POWER UP 9 (AFFLECK)




December - January

What we are doing:


Writing Practice & Mental Math

Considers the areas of assessment used in PowerUp:
·      Exploration and understanding of oneself as a learner.
·      Development, adjustment, and application of learning tools, strategies, and technologies.
·      Gathers reflects on and responds to evidence of learning.

Due Dates:


1. PAT Practice Write - January 15th
2. Mental Math Worksheet every other class

2. PAT Practice Write

This assignment is to build off of your School Wide Write and develop your skill at creating content. 

I will be using the same rubric that was used for your School Wide Write for your rough draft which will be due January 13th.

Use this link to access the assignment:Assignment


Create a google doc for your assignment and share it to me: meaffleck@cbe.ab.ca











October & November

What we are doing:


This month we are finishing up our IRIS project:

Consider the areas of assessment used in PowerUp:
·      Exploration and understanding of oneself as a learner.
·      Development, adjustment, and application of learning tools, strategies, and technologies.
·      Gathers reflects on and responds to evidence of learning.

Due Dates:

IRIS Task A, B, & C:
Task A - November 6th
Task B - November 20th
Task C - November 27th

Task A
I
n your IRIS profile, you will update answering these questions with full sentences:

·      Understanding Myself as a Learner
1.     Are you a Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic Learner or maybe a combination of two or all three? (Complete the survey)
2.     What are your strengths as a learner? (Google search how your strengths and choices)
3.     How do you describe yourself based on the type of learner that you are?
·      My Goals
1.     What has been a goal that you set for yourself when you began Grade 9?
2.     Comment on a goal set early in the school year. Did you reach your goal? Are you continuing to work towards attaining that goal if it hasn’t been reached yet?
3.     Based on your work and understanding of SMART goals, add your current short-term goals, both personal and academic, and for an extra bonus, add your long-term goal into IRIS.
·      My Strategies
1.     List all strategies that have helped you attain your goals. Please be specific. Consider the points below:
§  What strategies support you when you write tests?
§  What strategies support you during regular classroom time, especially in subjects that you don’t care for?
§  What strategies support you at home or outside of school?
Task B

You will upload at least 2 artifacts from Grade 9, and include notes to reflect on your learning (including what you completed, what would you change, what was challenging about the task, what did you learn, what surprised you about your learning). Examples of artifacts that could be included are:
·      CREED – Bucket list, responses to journal questions
·      Favorite Poem – upload an image and describe the importance to you
·      Favorite Book – upload an image and describe the importance to you
·      Math/Science learning (a test or assignment of particular interest to you)

Task C

Complete a WORDLE or Word Cloud using 25 words to describe yourself as a learner. Upload the image onto IRIS.