Good evening. Welcome to #saskedchat We've had a wonderfully warm day here which usually makes everyone's moods just a bit brighter! Tonight we're exploring Planning: Including Student Perspectives.
Hi all! Kara, a Pre-K/prep coverage teacher coming at you from Hudson Bay. We enjoyed a break from bitterly cold weather today, but still haven't hit plus temperatures, so no puddles or rain. #saskedchat
A1. This might be an overly simplistic answer...but...Ask them. Ask the students what their perspectives are. Then include those in the planning...Or let the students help drive the planning. #saskedchat
A1. One of my first questions I ask myself during planning a unit… How can I make this unit important for my kids? How can I make the content relatable? #saskedchat
A1: Establish what exposure they already have to the topic at the start of a unit. Offer chances for students to express what topics they would be interested in exploring. #saskedchat
A1: I ask my students what parts they enjoy. We are working on legends right now and I know when they ask for certain stories they want me to include more of those kind. #saskedchat
It begins with student voice but the voice(s) of ‘others’ who are often left out and allowing student voice can open the opportunity for other perspectives. #saskedchat
A1. Knowing your Ss over time cannot be substituted... unit olans are tweaked daily, weekly, and monthly to add new ideas. It's a post-it note mess in my binders but it works and transferred to digital unit plans.!!! #saskedchat
A2. We have a school wide climate and connectedness survey. All students get this five times each year. It generated GREAT data and Phenomenal conversation in faculty meetings. #saskedchat
I gave my two uni classes a survey - it was paper & pen(cil) but it has me re-working what I am going to do - I would have missed some things if I hadn’t. #saskedchat
Yes. Leverage the understanding of their interests and strengths to build stronger relationships and more classroom engagement.
It all starts with knowing your students! #saskedchat
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Yes! I agree! I also love using @postit notes and having students write their answers and then place them in an area. Then they reflect as a whole. #saskedchat
A2. Exit slips traditionally, and bellwork. But more and more "Google-ing" the Ss and their work efforts .. forms, docs, sites, classroom, Google rocks!#saskedchat
A2: Lots of feedback can be gained from simply observing students. They will naturally "tell" you if they liked an activity or not. Or they might even ask to do something again - I know the Gr 6 class this yr has asked for Kahoots several times #saskedchat
#saskedchat A2. Working with younger students, conferences and conversations are so important. I call it “explain your brain”. I love when students talk about learning and growth
A3: The most important part of giving students opportunities to own their learning is to have an environment of trust and respect with them! IF they trust you, they’ll be more comfortable using their voice. #saskedchat
A3. I can see how sites like Forcerank and Kahoot can get input... but recently using a Four Corners Kagan has been very helpful. And Ss seem to like it! #saskedchat
A3. #saskedchat I’ve never had a lack of suggestions re: routines and activities. The students frequently suggest ideas and usually they are ones I’ve never thought of!
A3. Student voice is important in the teaching-learning process. I grew up in an environment where student was to be silent unless asked to speak. Today we appreciate that students need to know that their expertise, views & ideas matter in all aspects of school life #saskedchat
A4: I give the student choices! They get to decide how/where/why they’re learning the content. Right now they usually pick some of my predetermined examples but as the year is going on, they are starting to venture out into the great unknown. #saskedchat
I adore this! Love love. Haven’t done one of the student made rubrics in a while. Would be great to pair this with pallet and let the students “heart” the suggestions they agree with the most. #saskedchat
I adore this! Love love. Haven’t done one of the student made rubrics in a while. Would be great to pair this with pallet and let the students “heart” the suggestions they agree with the most. #saskedchat
A4: I had a student ask me if he could draw a picture to show his learning. I said yes even if he was the only one. We need to be flexible too! #saskedchat
YES! Flexibility is the key to busting down the boring learning of silos. Every student needs to learn in the way thats best for them. Kudos to you for embracing the power of yes! #saskedchat
A1. I'll ask the why first... Giving students space for their voices to be heard provides them with opportunities to practice the problem solving, speaking, listening, leadership and creative thinking - skills that important in schools and outside school #saskedchat
LOVE THIS IDEA!!! Coding… Pizza making… Student decamp!??? YES! I would love more information about this. Gotta start one in KY. Do you open the doors to everyone or just your district? #saksedchat (sorry for all of the questions.
