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Personalized Purple Circles

Personalized Purple Circles. Self-sufficient Workstations for Developing Competencies Wynanne Watts, CS Des Samarres Frédéric Bédard, Collège Saint-Bernard. What we are trying to do. ESL competency 2: to reinvest understanding of oral and written texts. Set up a Purple Circle. Teacher...

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Personalized Purple Circles

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  1. Personalized Purple Circles Self-sufficient Workstations for Developing Competencies Wynanne Watts, CS Des Samarres Frédéric Bédard, Collège Saint-Bernard

  2. What we are trying to do... ESL competency 2: to reinvest understanding of oral and written texts

  3. Set up a Purple Circle Teacher... Prepares 7 independent workstations • on the same theme • of the same length • using clearly written instructions

  4. 7 independent workstations Each developing... • cross-curricular competencies • accountability: individual and group • strategies • paper trail for portfolios • multiple intelligences

  5. Students • cooperative groups of 4 • Materials Manager • are shown why and how • become aware of the expectations

  6. Time Frame • 60 minutes for each station per day • 7 days + an 8th day to finish up loose ends

  7. What students are expected to do • prepare • demonstrate understanding • carry out meaningful tasks HOW?

  8. What and How Cross-Curricular Competencies CC - to use information – Computer Corner, Science Laboratory CC - to exercise critical judgement – Co-op Survival CC - to adopt effective work methods: manages his/her materials and time and adjusts actions as required – all stations

  9. Integrated transfer How what students learn in the Purple Circle relates to their own lives and to other aspects of academic learning: geography, history, sciences, drama, arts, use of ICTs,... = Concrete, long-lasting learning!

  10. AdvantagesFor the teacher... - Quality time to get to know and help each student / team - Pedagogically gratifying - You get to sit down and observe!

  11. AdvantagesFor the students... - Develop interdependence, accountability and autonomy - Explore a broad variety of intelligences - Long-lasting learning and transfer from a broad variety of academic subjects

  12. Potential problems - Staying on task: the road to autonomy is a long one sometimes... - Noise - We don’t understand : how to write clear instructions (vocab and layout) - Technical breakdowns - We’re finished : stations of unequal lengths

  13. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. -Albert Einstein

  14. Thank you !

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