Documentation of children’s
work in progress is viewed at Walgrove as an important tool in the
learning process for children, teachers, and parents.
It gives parents a way to view
their child’s work in the classroom and gain a deeper idea of
what their child is learning, creating a strong connection between
families and the classroom.
- Documentation helps children
develop self-esteem and a better sense of who they are when they
see their work reflected back through pictures, video and
transcriptions. When they are able to revisit and share their
work with their peers, they create collaboration and exchange of
ideas.
- Pictures of students engaged
in experiences, their words as they discuss what they are doing,
feeling and thinking, and the children’s interpretation of
experience through the visual media are displayed as a graphic
presentation of the dynamics of learning.
“You do least to greatest.
That means you do from the smallest number to the biggest
number. Another meaning of less than is smaller than.
We used the ‘less than’ symbol, which is an arrow that that
is facing the left side. You know which numbers are
bigger by looking at the digits. In the thousands place every
single number had 3, so we had to look in the hundreds column.
If the hundreds were the same, you had to look in the tens
place. If the tens place is the same, you look in the ones
place. If all the digits are the same, the number is equal.”
- Kristen Ann (Third Grade)