What might become of an baby elephant orphaned in the wild?
Let's Read, Practise and Plan!
Learning Goals:
I am learning how to express personal thoughts and feelings about what has been read
I am learning how to sort ideas and information to express my thinking
I am learning how to create multi-media texts to communicate and share my thinking
Let's Make, Tinker and Modify
1. Feeding a baby elephant can be hard work! What standing device might you prototype out of loose parts that would be able to feed 3 baby elephants at one time?
2. How might you create a photo essay to advocate for endangered animals and inform others what we need to do to protect our planet?
Let's Document, Reflect and Share!
Think about it!
What skills and competencies are students developing while learning?
How might we document, share, reflect and connect with our learning communities in order to drive thinking forward?
How might we encourage our students to document and share?
An idea presented by my friend and colleague, @angelastockman that could be explored in order to document this year's journey.
What would happen if you documented one minute a day? What if you documented one minute of each exploration? How might this help you continue to teach with intention? What would you notice? What could you learn? What additional tools might you use to amplify and share the learning?
How might we scaffold student reflection and metacognition?
What if students imagined themselves as stars on a walk of fame? How might they document their learning journeys as they are happening? How might we collect reflections of learning in order to assemble pathways of success? What technologies might we use?