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Moving Towards Our Charter's Mission Through Responsive Reflection

School: Marstons Mills East Horace Mann Charter Public School, Marstons Mills, MA

9. May 24, 2006 ? Whole Group Reflections

?Who remembers what a reflection is?? - Teacher

?It?s when you go back and remember what you did before.? - Third Grade Student

?When you do something and then another time comes and you look back at it.? - Multi-Age Student

?It?s like looking in a mirror.? - Kindergarten Student

?You?re not always looking at what you looked like, but what you did.? - Third Grade Student

?Also, it?s when you get to see the funny things that you did, like when you didn?t even know the camera was on you.? - Multi-Age Student

?In the video, it sounds really loud, but when we are working, we don?t hear all the noise.? - Multi-Age Student

?I thought I looked pretty.? - Multi-Age Student

?Everyone was working hard.? - Third Grade Student


?My group was doing one thing, like someone was on the computer, and someone was writing and someone was reading a book.? - Multi-Age Student

?So, are you saying that everyone seemed to have a job in your group and every one was very busy because someone was on the computer, and someone was writing and someone was reading a book? Did that just happen or did someone decide that.? - Teacher

?We all just agreed.? - Student


?In some of the groups the third graders were doing a lot of the work and other kids were not working.? - Third Grade Student

?I noticed that in some of the groups the third graders helped the other kids when they appeared not to be doing quite as much as the third graders. Sarah would try to involve them?? - Parent Volunteer

?Some people were maybe just sitting there watching and I told them, okay go find a book and then Meaghan and Ben were looking through a book. And Rory was looking at a web page. ? - Third Grader

?We realized that not all of you write, but often times, to show what you know, you draw. So, next time we get together we will be sure to have pencils, crayons and paper to draw what you know. We are inviting you to use your way to show what you know to your group members.? - Teacher