![]() The informal monthly parent sharing sessions provided opportunities for ongoing formative assessment for learning. Our formal student-led conferences provided a meaningful, real-life assessment. ![]() In our summative assessment, we expected the children would be able to identify significant landmark events in their lives and would be able to describe some ways that they could apply their newly acquired skills and understandings. Often we do not but for this particular unit we decided that we would unpack the central idea with the children as the central idea would provide a framework for the inquiry and give the children a reference point. We discussed whether on not to display the central idea. The central idea was that Personal journeys can lead to change and new opportunities. We decided that the inquiry would focus on personal learning journeys through the lenses of change and reflection. In our reflections from previous years, we had observed that the children were able to connect with their own short histories more easily than the more abstract history that took place before they were born. ![]() Before the unit started the adults discussed what key concepts would drive the unit, and what enduring understandings we hoped the children would develop. Our Kindergarten children have been engaging in an inquiry into where we are in place and time, looking in particular at personal histories and journeys. ![]()
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