This week, the students were working on their research projects for our Unit of Inquiry. They have each chosen a famous inventor, explorer or discoverer who made an important contribution. They will be presenting their research using a variety of media. They are very busy, documenting their research, taking notes, citing their sources, sorting information for relevance, and organizing their thoughts. For their presentations they have a variety of choices of tools to use; from posters to models of inventions, to a book using the Book Creator App, a "Green Screen" video, among others. In addition, all students will be dressing up and getting into the "character" of their particular famous person. The presentations will be made in class on the Monday, the week after next. This will be the second presentation they do now in class and I can tell from the quality of their research that they will be pleased with their efforts, and that they will demonstrate more confidence and effective presentation skills. I am looking forward to hearing them.
This week in math we have been learning about measuring angles with protractors, but also about features such as obtuse and acute, and degrees. Their work in Mental Math continues on a weekly basis.
This week we also continued our read-aloud of Ernest Shackleton's Journey to the South Pole. It is an incredible account of valour, perseverance and hardship. The students are quite captivated by the this non-fiction work. The students have been doing a character sketch of Shackleton in their writing book.
Although this past week was only a four day week, we achieved quite a lot.
I look forward to sharing their learning experiences with you and your child on Tuesday during Student-Parent-Teacher meetings. If you are uncertain about your time, please let me know!
All the best!
Mr. Shawn and Ms. Olga
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