A: Outdoor Play/Inquiry

How to use the outdoors as a learning environment while covering learning outcomes.
*safety *self-regulating
*listening spot *getting back to nature
*using your senses *social responsibility
*literacy in nature *physical play
*math in nature *rough and tumble play
*science in nature *self-initiated play
*safety *self-regulating
*listening spot *getting back to nature
*using your senses *social responsibility
*literacy in nature *physical play
*math in nature *rough and tumble play
*science in nature *self-initiated play
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B: Literacy Play

Using literature books to explore play!
*Oral Language
*A/B Partners
*Using stories as invitations for play
*Group and Individual planning
*Role Play
Check out "Can I Play Too? by Mo Williams and how a simple book can have so much 'Literacy Play'! at...
http://div18sharing.blogspot.ca/p/smart-learning.html
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C: SmartLearning Approach to Parent Reading

Helping parents develop deeper reading skills beyond decoding words!
*Using SmartLearning Tools from Susan Close
*Giving reading goals
*Group reporting out
*Students teaching their parents
*Parent participation
*Giving parents and children common language for being "Powerful Readers"
"Not only are we pointing out connections in our reading, we are making connections throughout our day" says Mrs. Bouey.
*Using SmartLearning Tools from Susan Close
*Giving reading goals
*Group reporting out
*Students teaching their parents
*Parent participation
*Giving parents and children common language for being "Powerful Readers"
"Not only are we pointing out connections in our reading, we are making connections throughout our day" says Mrs. Bouey.
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D: SmartLearning with Young Learners

Taking meaningful literature and building a series of lessons through the nine steps to SmartLearning.
*http://www.smartreading.ca/
*Accessing prior knowledge, connections, questioning, imagery etc.
*A/B partners
*Chunking text
*Transformation of text
*Goal Setting and Reflecting on their own learning.
See how Math Literature can be incorporated in the Nine Steps of SmartLearning at...
http://div18sharing.blogspot.ca/p/math-smart-learning.html
*http://www.smartreading.ca/
*Accessing prior knowledge, connections, questioning, imagery etc.
*A/B partners
*Chunking text
*Transformation of text
*Goal Setting and Reflecting on their own learning.
See how Math Literature can be incorporated in the Nine Steps of SmartLearning at...
http://div18sharing.blogspot.ca/p/math-smart-learning.html
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E: Guided Independent SmartLearning

Students are reading books at their own developmental level while learning to be "Powerful Readers" and not just decoders.
*Using SmartLearning Tools guided by the teacher as they read their own texts
*Guiding them through being "Powerful Readers" which then fosters "Powerful Writers"
*Before reading, during reading and after reading...
*Using SmartLearning Tools guided by the teacher as they read their own texts
*Guiding them through being "Powerful Readers" which then fosters "Powerful Writers"
*Before reading, during reading and after reading...