k-2

=K-2 Curriculum Inquiry Projects - Sept-Dec, 2012=

Post a summary for each inquiry project being designed by teachers participating in this PD project.
(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || How are animals and their environment connected? || [] .................................................................................................................. ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Sandra Cochlan**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:**
 * Project Title ||  ||
 * School / Teacher Name || Ecole Alvin Buckwold School ||
 * Grade Level || Grade 1/2 ||
 * Subject Area || Science ||
 * Essential Question
 * Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) || Anecdotal Records, Observation, Rubric (for final project) ||
 * Other Supporting Documents || media type="custom" key="21646072" ||
 * Culminating Project || We will study animals and their environments through the use of books, videos, internet resources, PWIM, discussions and personal stories. After the children gain knowledge about animals and where they live, each student will work with a partner and together they will choose and animal. They will create two contrasting art pieces, one reflecting an ideal environment to nurture their animal and the other that is damaging to their well-being. We will then put their art into a digital book or voice thread and have the students explain their findings. ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || .........
 * Link to TL's Blog || [] ||

(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || How have the stories and events of our past influenced and shaped our community today? ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Jan Harrison**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:**
 * Project Title || Community ||
 * School / Teacher Name || Caswell/Brownell ||
 * Grade Level || Grades 1/2 ||
 * Subject Area || Social Studies ||
 * Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project ||  ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || ........................................................................................................................... ||
 * Link to TL's Blog ||  ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || How does learning about our classmates' cultural practices and beliefs help us to be better friends? ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Denise Rossmo-Wiegers**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:[[file:Wildwood Template 12-13.docm]]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title || Cultural Diversity ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Wildwood / Jamie McCubbing ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || Grade 1 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || Social Studies ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) || - anecdotal records ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents || [[file:techplansW.docx]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || Students will be part of a short video demonstrating their understanding of their classmates' cultures and practices. ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || ........................................................................................................................... ||
 * Link to TL's Blog ||  ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || Which decoding strategies do good readers use? || || [] ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Susan Funk**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:[[file:Inquiry Planning Template.docx]]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title || Reading and Writing ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Brevoort Park School ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || 1 and 2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || ELA ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) || F&P ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents || [[image:sps-inquirycircles/snakes snip.JPG width="320" height="167"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || blogging and published writing, student gallery of writing samples about their reading practice ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || [] ||
 * Link to TL's Blog || [|www.sfens.wordpress.com]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || How do I learn? ||
 * Teacher Librarian -Ksmith**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Linda Seible ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || 1 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || Science ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || Voicethread of students sharing how they learn with the intended audience being a group of pre-service elementary students. ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || ........................................................................................................................... ||
 * Link to TL's Blog ||  ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || What can we learn from Indigenous knowledge about animals and their connection to nature and humans? || media type="file" key="Owen.MOV" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="Lizzy.MOV" width="300" height="300" || media type="file" key="Oliver.MOV" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="Kohen.MOV" width="300" height="300" ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Greg Wihak**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title || Indigenous Connections to Humans, Animals and Nature ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Prince Philip/ Andrea Koehn ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || 1-2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || Science/Social Studies ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) || Observations, anecdotal records, and rubric for final project ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents || OTC website, Saskatoon Tribal Council documents, ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || Student Pixie project to be shared in class, school video screen, talking circle ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || ........................................................................................................................... ||
 * Link to TL's Blog

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || How can factors (friction,speed, direction, gravity) affect the motion of an object (natural or constructed)? || [] ............................................................................................................ ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Najla Akl**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **: [[file:inquiry planning template BSS 2012.docx]]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title || Forces of Motion ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Brunskill/ Jodie Wachs ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || 2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || Science ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) || inquiry plan, videos, conferencing, observations of schema and new learning ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents || Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || Flip Camera to capture students learning ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || ...............
 * Link to TL's Blog ||  ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || How do Authors communicate their ideas using illustrations and text? ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Anne Brander**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **: [[file:IT Project - Howard Coad.docx]]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title || Introduction to Graphic Novels ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Howard Coad - Elly McKenzie ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || 1 and 2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || ELA ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) || Co-constructed rubric ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents || Books by David SHannon, John Burningham and Ashley Spires ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || Students present their own graphic stories ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || ........................................................................................................................... ||
 * Link to TL's Blog ||  ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) ||  ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Audrey MacDonald**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:[[file:Cheryl's inquiry project.docx]]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Lester B Pearson - Cheryl Komada ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || Grade 1 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project ||  ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || ........................................................................................................................... ||
 * Link to TL's Blog ||  ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || Students did not have an inquiry question || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || Should there be aquariums? || || [] .............................................................................................................. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || Why do you think people use and create patterns? || ................ [] .............................................................................................. ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Audrey MacDonald**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title || A study of the seasons ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Montgomery School - Rachel Sharp ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || Grade 1 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || Science ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || Students will take their knowledge of what they studied and their personal observations and share the information through photo story. The primary focus is on technology ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || ........................................................................................................................... ||
 * Link to TL's Blog ||  ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Dawn Morgan**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:[[file:Egnatoff-Inquiry.docx]]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title || Oceans versus Aquariums ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Dr. J. G. Egnatoff School- Heidi Kreis ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || Grade 2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || Science ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) || Anecdotal records, checklists, discussions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents || [[file:Jacob Sea Turtles.pdf]]Voicethread ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || Students will take their knowledge of what they studied and their personal observations and share the information through photo story. The primary focus is on technology ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || .............
 * Link to TL's Blog ||
 * Teacher Librarian - Lisa Proctor**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **: [[file:Inquiry Planning Template - Theresa Dolgopol.docx]]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title || Patterns Are Everywhere ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || John Lake - Theresa Dolgopol ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || Grade 2/3 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || Math ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) || Co-constructed criteria (wallwisher), observations (video taped), conversations, product (NLVM, clips, voicethread) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || Students will create various patterns using various tools/approaches - if we receive our grant we will be creating our own starblanket designs, choosing one design and sewing a blanket to be given away to someone important (perhaps the principal at Whitecap) ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || .............
 * Link to TL's Blog ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Drives instruction for the whole unit) || How does healthy eating affect my body? || [] ................................................................................................ ||
 * Teacher Librarian -Jaime Schroder**
 * Attach Planning** **Template** **:[[file:krienkebuenavistainquirytemplate.docx]]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project Title || Healthy Eating Choices ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">School / Teacher Name || Bojana Krienke ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grade Level || 1/2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Area || Health ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Question
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Tools: (i.e Rubric) || Blog, Conversations, Final Projects ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Supporting Documents ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culminating Project || Magazine, Cooking Show, Commercials, Posters, Blogging (voki, healthy meal plan)media type="custom" key="21605972" ||
 * Link to Teacher or classroom Blog || ..
 * Link to TL's Blog ||  ||