Here is Daniel's conference using the 'Explain Everything' iPad app:
As our 'How we organize ourselves' unit of inquiry is coming to an end, we are reflecting on all of our experiences and learning and working on "showing what we know". This week, Ms. Alison, Mr. Nathan and Ms. Karla set up a playscape in the playground full of extra equipment and materials to move with. Students participated in free play or movement with the equipment and then sat down with a teacher to explain how and why they move in certain ways. Here is Daniel's conference using the 'Explain Everything' iPad app: )
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This year Daniel has committed himself to becoming a more confident climber and balancer. On our field trip to the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Adventure Playground he demonstrated his courage and commitment by trying out the rope bridge even though he initially didn't want to.
And guess what? Daniel walked all the way to the other side of the bridge! Congratulations Daniel! You should be very proud of your commitment to climbing, balancing and the development of you gross motor skills! Daniel's favourite part of our 'How we organize ourselves' unit of inquiry was our playscape experience in the Multi-Purpose Room.
He decided to include this experience in his portfolio because: "The things are fun. I rolled and bounced and crawled." Through this experience Daniel gained and became more confident with the vocabulary to accurately describe his movements. As emergent writers, we are always taking risks in writing. We are experimenting with sounds and letter formations, as well as pencil grip and different writing tools. As the year continues we are learning to make more and more letter and sound connections to express our ideas through writing. In our journals we do our best to add labels, descriptions, or short stories to our drawings. We also participate in free writing sessions where we write whatever we want for one to two minutes and use the writing centre and class mailbox to communicate through writing during free play.
Here is some of Daniel's journal and free writing work. Daniel confidently takes chances in writing and works hard to record his ideas, using his own knowledge and sound and alphabet charts for support. Daniel has a strong understanding of consonant sounds and is experimenting with vowel sounds now too. |