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SOLE.....Self-Organized-Learning-Environment

2/13/2015

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For the past 4 weeks, our school has been participating in a movement towards a more inclusive, universal education known as SOLE. The goal of SOLE is to spark curiosity in children by asking them to explore a Big Question using the internet and their ability to work together in small groups. 


During a SOLE, students are free to move around and share information. Towards the end of a session, students have the opportunity to share what they learned with the whole group. SOLE sessions fit naturally into our IB curriculum, as they both are characterized by inquiry, discovery, collaboration, and sharing.


Click on the link to see SOLE in our classroom.

The first Big Question we started with was....Why do cities change?
During this session, our second question came...How has crisis changed cities?
After that session and due to connections made with other activities during our unit of inquiry (Communities evolve in response to their environment), we came up with our third question....
Is life better in a big city or a small town? This question led to many opinions on what is better...safety, amenities, schools, access to health care, and pollution. But we also discovered while sharing out that some were confused between what actually defines a city from a town/village. So, for our Big Question next week we decided to research....What determines a city from a town?


Check out some of our research....
We took our research from, Is life better in a big city or a small town, and turned it into opinion writing. Seemed like the appropriate thing to do since SO many opinions came out of it...and we had evidence to support our reasons.
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Learning about other cultures and the connection between cultures and communities

2/8/2015

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Continuing with what we started in Grade 2 when we created our own countries with human and physical features. This year, we gave those countries flags, rules, laws, and included the elements that make up a culture (language, food, clothing, holidays, religion, sports, and traditions)
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Taking Action in our unit, Where We Are in Place and Time

2/8/2015

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Griffin took it upon himself to shovel his driveway. Making his mom very happy!
Being open-minded to new foods. Adam took action by changing the way he felt about sardines.
Nia created a box where people can anonymously write to her about hurt feelings. She responds in her newspaper column.
Katherine shared the President's State of the Union Address during our morning meeting. She connected his plan to our central idea.
Nate took action by bringing in a book that connected to our research on earth's history and natural resources.
Using wooden blocks and markers to build our school's neighborhood.
Adam surprised Mr. Albright with a bag of popcorn. Random Acts of Kindness.
Lucy presented a lesson on the life cycle of daffodils.
Sharing a cool book from home on science experiments.
Sharing our opinion and attempting to persuade
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Should Cardale Jones stay at The Ohio State University and earn his degree, or should he enter into the NFL early?
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Brainstorming topics...things I care a lot about, things I want or places I want to go, and things I want to change, to generate a topic for our next persuasive letter.
Stay tuned to see what we come up with....
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    Author:
    ​Dora Bechtel

    Welcome to my Campus International School blog.  Campus International is an International Baccalaureate School on the campus of Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.  

    As Instructional Leader at CIS, I am able to enjoy the learning  taking place in all classrooms K-8. This blog will give you a glimpse into our wonderful world of learning through inquiry, and share some strategies you can use with your child/students.

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