Inspiring Lessons

Students created cross-curricular lesson plans based on Success Criteria and a rubric we created in class.

Lesson Plan Success Criteria Rubric

The lessons were all very well done and were interesting to read. Planning and teaching is an ongoing process and in order to help students reflect, I made some notes about possible areas for improvement. There were some areas for all to consider in planning lessons in the future. We discussed these in class.

Lesson Plan Feedback

Many students created very innovative, engaging lessons and some have agreed to let me share them here as inspiration.

Kindergarten:
Cydney's Kindergarten "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" lesson
Stephanie's Kindergarten "Press Here" lesson

Grade 1:
Jessica's grade 1 "Hungry Caterpillar" lesson
Kathleen H's grade 1 "Wait and See" lesson

Grade 2:
Karen's grade 2 "Scaredy Squirrel" lesson
Kathleen C's grade 2 "We Are All Stardust" lesson

Grade 3:

Grade 4:
Andrea's grade 4 "The Gruffalo" lesson
Kiera's grade 4 "The Lorax" lesson
Melissa's grade 4 "The Lorax" lesson

Grade 5:
Jamie's grade 5 "Rain School" lesson
Keeley's grade 5 "Perspectives on Environmental Issues" lesson

Grade 6:

Melissa's
Stephanie's 

Your Life's Purpose

Last week, we watched Adam Leipzig's "How to Know Your Life's Purpose in Five Minutes". It's a great watch and an awesome exercise.

Several students wrote their own life purposes. Here are some:

Christine:
"I'm Christine. I work to re-define the term 'success' for my students. They need help relizing their value beyond grades. I give them confidence and help bring out their full potential."

Palig:

Sketch Noting

Emily Sketch Noted an Apple Pie Recipe:

Our Behaviour Plans

Students created behaviour plans as homework. They were encouraged to be creative in the way they shared them. It was wonderful to hear people's ideas and see how POSITIVE all the behaviour plans were. Instead of a list of "don't"s or prescriptive rules, they're much more focused on creating a safe, inclusive classroom culture and atmosphere.

Check out the wonderful ideas:

Alexandra's Behaviour Plan

Kaha's Behaviour Plan

Teng Teng's Behaviour Plan