After you have looked through our classes photo gallery (the section of my blog that can be found at the top) comment on this post what you think the most meaningful activity was. This is your opinion only as there is no right or wrong answer. This is you reflecting on what we have done and knowing how it benefited you and why.
Please see my first post as an example.
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http://goo.gl/forms/kVul45I3h1 Hello! Starting next week, a new program will be implemented in the classroom. It is called the daily five. You may have heard of it before as many teachers are using it in their classrooms. It is a set of activities that are for students to do during language. I am introducing the students to these activities all week and they are going to be very familiar with them by Monday, January 12 when we begin the program. I will explain all the activities below very briefly. These are not at home activities but students are encouraged to always be reading at home.
Activity 1: Read to self During this activity, students will be sitting in a group of desks where everyone there is reading quietly. If students choose this activity, they will be reading until they have reached their maximum for the day (a maximum of 15 minutes) and then they will be able to choose a few questions in their reading journals to answer. For this reason, students are asked to always have a book with them in class starting Monday, January 12. I will collect these journals weekly. Activity 2: Word Work During this activity, students will be sitting in a group of desks where everyone there is reading quietly. If students choose this activity, they will be reading and when they find a word they are unsure about, they will use either a device or a dictionary to find the meaning of the word. They will then record this meaning in the "word work" section of my blog. I will look at the entries on that section of my blog weekly. Activity 3: Work on Writing During this activity, students will be sitting in a group of desks where everyone there is working in their writing journals. They will pick a few topics that interest them and they will narrow it down to one. They will then work on writing about that chosen topic. Sometimes, the topic will be provided for them. They will do this activity and I will collect their journals weekly. Activity 4: Research with a partner During this activity, students will choose a partner in the group they are sitting with to pick a topic or question to research. They will then spend their time during that activity centre researching that topic. They will record their findings in the section on my blog that is called "Research with a partner". I will look at the entries on that section of my blog weekly. Activity 5: Inquiry questions During this activity, students will choose a question from our book or create their own question and spend the time during this activity researching the other. They can create a video to show their answer or simply record their findings on the section of my blog called "Inquiry Questions". If they choose to make a video to record their findings, they can record that on the class iPad and I will look at that at the end of the week as well. Either way, students are asked to post their questions that they chose on the inquiry question section of my blog. These are all the activities! Please comment below that you have read our new daily five activities! Thank you so much and I cannot wait to start these activities on Monday, January 12. |