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Since one of my objectives in POP is to to develop ideas for writing, the following activity was undertaken. Students of Grade 2A debating on the topic "Shop Vs Adopt pets"

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Since one of my objectives in POP is to to develop ideas for writing, the following activity was undertaken. Students of Grade 2A debating on the topic "Shop Vs Adopt pets"

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DOCUMENTATION: Video
https://youtu.be/7B16U7Y23zY

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Beautiful logo with Play represented in the 3 main languages!

We discussed how we could hone our research questions even more by being more specific.

We could pick

*1/2/3 students and focus on them

* one group of learners

* one area of the curriculum

* one kind of play

Ekta- looking to focus on playful ways to elicit ideas for writing stories in language classes.

Madhu- looking for playful ways to increase vocab

Kasthuri- looking to identify a group of students to focus on reading skills

Latha- looking at reading support/ guided reading with the higher ability group.

We then analysed Ekta’s video using Connect- Extend-Challenge

Connect- ideas and info you already know that you connected with

·         Inquiry nature of learning

·         Learning about symmetry

·         Students creating their own learning

·         A good example of transdisciplinary learning

·         Students classifying/comparing

Extend- ideas for new direction

·         Symmetry using the alphabet

·         Designing paper snowflakes

·         Extending ideas around the UOI with animals e.g number of legs, mammals etc.

·         Class working in smaller groups

Challenge- things you are still finding challenging

·         Working on finding time to include student and teacher reflection into the anecdotal notes

Group is finding targeting a group of students rather than creating activities for documentation would be more manageable and easier to manage.

Remember the documentation do not have to be polished.

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Create a playful name & logo for your study group. Be bold! Be creative!. Make it visible on your Padlet!
Due Date: 11 November 2019

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	To what extent does Language through Play impact students’ growth and learning?

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	To what extent does Language through Play impact students’ growth and learning?

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To what extent does playful learning impact the language development in students' in a transdicisplinary  context.

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How can students generate ideas, and learn word choice  through play?
* ideas
* word choice

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How do we create opportunities for speech and language development through play?

Simplified version:
Looking for playful ways to increase vocabulary.

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What are the ways in which students use play to learn reading skills?

What are the various playful ways to enhance students' reading skills?

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Children use words to express themselves while playing. They discover new things through playful activities and start interacting with the world around them. One of the things that children learn through play is language.

How do I help my child's language development through play?

As children mature, they acquire new skills. Their method of play also varies and becomes more complex and diverse. From playing with rattles when they were babies to role-playing activities during preschool years, these activities play an important part in your children's lives. Most of the time, they want their parents or other caregivers to join them in these activities. It is encouraged that you take part in these bonding activities, as you will also be instrumental in helping them enhance and expand their linguistic abilities.

Observe and follow. Children's level of interest can often determine their engagement in any activity. It is therefore important to observe and follow their lead. Note where their interest lies and try to create play activities that will hold their interest. The more engaged they are in an activity, the greater the opportunity there will be for language acquisition.

Practise taking turns. Turn-taking is an important social skill that your children will need to develop as they grow. This promotes better communication with others and might serve as a bridge towards building friendships. You can help establish a turn-taking routine by providing brief pauses after each turn during play activities. You can also try out storytelling activities where each of you takes turns reading. Other techniques that encourage turn-taking include using facial or body expressions (e.g. nodding your head when it's their turn, making eye contact while waiting, or touching the top of their hands to indicate that it is not yet their turn) or by asking questions (e.g. Is it Daddy's turn? Is it Amelia's turn?). Practising taking turns will also help improve their patience, instil discipline, and let them learn how to initiate moves with confidence.

Be a role model. Playtime is an excellent opportunity for your children to attach meaning to words and build vocabulary. By modelling language, you expose your children to new words, correct grammar, and proper pronunciation. You can help expand their vocabulary by:

Making a comment on what you or your child is doing e.g. "That is a lovely drawing!"

Making use of repetition or rhymes e.g. "Row, row, row your boat..." or "I like green eggs and ham! I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!"

Introducing synonyms and antonyms e.g. Big and Large or Before and After

Adding a word to your child's phrases e.g. "Mum, look at that whale!" "Yes, that is an enormous whale!"

Modelling correct sentence structure e.g. "I see Aunt Grace yesterday" "Oh, you saw Aunt Grace yesterday?"

Sing Songs. Singing songs is a fun and interactive way to develop linguistic, listening and motor skills. Aside from exercising turn-taking skills and being exposed to repetition of words and phrases, singing can also help children in enunciating words. You can incorporate language learning by singing the usual songs appropriate for their age or by putting a melody to the things you and your child are doing. For example, you can demonstrate what you are doing by singing "Block by block, we're building a dock, building a dock ..." while playing with building blocks.

