their interactions with their child. The children are equally proud and love to showcase their knowledge to their family.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I loved it! It was so nice to see P and his friends in action. We built a town based on a book and got to show it off to the class. Unfortunately P (father) couldn't attend that day as he was shooting but luckily he goes in for reading and pizza days so he gets to experience the wonders of 109 often." L</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Recently I had the rare opportunity to spend an hour with my daughter L, participating in her regular school day, and learning as she does. I got to build a structure with her, measure it, and share strategies and learnings with her classmates. It was such an enriching experience to see how she and the other children in her class interact and develop through various activities. Thank you Ms. Ralph for giving us the chance to see the amazing things our children do each and every day while away from us in your class." G</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Love it! Great fun and invaluable insights into the learning process in room 109." J</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I love the Welcome Days! My son A was so happy that mommy can attend his class and let him showcase what he did. I learned so much about my son in about a few hours on how he interacts with other kids and how he performs at school. It's a personal and valuable experience and I definitely highly recommend it to other parents." J</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"It's always a treat when your child's teacher opens their classroom up to you for a visit. This is especially relevant here, where I was able to have a guided tour through exploration time with my daughter. It's wonderful to be able to see the focus and love of learning so much. I truly feel that Welcome Days are one of the best ways for me to see and experience first-hand the life of a JK student in Mrs. Ralph's class." S</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Thank you so much for having T and I in the class room yesterday. It was so lovely to have a window into M's world. Seeing her present to the class was making my heart explode with pride. And it's so great to see the things she's doing in class come home with her - like surveys! We are doing surveys all the time - calling grandparents and taking their votes too. And bees! How exciting! She's about to teach us about pollen right now. :)<br />It was honestly such a wonderful experience! I also really liked how the parents were just incorporated into the daily routine - it wasn't a special event/concert/show and tell type thing, which was actually great." K</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"I loved it. The Welcome day allowed me to see the teaching style in action. It’s one thing to hear about how the class works but to actually see/participate first hand just re-enforced how much I believe in what Mrs. Ralph and Mrs. Powell are doing. There is a real structure, process and results. C is very happy and looks forward to school and I could see first hand why. He knows what is expected of him, there is a process (i.e.: getting the clipboard, doing the picture/explanation/activity) and positive re-enforcement. They are excited to share their results with the class (honing their presentation skills) and the feedback from their peers was so positive, it left the kids feeling so proud. I really appreciated the opportunity to actually participate in the class rather than just watching. It was such a positive experience, I was a little disappointed that we only got to do it once. Also, I took away ideas used in the class concerning how to work with my child at home. You don’t have to have the latest toys, you take what is there and use your imagination. Also, just using everyday occurrences as teaching experiences." L</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"We wanted to thank you for us being able to come visit the class for Welcome Days today. What a great opportunity to experience the classroom through the eyes of M. He loved it, as did we. Thanks" </i></span><i style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">P & B</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>"When the cook tastes the soup, that's formative; when the guests taste the soup, that's summative."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes we feel the need to steer children towards correct answers rather than taking the time to observe their work and answer questions with further questions to support learning and understanding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to the Natural Curiosity resource, Assessment for Learning is outlined as the following:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the process of gathering and analyzing evidence for use by students and their teacher to determine where students are in their learning, where they need to go, and how best to get there.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(Natural Curiosity: Building Children's Understanding of the World through Environmental Inquiry/A Resource for Teachers, page 30).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to take this question and ask it to my kindergarten students. I was interested in learning if they understood the question, the different strategies they may choose to use to solve it, and how they would demonstrate their answers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Take a look at the pictures below. What do you deduce from each of their representations? What do each of them tell you about their knowledge and understanding of the question? How can these representations aid in supporting student learning further? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Feedback can be the vital link between the teachers' assessment of a child and the action following that assessment, which then has a formative effect on the child's learning." </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">-Hargreaves et al. (2000)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At first she made ten pieces of wire with beads on them. She told me she was done. I then asked her to explain to me what the different coloured beads represented? How many elephants do we need? She told me that the four beads represented the legs and the green bead represented the trunk for each elephant. In telling me this she started to count the elephants and realized she made too many.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In her drawing representation, M knew to draw fifteen flowers. She told me she had to scratch some out as she realized she made a mistake and drew too many. Her telling me this information was very important as it told me a lot about her counting ability and her ability to identify when things did not add up correctly. You can see that she knew to draw five petals per flower but again she told me she drew too many on some and she had to go back and scratch them out. Checking over one's work is an important skill to have and I noticed that M was able to do this independently. She became a bit tired so she did not finish figuring out the answer. But this is not always the most important aspect as there is so much that is gained from even attempting.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"He said one for him and one for his best friend to make it equal." L. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"All of his friends and him go the same amount." D. F.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"But not his sister, she only got five." B. P.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I noticed that how many he got looks just like ten." J. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"When he divided with his friends they got the same amount but not his baby sister or him." C. C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I noticed he shared." E. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Every time he split he had some left and the leftovers he kept splitting so his friends get the same amount." Z. G.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We used to have so much gumballs but now we have less because we're sharing them with all of our friends." C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"So we gave one to everyone and keep splitting them. I think everyone will have the same amount." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Charlie kept splitting the gumballs but every time he did his pile got smaller and smaller so not everyone go the same amount." C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We made Charlie's gumballs. We counted by ten. We figured how many Charlie had. We put one by one. Each bag has forty gumballs. Four gumballs for Charlie. Five gumballs for his little sister." L. S. and A. R.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">C. C. and E. B. decided to use a ten frame to help them add up all the numbers. They check off each time they added chips onto the ten frame that coincided with the information on the chart paper.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“When I go
to the grocery store I see so much fruit but outside I don’t see many bees and
bees make the fruit?” C. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I think
it’s because they are getting hurt because the days are cold and only come in
the spring and they don’t have fur.” C. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Bees are in
danger, my mom told me that farmers are putting pesticide on their plants and
they bees are getting it on them and killing them.” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“What is pesticide?” Mrs. Ralph<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“It’s a type
of spray you put on plants and leaves.” M. S.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“It kills
the bees because it has bad stuff that kills the bees.” J. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They die
from the spray because it has bad stuff for bees, people, and bugs.” D. F.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“The farmers
doesn’t want the bees to get all the flowers because they will die.” P. C.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They use
pesticide because they don’t want bees around.” S. T.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Bees are
really important because they need to make honey and don’t want people to get
sick. E. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“The
pesticide makes bees not make honey so they won’t make it through the winter
because honey makes them survive in the winter and it keeps them warm.” Z. G.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They put
the pesticide on flowers so the bees die and don’t sting them.” C. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“It is a bad
idea because we won’t have honey.” P. C.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was a very engaging conversation. A great start to some deep questions about bees. But now what? Where does one go from here in regards to extending this learning further? Below are a few suggestions that my teaching partner and I try and keep in mind as new sparks present themselves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As with many inquiry topics, there is a vast amount of factual knowledge than can be found from many different sources, but I have found that the key to sustaining and extending an inquiry is to allow for enough time for the children to be able to formulate their own ideas. Critical thinking and being able to express their reasoning is in my opinion one of the most important aspects of inquiry based learning. As the children looked at pictures in books, viewed videos, and supported each other through discussions, they were able to formulate and express their own ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Imagination is theory making" ~ Jason Avery</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ask yourself what the goal of the inquiry is? For us it is never solely about seeking correct answers. It is more about instilling a sense of wonder and curiosity that drives and motivates children to think critically and use the resources around them to guide their own learning. They are also able to support each other by taking part in group discussions and using new knowledge to either add to or refute their own theories. I can't imagine how much rich knowledge of the children's thinking I would have missed if I didn't give them the time to ponder things on their own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Answering back with open ended questions opens the door for further investigation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"What do you think?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"How do you think they do that?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Open ended questions allows the learning to continue rather than stalling it. With so many wonderful books and other resources it was very tempting to give answers but I learned from experience that there is a balance in supporting children just enough so they continue to want to learn more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I feel an inquiry should follow the children's interests at the deeper level based around their observations, wonders, and theories. With the educators' guidance, children's thinking and learning can be made visible. For this process to be achieved, one must slow down and give time for children to explore and investigate the many resources provided to them. I really had to hold myself back in wanting to read and show them everything on honeybees. In slowing down and stepping back the children became more confident and independent in seeking out knowledge on their own or having discussions in small groups with their peers about their thinking. Rather than coming to myself or Mrs. Powell, the children used the resources in the classroom to guide their own theories and formulate new ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Documenting the children's thinking has been beneficial in giving us a view into their level of understanding. Knowing where they are coming from in terms of their theories has greatly allowed us to be able to plan the type of supports and challenges needed to further their learning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the initial discussion, we encouraged the children to write or draw their ideas on stickies and place them on the "I see, I wonder, I think" chart paper was placed on the wall at the Discovery Area. Once a week we read over the sticky note comments and discuss further. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“How do bees
turn pollen into honey?” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Bees get
their honey from the hives.” B. P.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I wonder
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Bees pick
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They get
the pollen on their body by going in the flower and rolling in it.” P. M.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Why do
flowers have pollen?” F. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“When I was
looking I saw yellow dust. It’s pollen but I didn’t see nectar.” Z. G. when
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Nectar is
like pollen it is on the inside of the flower. It was on my finger!” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They carry
pollen in their pollen basket.” Z. G.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Bees make
honey and they give it to the factory. They make it sweet. The factory people
hold out a jar and the bees drop it in.” B. P.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I think
they drop the pollen into the honeycomb and it makes honey.” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I think
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I think the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I think
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“If they
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They make
honey with the nectar and drink it too. Honey is made with pollen and nectar.”
