For those of you have visited David Warr's Langauge Garden, (http://www.languagegarden.org/ )you may recognize this the word plant below. I love the way he has taken part of my mission statement and created this beautiful piece of artwork.
“ People can make choices to support the sustainability of the Earth’s energy resources .” Me to students : Does that make sense? Students to me : (after a while)...not really... Their understanding of "energy" during the pre-assessment task also reflected a superficial knowledge of the term. And thus our unit of inquiry started. As I was browsing the net, I came across this picture prompt- a map, which I thought would serve as a great provocation. The annual energy consumption per person . Kids love guessing where countries are, so it was a great way to address some geography at this point. I had also been reading Craig Dwyer's post which inspired me to change my inquiry cycle and use a simpler one. Wonder (while exploring)- Explore (while wondering)- Create (while reflecting)- Reflect (with subsequent wonderings). I was feeling more at ease now. The map allowed the students to make a lot of inferences based on patterns which slowly
A pleasure, Naini! When you said it took 3 days to write your mission statement, immediately the saying "what is easy to read is not easy to write" came to mind. The best speech writers refine and refine their work till they get it right.
ReplyDeleteWhat is easy to read is not easy to write! lovely:)
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