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A literal interpretation of Balanced as a way to introduce the new SLOs to our HS Student Ambassadors before school kicked off!

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A literal interpretation of flexible; taking risks alongside your peers! This was an avenue for introducing the new SLOs to our HS Ambassadors.

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Students jotted their initial thinking of how the SLOs are demonstrated in their own lives.

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Students collaboratively created a class charter by identifying key attributes that they wanted related to each of the Dragons. https://docs.google.com/document/d/13N5-1GHja1ig2FqdxjjC7hLGWDn6WQ2BZwYPnE9vhIc/edit?usp=sharing

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Students worked on untangling themselves to build core values and promote teamwork.

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WL class students collaboratively created their class norms:

Speak the target language

Contribute to discussions

Be helpful to others

Be perseverant

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Posters created that synthesized all of students' ideas about the SLOs and made posters with the key components.

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Posters created that synthesized all of students' ideas about the SLOs and made posters with the key components.

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Posters created that synthesized all of students' ideas about the SLOs and made posters with the key components.

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Students pushing themselves to think 'flexibly' about their dystopian novels

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A G3 student offering another G3 student a tissue after he had hurt himself and was crying.

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Being kind - a G3 student noticed that her classmates had forgotten their water bottles on the table after lunch and gathered them together to bring them out to recess.

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Read aloud and discussion

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Our classroom screen used during quiet time. The screen has the SLO and learning behaviour icon posted at the top. We explain why we have quiet time to restore balance after a fun and exciting recess.

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Students doing science with communal conversations ("Scientists' Circle") about ideas.

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A collage of students stretching their knowledge of science equipment and lab techniques.

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At the start of every lesson in English class we review the content and language objectives. I have started adding an SLO icon and briefly touching up the way that the lesson's objectives relate to our SLOs.

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workin w a broken arm G12 AP2D ART/DESIGN

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workin w a broken arm G12 AP2D ART/DESIGN

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Students learned about smart study techniques and plan to practice spaced retrieval practice instead of cramming all the practice in one night.

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Help kids understand the vocab, so they can better understand the SLOs and descriptors

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Students presenting on modern mathematicians

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Students are showing some flexibility with adapting to an online interactive textbook this year.

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Math lesson for struggling through Concept Quest challenges.

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G3 - sentence stems and concrete examples of good acts/deeds seen and heard

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In groups, students brainstormed different ways KISJ dragons can stay engaged throughout the day.

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In groups, students brainstormed what being knowledgeable looks and sounds like in students.

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In groups, students brainstormed how students can demonstrate and practice flexibility throughout the day.

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In groups, students brainstormed what it looks like for students to lead a balanced life.

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In groups, students brainstormed different ways we can practice being a good person.

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Pippi came in a did these lessons for 3rd graders.

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Pippi did this lesson as a follow up from the first flexible thinking lesson.

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Grade 1 students showed flexibility by using circle fractions in creative ways to build composite shapes. They explored how parts can come together to form something entirely new.

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For science, students competed in a ball launcher challenge in collaboration with DT. The goal was to get a ball to land in a receiver with minimal supplies. They spent a lot of time problem solving to get the amount of force and measurements just right, while also enhancing their design to make it work better.

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Grade one students read about Wangari Maathai who planted trees in her community. Since she exemplifies being engaged, we put her picture on our SLO posters.

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In our grade one classes we read about Eugene Clark who is an expert on sharks. We use her as example of being knowledgeable on our SLO posters.

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Our grade one classes read about Cam Jansen, a young detective who shows flexibility when she solves mysteries. We posted er picture next to 'flexible' on our SLO poster.

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To encourage flexible thinking and inquiry driven art students were given the following challenge:

Your challenge is to be a flexible artist! Use and reuse your image 3 times to create 3 new pieces of artwork. Be flexible by being brave and creating your own ideas and art experiments! Remember: you are the artist, you make the creative decisions that will create successful pieces of artwork. Be knowledgeable by using skills and strategies you have learned or would like to try using art mediums familiar to you.

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JK students learning about fire safety and what firefighters do in the community!

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JK writing about the topic of their choice- moving towards independence!

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Showing resilience in our cardboard challenge construction!

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Planning out ramps with partners.

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The grade one students used thier 1/2 and 1/4 pieces to make creative pictures.

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Grade one students showed they are knowledgeable about the different continents by making travel posters.

