Comments for Learning Pathways http://carajane.wordpress.com Ideas sharing for Green Bay School teachers. Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:01:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Green Bay Primary School by Brian Edgar http://carajane.wordpress.com/our-school/#comment-246 Brian Edgar Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:01:27 +0000 #comment-246 Hi from Brian Hi

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]]> Comment on What’s New? by carajane http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-19 carajane Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:55:36 +0000 http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-19 Check out the questions section of the What's New? website as I've added some more. Check out the questions section of the What’s New? website as I’ve added some more.

]]> Comment on What’s New? by carajane http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-18 carajane Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:38:28 +0000 http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-18 Thanks Ad, and thanks for your hard work and thought around your planning! Thanks to everyone for your ideas for the unit. Please keep feeding them to me. Don't forget to use the blog to talk about issues around the unit. Thanks Ad, and thanks for your hard work and thought around your planning!
Thanks to everyone for your ideas for the unit. Please keep feeding them to me.
Don’t forget to use the blog to talk about issues around the unit.

]]> Comment on What’s New? by AD http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-17 AD Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:44:27 +0000 http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-17 Hey Cara, geez what a lot of work you have done. I really like the link to Tikit which allows me to choose a variety of web quests. Can't wait for the kids to get started on this webquest based on Music next term. I would even use some of the older ones. GREAT! Cheers AD Hey Cara, geez what a lot of work you have done. I really like the link to Tikit which allows me to choose a variety of web quests. Can’t wait for the kids to get started on this webquest based on Music next term. I would even use some of the older ones. GREAT! Cheers AD

]]> Comment on What’s New? by carajane http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-16 carajane Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:53:02 +0000 http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-16 Thanks Linda! I'd love other ideas for songs for which there are old and new versions - if people have them on CD's we could compile a CD with the versions on it to make it easier for teachers. Thanks Linda!
I’d love other ideas for songs for which there are old and new versions – if people have them on CD’s we could compile a CD with the versions on it to make it easier for teachers.

]]> Comment on What’s New? by Linda http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-14 Linda Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:54:34 +0000 http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/whats-new/#comment-14 Thanks for all your work on this Cara, it looks like a huge range of resources for people to use. I like the idea of taking a modern song that uses a refrain from an old song (eg. Gwen Stefani's If I was a rich man)and comparing the old with the new, and then having a go at writing something along the same lines. It could make for exciting writing classes! Thanks for all your work on this Cara, it looks like a huge range of resources for people to use. I like the idea of taking a modern song that uses a refrain from an old song (eg. Gwen Stefani’s If I was a rich man)and comparing the old with the new, and then having a go at writing something along the same lines. It could make for exciting writing classes!

]]> Comment on Literacy – how does it fit in? by carajane http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/literacy-how-does-it-fit-in/#comment-10 carajane Fri, 11 May 2007 21:30:04 +0000 http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/literacy-how-does-it-fit-in/#comment-10 Thanks for your comment, Linda! Our Junior teachers do such an awesome job of teaching reading, don't they? I agree, we need to use the material that is best suited to the students stage of learning, and which allows the progression of skills and confidence. There are so many aspects to a reading programme, and I believe it is possible to do both! What you do may vary at different stages of the Inquiry, but it may be part of the the Teacher Daily Reading, where the children participate in dicussions to do with the topic, or share information they heard, or discuss an illustration, or it may be a Shared Book with the class or a group, where a specific IL skill is taught or practised. So many IL skills are skills that are basic reading skills! This is why Literacy is an important basis for IL skills. Children have to be able to read, in order to gain information from texts. I am sure that when teachers use Non-Fiction texts with their students whether in a Shared or Guided context, they already introduce them to the Contents, Glossary and Index, and this is an important part of IL as well. Bringing appropriate informational texts into the reading programme is such a great support for those students who are unable to locate appropriate texts and gather information from them. I'm sure you can quickly identify the students in your class who will want to photocopy pictures and text and present them as their work! Putting this step into your reading programme will support them, and help them develop these skills, and allow them to feel confident and successful at the IL tasks. Thanks for your comment, Linda! Our Junior teachers do such an awesome job of teaching reading, don’t they? I agree, we need to use the material that is best suited to the students stage of learning, and which allows the progression of skills and confidence. There are so many aspects to a reading programme, and I believe it is possible to do both! What you do may vary at different stages of the Inquiry, but it may be part of the the Teacher Daily Reading, where the children participate in dicussions to do with the topic, or share information they heard, or discuss an illustration, or it may be a Shared Book with the class or a group, where a specific IL skill is taught or practised. So many IL skills are skills that are basic reading skills! This is why Literacy is an important basis for IL skills. Children have to be able to read, in order to gain information from texts. I am sure that when teachers use Non-Fiction texts with their students whether in a Shared or Guided context, they already introduce them to the Contents, Glossary and Index, and this is an important part of IL as well.

Bringing appropriate informational texts into the reading programme is such a great support for those students who are unable to locate appropriate texts and gather information from them. I’m sure you can quickly identify the students in your class who will want to photocopy pictures and text and present them as their work! Putting this step into your reading programme will support them, and help them develop these skills, and allow them to feel confident and successful at the IL tasks.

]]> Comment on If I only had TIME!!!! by Mary B http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/if-i-only-had-time/#comment-9 Mary B Tue, 08 May 2007 03:56:51 +0000 http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/if-i-only-had-time/#comment-9 I think this is a very thought provoking article. You have challenged us to think about how valuable our time is and how important it is for us to actually take the time to learn about education outside the classroom and school. The trick is to find a way to balance our lives and juggle it all. I think this is a very thought provoking article. You have challenged us to think about how valuable our time is and how important it is for us to actually take the time to learn about education outside the classroom and school. The trick is to find a way to balance our lives and juggle it all.

]]> Comment on Welcome Green Bay Bloggers! by Jill and Gill http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/hello-world/#comment-8 Jill and Gill Tue, 08 May 2007 03:52:18 +0000 #comment-8 We are making haste slowly. We are still learning and teaching about questions. Our classes are gradually beginning to differentiate between fat and skinny questions. We live in hope that each time we do a topic more and more children will know what we are talking about! We are making haste slowly. We are still learning and teaching about questions. Our classes are gradually beginning to differentiate between fat and skinny questions. We live in hope that each time we do a topic more and more children will know what we are talking about!

]]> Comment on If I only had TIME!!!! by Daphne and Ralph http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/if-i-only-had-time/#comment-7 Daphne and Ralph Tue, 08 May 2007 03:48:45 +0000 http://carajane.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/if-i-only-had-time/#comment-7 I definately agree with having to plan for learning. Alllocating 1 hr a week on a regular basis would work for me. I definately agree with having to plan for learning. Alllocating 1 hr a week on a regular basis would work for me.

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