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I know how
bees get pollen, they lay down and get it on their stinger.” A. R.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“The bees
get her finger to get pollen and brings it back to the house.” F. W.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They were
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>How do bees know who is the queen bee? F. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Two bees
fight to see who get to be the queen bee. She takes care of the babies while
the others go get pollen.” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“If you win
the fight do you get to be a queen bee?” P. M.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Yes and the
other goes to find another hive to be queen.” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I think
they know because they watch the fight and whoever wins is the queen bee.” J.
K.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They know
because they switch crowns with the old queen bee.” C. T. and M. S.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I agree
with J. K. that they watch the fight to see who wins.” P. M.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I think the
queen bee dances and tells them about what to do that’s how they know.” C. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“When they
see the fight they see the difference of how they look and remember when they
are in the hive.” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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bee looks like a big larva with a red face and stinger. How they decide is when
a queen bee lays an egg that is a bigger egg so they know the queen bee is
inside.” Z. G.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Bees die in
the winter but before they die they lay eggs in the winter and hatch in the
spring.” C. C.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I disagree
with C. C. because the larva need to be taken care of, they get hungry and
hungrier each day they stay in their hives in the winter. They don’t die. Z. G.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I thing C.
C. means it’s a life cycle, before they die they lay eggs and then they hatch
in spring and are busy in the fall making honey.” C. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“I agree
with Z. G. because bees hibernate in the winter.” D. F.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Fruits
start as flowers and the bees help them grow and help flowers open up. The
flower grows into a plum and it loses all their petals!” R. S.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“When they
put honey on the fruit we taste the sweet part.” F. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Flowers are
flowers and then it goes into apples.” J. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Bees bring
pollen to flower and another flower to help them grow and then they bring it to
the hive and the other bees turn in into nectar.” Z. G.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They put
pollen from another flower on it that’s how they make fruit.” M. O.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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the honey from the hive to the fruit and put the honey on them to make them
ripe.” C. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“They put
pollen from different flowers on them and it turns the flower into fruit and
vegetables. Then they put honey on fruit and vegetables to make it ripe for us
to eat!” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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the right pollen to mix with other flowers.” Z. G.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>What would we do if there were no bees?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“We would be
dying because there would be no fruit, vegetables, and honey!” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“We would
not have food.” B. P.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“There would
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neighbor goes to his farm and I could tell Charlie to tell the farmers not to
use pesticide.” C. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“If the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“What about
the farmers spray half their crops with pesticide?” K. C.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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will the leaves get bigger on the plants if they don’t spray pesticide?” J. K.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“My
neighbour Charlie doesn’t believe that bees need help.” C. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Bring him a
book about bees.” F. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Bring him
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posters and put them at the bus stop with L. B.” C. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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my mom to tell people at her work so they can help bees by planting
wildflowers.” L. B.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Send other
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“Talking to
the classes about bees and giving them books.” F. D.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br />Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-55376885737359784642016-04-03T15:27:00.001-07:002016-04-07T04:33:58.527-07:00Teaching literacy holistically in our classroom<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Literacy takes place daily in our classroom and is immersed in all activities that the children take part in. Below is a look at the way we teach and immerse literacy in our classroom environment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please note that this is one way that literacy can look in kindergarten. My teaching partner and I have reflected on many occasions as to what works best for the children we teach. It's been a learning process and our literacy program has looked quite different from year to year depending on the children's needs, interests, and scheduling. This year we have made changes and are pleased with the way it's working to support our current learners. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-introducing different types of writing (lists, procedural, books, poems, cards/letters) based on the observations of children's interests</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-discussing daily natural occurrences/observations in classroom, home, community etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-introducing new learning concepts (</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e.g. letter i.d., phonics, word work, literacy games and activities, etc.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-provocations are set-up to support individual or small group learning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-children can learn at their own pace and in their own way through the process of exploration and investigation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-educators engage with students individually or in a small group to observe the ways the children are learning and interacting with the materials. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-literacy is fostered naturally through children's play</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-when creating children practice their communication skills with their friends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-children may choose to document (iPad), do observational drawings, create cards, signs, lists, notes, collect data, or </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">use a "My Story" or "My Plan" template to express their thinking</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-depending on the inquiry or project of interest, children can use "I see, I wonder, I think" templates, classroom iPad to take photographs and document their ideas, and creative expression through the use of clay, plasticine, paints, pastels, and open ended materials to express their knowledge and thinking about a particular concept</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-during knowledge sharing, children share their observations from their experiments, investigations, and explorations </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-children enjoy sharing their creations with their friends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-children verbally describe/discuss and/or read what they created and learn to respond and pose questions and comments through the sharing process</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-new learning is developed as well as the fostering of new ideas and inspirations through such discussions</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the book: Multiple Paths to Literacy By: Miriam P. Trehearne<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Inquiries often engage children in using reading, writing, listening, and speaking for multiple purposes while they are learning about topics meaningful to them. Student choice and voice, where possible, is very important. Young children naturally construct knowledge as they participate with others as they inquire, experiment, solve problems, play, and learn together. They also need direct teaching involving scaffolding through modelling, demonstrating, explaining, and guided practice."</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (Routman, 2005; Neuman and Roskos 2007).</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This winter has been very unpredictable but the day we finally received a nice amount of snow the children were all too eager to go outside and play in it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The outdoor experience lead to some wonderful discussions:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I think snow is white because it comes from the clouds and they are white. I can draw clouds." A. J.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I think snow is frozen rain and changes into snowflakes and forms different shapes." B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"How do snowflakes fall from the sky?" J. B. & K. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I think the wind pushes it from the sky." S. F.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I think the air pushes the snow because it is stronger than the snow so it pushes it down." L. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I don't agree with L. B. because the snowflakes are breakable and it will break them." C. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Snowflakes glide down like paper and it doesn't fall down from the sky it glides. Paper is the only thing I can think of like snowflakes, it's thin like a snowflake, white, and flat like a snowflake." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Why is snow cold?" R. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Because it's kinda like ice, so when something scrapes the ice it makes snow like the clouds moving together." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"We can crush up ice, maybe it will make snow!" Z. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"When I go skating my brother makes snow with his blades so it's like what Z. G. was saying." C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I wonder why they are all different?" C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I think snowflakes are made when it rains and then it turns frozen in the clouds and then it makes a shape of a snowflake. The clouds twists around like weaving to make the shape different." B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"It's a blanket for the plants and it's white." K. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Snow it kinda snowflakes." M. N.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Snow is melted hearts from the sky in the snow." C. T.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I saw lots of snowflakes on Mrs. Powell's jacket. A whole one looked like a flower. All the rest were cracked snowflakes, they cracked when they fall from the sky because there is a little water inside them." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I wonder why snow only comes in the winter?" K. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"When I was on the slide I put out my hand and saw snowflakes with different patterns." L. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Why don't we call snow snowflakes?" R. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"When I was outside I feeled the snowflakes on my hand, they felt tickly." M. K.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"When I was outside I saw the snowflakes sticking together." B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Being cognoscente of the children's theories, wonders, and observations, we created provocations and offered experiences that would support and extend learning and possibly bring on new curiosity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I find setting up experiences and provocations to be very important but also a challenging aspect of inquiry based learning. There are many great ideas on social media abound many topics, but the children's wonders, theories, and observations should be the guide to the type of experiences offered. Below are a few examples of what we set up with the children that were linked to their discussions about snow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Poems, books, experiments, observations, and photo documentation are found inside the binder from a variety of children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I think it's because they grow different patterns." J. K.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Because when they fall from the sky they all form different shapes so you can't get them mixed up." K. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"If they were all the same we would be bored with them." A. R.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Sometimes the clouds make a shape and that's how they make different snowflakes." D. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Clouds are all different and have pieces from the clouds make different snowflakes." F. D. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"It's because clouds are different and the snowflakes come from pieces of the clouds which are different shapes, it's like my pasta when I turn it on my fork it gets different shapes." Z. G.</span><br />
