Term+1+ideas

Possible 2011 tools that will need student accounts

 * [|School google] Create a teacher and student accounts. Students will need to do this under your guidance.


 * Dropbox
 * [|Bubbl'us]
 * [|Glogster]
 * Voicethread
 * Animoto

Guardian Angels

 * Leadership discussion

LLL

 * Students with their LLL teach those without the outcomes for each Learners Laptop Task
 * Teachers could take a 'task' and organise weekly seminars. (repeated once or twice a week) Pairs of students timetable when they'll attend. We could put a limit on numbers if necessary. All students would need to attend each seminar over the ? period.
 * Students add events to their iCal account. Could use google calendar from senior wiki.

What do you need to know about me? (students sharing/producing something about themselves)
Brainstorm (use etherpad) to list the types of things people may need to know about another person. Why is it important? Plan using Webspiration Produce a glogster, movie, podcast.... to inform others about what we need to know about you.
 * Glogster poster about yourself
 * Wordle

RE

 * media type="youtube" key="n1Qrxr1_MCs?rel=0" height="390" width="640"
 * Focus activity
 * MJR

Inquiry

 * Tuning activities
 * Triggers for first couple of days
 * Check planner for tuning in activities

Reading

 * Probe: remember that we'll have half hour before lunch with only year five students. Extra time to complete Probes
 * Ideas from First Steps PD

Writing
Writing to recount __Assessment__ __Use of texts__ Continue to expose students to a range of text forms and discuss the features of each pg190 __Contextual understanding__ Discuss some of the reasons writers choose one particular text form over others __Conventions__ Continue to build the bank of words students can automatically spell and use __Processes and Strategies__ Continue to teach students how to use proofreading, editing and revising to refine their writing
 * Indirect recount Use texts about leaders (newspaper clippings) to set up criteria for students to decide on. Writing sample taken from this
 * Writing sample
 * SA spelling test from Term 4 2010
 * 2C2D Who is someone who is a leader? prompt questions pg194/195 Collect newspaper clippings about leaders
 * Interviewing pg205
 * Activities for editing and refining pg 214-219

Maths

 * Check First Steps Ymer planning for diagnostic tasks
 * Set up CensusAtSchool teacher accounts Dept of Statistics Students complete survey.

Skills to build up in students (Learning for Themselves :K Murdoch)

 * Setting own goals
 * Working with others
 * Reflecting and asking themselves questions about their own learning
 * Staying on task
 * Time management

Habits of Mind

 * Persisting
 * Managing impulsivity
 * Listening with understanding and empathy
 * Thinking flexibly
 * Thinking about thinking
 * Striving for accuracy
 * Questioning and posing problems
 * Applying past knowledge to new situations
 * Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
 * Gathering data through all senses
 * Creating, imaging, innovating
 * Responding with wonderment and awe
 * Taking responsible risks
 * Finding humour
 * Thinking interdependently
 * Remaining open to continuous learning