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AP Environmental & Marine Science Field Trip to Borneo

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AP Environmental & Marine Science Field Trip to Borneo

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Students learned a local dance from the village teens and shared a Korean K-Pop dance with them.

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Science Olympiad Competition - Building a Catapult

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Science Olympiad Competition - Building a Catapult

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One of the groups participating ion Korean Science Olympiad competition in Seoul.

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Borneo Field Trip Sept 2024 - Planting Seedlings in a Floodplain

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Borneo Field Trip Sept 2024 - Planting Seedlings in a Floodplain

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Service Learning - Students planted tree saplings to prevent erosion in a rainforest floodplain.

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HS AP Biology. Students are demonstrating knowledge and understaning of the biochem involved in Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis.

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HS AP Biology. Students are demonstrating knowledge and understaning of the biochem involved in Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis.

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Students are experience learning in a balanced way, using the skills that they have learned in multiple subjects while incorporating teamwork and fun.

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G2 Morning Meeting - Using SLO

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Students up-cycled cardboard to create a community arcade. Members of the community came in to play and celebrate student creativity and strengthen community bonds.

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Each week, a specific SLO descriptor is selected as a lens for choosing a dragon award winner. When the award is given, students are shown a short presentation with photos of the selected student demonstrating the chosen SLO.

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During the build up to lunar New Year students learned about the traditions al giving thanks all around the world.

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A template slide for student reflection at the end of each math lesson in third grade to encourage student discussion (Thanks to Kylie Simms in third grade!)

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AP Physics students demonstrated the rotational momentum using supplies in the lab, and they also were able to make demonstration tools for other grades and students to try the demonstration.

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Students in AP CSP using their knowledge of programming to build web tools to support teachers in HS!

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Sample student template for students to guide their initial reflection after a unit test.

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Students learned performance techniques of djembe drumming.

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Grade 3 students learned to perform a variety of djembe drumming techniques.

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In their Learning Celebration, students shared the creative process with their families, collaborating to perform as a large ensemble.

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Students collect, clean, analyze, create multivariate data visualization, and describe what actionable next steps they will or could take based on the data.

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Students had to build a launcher to accurately launch skittles into a basket 1.5 meters away.

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Students presented on a endangered species, explaining their role in the ecosystem and what we can do to help protect them.

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In this unit, students selected repertoire, designed invitations, and presented a Holiday Performance in small ensembles.

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Small Ensemble Holiday Unit Instructions

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MS Choir spread holiday cheer to classrooms, business offices, and administrative offices during.

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Students reflect on their own understanding at the end of each Bridges Math unit.

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6th grade choir students practice their knowledge of reading a choral score by assembling a score-based puzzle.

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G7/8 Orchestra - Create A Practice Goal Exemplar

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G7/8 Orchestra - Create A Practice Goal Exemplar

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G7/8 Orchestra student exemplar for "Create a Practice Goal." Students think critically, reflect on their progress, and create a practice goal for the semester.

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Our AP Music Theory Students explored the concept of treating chords other than the I chord as temporary tonics by approaching them with their own dominant or leading-tone chords—an essential skill for both composition and analysis. Students identified and resolved V/V, V/vi, and vii°7/V chords in context, both aurally and on the board, and practiced voice leading dominant 7th chords into their targets with solfege and notation.

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Students incorporating movement into their vocal composition.

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Students designed and implemented a solution to overcome venue-based acoustic challenges.

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Students engage with their community by collecting heritage/folk songs from community members, then arranging those songs for choir. They will share their insights with the KISJ community at upcoming concerts and spread Korean folk songs to choirs around the world through eventual publication.

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Guest speakers came to talk to the kids about their careers - but more importantly, their indirect paths to finding their careers and the resilience and determination needed to achieve their goals. Their main messages were to stay curious and keep an open mind.

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students created ceramic sculptures of animals based on research of ecosystems and threats. the goal was to raise awareness about a specific human threat to their chosen animal. In the end they reflected on the project as a whole and chose one or two slos that they applied in this project- this student chose good people due to the group support shown during critique

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Jungyeon (Jennifer) Park - ARTIST STATEMENT_ REFLECTION Creature_Habitat_Ecosystem

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How do we collect data on critical populations without impacting their environment? We "train" digital cameras! To simulate The Audubon Seabird Institute's field work, MS Data Science students trained AI to recognize puffins using photos of puffins and non-puffins.

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Middle School Cross Country Team!

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Middle School Cross Country Team's excellent travel manners were complimented on by bystanders.