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Objective of the Learning Engagement:  Response to literature Details of the Learning Engagement: This is an ongoing activity - the children take turns reading aloud. They are encouraged to respond through sketching in their notebooks what they visualise. Most of them do. In turns, those who are keen - they all are! - , come up to the board and sketch. Four children - a total of eight in two shifts - take their place at the board and sketch as the others read. I get the children to pause and we discuss important parts, making connections to real life, analysing the characters, etc. The purpose is to develop listening skills, oral skills and visualisation through reading aloud. I do stop them also to correct pronunciation, intonation, etc. I establish right at the beginning that I need to help them enhance oral skills and if it is OK with them will make corrections. I get the buy-in from all of them. Some children prefer to continue to read on their own and are allowed to do that. O...

Objective of the Learning Engagement: Revising the rules of exponents and building collaborative skills Details of the Learning Engagement: The Grade 8 students showcased their understanding of the rules of exponents through an interactive Escape Room challenge. Students were paired randomly using a name generator to promote collaboration beyond their usual comfort zones. Twelve stations were set up around the classroom, each containing two questions linked to the laws of exponents. The questions varied in difficulty—some were direct applications, while others required deeper reasoning. Each correct answer provided part of a lock combination, and their ultimate task was to collect all the clues and crack the final code to “escape.” As the students rotated through the stations, they engaged actively in collaborative problem-solving, discussing strategies, checking each other’s reasoning, and building on each other’s strengths. They demonstrated self-management skills by pacing themselve...

Objective of the Learning Engagement: To know and understand the emotional state of mind of students on the first day of school. FIRST DAY IN MYP YEAR 1 - Quick Check in's with the students enable student well - being and foster a positive classroom environment as through informal interactions students share their thoughts and feelings and that enables the Homeroom teacher to understand the needs of the learners. Details of the Learning Engagement: Students were asked to blow out a balloon and write feeling words on it. They shared the positive and negative feelings that they were going through on the first day of MYP Grade 6 , which is a very crucial Transition year from PYP. Both the feelings were acknowledged and understood. The students were made to realize that it is okay to feel the way they were feeling. Also , they stayed with the positive feelings as they busted the balloon with the negative feeling. Impact of the engagement on students and your reflection as a teacher: Th...