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Discovery 1 – Make School Different So That “We Will Fly”
Last week, my sister emailed me asking if I knew about a school in Christchurch, New Zealand (where we are from) that she was in the process of checking out for her son. She said that the school...
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Don’t Underestimate Encouragement or the Power of a Great Question
In response to the letter I sent out to my incoming class of fifth graders, one student wrote back with the following quote that is so far, fueling her passion to be “fifth grade and fearless”:...
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More on Passion!
I was playing around today with the idea of evaluation for the Passion Project. I am not the biggest fan of rubrics, but I am interested in providing meaningful indicators of success for my students....
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Rising Above
On Friday morning, I met with about half of my class parents to share with them about the upcoming PYP exhibition, to answer their questions, and to get a feel for where they were at in their...
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Questioning Conceptually
We are two weeks into our Passion Project and my kids have pretty much narrowed down their area of focus for their passion: travel, gardening, healthy living, animals, music….the list goes on. These...
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Concept-Question Cards
Last year, I wrote a post about Questioning Conceptually. The basic premise of this post was a look at how teachers and students could use the PYP concepts to deepen their inquiries through the...
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Choose To Be Passionate
I saw a post on a blog about being passionate, and it really resonated with me. Check it out yourself, but in a nutshell it proposes the idea that instead of waiting to be filled with passion (putting...
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PYP Exhibition Website
I mentioned in my last post that I had recently been introduced to Weebly as a website creation tool. It is very intuitive, incredibly easy to customise, and utilizes the best of sites such as...
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Math + Exhibition = Opportunity for Inquiry!
There is a great opportunity for students to showcase their learning in math through the Exhibition. For some classes during this time, “math class” is often a welcome relief in all the busy...
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Together Everyone Achieves More!
One of the main facets of the PYP Exhibition is the ability for students to work collaboratively. Teams of students are asked to work together with a common goal, heading toward a common goal. This...
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