Sunday 26 April 2015

Planning an Independent Project

Grade 1 students are learning about an appropriate way to plan an independent project by asking themselves some guiding questions.


  1. What do you want to share?
  2. How do you want to share it?
  3. What tool would be the best to use?
  4. How will you break it down into manageable steps to complete it?



Here are some student samples. 


Sunday 5 April 2015

QR Code Work Choice

Students in Grade 1 are becoming extremely independent learners with their ipads in our 1:1 program.  For this lesson, students are exposed to three different stations and they can choose one to complete.  The goal is for them to scan the QR code at the station, watch the directions, and then follow the directions from the video to create their project.

Station 1
Students apply their knowledge of cloud types learned in science class to make a clouds iMovie.

Station 2
Students apply their mathematical thinking skills to make a screencast of how they solve a math problem.

Station 3
Students create a drawing of their NF research animal in its natural habitat as a background.  They then make the animal 'talk' and share some of the new learning they discovered when researching the animal.


Below is a student sample from each station.