On Monday, students made their final group choice based on the problem that was most important to them. This problem will be the topic that their group will focus on for next few weeks. We will be digging deeper to understand the problem, raise awareness about the problem and then use our creativity to invent something that will solve the problem. After selecting groups, the group members shared with each other what roles they were interested in taking on and why they thought they would be good at their role. Some groups took some time to make this decision, spending time talking their disagreements out, but all groups made final decisions that worked for all group members.
After completing this initial group work, we took some time to reflect on our progress. Each group filled out our collaboration rubric, assessing what they did well this time and identifying goals for improvement next time. | We learned that one way you can help a problem is by raising awareness about that problem! Creating a poster is a great way to do that. We talked about what makes an effective poster and then set out to make our own using BIG WORDS (referring to both the size and the importance of the text), informative pictures and lots of details. We took time to sketch out our own individual ideas and then brought those ideas to our group effort. |
Below, you will see each group's poster, agreements and assessments:
Schedule Information ...
Revised SBA Support Schedule The kids (and teachers) did a great job of being flexible and adapting to our revised testing-support schedule last week. After some reflection, our staff has decided that we will do need to follow this revised schedule for two more weeks. Instead, we only need to follow it this coming Wednesday and Thursday. So Monday through Wednesday, we will be back on our normal schedule. | On Wednesday and Thursday, our schedule will be: 8:00 Writers' Workshop 8:25 Morning Meeting 8:30 PBL Idea Workshop! 9:10 PE, Art or Library 9:50 get lunches / bathroom break 10:00 Recess & Lunch 10:40 Yoga & Core Practice 10:50 PBL Idea Workshop! 11:30 Recess 11:45 Dessert Books / Class Meeting 12:05 Word Work 12:25 Choice Time 1:10 Snack & Brain Pop & Sharing 1:25 Recess 1:40 Pack Up & Jobs 1:50 Read Aloud 2:00 Dismissal | This week's Sharing Schedule: |