Day 9 Workshops on the research process and using accents to support published work

We have two groups of guest teachers offering workshops to students.

Students are learning more about accents in Spanish.  They have realized they need to be able to use accents correctly in their presentations and communications with the public.

Students are using Educreate to diagram the research process.  They are learning about the research process as a whole so that they will be able to reflect on where they are in the process and make some decisions on how to proceed.

Passing The Torch!

Cindy and I are now passing the torch to our fellow Instructional Coaches, Teresa and Susan!  You ladies will do GREAT!

Last Day Of The 2 Weeks!

Students worked hard throughout the 2 weeks!  Students had the opportunity to choose from a variety of books to read over their short break.  There were times when students would work individually (for different reasons), but they worked just was well.  They seemed excited about finishing out the last half  (2 weeks) of the camp.  They were given the opportunity to provide us with some feedback about:  what they most enjoyed about camp, what the hope to see for the next two weeks, and how we could make camp better.  Before they left, students wrote a brief individual/group note about where they were in their investigation so the the next round of facilitators (Teresa and Susan) would know where to continue.

Teambuilding

In addition to collaborating in the classrooms to resolve questions about food and how it impacts our bodies, culture and society.  Students have been receiving some teambuilding sessions from a ROPES expert.

What am I putting into my body when I eat my favorite food?!!

Today my class researched the nutritional value of their favorite fast food meal.  The focus was on 6 aspects of nutrition: calories, carbs, cholesterol, protein, sodium, and sugar.  Once they found the values for each item of their meal, they added them to find the total nutritional value.  So far students have been surprised to learn what they are ingesting when they take bites of their favorite fare!

Teachers deliver a Math Workshop

Today was the 1st time dual language teachers came in to deliver a workshop to a group of our students based on some learning the students felt they needed.  Mrs. Hilary and Mrs. Bernhardt taught  a lesson on graphing data on a bar graph.  The students learned about the important parts of a bar graph: the title of the graph, the numbering system used to display their data, and the labels of the info. being displayed.  Students then worked in pairs to recreated their own bar graph based on the data that was on a table given to them.  During this activity students had rich conversations with their partners about how they wanted to represent the data on the graph and the numbering system that would be best to display the data (skip counting by either 5, 10, 20, or 50).  Overall, the learning was well received and the students will know how to graph the data they get while investigating their focus questions.  Thank you Mrs. Hilary and Mrs. Bernhardt!!!

Day 6---Word wall, Workshops, and Padlet

The word wall is coming along well.  Students are developing a grade appropriate list of words that is based on the research they are performing.  Students are pulling vocabulary from their research material, food magazines, and classroom library, and their own personal reading!

Throughout the 2 weeks, students placed words that they come into contact with.  They did a great job of keeping the vocabulary at a grade level appropriate.



   

Examples of student generated vocabulary words.

Norma and Allison delivered a workshop for language arts on  procedural writing.  Students worked in groups and pairs and followed the lesson cycle.

Today, during my read-a-loud, I presented Padlet.com as a discussion forum for my students.  This was a first time experience for all of the students.  I posted 3 questionsThey seemed to be extremely engaged and were excited to see their answers posted on the wall.  At the end, students were even asking if they could access this app from home!

Students enjoyed posting to the wall.  Foe some, it was the first time they they have been exposed to this type of question/answer format.

Students accessed the URL to begin posting thier thought, comments and answers on the Padlet forum.