Exhibition Re-Boot
I wrote last week about how student excitement and nervousness made us jump into exhibition and brainstorm ideas. They had some great results, and their minds are spinning and reeling with ideas. I thought that we had done well, and that we were ready to keep plowing forward.
Then....
As a week long writing task, I asked them to write a 4 paragraph response to the question; what is exhibition? Some of the responses I received were revealing:
Its a big project where we get a really important gradeI excited to see what my grade is, I hope a get an AIf we don't do well, we cannot go to grade 6It is for us to prove to the grade 6 teachers that we are ready for middle schoolThe exhibition is a night where we have to stand in front of a bunch of people and wear nice clothes and give a really long presentation It seems that the ideas for what to do for exhibition are starting to grow, but the actual understanding of the purpose of exhibition is lacking. The why is missing, and that is som…
Then....
As a week long writing task, I asked them to write a 4 paragraph response to the question; what is exhibition? Some of the responses I received were revealing:
Its a big project where we get a really important gradeI excited to see what my grade is, I hope a get an AIf we don't do well, we cannot go to grade 6It is for us to prove to the grade 6 teachers that we are ready for middle schoolThe exhibition is a night where we have to stand in front of a bunch of people and wear nice clothes and give a really long presentation It seems that the ideas for what to do for exhibition are starting to grow, but the actual understanding of the purpose of exhibition is lacking. The why is missing, and that is som…