GLO #7: Life SKills

GLO #7:  Life Skills

Students will demonstrate an understanding of a healthy lifestyle and making a positive difference in the lives of others.  Students will be respectful of self and others and take responsibility for their own behavior.

• Citizenship
• Leadership
• Ethical decision making
• Personal finance
• Service learning
• Health and fitness

How does this GLO come alive at HP? (list more ideas in the comments)

• Hudson Heroes
• Collaborative work
• Power Up
• Integrated Unit Actions
• Fun Run
• Marathon running at recess

GLO #6 Thinking

GLO #6 Thinking

Students will critically and creatively apply thinking skills and demonstrate the ability to reason through complex problems.

• Problem solving and reasoning
• Persuasive and informative communication
• Creativity
• Transfer of learning to new situations

How does this GLO look in your classroom? (Please add comments in the blog.)

• Constructed Responses in Math.
• Integrated Units- informational and persuasive writing.
• Creative ways to share learning.

GLO #5 Environmental Sustainability

GLO #5 Environmental Sustainability

Students will apply knowledge of environmental sustainability in their personal, professional, and civic life.

• Understanding of ecosystems and environmental issues
• Conservation and preservation of natural resources
• Seeking solutions and taking action to address environmental problems
• Identify energy sources and conservation methods
• Examine economic and environmental impact of traditional and alternative energy sources

Thank you to Susan Johnson for sharing about the outdoor learning space available.

Our plan is to call the Middle School Office to reserve the space and borrow the key.

Our responsibility will be to make sure we put everything in it's appropriate space and keep it clean. if we run out of anything, please let Susie know.

Next year we will be also creating a committee with MS and elementary teachers discussing:

• Scheduling
• Maintaining and updating the space and materials
• Keys at both schools

Please let me know if you are interested in being a HP representative.

We are also in need of a rep on the District R3 Committee that meets once a month.

We have begun a number of things aligned to this GLO. Please comment on other things we are doing as a school.

• Composting
• Garden
• Camp St. Croix
• Use of outdoor learning space 
• Integrated Units of Inquiry- See enduring understandings and essential questions below!

2nd Grade

Choices affect the environment.

How do peoples past, present, and future choices affect the local and global environment?

What can I do to make a difference to the environment?

How can I get others to change their habits to impact the environment?

 Living things grow and change.

How do living things grow and change?

How do I help living things grow and change?

How do human, animal, and plant life cycles compare?

3rd Grade

Water is a natural resource required for the survival of all living things.

 What is the water cycle and how is it impacted by outside forces?

 How does water consumption affect life?

 How can we influence world- wide water stewardship?

4th Grade

Geography influences people’s lives past- present- future.

 What is my place in this world?

 What caused landforms to be formed and changed?

 Do people change landforms or do landforms cause people to change?

 How does geography and its changes impact settlement and life?

Things we do can affect the environment and we can make choices to reduce our impacts.

How do the choices we make in our everyday lives impact our local and global surroundings?

 What is our responsibility as citizens in conserving natural resources and exploring alternative energy forms?

 How does availability of natural resources impact/affect life? (global, power)

5th Grade

Interactions within environmental systems affect the survival and quality of life for all living things.

How are environmental systems impacted by humans and natural events?

What are the interactions within an ecosystem?

How do choices affect the environment?

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Kindergarten

  Animals interact with their families and the environment. 

Trees provide a natural resource that improves life.

1st Grade

 Weather all over the world influences living things

Pebbles, Sand, and Silt

GLO #4 Entrepreneurial Learning

GLO #4 Entrepreneurial Learning  

Students will demonstrate their ability to work in teams and collaborate in the spirit of innovation.  Students will demonstrate an understanding of what it means to adjust, be flexible, and change a course of action.

• Innovative, creative, resourceful
• Perseverance and determination
• Positive risk taking - learn from mistakes and adjust actions
• Mentor others
• Embrace change as opportunity

How have we demonstrated Entrepreneurial Learning at HP?  
Please comment and add more ideas.
Student leadership opportunities
Assignments that require collaboration
Turn and talk
Google Docs to promote collaboration

5th Grade Technology Inquiry

3rd Grade Inventions Unit of Inquiry

Hudson Heroes

GLO #3 Technology Literacy

GLO #3  Technology Literacy

Students will demonstrate the appropriate use of technology tools, evaluate the quality of sources, and incorporate technology into daily work.

• Access, analyze, and evaluate information and resources
• Personalize learning
• Create and communicate
• Engage in global projects and issues
• Adapt to new technologies
• Ethical use

As a district there have been some major efforts to build these skills both with students and teachers.  Technology literacy has been embedded into professional development and leadership team meetings.  Teachers are embracing the mindset of exploring with students and using technology in purposeful ways.   The world of technology is an ever evolving world and it calls learners to accept and embrace the constant status of learner regardless of your level of expertise. Our learning is being supported also with a great repository of resources through the Hudson Elementary Schools Professional Learning Website

I have seen some meaningful use of technology throughout the building which hits at the heart of this GLO!  This 5th grade mini-inquiry asks the question: How does technology impact my learning.

HP 5th graders have been investigating how technology affects their learning by interviewing business owners, Chris Deleon from the Middle School, Mary B-E, and Heidi Hayes- Jacobs.  They have also been reading articles, watching videos, and learning how technology impacts their learning.

 

You are invited to join us on Wed. May 21 from 3:30-6 in the media center to showcase our learning.  Students will be demonstrating specific tools that show their use of technology to collaborate, create, and learn.  Treats will be provided.

If you would like to donate to increase access for our students please follow our link

http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/view_fundraiser?id=1034

Check out our HP Blog Page to follow our inquiry.
http://hudsonprairie5.blogspot.com/

Listing an idea or two in the comment box here will provide a network of support so that if a colleague is interested in trying something new they can connect with someone who has already tried it!  

GLO #2- Global Literacy

GLO #2- Global Literacy

Students will understand how world cultures and global issues connect to their lives.  Students will communicate in more than one language.

• World languages K-12
• Value commonalities, patterns, and differences across cultures
• Interact successfully with other from diverse backgrounds
• Global citizenship

HP is looing at how to reach out to the world through partnerships with students in outher countries, 

Hudson Hero projects, and looking at our Integrated unit topics through multiple perspectives.

As educators we have the opportunity and obligation to provide both mirrors and windows for our students to better understand themselves and others.  In the article Multicultural Literature and Discussion as Mirror and Window? by Jocelyn Glazier and Jung-A Seo, a case is made for using literature as a launching point for developing global literacy through open dialogue.  .

We are fortunate to have the Destiny Library system which enables students to find books about regions around the world quite easily through the Destiny Library visual search engine!  If you haven’t tried it here is a quick screencast to show you how!

Looking to purchase some books for your classroom library?  Here is a great list with recommended titles:  

Books that provide windows and mirrors:  Literature for Children to Promote Cultural Validity (mirrors), Learning (windows) and Acceptance

Do you have a favorite book that you use with your students to help promote our Global Literacy GLO with students?  What are some of the other things you do to promote Global Literacy in your classroom?  What are some ideas for things we COULD do as a school?  Let’s see how many ideas we can share through the comment section below:  

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