- The Talent Show is next week, Thursday, May 19th at the Queen Anne Community Center!
- Doors Open at 5pm. Come early for Dinner and Bake Sale!
- The Show will start promptly at 5:30pm. Don’t miss the first performance featuring your very own QAE Teachers!!!!
Zoo!
We had so much fun at the zoo! A very big THANK YOU to the parents who were able to join. The sun was hot but we had so much fun! Thank you for sharing all the wonderful photos! It was so fun to read all the observations and recordings! | |
Collaboration in Group Roles and Creating Made up Animals
When it comes to working in groups, we get more accomplished when we are in each in charge of something that helps everyone in the group. We all shouldn't be gathering materials, trying to make decisions, and keeping notes! That wouldn't be efficient or productive. We learned about 5 roles that we can use whenever we are in groups to help us get organized and work together. To help us practice and try on these roles, we made a collaborative African animal with a variety of different parts.
We worked together to think about each part of the animal and how we could come to a group agreement on what it should be. The captains took over calling on kids suggestions and deciding which strategy to use for making a plan and coming up with an agreement. The recorders were hard at work drawing pictures and labeling on the group planning sheet. Material manager made sure that we had pencils, markers, and any other supplies we needed. The problem solver was ready to help with Kelso's choices if we had any arguments. Last, the organizer made sure our planning sheet got into our team folder and was safe and sound for the next day.
We worked together to think about each part of the animal and how we could come to a group agreement on what it should be. The captains took over calling on kids suggestions and deciding which strategy to use for making a plan and coming up with an agreement. The recorders were hard at work drawing pictures and labeling on the group planning sheet. Material manager made sure that we had pencils, markers, and any other supplies we needed. The problem solver was ready to help with Kelso's choices if we had any arguments. Last, the organizer made sure our planning sheet got into our team folder and was safe and sound for the next day.
Presenting our Animals
Getting our Official Roles and Making our Agreements
Friday students got their official roles and animal groups for the next 5 weeks of the project. Together they made an agreement of what it means to THEM to work collaboratively in a group. This year the students will become animal experts on, cheetahs, elephants, meerkats, lions and zebras!
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