Michele Helene

IBPYP Educator. Passionate about books, writing, all things language. Also addicted to red shoes.

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@ReflectiveEd_ @noonebutcarmen I use Canva to create distinctive materials, but for class it’s Google slides all the way.

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

What are your rays of sunshine this week? There’s a bit of a theme for me, dodgy printers, excessive rain, but during a ray of sunshine I observed some amazing #collaboration and #thinkingskills #IB #lowfloorhighceiling #maths

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@teachergoals

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

Following on from yesterday’s ‘when things go awry’ post, it rained solid meaning the Ss were in the same room from 10:45. So what do we do with the rambunctious Ss. Is agressive hugging a thing? What do you think? https://t.co/7bCrdDvdAZ

[Katie White (she/her) @KatieWhite426]

Collecting observational and conversational assessment information is an important part of decision making. Here is a template to support this work. I hope it is helpful. #triangulation #ATAssessment https://t.co/ymMBWCsfdy

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

What do you do when well made plans go awry? Do you stick with it, or try to figure out what happened? (FYI this intrigued me, but when I asked, the reader said they would discuss and compare the books later -which they did, sitting in a circle.) #IBLP #reflective

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

Finished reading Danielle Jawando’s When our worlds collided. It made me laugh, cry, sad and angry. If you want to understand #DEIJ read it. Librarians, secondary teachers put it in the hands of teens because it’s a damn good book. #YAbooks

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

Amazing examples of #inquiry, yesterday. How do you?do a cartwheel? … start a fire with 2 sticks? arrange the pipes to water the tree? What insects live here? The thing is these are all my ??s so now the Ss need to make these inquiries their own. #IB #agency

[TeachThought @TeachThought]

Transfer is the practice of applying knowledge or meaning from a familiar context to an unfamiliar context.

Cognitive Transfer: 14 Ways Students Can Transfer Knowledge https://t.co/IMXhtgMNvF

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

Psst… if this is 3am for you, you can watch it later.

[Trevor MacKenzie @trev_mackenzie]

Excited to host colleague @kjinquiry over on IG for a live conversation all about her new book From Agency to Zest: a Journey Through the Landscape of Inquiry✨

We’ll go live 9/15 at 5pmPST which is 9/16 at 10amAEST.

Please join us! We’ll be discussing the book, unpacking connections, and exploring inspirations. I can’t wait!

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@trev_mackenzie @kjinquiry It’s 7.44 CET and… oh…https://t.co/nSbPNmox3F an inquiry into time zones 😃

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@KeeneeLou @thinkchat2020 Definitely agree with this.

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

How do you foster #inquiry in your context? Joined in with my first #pypchat last night. Apparently it was a slow start as it’s the first one, but search the # and share your learning.

[Sharyn Skrtic (she/her) @Shaza33]

Don’t forget to keep the discussion going every day about anything related to PYP using the #pypchat hashtag

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@Shaza33 @pypwithniko @InquiryPlay Thank you for hosting.

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@pypwithniko Definitely, an overflowing planner is never going to be led by students.!

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@InquiryPlay @Shaza33 While I was struggling to dictate my post, you said it beautifully.

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@Shaza33 as simple as working out how many dots are underneath a splat or the issue of climate change issue of climate change. As teachers, we need to learn to listen to their theories because they doing it all the time. #pypchat

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@Shaza33 A3 your question reads as an enquiry cycle. The space to build theories is through the provocations. They communicate their theories through physical thinking routines discussion bubble journals. They feel the theories and they ask questions they collect data could be #pypchat

[Michele Helene @MichinParis]

@pypwithniko Yep, all of that.