Hi Parents;
Well that was fast! Our second unit of inquiry in the books. This week the students worked very hard to finish up work related to our unit, including the summative assessment. As part of the assessment process, the students did some self assessments, and group assessments of their learning. It is exciting to see them learn as part of this process. By thinking about how they performed and learned, they make connections between the tasks they are doing, and new knowledge they are developing. Their summative task was about managing time, which involved organizing and managing a group of time restricted tasks, prioritizing important information to decide on the best course of action, collaborating to achieve group objectives, and being able to reflect on what they did well, and where they could have improved. I am proud of my students by how hard they have worked this week. The growth in their ability to write their thoughts and ideas has been amazing.
Their living journals for this unit of inquiry, which is where they reflect on the central idea, the approaches to learning and the key concepts of this Unit of Inquiry, will soon be uploaded to their digital portfolios, so please spend some time with them and have them show you their living journal.
Be sure to read the article in school newsletter about our Blue Bot activities which we also wrapped up this week. It was a wonderful activity which had them programming, measuring, using a stopwatch, and collaborating. In math this week we have been working on time telling, measuring, multiplication and how it connects to addition. In language this week we have continued our focus on writing to inform, or reports. We played a Kahoots game this week about testing their knowledge about literacy terms and features such as synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, prefixes, suffixes and many others. Ask your child about Kahoots!
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