Demo day

This past week Randerson Ridge had the opportunity to host teachers, EA's and district staff in demo lessons with our Gr. 6/7's and our Gr. 2's.  More than a dozen educators from across the city took part.  A huge thank you to Teacher-Librarian Tammy Reynolds who co-taught the Gr. 6/7 lesson with me and to Grade 1 teacher Tricia Anton who co-taught the Gr. 2 lesson .  A huge, huge thank-you to District Literacy Coordinator Shelley Beleznay who organized the entire afternoon :)

The goal of this demo class was to show curriculum-based learning using the iPads and to introduce educators who may be new to the technology, lesson ideas, managment strategies and logistics of teaching with tablets and other hand-held devices. 

Gr. 6/7's Explain Everything

A huge thank you to Ms. World's Gr. 6/7 class who were not only wonderful learners but also wonderful teachers, helping one another and teaching the adults to navigate the iPads.

 

Using the Khan Academy philosophy that children learn best when teaching others, especially other children, students were asked to solve a math problem describing their thinking.  The math problem was taken from the Gr. 4 curriculum because we wanted the students to be learning the tools as well as explaining the problem.  Thus students were asked to create a video using the app Explain Everything. The video is to be shared with grade 4 buddies. 

                                       Students Aurgha and Asia explain their math problem.

Grade 2's celebrate the Beach and Earth Day

Our grade 2's lesson focused around earth day and the beautiful beaches of Nanaimo.  Students brainstormed ideas on what they might see at the beach.  They then thought of descriptive words to help bring those creatures alive.  Using Doodle Buddy students created the following poems.  Great descriptive words Gr. 2's...sticky anemone...ouch don't get too close!