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"How something so small like snowflakes can cover so much space?" L. S.<br />
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"It's so small and Canada is so big!" L. S.<br />
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"Because there are many snowflakes much much more than 100 snowflakes!" Z. G.<br />
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"Like a million!" J. B.<br />
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"There is more than a million because they are very tiny." F. D.<br />
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"Maybe it matters how long it fell, how long it was falling." M. O.<br />
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"I don't think you can count snowflakes because it takes too long and we can't be everywhere but we can measure how deep it is." Z. G.<br />
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The children's fascination with snow continues but with the warm temperatures and the fabulous melting that just recently started a new wonder emerged!<br />
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It is important to note that the goal of inquiry based learning is not necessarily to achieve correct answers. It is more of a process that supports and fosters children with the ability to be curious and make observations, ask questions, come up with their own theories, and most importantly instilling self confidence through their journey of discovery. </div>
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</span>Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-16988527710025171842016-02-21T09:53:00.001-08:002016-03-01T04:03:02.953-08:00Purposeful and Authentic Patterning in Kindergarten <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last week (February 18th) I had the honour of presenting with my colleague and friend Santina Fantetti on behalf of the <a href="http://chapters.oame.on.ca/teams/" target="_blank">Toronto Educators Association for Mathematics </a>(TEAMS), a branch of the <a href="http://www.oame.on.ca/main/index1.php?lang=en&code=home" target="_blank">Ontario Association for Mathematics Education </a>(OAME). Our presentation discussed the topic of patterning in Kindergarten. We hoped that the presentation; as well as the accompanying provocations; supported our attendees in gaining a deeper knowledge about the complexity and importance of patterning in the early years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many thanks to all who attended! It was a wonderful evening of sharing our learning. For further questions, comments, or sharing of your own experience in teaching patterning, please do not hesitate to contact us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Many people think of geometry mostly in terms of vocabulary-do students recognize triangles, do they know what a square is, do they know what shapes are round, and so on. But, in fact, geometry is the study of special attributes of shapes, how shapes fit together, and how shapes are located in space. Attributes of shapes include things like number of sides, how pointed the corners are, whether they are round, whether they are flat (2D), whether their parts are all the same size, and so on. It is the recognition of attributes of shapes and the implications of those attributes that helps students more effectively use shapes in their lives. Knowing that round shapes are not stable for building on is as practical to a young Kindergarten student building a structure as it is to an adult designing a real building. Representing shapes, taking them apart, and putting them together are ways to encourage students to explore more carefully the attributes of those shapes."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"You can't pick up the shapes on the paper but you can pick up the ones that are wooden!" K. C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"They're different on the paper and they're different wooden shapes." S. F.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Some are the same from the paper and wooden ones." A. R.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The circle is the same as this ball, and these two squares (cubes) match this square on the paper." A. R.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"This triangle is the same as this wooden shape because they both have three sides and three points." S. T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"But the wooden one (triangle based pyramid) has four sides and the one on the paper (triangle) has three sides." B. P.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"All triangles have three sides and the wooden one (square based pyramid) has more." J. B. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I can hold the cone but I can't hold the triangle." Z. G.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I just made a house. This is different, these have lines (hexagonal prism) and this doesn't (shadow). This is a triangle and this is a cone. A cylinder on the side turned into a circle." A. J.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"A cylinder turned into a rectangle on the wall!" A. F.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"This is a cylinder but the shadow looks like a rectangle. I think the cone will make a triangle shape." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"This is a cube and this is a square! I think it's the fake of the solid. The shadow shapes are 2 dimensional because I can't pick them up!" M. O.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I built with a round cone but on the wall it looks like a triangle. You can pick up the shadows, I can' hold the cones I builded with and drew them on paper. The cylinders are looking like rectangles on paper. The shadow is bigger on the paper than my church I built." B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The structure is made with wooden blocks and the one on the paper is made flat with pencils, the colour on the wall is brighter than looking through the blocks." L. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"It's tall, it's 13." E. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"They are black and flat and some have colours in the blocks. I used all the blocks to make a city." M. K.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The blocks are higher than my picture. You can hold the blocks but not the shadow. The shapes are different like the cone is like a square in the shadow." K. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"It's a cube it has points, four points!" R. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"They are kinda like the same but the picture is brighter and flat. The blocks look different, a cone looks like a cone but black and black on paper." S. T.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's black, it different shape." F. W.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You can build with the blocks, pick them up and pick up the shadow but you can't build with a shadow." A. R.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The block tower is wigglier and the paper one is not. The cone is a triangle! The cylinder is a tall line almost a huge triangle!" C. D.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The blocks were big to build with and I don't see lines on the paper." N. M.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"They are different because I traced the one I sketched but I built the one I built with my hands. I also used my hands to trace but the block is wood and the pencil is a pencil. The big blocks show colours and the small blocks are dark." P. C.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My castle was made with not the see through blocks so it's a black shadow on the paper. When I look at the shadow I don't see the lines from the blocks it just disappears." L. C.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It is easier to build then to trace them. They are flat on the wall to touch, you can't hold them." E. B.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The shadows you can't grab, the wood blocks we can grab and build." M. N.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Once you put it on it makes a shadow, a cone is on top, it looks like a tower." C. T.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The light goes on the wall in the colours like blue and red, sometimes when it's taller it faces the ceiling or wall." J. B. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The shadow was bigger than the blocks The shapes are flat on the paper and the blocks are not flat, like you can hold them and stuff and build with them." D. F.</span></span><br />
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Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-66950061065305906752016-01-31T15:04:00.000-08:002016-02-15T16:53:09.986-08:00Learning through storytelling<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the beginning of this school year in September, I read a wonderful resource by the Opal School in Portland Oregon centering on story workshop. You can find this information here: (<a href="http://opalschoolblog.typepad.com/opal-school-blog/story-workshop/" target="_blank">Why story workshop?</a>) and (<a href="http://opalschoolblog.typepad.com/opal-school-blog/story-workshop/" target="_blank">Equity And Access Through Story Workshop</a>). I was very intrigued as I was hoping to weave stories and storytelling as a central theme in the classroom. I wanted to find out ways to support the children in using their imagination combined with open ended materials to re-tell and/or create stories. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Though the journey that our class took their learning was quite different from the story workshop by the Opal School, I found the questions that they asked their children and teachers very helpful in scaffolding learning and growth relating to what stories were, how they were created, and where they came from. Below documents the children's learning and growth from September to the present. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I started by asking the children,<b> "What is a story?"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"when mommy or daddy read to you." C. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Something you read to people." K. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Something you make and you read to somebody." M. O.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Sometimes it's imagination without pages!" P. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Something you made up using your imagination." M. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"When you make something up and you draw it." G. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Or tell someone!" Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Or build it!" F. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Yea! At construction!" L. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"When you read it." M. K.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Something that you tell people what everything is. Stories have lots of imagination." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's like my mom, she reads me Author books." D. F.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Pretending that dogs sit on your lap is imagination!" C. T.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I like the dog story mom reads to me." A. T.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I enjoyed listening to the different perspectives the children gave to explain what they thought a story was. To begin, I decided to read the story Pezzettino by Leo Lionni and set up a provocation encouraging the children to re-tell or create their own version of the story. This idea was inspired by the wonderful <a href="http://www.thesunflowerschool.ca/index.php" target="_blank">Sunflower School</a> in Orangeville Ontario.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The yellow squares are the island and these (blue jewels) are the crabs and they're trying to climb on the boat." B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What is the red piece? Mrs. Ralph</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"He a person riding on the little boat. He's going to the island. This is the island (yellow pieces) and this is a coconut tree (green pieces) with coconuts (blue pieces)." B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why do you have so many crabs in your story?