Powerful+learner




 * * Are curious || * Have imagination ||
 * * Have courage || * Show discipline ||
 * * Are good at exploration || * Are sociable ||
 * * Like to experiment || * Are reflective ||

Does this sound like YOU??? In term 4 our focus is on Asking Questions and Reflection

Asking Questions "Effective inquiry is more that just asking questions. A complex process is involved when the learner attempts to change information and data into useful knowledge. The application of inquiry learning involves many factors: effective questioning – building a framework for questions, deciding on focus questions and having a variety of levels of questioning." We ask questions to sort what we know and what we don't know. We ask questions to clarify our understanding. We ask questions when seeking information. We ask questions when we are curious about the world around us. We ask questions to probe the deeper meaning. We ask questions to guide our research. ask kids Check out this link for answers to questions

__Reflect __

// It is the language of reflection that deepens our knowledge of who we are in relation to others in a community of learners .//

//Reflection allows us to-//
 * //Draw conclusions//
 * //Think about what we have learnt,//
 * //what we could do better//
 * //and what we need to learn next.//
 * //Identify our strengths and weaknesses//
 * //Extend our thinking into higher order thinking//

In term 3 we will be focusing on

We make connections between our experiences of life and new concepts and learning. We make connections when we apply previous learning to new ideas. We make connections in reading in order to unravel the deeper meaning in texts. We make connections when we compare two things and say how they are the same or similar. We make connections when we figure out how two things relate to each other.

making connections in reading Click here to learn how to make connections in reading

Ask kids Check out this link for answers to questions

In term 2 our focus is on Perseverance When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." ~Author Unknown


 * Perseverance [[image:http://www.k12.hi.us/~mkunimit/images/Daffy.gif align="bottom"]]**

**You show perseverance when you ...**
 * **What is perseverance?**
 * **Perseverance is commitment, hard work, patience, endurance.**
 * **Perseverance is being able to bear difficulties calmly and without complaint.**
 * **Perseverance is trying again and again**
 * **Give up your tv time to spend hours studying**
 * **Try a new sport that is very difficult but you don't give up**
 * **Have a learning disability but keep studying even when discouraged**
 * **Come from a home where there is fighting and unhappiness but you still try your best**
 * **Have missed a week of school but you work hard to catch up**
 * **Are at the end of a difficult race but you cross the finish line**
 * **Save money and make sacrifices to buy something**
 * **Spend hours practising on your music**
 * **Study and work hard to raise your grade**
 * **Try out for something you weren't successful at the first time**
 * **Put perseverance into action**
 * **When something starts to bother you, wait as long as you can before you express frustration.**
 * **When something doesn't work right, try again and again.**
 * **Don't lose your temper when something upsets you.**
 * **Always finish what you start.**
 * **Keep working at something that is difficult until you complete it.**
 * **Don't give up on difficult jobs or situations.**
 * **Focus on someone or something that ordinarily makes you lose your patience and try to understand it (and don't "lose it").**
 * **Work a little harder or a few minutes longer on a task that you do not like.**