This past week, we wrote paragraphs about collaboration. Collaboration is a key learning skill and it is the focus of February's habit. Habit 4 is "Think Win-Win". In this habit, we strive to work together so that everyone benefits. This habit teaches students the importance of interdependence. In science and social studies, we think about interdependence on a much bigger scale. As we finish our study of Canada in 1780-1850, we are talking about how First Nations peoples, settlers and the land were interdependent. Similarly, when we studied plants earlier this term, students learned how plants, the earth and other living things are interdependent. In this slideshow, you can see some examples of students collaborating in a construction workshop at Dynamic Earth. In the coming weeks, you will see other examples of Learning Skills featured here in blog posts, to help us to recognize our learning skills at work.
About the AuthorMme Sarmatiuk teaches Grade 3 French Immersion in Sudbury, Ontario. She is also the President of NOMA, the Northern Ontario Mathematics Association. Archives
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