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Assumptions and “Single Stories”

Why do we make assumptions?  This post is about an assumption exploration activity I did with our new teacher during…

7 years ago

MYP unit planning, implementing and reflecting

MYP unit planning process  It is very rarely for the teachers new to the MYP are not feeling overwhelmed when…

7 years ago

Trello

Every year at my school, KIS International School, students in the IB Middle Years Programme are grouped across grade levels…

8 years ago

Evernote as an option for Personal Project Process Journal

Students in the final year of the MYP are required to do their personal projects. The aims of the MYP…

8 years ago

Interpretation of criteria C & D of MYP language acquisition

Objective C: Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text  Objective D: Using language in spoken and/or written…

9 years ago

Promote thinking skills through Q.A.R

What do students mean when they say "I understand."? I often ask students "Do you understand the text?" and they…

9 years ago

Collaborative strategic reading (CSR)

Collaborative strategic reading (CSR) can be used before, during and after reading. This reading strategy encourages collaborative learning among students and…

9 years ago

Does iPad kill my children’s creativity?

Lately, I've read a couple of articles that friends shared on Facebook, describing how iPad has stolen kids' childhood or…

9 years ago

Interpretation of criterion A of MYP language acquisition

Objective A: Comprehending spoken and visual text   According to the MYP language acquisition guide (2014):  "Comprehending spoken and visual…

9 years ago

Use Evernote to organize teaching resources

The more I use Evernote, the more I love it! I wrote about using Evernote to help students acquire a…

9 years ago