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Scaffolding a global learning community
Over this first half term, we have had a strong focus on building a learning community. We started with our class community and gradually expanding to include KP next door. We have been engaging with...
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KC class is involved in a global on-line #flatclassroom project called Building Bridges K-2, in which children learn about each other’s cultures and daily lives. The children wanted to introduce...
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Twitter sparks a measuring inquiry
When we got back after the winter break, we found a twitter message from KinderPals, our Twitter buddies in Abbotsford, Canada, thanking us for the Japanese New Year cards we had sent. We responded by...
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Our measuring inquiry continues
Today we measured Nathan. We wondered what to measure him with. Aidan suggested cubes, Angus suggested books, Azi Hedeleen and Leander thought wooden pegs would be good. Leona volunteered to do the...
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A bilingual book for KinderPals
KinderPals tweeted us to ask what Konichiwa means in English. After much tweeting back and forth, the KC children offered to make a book for KinderPals. KinderPals liked the idea. The KC children...
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The languages of self expression
Loris Malaguzzi, an Italian early childhood specialist from Reggio Emilia wrote a poem about the many languages of childhood, called The Hundred Languages of Children. This poem has influenced early...
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Kanji expert
Recently the children have been learning about Japanese writing so that they can make a bilingual book for their twitter buddies, KinderPals, in Canada. The children have had opportunities to conduct...
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Google Glass part 1
We got a request for help on our twitter stream. A technology coordinator from a school in the USA (@mpowers3 on twitter) had been given a Google Glass to try out with her students. She wondered how...
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Kindergarten twitter experts
Grade 2C are interested in finding out more about twitter. The Kindergarten children have been using twitter all year so Elif asked if some children from KC would like to go to Grade 2C to teach the...
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In our writing sessions, the children choose what they will write about. Our session starts with a ten minute mini-lesson, where we focus on one small aspect of writing. We have a quick practice all...
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