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Today, we did the first step of the Inquiry Cycle, Tuning In. We tuned in to action using Hart’s Ladder of Participation. We started by brainstorming different types of action and seeing which rung of the ladder it would go on. Then, we discussed as a table group and put it on a piece of chart paper with the rest of the class.
I learnt that if the action is informed, it means you know what you are doing, not that you are informing people about your issue. Another word I learnt is decoration is when you make something but you don’t put it somewhere or make it obvious enough for everyone to see. For example, if you made poster by yourself, without any teacher’s help, but you ended up only putting it up in the classroom, then that would be decoration. However, if you put it up around the school or in the hallways, then that would go up to number 7, which is child-initiated and directed.
From this activity, we came up with a conclusion that most types of action are mostly child initiated because 5/8 of the rungs of the ladder are child initiated, and action means you do something with your learning even after the unit has been finished.
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This is a short video I made to take action for the PYP Exhibition on how you can take action to prevent diseases from spreading. Please check it out!
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Writing Prompt – Week of Mar. 25 – 29
I would rather friend a stranger than follow a stranger because if I friended a stranger, then we would both be happy with the relationship we had with each other. If I kept following a stranger, the stranger might not like it. Also, you may feel bad about yourself for following someone that: 1) you don’t know, 2) hasn’t said you could follow them, 3) you haven’t told about you following them. If I was to become friends with a stranger, we wouldn’t be hiding anything from each other. Also, our friendship may benefit both of us in the future. If you were to follow a stranger, you wouldn’t know them too well, so you wouldn’t know if they would end up leading you into trouble even if they didn’t know you.
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Bucket O’ Learning – Week of Mar. 25 – 29
For Bucket O’ Learning this week, I decided to practice my typing skills again. However, instead of using Sense-lang, which is what I normally use, I chose to use Mavis Beacon this time. On Mavis Beacon, I played a few games which shows my typing speed and accuracy at the end. As I was playing the different games, I realized that I type faster when there are actual sentences or when there are a group of words together. If I have to type letter by letter or word by word, then my WPM is slower. I like Mavis Beacon because it has a wide range of different games that can help with your typing speed.
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Bucket O’ Learning – Week of Mar. 18 – 22
This week, I decided to practice my cursive handwriting again since I haven’t written cursive in a long time. If I don’t practice for a long time, I may forget how to write some things and it won’t be as easy to read and write, so I think it is important for me to practice my cursive once in a while. Just like last time, I chose a paragraph of one of my recent blog posts to copy and write in cursive. I don’t think I improved that much, but I also didn’t get worse by that much. Here is what I did:
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Writing Prompt #5 – Week of Mar. 18 – 22
Pros:
- You get to meet new people and don’t have to be with the same person for a long time
- You would cherish the time you have together more
- The time spent together would be even more valuable
- You wouldn’t waste your time – it would be used wisely
- You would try your best to make the time spent together the best
Cons:
- You have limited time to spend with each other
- You wouldn’t be able to spend anymore time with that person after the expiration date
- There won’t be someone that you can spend “forever” with
- You can’t be trusting the same person all the time
- You will be forced to end the relationship
- You can’t have a set group of friends
- You and your family would soon not be able to have a relationship
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Here is a video I made for one of the activities on the fractions, decimals and percent Math Menu:
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Hong Kong Date
Nicole