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Because they're all family." B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This is the sun (yellow pieces) and this is the sky (blue pieces) and these are the clouds (light blue) and this is the little leaves (yellow pieces) for the tree (green pieces). This is the island and these are the frogs (blue jewels) and this is the water guy, the Pezzettino water guy (green pieces horizontal). P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This is the missing tall creature (small tile pieces) but he's trying to find out if he's somebody's or not. And this is one of his friends (colourful pieces) and he's trying to ask one of his friends if he knows if he's one of his friend's little piece but he's actually really not. He's just his own little creature." C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I encouraged storytelling at many areas in our classroom. With time, the support of the senior kindergarten children, and lots of modeling and sharing, the children became more aware of discussing their ideas collectively, and working together to create. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This is Ponyville. This is a castle and a waterfall. There is a jail in the castle. If there is a bad guy running around the big sister pony will rescue the baby pony and the mom pony will get the bad guy and bring them to jail. The big sister pony and the baby pony can go ride down the water slide for fun. There is a path with a flower garden and they can pick flowers and put them in their castle." C. C., B. P., D. F., and C. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We made a kingdom on Pony Island. The story is that the bad guy took the jewel. They took the jewel because they liked rainbow jewels. This is the mud and this is the shell tower. And that's the indoor pool and this is the outdoor pool. And that is a soccer field. These are all the things where to bury the treasures. This is the pony's castle. The bad guys are the white ones and the black ones are the good guys. The solution is that the ponies are gonna get the bad guys all dirty with mud. And then they're gonna stay in there cause they're all muddy. Then they're gonna go to a factory that makes band aids and they're gonna go inside the band aids because they stick to mud and they can't get it off. The shells are the band aid carriers. They turn into band aids and the good guys use them." F. D., K. C., and Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We made Pony Lake. It's named Pony Lake because there's a lake and a waterfall and the baby pony is on the boat. This is the gymnastics course for the ponies. The ponies like to go on the boat and go down with a little splash. So they don't fall in we made a little bridge. They live in a castle. This is the merry go round (spools with black fabric). When ponies want to go on a ride they open the curtains and ride."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This is the garden with the flowers (red and clear jewels) for them to pick. After the ponies do somersaults they get hungry and they eat (red and clear jewels). They cylinders are for the ponies to hide from the lightening. That's Home Depot. It helps them to buy stuff that they don't have and to build up their house." C. C., R. S., L. S., E. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A city with a jail, towers, waterfall, and bus to take people around.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The structures they created were very detailed and they were always given the chance to share their work with their peers. I loved how they were now using the materials and combining ideas of their personal experiences to create visuals of their adventures. But the more I listened and observed, the more I noticed that their sharing was always done by going to the different structures in their creations and verbally labeling each item (e.g., this is the CN Tower, this is a waterfall, this is an apple tree where the people can go and pick apples, ect.). This was definitely a start towards the right direction, but I was was hoping to find a way to bridge the gap between their detailed creations to acting out their stories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At our next group meeting, I asked the children,<b> "What do you like about stories?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I like the pictures." E. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I like how the author writes the words." R. S.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I like how the author makes stories using their imagination." C. C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I then asked them to think about what makes a story enjoyable? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Stories have an adventure!" Z. G.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"They sure do! What else makes a story enjoyable?" Mrs. Ralph</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There are bad guys and good guys!" B. P.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also asked the question, <b>"Do you know any stories?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A list was generated:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This discussion lead us to read and discuss many fairy tales and other stories that concentrated on characters, setting, problem, solution. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"How can stories be told?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You can tell your story with your mouth." C. C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Make a play." J. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Draw pictures." Z. G.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Write it down." L. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Take pictures and make a story about them." C. C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Paint a story." M. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Use materials to tell the story like in our room!" L. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We made the story of The Three Little Pigs. The problem is the wold is trying to eat the pigs. The solution is that the wolf goes down the chimney." L. B., C. D., C. C., C. T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This is Castle Land. The bird has a key on it's tail and when the princess want to get out the bird unlocks it with it's magical powers. This is his nest and he flies back on his nest. This is the pony's water when she gets thirsty. This is a fire in case it's cold and they need to get warm they go close to the fire. Those are the decorations for the draw bridge. The green jewels re is the grass. This is the pumpkin patch and this is the birdie's food. This is a person and he walks around and sees if the acorns and pumpkins are rotten. This is the lake around the castle and when the pony's ever dirty and her hair is yucky then she takes a bath and swishes in the water." R. S. and Z. G.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I continued to leave a basket of fairy tales and other stories we read at the carpet. The interest in storytelling started to fade. But a few </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">weeks ago, I was blown away when a group of children decided they wanted to do a play of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They worked together to decide who would be what character, they built their set, practiced what they would say, and gave an amazing performance to their classmates! I was so proud of them. All done on their own during Exploration Time while their peers worked at other learning areas! Sharing is so important in that is models wonderful creativity but also inspires others to try new things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I anticipated that the plays would only last for a few days, but the interest continues to be sustained. With the exposure of new fairy tales being read, new plays are re-enacted. One fascinating change that has been observed happening in the children's plays is the modification of characters in the stories. They started changing the traditional stories to account for gender. In one re-enactment of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the three bears included the mom, baby sister, and big sister. There have also been discussions by the children of main characters being able to be boys or girls depending on who is acting. They are quick to tell their peers that the changes are their version and different than the books. </span><br />
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ways<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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solutions to the same material/problem<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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new material<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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collaborate makes me want to learn about the other - hear your story -
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A group of children became very interested in using the flashlights to create shadows. They collected various materials from around the classroom setting the flashlight on each item to see what the shadow looked like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The children were so excited about their discoveries that they asked if I could come see! Together we started playing with the flashlight and noticed that when we raised and lowered the flashlight the shadows started moving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Something has to be see through for the light to go through." R. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The part around the block is black and the middle shows colour because it's see through!" M. O.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also read a fantastic book called "The Black Rabbit". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Why did the rabbit not see the black rabbit in the water?" Mrs. Ralph</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The sunshine can go on the water but it can't go into the water." C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Because there's no darkness." L. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yea! Shadows can dance!" P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Black Rabbit book inspired us to go outside and explore shadows further!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some obervations made by the children:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This reflects red (block). Are shadows always black? Now red again. When I turn it the shadow gets longer." B. P. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When I put a yellow object in a red shadow they yellow gets red on it." P. M.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The light is pushing the green light through the jewel." C. C.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"My shadow is bigger!" L. S.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I look like a grown-up!" B. P.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"My shadow is behind me when I run and in front of when I turn around!" K. C.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When I look through the see through object (prism) object into the light you're smaller." F. D.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The magnifier is making light on the tree, I have to put it in the sun and now it is making it hotter!" A. J.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When the sun is in front of you your shadow is behind you." C. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this time the light on our overhead projector burned out. It took me a while to find a replacement and I worried that the momentum of interest was going to stop. But instead, the children started placing materials on the table where the overhead used to be and used the flashlights to create shadow stories and experiments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One day C. C. told me she knew how the overhead projector worked. She told me that is contained a mirror inside that made the light reflect on the wall. I asked if she wanted to try and show me by using some of the materials in our classroom. Together with Z. G., they worked to try and figure out how the overhead projector worked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C. C. decided to try a mirror block and shine her flashlight on it. She then noticed the light appear the wall!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When you move your hand it goes dark because it makes a shadow. When you go faster you shadow goes faster." J. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When I look in the mirror at my house, there's a mirror in here (waving her hand over the arm of the overhead projector) and in the mirror my shirt is backwards, my love shirt, the love is spelled backwards!" L. B.</span></div>
