I have sent some things home today in students' new homework folders. You can have fun learning whether you share your Grade 6's intelligences or if they're an opposite colour to their siblings (more on that below). I have also sent home another math assignment due on Friday. We will review graphing with patterns in class tomorrow, so it should make more sense then, if you find it challenging tonight.
This has been a bit of a crazy week so far. Because we did not go to Mono Cliffs this week, I've shifted focus in our class to some of those team building activities that would have happened there.
Yesterday, we looked at Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences and figured out what kind of smart we were. We talked a bit as a class about how different approaches can support our learning in the classroom. We all have preferred modalities and we can use them to support areas where we might face more challenge. We also talked about how we tend to like things we're better at and might need to work at balancing our strengths. We talked about the difference between interpersonal intelligence and intrapersonal intelligence at length too--how knowing yourself and your own needs is different from knowing others.
Here's a wikipedia article elaborating a bit on each intelligence and giving an overview of the theory behind it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences
Today we talked about The 4 Colours Theory and how different people have different values and temperments that affect their learning. We had a lot of Orange kids in this class, which suggests we'll lead a year full of action and excitement. Surprisingly there were a fair number of Gold as well, but not so many Greens. To some extent these things are arbritary, but they're an interesting tool for self reflection and coming to shared understandings.
Here's a sense of some of the strengths we're working with:
I don't want to link to a company selling these services, but feel free to google 4 Colours Personality Test and find out more.
This morning we did a cup challenge. Students had to work as a team to stack these cups without touching them directly at all. I've included some pictures of us at work below. It's always nice to see what's happening more directly.
(As always, if you would rather not have your child's unedited face appear here, please let me know. One face has been covered because that student expressed a preference when asked in class).
I'll continue to work on team building this week and next, but we're also honing in on the academics. I look forward to reviewing that in some detail at Curriculum Night on Thursday. As always, I'm happy to respond to questions or concerns on my board email.
Sincerely,
Ms. Goegan