Repeat, repeat, repeat. Allow opportunities for repetition as this helps children to master skills in different areas of development. It may seem boring or unproductive to adults to repeat the same activity, but for children, doing an activity over and over again will help them refine and stabilise their skills. It is particularly important to encourage repeating routines, actions, and words, especially those they enjoy as this contributes to vocabulary building and expressive language. Repeatedly singing the same songs, for instance, is also good for memory retention, teaching new concepts and improving sentence structure.

Read books together. Reading opens up a whole world of learning and improves speech, language and memory skills. By exposing your children to a variety of books, you can check which ones capture their interest more and let this guide you in procuring books that hold their attention. You can start with simple books, perhaps ones with short texts and pictures, and then progress to more challenging ones as your children's reading skills improve.

Language is a valuable tool that we should arm children with. As such, it should be continually improved so they can better communicate with others as they progress from playtime activities to more diverse learning concepts and situations. As caretakers of these young minds, adults have the responsibility to nourish and nurture them in every way possible, including learning through a variety of fun and entertaining methods.

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How to facilitate language development through play

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Children use words to express themselves while playing. They discover new things through playful activities and start interacting with the world around them. One of the things that children learn through play is language. As children mature, they acquire new skills. Their method of play also varies and becomes more complex and diverse.

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Students of Grade 2A inquiring about symmetry in class

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Students of Grade 2A inquiring about symmetry in class

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DOCUMENTATION: Video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iOZ1c6L-GNbavWu4e8gNJkbDeJwKgKke/view?ts=5dddfe7f&pli=1

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Word Circle Puzzles                                 

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Word Circle Puzzles                                 

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My POP objective is to increase vocabulary using playful ways.

This activity was conducted with the targeted group in grade-1. The objective of the game was to take a group of single words and link each word with another word so they form a:
-common phrase (eg: Board game or finger food),
-compound word (eg: catwalk, butterfly) or
-words that commonly occur in sequence (eg: Back stage)

Challenge by choice:
The challenge of Word Circle Puzzles is to connect a group of single words into a continuous circle.

Follow-up activities conducted:

- Making sentences using the given words.

- Identifying the ‘magic e’ words.

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Students learnt about halving and doubling through is game.
- The whole class was asked to divide themselves in two equal halves.(12 + 12)
-They were asked to divide themselves further in two halves and then another. ( 6+6 and then 3+3)
- They couldn't divide themselves when there were 3 students in the group.
- They discussed various ways in which they could solve the problem.
- Follow up activity- with manipulative- Lego blocks.

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Word Circle Puzzles with Grade 1                                 

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Word Circle Puzzles with Grade 1                                 

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This activity deals with the overarching question of our group.Literature Study

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This activity deals with the overarching question of our group.Literature Study

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DOCUMENTATION: ANECDOTES
Provocation:
Students wrote the names of their favourite books, with the author's name. They also wrote the reason why they love that book.

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Their responses were given to other students to read out loud.
Later, all the responses that students gave were collated

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And we found out that there is one Author who displays all this in her writing! Yes, it is Julia Donaldson. 

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And we found out that there is one Author who displays all this in her writing! Yes, it is Julia Donaldson. 

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How can higher order vocabulary be developed through playful learning?

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What are the ways in which reading skills can be developed through playful learning?

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Playful learning enhances student engagement and motivation.

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Since one of my objectives in POP is to to develop ideas for writing, the following activity was undertaken. Students of Grade 2A debating on the topic "Shop Vs Adopt pets"

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Since one of my objectives in POP is to to develop ideas for writing, the following activity was undertaken. Students of Grade 2A debating on the topic "Shop Vs Adopt pets"

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SAMPLE FOR DOCUMENTATION:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B16U7Y23zY&feature=youtu.be

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To know more about my playful class, catch me on my class blog!

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To know more about my playful class, catch me on my class blog!

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https://wordpress.com/view/remarkablesecondgraders.wordpress.com

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DEBATE BY GRADE 2A:

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The Everywhere Bear" by Julia Donaldson for learning and teaching #alliteration ?  Stretch a sentence. Sharing samples of my students to show their understanding of alliteration! 

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The Everywhere Bear" by Julia Donaldson for learning and teaching #alliteration ?  Stretch a sentence. Sharing samples of my students to show their understanding of alliteration! 

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https://twitter.com/EktaLilani/status/1237977025740062721