Posts tagged with: School Story Evidence Post

Digital Storytelling

When you allow students to bring their world into the classroom and merge it with the curricular Big Ideas (e.g. Language and Text can be

students creating floor plans for learning lab

Imagine the possibilities

Through the fall of 2021, we continued to scan our staff and students to gain hunches in finding out what excites us in our learning

Interests of the Students

This year to help feel students better-connected, the library started by inviting each class to share their interests, their goals, their book habits, and a

What interests our kids?

This year to help feel students better-connected, the library started by inviting each class to share their interests, their goals, their book habits, and a

Making Learning Visible: The Big Ideas at Garden City

Over the last few years, we have been continuing to develop our understanding of how the Big Ideas fit with our learning. Through noticing, naming

Demonstrating care for our local environment.

Collaboration with Cohort 2 ADST and the Garden City library. Students engaging with real purpose, applying design thinking to building garden homes for our local

Learning at GC!

Learning at Garden City Asking all students about what makes them happy at school? What helps you learn? Where do you get your ideas? Scanning

The Learning Continues...

The journey continues in our school story of engaging students with their learning in interesting and meaningful ways. Division 11 headed outside to use loose

Engagement of our ELL Students

Knowing the purpose gives meaning to a thought, an acitivity, a skill, etc... Students engage in a more meaningful way if they have purpose to

"IT'S SO FUN!"

Recently, I visited a classroom where they were working on a patterning lesson. They told me, "I am making repeating patterns and patterns by 2s

LEARNING TOGETHER

Our Library Learning Commons is a busy space. Mrs. Johnson is looking for different ways to engage our students. 3 D Printer is coming next!

BIG IDEAS

Are we able to name the Big Ideas that we are learning in class? We believe that with intentional teaching and speaking to the Big

COLLABORATION TIME

Working together to create our new gardens and extending our Library Learning Commons has helped students and staff to work towards a common goal. We

BIG IDEAS

We are continuing to use the Big Ideas in our learning while engaging with hands on materials to deepen our learning of these ideas. When

What are the big ideas that you are learning?

November, 2018 We are continuing on our journey with engaging students with more hands on learning opportunities in order to deepen their learning. We have

OUR YEAR OF LEARNING

WHAT DID WE NOTICE OVER THE YEAR? Over the course of the school year, while visiting classrooms, we noticed many teachers taking risks and trying

Garden City Elementary School

Posts tagged with: School Story Evidence Post