Essential Question: Who are the members that make up our learning community?

Problem/task: To inform the class about another member of our learning community.

Purpose: To work together as a learning community this year, we need to find out more about each other and what we do and do not have in common so that we may better understand one another.

How it went:

Last weekend, students had a small bag to decorate and fill with items that represent important and interesting things about themselves.  This week, students shared their bag of items with a partner while working on quality conversations. There was so much excitement in the room as girls and boys shared their interests and hobbies with others.  It was really fun for me to see the interest that partners had in each others lives.

Partners took notes of the items and what they learned new about their partner. Then, created a 12×12 poster about their classmate to present and introduce to the rest of the class.  Quality criteria included, title with student’s name, graphics (drawn or from a magazine) for each item they shared, and captions or labels for each item.  Other suggestions were colorful, neat, and correct spelling.

Students share their All About Me bags and take notes on the new things that they learn about each other.

Creating posters about each other.

Quality conversations.

Our Learning Community Challenge