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Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-9766686718374642802015-12-07T17:05:00.001-08:002015-12-08T03:36:10.037-08:00Teaching math holistically in our classroom<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have reflected for quite some time on trying to create a math program that encompasses a holistic approach to learning for young children. This year we have found what seems to be working well for us with this particular group of children. Given our schedule, the environment, and the children, this is our example of how math can be incorporated into the daily kindergarten program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Mathematics instruction is most effective when it is part of a comprehensive approach that pays equal attention to all aspects of a child's development: social/emotional, physical, cognitive, and language. There must be opportunities for children to explore independently and times for direct teaching in small groups, in large groups, and one-on-one. In addition, children practice and use mathematical skills during daily routines and during the active learning that takes place in interest areas." </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Mathematics: The Creative Curriculum Approach, pg. ix)</span></i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Educators provide experiences in playing with mathematics itself by using a repertoire of strategies, including open and parallel tasks that provide differentiation to meet the needs of all students and ensure full participation." </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(Maximizing Student Mathematical Learning in the Early Years, Capacity Building Series, September 2011, Special Edition #22)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Honouring children's starting points enables educators to build on students' mathematical knowledge with an inquiry-based approach, developing purposeful and meaningful mathematical experiences in the classroom." </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Maximizing Student Mathematical Learning in the Early Years, Capacity Building Series, September 2011, Special Edition #22)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Talking about their thinking with peers. New learning and extensions are made through questions and comments posed by peers and educators. This allows for whole group sharing of knowledge and ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Children's literature has been widely described as a tool to provide hands-on opportunities to apply math concepts and skills. Integrating mathematics and literacy creates an interweaving of curriculum rather than a compartmentalizing of academic subjects. Many children's books provide a natural, meaningful path for exploring and exchanging ideas about math concepts." </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(Cutler, K. M., Gilkerson, D., Parrott, S., and Bowne, M. T. Developing Math Games Based on Children's Literature. National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2003, pg. 1)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Benefits of games in the classroom:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Playing games encourages strategic mathematical thinking as students find different strategies for solving problems and deepen their understanding of numbers.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When play repeatedly, games support students' development and computational fluency.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Games present opportunities for practice, often without the need for teachers to provide the problems. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Games have the potential to allow students to develop familiarity with number system and engage in building a deeper understanding of operations. </span></li>
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<a href="http://www.nctm.org/publications/teaching-children-mathematics/blog/why-play-math-games_/" style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">http://www.nctm.org/publications/teaching-children-mathematics/blog/why-play-math-games_/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It can sometimes be challenging to know what to keep on display to honour the past work of children, but also involve the new children in creating new experiences and connections with their classmates and classroom environment. Since no one was really noticing or interacting with last year's alphabet wall, I felt perhaps we needed to co-create a new one based on the current children's ideas and interests. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had a conversation with the children and we all agreed we wanted to make a new alphabet to place on the wall that would involve our new friends. The alphabet that was made the previous year (<a href="http://wondersinkindergarten.blogspot.ca/2014/09/from-lines-to-lettersthe-co.html" target="_blank">From line to letters...the co-construction of our Alphabet Wall</a>) was taken down and placed in a basket for the children to still have access to and use if they needed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"So everyone the start of the letter of their name." Z. G.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Some letters are short and some letters are tall." A. J.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We need to know our letters." J. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"So you know how to write!" L. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Some people don't know how to write the letters and they need to know the sounds." J. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You can know the letters in your name." S. F.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Sometimes you don't know what comes after a letter. This would help." G. S.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"So people know the letters of our name." M. N.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During this conversation, I told the children that I would write down the letters of the alphabet on the chart paper and maybe they could think of some things that represented each letter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We can have a classroom alphabet!" Z. G. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">*I apologize for any incorrect spelling of words. I'm trying to record their quick conversations!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The children were very excited to use this technology. They used the camera on the iPad Mini to take photographs and then they learned how to use the app called Pic Collage to insert the photographs they took and type text over top. </span></div>
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put a little more white on the black and a little more black on the white. On
the black it looks more darker because it’s black. On the white paper it looks
lighter.” C. C.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I wonder
why it’s making black?” (Placed white paint on black paper) </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">“Maybe because white is
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“White and
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“I can’t see
it on the black paper (black paint on black paper)."</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> S. F.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I put black
paint on the white paper and I gotted white paint and then I mixed it and it
turned into grey. </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">It turned
way darker because it was made all out of dark colours.” M. O.</span></div>
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placing black and white paint on white paper). When I put white paint on the
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I did a pattern, black, white, black, white, then it turned grey!" C. D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“It makes it
look darker because it’s the white paper and the black makes it look darker. </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">I put the white on the
black paper and added black pain to make it darker. I added white to the black
and made it more lightishy.” S. T.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It changed
colours and turned darker! I used black then I added white. </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I put white
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I put the
black paint on the white paper to see if it would show up. I am putting the
white on the black it is turning grey, wow! There is stripes of white on the
black paint. When I add more white it gets light grey. I need to put white
paint first on the black paper for it to be seen. The white looks a little grey
on the black. See now I added black on, it’s darker than the black paper.” Z. G.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The only colours on the paint trolley were the white, black, and grey colours they explored previously. Children continued to paint with these colours at the paint easel. But as anticipated, L. B. came up to me and told me she needed green for the grass she was painting in her picture. Using this as a natural stepping stone to explore colour mixing further, I asked her if she wanted to try and make green? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Simultaneously we were also having some discussions about feelings. We read the wonderful book called "My Blue is Happy." The story explains how feelings can be represented by different colours and how they interpreted differently depending on the individual. Yellow can mean happiness to one person and sadness to another depending on their experience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I made white purple. It makes me happy because it's my favourite colour." E. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I mixed yellow, blue, and red. It made brown. It makes me happy because it looks like chocolate." D. F.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I made golden light. I white and yellow. It makes me calm because I like yoga." R. S. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's couch purple and it makes me feel happy because it reminds me of my couch." C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P. M. mixed yellow, red, and white and created peach. "It makes me happy because I like peaches!" </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once he was done he took his new colour to place on the paint trolley. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When L. S. saw the new colour he created she yelled out "Yay! Now we can paint people!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We have skin colour to paint people!" L. S.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Is all our skin that colour?" Mrs. Ralph</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Everyone started comparing their skin colour to the peach colour paint in the jar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They noticed that the colour didn't match anyone's skin in our class! They gave many examples of individuals they knew who had lighter or darker shades of this colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I asked them if they wanted to try and create skin colours by mixing paint that would represent all of us in the class. They cheered and so the idea passed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During Exploration Time, the children and I set up the provocation below. They selected yellow, red, brown, white, peach, and grey as the main paint colours to use for mixing together to create different skin colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My family has different shades of skin. I am almost the darkest shade, but my nanny is the darkest but Lily is the lightest shade and my mom had medium shade." M. O.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My mommy is a little bit darker than me but L. S. is lighter." R. S.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We all have the same shade, (dad, mom, Trav, and me) are all the same, they are as bright as me." P. M.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My shade is lighter than my mommy." M. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My mom is darker than me, my dad lighter and my sister is the same shade as me." L. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My mom is darker than mine and my dad's is lighter than mine." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My skin and S. F.'s skin are the same!" M. O.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"In the book I notice they also have different colour hair." C. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"They have different faces." C. T.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We don't all have to be the same." F. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"A lot of people are the same and a lot people are different...gold and brown and black skin." M. K.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We all have skin! We have brown and white hair and different colours!" C. T.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"What is a shade?" F. D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During the mixing investigation, we discussed the meaning of shades, tones, and tints which allowed the children to be more conscious when mixing their colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Paint with them!" G. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Paint ourselves!" F. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Paint everyone!" P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We can paint our faces?" C. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Paint our whole self!" J. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I contacted the families of my students this past summer I included a</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>nature treasure </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">letter<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">detailing the objective of the project and stressed the importance of having the students select and connect with their chosen nature treasure. This was evident in their excitement to share their stories with me during the first week of school. But it was A. R.'s sharing moment that not only took us on an inquiry journey, but also made me reflect on the letter I wrote to families and what I neglected to consider. