This has been a great first week of school. I wanted to share a few photos with you of what we have been focusing on this week in addition to the regular back to school curriculum.
Of course, we have spent a lot of time this week practicing our classroom rules and routines. There are many individual behavior expectations for our classroom, but I group them under two "umbrella" rules: Use good scholar manners and always try your best. We discussed why it's important to follow these rules at school and some examples of what that would look like.
We have also been spending some time discussing ORDER, our Universal Theme for this year.
The scholars really enjoyed discussing the universal theme and looking for examples. Throughout the year we will look for order across the curriculum. As we find examples of order, we will record them here:
You may be noticing some of the icons of depth and complexity among the pictures from our classroom. Those are integral to the GATE program. The flower represents details, the Z with dots represents patterns, the square with lines extending out is my quick way of drawing the symbol for rules, and the "house" with the columns represents the big idea. I'll be explaining those more as the year goes on. They are not just decorations, they are tools used to help scholars make connections and further their understanding.
I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you so much for taking the time to post their learning. It helps to know what to focus on when asking my daughter questions. :)
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