Student Reflection

We are continuing to grow in our reflection as a crew.  Students are picking pieces of work to reflect on individually, with a partner and with me.  This will lead to more comfort and confidence when the students try to share more at their student led conferences coming up in March.  

I can set a goal and reflect on my progress.
 
 We first started this work during our morning Crew meeting.  The students set a goal to see how many times they could throw up a scarf and catch it in 1 minute.  At the end of the session we reflected on what helped us, what was hard and what our next goal could be.




 





Each day we set a new goal and tried again with the scarves.  It was so fun to see the excitement and growth mindset as the days went on.  Plus, we love scarves so what a perfect way to have fun and learn about goals and reflection.




I can show perseverance to create a high quality job card about my Fox Creek community member.


Next, students reflected on a high quality piece of work during our communities study.  The students created a high quality rubric.  Students self assessed their work using this rubric after their first draft.

 After completing a second draft, they each collaborated with a partner.  A partner gave them kind, specific feedback using the same rubric.  Partners shared one noticing and one wondering.
"I notice ......"
"I wonder...."
The students then did another high quality draft using the feedback from their partner.  

We will now publish this high quality work for all to see.   


 I can persevere to set a goal in math.
We have also began this work in math to help us improve our efficient and accurate math strategies.  We look forward to sharing our growth with you in March!

Winter Writing

Our adventures in writing continued this week as we tromped through the snow to write in the outdoor classroom.    We all agreed that it looks quite different during winter time.  Students began to notice things in nature and their writings began to include observations of snow, compost, logs and the great outdoors. 

One of the wonderful things about Colorado is that we can be outside so much.  Students loved collaborating with friends, recording their thinking and enjoying some fresh air. 

I loved the conversations, the wonderings and the great noticings that happened as we got out of the building and into the fresh air. 

Our writing goals are:

I can persevere to write the whole time.
I can add details to my writing to help the reader visualize my story.
I can make sure my writing is accurate by checking it for conventions.

Communities

This week we began our Case Study on Communities.  We will be learning about families, neighborhoods and community workers.   On Wednesday, we had a visit from a Junior Achievement volunteer to introduce us to many social study vocabulary and help us describe and explain communities.

During this case study, we will be comparing and contrasting families.  We are learning about needs and wants.

We will be identifying maps and parts of a map.  Students loved creating their own map and looking for places in a neighborhood.  

Thanks to our own Mrs. Davis for being our Junior Achievement volunteer.

Learning Targets for this case study:
I can explain how families are different.
I can compare and contrast families.
I can identify maps and parts of a map.
I can compare and contrast needs and wants.
I can describe jobs in my community.

Vocabulary we will learn:
needs
wants
families
neighborhoods
goods 
services
income