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A. R. brought in a snail. In my letter I gave examples of natural artifacts that were non-living in hopes of supporting families in finding some of these treasures with their children. During the first week of school, children placed their nature treasures at our Discovery Area where everyone could observe and explore each others artifacts. Sadly I was not aware that A. R. brought in a snail and unfortunately it died. When I spoke to A. R.'s mom, she told me that she was so attached to the snail that even when she told her daughter that is was a living creature and our treasures had to be non-living, she still wanted to bring it in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This made me reflect a lot on the letter I wrote. As much as I wanted the children to take ownership for finding their nature treasures it didn't dawn on me that the concept of living and non-living may not be very clear to some of them. Nature includes living and non-living things, I feel sad that I neglected to think that relationships and connections can and should be made with the living and non-living things around us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am grateful that this situation presented itself. When I spoke to A. R.'s mom she advised me to use this as a teaching moment which I did. I asked A. R. if she still wanted to share her nature treasure story even though her snail had passed away. She was very brave and agreed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"I found my snail beside my home outside in my backyard, it was sticking to something. I picked it up and showed I. R. (sister). I put it in my snail house. But my snail died. I think it's because it didn't have any food or water?" A. R.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"They don't need to eat because they don't have a mouth." G. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I don't think plants and trees are alive because it doesn't have hair and eyes and no legs. But a magic tree can be alive." A. R.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Trees are actually alive even though they don't have eyes, nose, hair, and legs." M. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Plants and trees are alive, they just need food and water." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"They need the sun to shine for food." L. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"They need seeds. They grow and plants and trees eat them." S. F.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Plants and trees have roots. They need roots to get the water from the rain. They suck it up." C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We don't need to look after the snail shell because there is no mouth and nothing inside." S. F.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Snails have a mouth and eyes. The eyes are on the antennas so it's alive." M. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My dad has no hair and he's alive!" M. O.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Every time I go to the cottage and there's water there I see thousands of alive snails!" F. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was very interesting to listen to the reasoning that the children gave for identifying something as living. I was starting to wonder if this was going to be a topic that arose during the sharing of other nature treasures...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>M. N. shared her rock that she got from her grandpa's house. It has a hole in the middle. During her sharing I asked her if she thought her rock was alive...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's living because it stays at my home. I keep it in my drawer. I love it." M. N.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Z. G. brought in some animals bones from the nature museum in Ottawa. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Bones hold your skins, like your skin stand up not shrink down. It's not living because it's just bones, it needs skin to live." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Snails don't have skin and they're alive." A. R.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"But they have slime." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>L. S. found a crystal at her cottage. "I was swimming and I saw a crystal on the beach. It's not living because I don't see eyes." L. S.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Trees are alive and they don't have eyes." F. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's not living because it's not in the water." R. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Grass is alive and it doesn't have eyes!" P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Crystals aren't alive because my dad told me, it doesn't have ears." M. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You don't need a part of a body to live, like grass is alive but not part of a body. I know grass grows." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"A worm is alive! I saw one yesterday!" C. T.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>C. P. found a stick while walking to school with his sister and mommy. "It's a tree stick. I liked it because it's smooth and you could play with it and you could build a house with sticks." C. P.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I don't think it' alive because it doesn't have eyes, nose, mouth, and legs." C. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Not living, it falls off." C. T.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Stuff doesn't have to have what humans do, like arms, hands, feet, eyes. Like grass, it's alive." P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's not living because it doesn't move and it doesn't make a habitat." F. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Nature doesn't need to be alive or not alive, like grass, it doesn't have eyes, hand, and feet." L. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"A flower is alive." C. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The children's reasoning and theories were fascinating but I also realised just how complex this topic was for them. Without reading them facts and telling them answers, my goal was to figure out a way to make their learning more hands on involving the use of their senses. I also wanted to support them in exploring and investigating their theories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to have students try and classify their nature treasures into three categories: Non-Living, Living, and Don't Know. During Exploration Time, I invited the children to place their nature treasure under one of the categories that they thought it belonged. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After all the children placed their nature treasure in the category of choice, we gathered together to discuss some things we noticed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The rock needs to swim, it needs to be at the beach with water." M. N. placed her rock in the living category.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My collection needs water because I found it at the beach." S. F. placed her shells in the don't know category.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My butterfly is non-living because the wings are not on the butterfly." C. D. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My mosquito is not living because it's lying down and it needs blood and water to come alive." B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My mosquito is not alive because when I picked it up it started breaking." P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The bark is not alive because you pulled it off the tree." R. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You need food to be alive." C. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"They are not alive because they have no legs." M. K. placed his acorns in the non-living category.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I don't think my crystal is living because it's not moving." L. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You should put it in the no section because the creature's not inside." K. C. telling R. S. which category she should place her clam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"If the animals in the shell it's alive if not then it is not alive." M. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"My snail was living because he was sticking out of the shell, he was eating and moving." A. R. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I put my rock with crystals in the don't know pile." D. F.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">F. W. placed her bark in the don't know category. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It doesn't have food and water anymore because it was on the ground." F. D. speaking about F. W.'s bark.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Trees actually drinks water when it drinks it grows every second." M. O.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Trees are alive because the roots give it water." P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's still alive if it gets food and water even without a body or legs." F. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Worms have slime and it's alive." M. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Living things need to have food, water, and move." P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Trees and grass are alive but they don't move?" F. D.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Listening to the children's reasoning and theories was very interesting. It was not important whether or not they were correct, what was amazing was the critical thinking skills they were using and gaining in rationalizing their ideas and thoughts as well as listening to their peers and agreeing or disagreeing with their ideas. Listening to the children's conversations also allowed me to get a sense of the things they understood and the many questions they had. As is often the case with inquiries, the objective is not so much to seek out the correct answers but rather to follow the children's questions and provide them with extensions and challenges through experiments and investigations that allow them to come to their own conclusions where they can explain their thinking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to consolidate some of the information that was said by the children based on the following two questions: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1. What do living things need?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2. How do we know it's living?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"If it doesn't have water and food it's not living." C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"To be alive needs water and food." L. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I has to move." A. R.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It needs to grow and move." P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It needs to move and grow and has to stay like it was, doesn't change." M. O.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Living things need food, water, and sun, and they have to grow so they can get bigger." R. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the children kept sharing their nature stories with their classmates, new information presented itself which continued to keep them interested and help move their thinking along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I found this on my front porch with my dad. He was holing it. It's a mosquito. I found it in the daytime. He was alive when I found it but I put it in a bag and it died because it didn't have holes in it and my bug needs blood! That's food you know!" B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">B. P.'s nature sharing sparked a discussion about the need for air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">B. P. holding his nature treasure, a dead mosquito.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I have a centipede on my back porch in a jar with no holes and it's still alive! So I am comparing it to B. P.'s and I don't understand? I am planning on bringing it in." C. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Everything doesn't have to have air like plants, trees, and flowers." F. D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Yes they do get air, leaves get their air from the top." Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Plants have air because they are outside." L. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"For something to live it needs oxygen. It's something that helps you breath." M. O.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">C. C. brought in her centipede and we observed it for a few days. The students noticed it moved but were quite confused as to why it continued to live without a food source or any water or air. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I think that the plastic lid, that the air can get through the crack of the lid." P. M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Maybe centipedes don't eat anything?" B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I think it needs water, and food, and air to stay alive." K. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"He is lying down cause he is tired." A. R.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I think they eat leaves." M. