Gr+5+Project

The focus for Grade 5 is looking at interpreting auditory cues and using them to help understand the message in a visual text. The medium they will be using to explore this is the series of shorts called 'Miniscules' by Futurikon.

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After a few weeks of implementation, the original Miniscule plan was reflected on and reworked. Here is the new one.



Individual Goals of the Grade 5 Team as taken from e5 engage

Garry: To stimulate interest and curiosity in the learning, making links to student’s interests.

Chris: What do students need to be looking for (developing own background knowledge and questioning skills.)

Robin: - modelling different types of thinking - students evaluating themselves to support their own & other student’s thinking.

Individual Strengths of the Grade 5 Team as taken from e5 Engage

Garry:
 * Promote a safe and orderly learning environment by providing the class with rules and modelling expected behaviours
 * Articulate learning goals based on the expected year level standard and inform students of assessment requirements.
 * Support students to identify what they know and what they need to know.

Chris:


 * Identify students readiness to learn
 * Becoming aware of resources that are available and ways to use them
 * Know what learning goals I have for the students.

Robin:
 * Gain student’s attention and enthusiasm to begin topics/activity

Maria:


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Shared norms & expectations
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Cater for individual differences
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Incorporate an inquiry style of teaching
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Teach students to write & ask open/ fat questions
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Ask students to reflect on their learning to consider what else they need to do to further improve their learning
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Find out what they know & build upon this
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Make connections with what we have already done, or what is happening in the ‘real world’