Learning Blogs- December 2

What did we do?

We spent basically the whole block doing our Literature Circle Group Discussions. During this time, one novel group sits down and shares ideas, asks questions, and just talks about their book. Another novel group stands at the side observing the discussion, and offers feedback through an observation sheet.

Why did we do it?

I think that the purpose of our Literature Circle Discussions is so that we get better at group work, and are able to produce ideas and contribute to the group. We also work on our listening skills when we are observing the other group, as we learn to pay attention to others. By filling out this observation sheet, we also know what others look for during group discussions, like asking questions and connecting to ourselves.

Lit Circle Discussions can even help us during group work. We can learn how to encourage other members of our group to contribute and share their ideas. At the same time, we learn how to keep ideas flowing, and how to keep the conversation alive and moving.

Reflections and Connections

In my opinion, I think that the skills that we learned today can be applied almost anywhere. From group work in school, to job related meetings. We are learning lifelong skills. Being able to encourage others to contribute and share will make group projects a fun experience, and being able to voice our opinions and turn our thoughts into ideas will certainly help with brainstorming and offering feedback. We can even use these skills to make our presentations interesting and engaging.

Homework Reminders

Just reminding people in my blog group that we all need to do “Learning Blogs.” For tomorrow, Hema is writing about the first block and Bill is writing about the second. Charles will do his Learning Blog on Friday.

We need to write a summary of our group discussion as well as two Goals and two Stars for ourselves, and two Goals and two Stars for our novel groups.

Retests will be at Flex at 11:15 in Ms. Lees’ room.