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"They eat leaves because I saw one on a leaf." M. O.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I see them in my backyard and sometimes they eat leaves and bugs." J. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Oxygen is actually air." B. P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"A ambulance has oxygen. I saw a guy getting oxygen through a mask in a ambulance." J. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Oxygen can be anywhere!" K. C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"If it dies I know because the other one is curled up and moldy and not moving." C. C. referring to the other centipede she had.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Feeling sorry for the lonely centipede alone in the empty jar, we decided to research what a centipede's habitat includes and what they eat. We then provided him with a nice little home and even placed holes in the lid of the jar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once a week we offer a sketching session for the children. Around this time my teaching partner brought in three very different looking pumpkins for the children to sketch. As soon as they saw them they immediately started looking, touching, and smelling them. I started wondering if this experience may help us with our current inquiry?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Are our pumpkins alive?" Z. G. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This became our main wonder question. Based on the class survey, ten students thought they were alive, five thought they were not alive, and thirteen didn't know! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This experience allowed children to observe the pumpkins using their senses and account for any changes they noticed happening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In trying to figure out our wonder question, "Are our pumpkins alive?", I asked the children how we could find out?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We continued to weight and measure our pumpkins for a couple of weeks. The children didn't notice any changes in the pumpkins. The numbers were the same and they were not getting heavier or bigger around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"No because it's made by someone." L. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"A car needs gas to grow. Sometimes they are alive but not if they are broken." J. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"A car is not alive because it drinks gas. It goes into a hole on the side and into the engine." C. P.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"One time my mommy lost a piece of a light on her car but it's still alive because it was still moving." C. C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Because they start to rot." L. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Actually when it gets hotter they pumpkins start to rot. My mom told me." C. C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"How do pumpkins rot?" M. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Because they don't grow in November. I saw on not grow." J. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The vine is not attached to the pumpkin anymore and the vine is attached to the roots and the roots give the pumpkins the food and water." M. O.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"But the book said the pumpkins will die on the vine!" P. M.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I saw a movie about Sid the science kid, I learned that the pumpkins get rotten and the seeds come out and the goo turns all brown!" L. S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It smells like squished tomatoes!" E. B.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What can we do with the seeds? Mrs. Ralph</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Let's put them in here and count them by tens!" Z. G.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Let's plant them!" A. J.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why do you want to plant them? Mrs. Ralph</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How will we know if they're alive? Mrs. Ralph</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I notice that there is water inside the pumpkin." J. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There are little things flying around the pumpkins." C.C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The pumpkin looks like it is turning orange." J. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I see little white dots." B. P.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It looks like it's mix colours." C. T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There is so much black stuff in the pumpkin." F. D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The pumpkin is rotting and turning black. It's dying!" M. K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Wow! There is liquid inside and it smells bad! Yuck!" P. M.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There are little green things coming out of the pumpkin!" S. T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This sprout is growing even more and these two part are sticking out! Two have sprouted! I wonder why they are flat on the end?" P. M.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The leaves are slowly coming out of the ground." Z. G.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Why is it growing like a bridge?" C. D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The green pumpkin has sprouts coming out of it!" J. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Pumpkins do not live forever because it's getting darker." S. T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Bugs love stinky stuff." M. O.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The bugs are not around the one with the soil because the soil is covering up the smell." Z. G.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Decomposing happens after rotting." M. O.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Decomposing means it's starting to rot." P. M.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There is a lot of liquid in the pumpkin." C. P.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We can compost it, put it in the ground and wait, the worms will eat it and will turn it into soil!" Z. G. (some of the students from last year clearly remember the experiment we did where we buried our compost snacks to see what would happen!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We can compost the one with the hole in the container and watch the one with the soil and see if it dies before the sprouts grow and turn into a flower?" P. M.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Yes because they growed!" G. S.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Yes because they had water, and food, and air!" J. K., L. B., and F. D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Because we didn't give them food or water, we only gave them air." K. C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The pumpkin is more squishy and it smells bad like a rotten banana!" L. B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's getting all mushy because it's rotten. The juice is coming out!" A. F.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The pumpkin turned mushy and it is flat and smells like rotten apples. It's decomposing because it's winter and getting cold." M. S.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I think the pumpkin is all mushy because on the weekend it took so long for the pumpkin to grow the sprouts!" S. T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We strive to provide children with a learning environment that encompasses explorations, investigations, open, guided and explicit instruction. We try to meet the individual needs of our learners which are all unique in their abilities, learning styles, and background experiences. But most importantly it is through play that children develop and learn important skills such as self-regulation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to </span><a href="https://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/kindergarten_english_june3.pdf" style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">The Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten Program</a>:<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Self-regulation is central to a child's capacity to learn. It is "a cornerstone of development and a central building block of early learning" (Charles Pascal, Every Child, Every Opportunity: Curriculum and Pedagogy for the Early Learning Program, p. 4). The ability to self-regulate, or to set limits for onself, allows a child to develop the emotional well-being and the habits of mind, such as persistence and curiosity, that are essential for early learning and that set the stage for lifelong learning. Self-regulation involves attention skills, working memory, and cognitive flexibility-qualities that provide the underpinning for essential skills needed throughout life, such as planning and problem-solving skills (ibid., p. 4). Self-regulation allows children to have positive social interactions and sets a pattern of behaviour that will benefit them throughout their lives. Social, emotional, and cognitive self-regulation and the ability to communicate with others are foundational to all forms of learning and have been shown to be best developed in play-based environments (p. 7., 2010-11).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This area is used by students when they are tired or would like to engage in calming activities. A wonderful space supporting self-regulation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One day I asked the students what we can do to "grow our learning?" The red dots are what they came up with during our discussion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few students decided to do a t-chart and sort the letters by straight lines and curved line. Take a look at what they started noticing while they did this. They got a bit confused with some but you should be able to figure out what they discovered!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">E. B. and J. K. creating a number story about different animals eating and playing with each other!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Extending our learning of patterns. They do not need to be straight! B. P. created this amazing growing design pattern! This has lead to a discussion about symmetry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">J. B. started using a My Story template to draw and "write" the story he created at the light table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Z. G. and F. D. spend a few days counting all the seeds from the green pumpkin we cut open. They wanted to use the fastest method for counting. After some planning, they opted to use a few hundred charts and ten frame templates. They reported 406 seeds! A wonderful experience they shared with classmates!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But the seed experience wasn't over for Z. G. From the time we cut open our pumpkin he told me he had a plan to not only count all the seeds but to give everyone the same amount in little baggies to take home for crafts, planting or roasting. Here he is with A. J. helping him count ten seeds in every bag!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have to admit, I wasn't sure how Z. G. was going to figure out how to give everyone the same number of seeds. But he asked me for 31 bags. He included myself and Mrs. Powell in his seed giving. He numbered the bags so he knew what bag number they were on and would know how many more to do. Ten seeds were then placed in every bag! Sure there are seeds left over but they did manage to give everyone the same number! Z. G. told me the leftover seeds were for the Art Studio so we can make art with them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">K. C. surveying a classmate about our pumpkins. We often use surveys when we want to make decisions as a whole group. The students also like to vote. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M. O. using a mirror to explore symmetry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are Mathematicians! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I started printing pictures of learning moments. The students enjoy documenting their work and sharing it with the class. This particular documentation was placed on the math (We are Mathematicians) board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">E. B. and P. M. worked together to created this number story at the math carpet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our magnetic sight word board is carried around by students where they can easily see the words. Often students also take individual sight words with them and place them back once they are done using them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M. N. drawing how her heart felt today. Knowing how children feel each day and listening to their explanations allowed me to support them better during the day and enabled them to reflect and recognize their emotions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S. F. made a card for C. P. but she didn't know how to write his name. He then got his name tag and wrote it down for her to see. Very resourceful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A. F. created a survey about feelings and asked her peers how they felt today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few friends created a name graph at the math carpet. Based on the names they used, the found that M. N. as the longest name and Z. G. was the shortest! Here they are sharing their work with their classmates! Sharing is so important! It not only celebrates the work done by students, but also promotes oral communication, reading skills, critical thinking skills in terms of the questions and comments made by the audience, and supports the growth of new learning from others!