Miss Younger's Math Musings
Summative assessment is not limited to a unit test, essay or paragraph, it can take on many forms that allow each student to shine. These are some of the things I have done or would like to try with my grade 4s Commercial Diorama Comic book Stop motion animation Build a play list for a…
I should preface my list with that I believe that play and games are an essential part of our school day and I aim to have at least one learning game as part of each day and to make things as playful as possible to engage my students. We play a lot of games some…
Prompt: three typical questions in your curricular area: one factual, one conceptual and one debatable, around the theme of famous Canadians, answering the following: What…? How…? Should…? I would use this for our biographies unit where students pick a historical figure they admire and we work through the historical thinking concepts to discuss what that…
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https://studylib.net/doc/6909689/inquiry-questions—ccbmyp15-16 In reading about the different types of questions I have to say I disagree with the statement “I use conceptual or debatable questions more frequently than factual questions in my courses.” I realize most of my questions lean towards factual and conceptual questions and I rarely ask debatable questions. I do have them towards…
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I’ve also used the adaptation Brenda offered to do this task as my summer school program is not lending itself well to this assignment. I have chosen to look at a read aloud lesson I would typically do during my Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest. For the criteria and developing good questions I looked…
I have two very simple visual representations. I try to keep my visuals minimalist in my classroom to focus on the content and understanding. I’ve found that minimalist decor and visuals are helping my students to focus on what is essential in their understanding and organization. My favourite of my two is my second visual…
I chose to keep my questions focused around the Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest. Good Questions: What are the unique abiotic factors of the Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest? What are the unique biotic factors of the Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest? How do humans impact the Great Bear Rainforest and Salish Sea?…
As someone who identifies as being Metis and having Metis heritage, I have found that many of these principals have been woven into my life from early childhood and continue to influence both my family and my work in the classroom. I did not know that these principals had names until my Aboriginal Education course…
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I have chosen to look at refining my favourite unit on The Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest two unique ecosystems on the BC Coast. This is a unit that always brings me a lot of joy as my favourite places on the planet are found within the Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest. For…
I love the idea of a core word to describe teaching, learning, or thinking. My first word that came to mind was not in the list provided to choose from. One of my goals is for my students to become deep thinkers and to use a variety of thinking strategies to think for themselves. Scrolling…
