Last week I was called by Maarten's school. At first I thought he had an accident why else they would call me? But I was urged to sign in for the Student Led Conference. I had no idea what is it about and also why it is so important that they would even call me home to not forget signing in.
There was also a session for parents on Friday afternoon to practice for the occasion! I couldn't attend and it made me a little nervous. What is it going to be about? Why so much hassle?
Maarten was relaxed as always, no problem.
Today in the classroom he grabbed his little booklet to check all the activities we needed to go through.
He showed me his portfolio, his and his classmates self-written books, the classroom book of stories, their own classroom pet Ted Dancin'...
I also took some pictures of their bulletin board showing building floats and egg drop activities.
Most of the kids in his classroom speak other languages and they were challenged "rewriting" The 3 little pigs story in their own language. Maarten wrote in Dutch and he did quite well.
We got stuck at the Money Game that he wanted to play again and again.
He also showed me around his Portuguese class, EAL class, art class, music class, computer class, but we secretly skipped his PE room. Maarten's tour ended up lasting for more than 3 hours instead of planned 1 hour! He was so excited to show me everything he has done.
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| Class pet |
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| Maarten's book |
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| self-written books |
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| float a boat challenge |
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| building airplane |
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| egg drop challenge |
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| The 3 little pigs in Dutch |
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| Money game |
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| Maarten's contribution to the classroom book |
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| unit of inquiry |
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| "Koulik" picture on M's art folder, he didn't like this pic calling himself Koulik |
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| The Dot from M's art folder |
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| in the music classroom |
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| reading levels chart |
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