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P. M. and G. S. creating self portraits of how they are feeling using open ended materials!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">C. D., S. T., and B. P. drawing and writing about their story called Pony Lake at the construction area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A. F. and C. D. created a number line and growing pattern at the math carpet. They are documenting their work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I enjoy when students bring things they find outside into the classroom. They usually have some great ideas as to what they want to do with them. These two girls brought in some leaves, grabbed a ruler and wanted to measure them so they can compare sizes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's important for children to challenge themselves, take pride in their work, and try to do their best. We co-created this display to know what best work entails. This applies to any area in the classroom!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The other chart on the right (How we write) demonstrates a few stages of writing. It's main objective is for students to think and see themselves as writers and to get reluctant "writers" to attempt to make a mark on paper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Painting with a friend has become quite a trend in our class. I am so happy that I was able to capture this tender moment between M. K. and E. C. as they explored using black and white paint together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Look at the joy in their faces! I was walking by and i noticed how excited they they were because they created pink using red and white paint! Funny they weren't as interested in their painting as much but rather what colour the dirty water turned, which was pink! I would have never known by looking at this picture what was making them so happy. Context is everything!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our weekly sketching time with Mrs. Powell. During this time students get a quick lesson on different elements of design such as colour, line, shape, texture, form. Students are also introduced and shown how to use various art materials such as oil pastels, chalk pastels, charcoal, water colour paint, acrylic paint, clay, sharpies, etc. Students sketch still art, create self portraits, and learn about different art techniques. Sketching supports students with their fine motor, attention to detail by looking closely, and forming relationships with things they are creating. </span><br />
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Anamaria Ralph TDSB OCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579369716298175539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513516118596126078.post-12492571324491156782015-09-19T17:48:00.001-07:002015-09-20T14:20:43.871-07:00A wonderful start to our journey of learning!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I would like to share some learning moments that have taken place over the the past couple of weeks. To say that I am amazed and proud of the children is an understatement. I'm not sure if any of you remember what it was like being a child of this age range and dealing with so many new things! Below are a few examples of the many new skills the children are learning and practicing:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">learning to identify our belongings</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">changing our shoes (outdoor/indoor)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">signing-in using the portraits we drew of ourselves so we know "How many children are here today?"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">lining up and walking quietly in the school to other classes (e.g. gym, music, health, library)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">being gentle and careful with the materials in our classroom and treating them with care while we play</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">following our co-created Classroom Agreement: sharing, being nice, being safe, being helpful, being respectful, and being patient</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">learning to take turns at different exploration areas in the classroom and at our self-regulated snack area</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">listening to our bodies when we are hungry or need to go to the bathroom, by taking the time to eat our snack or use the washroom</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">learning about feelings and how to identify how we feel</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">solving disagreements by talking things out with our peers or asking a teacher for help if upset/frustrated</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">cleaning up after ourselves if we want to explore another area</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">following instructions and transitions (e.g. outdoor exploration time, sharing time, lunch time, fire drill procedures)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">being attentive, listening to stories, and responding to questions or comments</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">investigating different types of writing during exploration time (e.g. draw a picture, add words, My Story template, make a card, write a book etc.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">getting to know each other better (creating community and fostering relationships) by sharing our nature treasures and playing fun name games</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">making choices of where we want to play and doing our best work by thinking of an idea before creating</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Building a castle together using natural materials and loose parts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Co-creating our classroom agreement. The children suggested each item. They have the opportunity to sign the agreement showing that they are willing to follow their rules.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A group of children decided to attach all the cubes together and see how long they could build it. Then they took the tape measure and stretched it out to try and find out how long it was. Placing real life materials in the classroom gives children the opportunity to explore, and be motivated to understand and learn their usage. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This melted my heart! One of our new JK friends was having a sad day missing his family. Our SK friend held his hand all day and decided to make this picture for him to feel better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two friends are quite interested in the rocks that one of their peers brought in as their nature treasure. I love the discussion they were having about what they noticed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This new JK friend independently self selected the materials she wanted to use for her art creation. Taking direction very well, she used both hands to carry each container from the Art Studio shelf to her working area. As you can see in the photo, some materials are stored in glass jars. Children are very competent and capable. Respecting and learning how to treat materials is very important in creation relationships with the classroom environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was wowed by the collaboration between these three friends! They came up with an idea and together build the city of Toronto! It includes a house with a family and kids, a garbage dump complete with a ramp and cylinders that take the garbage, and a tunnel leading to a restaurant that is on the island! Look at the detail in their work! The spool is the house with windows on the outside! They even have a boat with a driver to get to the restaurant! The restaurant has two chefs and the round lids are the tables! in this picture they are sharing their creation with their friends. Such rich oral language was used to tell the story!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The children worked hard drawing their little self portraits so they can fit on the ten frame grid. This will be a daily sign-in both in the morning and after lunch. It's a great authentic activity to get to know each other's names, as well as encompassing a whole lot of purposeful math!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first sketching and oil pastel experience of the year! For some friends, this was their first exposure to using such art materials and sketching still-life. I am proud of their work, but more importantly, I am proud that they all attempted! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Z. G. creating his birthday banner using a plastic sewing needle, string, and beads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">F. D. is creating her birthday banner! </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Children really seemed to enjoy this activity. It allowed them to slow down, focus, and use their fine motor skills! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of our friends posed with their nature treasure! The stories about their treasures are amazing and allows us all to think and wonder about the different finds! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going to the Rock Garden for our first Outdoor Exploration! Children were fascinated with the sparkly rocks and the white bark on one of the trees! Other children enjoyed riding a "pony" on a big rock, planting a garden, and playing rock tag together!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week I am so excited to be featuring <i>Alexis McDonell</i>, a Kindergarten teacher in Toronto Ontario and the author of the blog:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have gained so much inspiration from reading this blog. It is full of ideas, reflective thoughts, and wonderful documentation of the children's learning and thinking. Travel below to some of the learning that has been captured by Alexis!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The importance of being reflective and observing the students engagement with materials. Read further about this 3D shape challenge and how it changed based on the students engagement!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The Amaryllis Inquiry <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;">Amaryllis inquiry touched on learning expectations in literacy, mathematics, science and technology, and art. For more information on how this inquiry stared view the post titled: The Amaryllis Inquiry...a reflection on clustering expectations.<span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is a tower? How do we build a tower? Why do we build towers? Offering resources to support their questions about towers! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Butterfly Inquiry: Our literacy connection for the start of this inquiry was The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Here a child records a shadow-puppet retelling of the story on the iPad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For further information on specific activities and inquiries, please visit Alexis' blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"I have been teaching kindergarten for the past 10 years, and
in that time, my program has changed and evolved. Actually, it continues to
change and evolve each year as I connect with other educators, read
professional resources, and collaborate with my students and their families. Without a doubt, the most important change I made
to my classroom schedule when I embarked on a Reggio-inspired approach was
adding in a time to reflect daily with my students. Reflection time occurs at
the end of our extended discovery block. During reflection time students are
chosen to share their learning with the class. Some children are chosen because
they have done something at a centre that I would like to encourage/highlight
(e.g., when a student makes a plan for their learning or documents something
they have done with the iPad). Sometimes a child is chosen to share because
they have made an important discovery. And sometimes a student is chosen to
share because they have encountered a problem they would like the class to help
them solve. Whatever the reason, the discussion that occurs during reflection
time is what drives our classroom discoveries. Much of my planning for next
steps is derived from our reflection conversations and the children are often
involved in suggesting new materials or centres that would help them with their
inquiries. What I like about reflection time is that it is collaborative. While
I sometimes help the children with their sharing (especially at the beginning
of the year), reflection time is a part of the day that the children begin to
take real ownership over. Listening to
them talk about what they've done, how they got their ideas, and what inspires
them, I am constantly reminded of all the curiosity, knowledge, and
determination each student possesses.</i></span> "<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We would love to feature your blog/website for an upcoming Travelling Tuesday!</span></div>
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