Building+a+Learning+Community

= Profile =

Using Pages create a single paged profile about yourself.

Your profile must include: A photo of you Name Age Birthday Family Hobbies Pets Best thing about school Goals for 2011

You may also like to include any extra information that you think is appropriate.

= Different but the same =

Create large posters with the headings of: Favourite Food Favourite TV show Favourite Animal <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Favourite Band/Singer <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Favourite Sport <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Favourite Subject at School

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Place posters evenly around room, class members then move around the room in writing down their response. If your response has already been written simply add a tick next to the other persons response.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Once completed students form small groups in order to collect and present the data from their poster to the whole class.

= Class Agreements =

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Do we need to have a class agreement?

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Positives / Negatives

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Write down 5 classroom agreements that they feel are important.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Form pairs and share each others classroom agreements and agree on 5 together.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Form groups of 4 in order to finalise a list of 5 classroom agreements to share with the whole class.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">As a class decide on a final list of classroom agreements.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Using Pages you will have a set time in order to design a poster with our classroom agreements listed. <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">A prize will be awarded to the winning poster.

= Jigsaw Puzzle =

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Using a single piece from a large jigsaw you will need to colour and decorate your piece. <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Include your name/nickname and anything that you think defines you as a person.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">All members of the class will then put the puzzle together to represent the many individuals that make up our classroom.