This document outlines the agenda and resources for a Kindergarten networking session focused on documenting student learning. The session will begin with introductions and a discussion of questions students ask. Participants will then explore websites and articles about documenting learning, read and discuss the topics. They will reconnect to share experiences before the session ends with a discussion of the questions participants asked that day. The document lists related websites and articles as well as the date and location for the next Kindergarten conference.
1. Sarah Lynn Frost Hunter
Resource Teacher
Peel District School Board
February 18th, 2013
KINDERGARTEN
NETWORK
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
DOCUMENTING THE
LEARNING
3. How do seeds know how to
grow, to reach up from the
earth below? Adapted from Pfister @2011
4. Who paints the colors on the
flowers that lift their heads to
sun and showers? Adapted from Pfister @2011
5. What turns the rain on in the
sky and brings the sun to make
things dry? Adapted from Pfister @2011
6. How do birds learn how to sing?
What brings summer after spring?
Adapted from Pfister @2011
7. What turns the leaves from
green to brown and sends them
floating gently down? Adapted from Pfister @2011
8. Do apple seeds dream happily
of growing up to be a tree?
Adapted from Pfister @2011
9. How many shells are on the shore?
Millions? Billions? Even more?
Adapted from Pfister @2011
10. How many little fish might see
the stone I throw into the sea?
Adapted from Pfister @2011
11. Who teaches butterflies to fly,
splashing their colors through the
sky? Adapted from Pfister @2011
12. Does a whale make up a song
so other whales will sing
along? Adapted from Pfister @2011
13. When geese fly south, how do
they know it’s time to leave
and where to go? Adapted from Pfister @2011
14. What makes fire burn red
and gold and makes it much
too hot to hold? Adapted from Pfister @2011
15. Did dinosaurs eat all day long
to make them grow so big and
strong? Adapted from Pfister @2011
16. Wind and rain, sun and snow – there’s
so much that I want to know. Birds
and flowers, sea and air –
questions, questions everywhere!
Adapted from Pfister @2011
18. WEBSITES & ARTICLES
• The Power of Documentation
in the Early Childhood
Classroom by Hilary Seitz
• Authentic Childhood
• Experiencing Reggio Emilia in
the Classroom by Susan
Fraser
• CHAPTER 6
• ETFO VOICE – FALL 2012
• Planning for Science &
Technology Throughout the
Year
• Peel District School Board -
Kindergarten – Intranet
• Crayons, Wands & Building
Blocks - PDSB Teacher Blog
• My Classroom Transformation
- York District School Board
Teacher Blog
• Edu Gains - Kindergarten
• Introduction to Inquiry Based
Learning
21. Thank You & Feedback
NEXT SESSION:
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Mississauga Field Office
KINDERGARTEN CONFERENCE:
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Central Board Office