A5: In my classroom, the students help come up with our norms for the year! In the school, not very much. But we do have a committee and teachers can voice on behalf of the Ss. #saskedchat
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Chad from The Burn,19 yrs in the T Show-A5:Our school has Ss to SCC mtgs to take their input & our Admin, I believe, is very open to listening to Ss ideas/concerns & Ss partake in survey each yr so we as a staff know what's + & what we need to work on as a school.#saskedchat
A5: Last year, with Gr 6 Social Studies, we made a class treaty and outlined what the responsibilities/roles looked like for both teachers and students. We had the principal witness as the Treaty Commissioner. Might have to pull that idea out again this year... #saskedchat
A4. There are always opportunities, even in teacher led activities, for student participation. Many high school teachers have probably heard students ask: “Why should we learn about this? I'm never going to use it anyway!” That's a nice opening there for conversation #saskedchat
A6: @kellywchris this is my favorite question ever! My classes collaborate with each other and work together all of the time. They’re always practicing engineering design while thinking critically. Every student demonstrates their own leadership skills. #saskedchat
A6. The leadership piece lately involves a #KindnessWins project where students in gr. 5 are carrying on a positive ticketing campaign and giving the grant proceeds back in kindness to the school community!!! #saskedchat
A6 #saskedchat Gr.5 class are our learning buddies. Our goal is for students to work collaboratively to learn tech to send emails to our gardening penpals. our gr 2’s are working with @lindsaybstuart ks for 100 days of Cree.
A6: Our school has a SET Team (Student Engagement Team) to lead some assemblies where they work as a team to engage our younger Ss in faith based & non-faith based assemblies that are active, fun, & educational. #saskedchat
A5 We held a Student Forum on School values. Reps from Gr 3-7 participated in focussed convos. BEAR values were born...Be kind, Earn and Give Respect, Accept Responsibility, Reach for excellence. Fundamental. Bring them to. Non-negotiable. #saskedchat
A6: Our school has a SET Team (Student Engagement Team) to lead some assemblies where they work as a team to engage our younger Ss in faith based & non-faith based assemblies that are active, fun, & educational. #saskedchat
A6: In a Pre-K classroom, collaboration and leadership amongst classmates is quite literally happening all the time. All about building those social skills! #saskedchat
A7: Trust them. Let them chose. Watch for their struggles/Let them struggle. Ask deep questions to help generate deeper thinking, and encourage them to not give up when the going gets hard. We’re kinda like mud trotters. Or snow trotters. #saskedchat
A7 #saskedchat this happens more in our daily 5 stations where students have choices over centers. Throughout the day students have more of an opportunity to do their learning in “smart spots” around the classroom.
A7. This has gained momentum throughout the school year.. math is now a class where Ss have chosen their pace and I've revisited Daily 5 (modified) ELA; and then there is computer club where Ss choose from https://t.co/tgbvbipCzL, Prodigy Math, and Scratch.. fun stuff #saskedchat
Sounds fantastic. What kind of feedback do you get from students -I am thinking that #studentedcamp provides teaching-learning contexts that promote learners as critical thinkers, creators, disseminators & consumers of knowledge #saskedchat
A7: choice boards, co-constructed tasks; choose a re-do idea to present to me; I tell them I'm open to different ways (not always but sometimes) to show knowledge, they just have to come up with the plan/idea & I get final ok. Some take that challenge & some don't. #saskedchat
We have the opportunity to provide options for Ss choice (in different ways & at different levels) & the technology to make such things happen - but it does take time & learning to make these changes. #saskedchat
Well it must be something around the south part of the province - my tweetdeck is being wacko and it’s like the internet is on/off - I get bursts of tweets! #saskedchat
TA - What is one thing you can do this upcoming week to provide students with the opportunity to have their perspective included in the work they do? #saskedchat
A7 One simple thing to do is vary the medium. Allow students different ways of documenting their learning. Puppet show or slideshow? Both very valid. #saskedchat
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TA Legitimize the time spent talking to students in the hallway, playground, anywhere as time extremely well spent! This dance tonight came from such a convo. Our BEARS wanted a winter dance...here we are! #saskedchat
TA #saskedchat I would like to have a talking circle before the PD day next week. Ask the students what they feel is going well/what they like, what they would change and what they’d like to learn/do next.
That is so important. They need the opportunity to struggle, make mistakes, maybe multiple times, as part of the story of their learning - it will serve them well later! #saskedchat
I've done that class meeting before- first time with new groups they always seem in shock they get a say in the direction, we as a class want to go, & the T is listening. #saskedchat
This chat, as always, is so full of fun and laughter as well as many awesome professional take aways. Have a great evening / weekend friends. See you all next week. Thanks for the awesome questions @kellywchris#saskedchat
North American education seems more apt to accept Reggio because it’s more ‘curricula’ driven. Montessori is largely misunderstood by North American edu perspectives. A LOT of rich, student centred goodness to be learned from it! #saskedchat
