Diamonds as Expert Architects

You are an architect in Bangladesh. Your task is to design a good shelter. The goal is to convince your audience that you have the best shelter. The target audience is grade one peers. The context you find yourself is in Bangladesh. The challenges involve dealing with changes in season/weather and available materials. You will create a poster to show design and methods. You need to develop a presentation to 'sell' your design. Your product/performance needs to be understood by the audience and convince the audience that you have a good shelter. A successful result will show that you know what can make a good shelter. Your work will be assessed by your peers (rubric).

KGG proved to be great risk takers, as they firmly presented their shelter designs to the grade one class (1M). Take time to discuss with your child about his/her presentation and how they felt when they had to present to a large group.

Although the final presentation was a good way for the students to show what they know, the meat of the assessment was in the process of reaching the final goal. Students created blue prints and plans for their shelter, step by step cartoons of how their shelter was made, and an in depth break down of the materials used. The annotation of students' discussion and comments during the process were one of the best ways to guage their understanding of the central idea.