I just want to thank students and parents for the generous gifts. It has been a wonderful year which I will remember for a long time. Below are some videos of our final end of year shadow puppet show, and a mannequin challenge. I have been busy moving into a new house and have now left on vacation. I wish everyone a wonderful summer holiday. Safe travels
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Friday, June 1, 2018
Rainbow Sheep Stories!
Finally....our Anthology of Rainbow Sheep stories has gone to print! The students have spent literally months on this project, from the pre-writing to drafting it, from revising to editing for writing convention mistakes, creating the illustrations and finally to publishing it. They have edited each other's work, and listened to readings. They are all now published writers! If you have yet to talk to your child about the quantity, please do so this weekend. The printer has quoted us a price of 36,000 cym per copy, which was slightly more than I estimated. I emailed you what I thought was the number of copies for each child. Please update this with me by email if there is a change. We are collecting money on Monday, so feel free to send in the appropriate amount.Thanks again.
Have a great weekend and see you on Wednesday!
Winding up to our Performance!
While some students may be winding down, our students are winding up. Our culminating activity for this Unit of Inquiry, Sharing the Planet, will be on Wednesday, June 6 at 1:00. This "secret" performance has been taken days and days to prepare. We are hard at work rehearsing and the students are excited to have parents as the audience. They will do some dress rehearsals in the morning to other grades.
Following the performance, the 3P students will present their final passion hour exhibition at about 1:30. This of course is followed by our class party, with Mr Matt's grade 3 class, at 2:00 near the fish pond.
While we have been preparing for a performance, it has also included much reflection about certain issues connected to natural and finite resources. For example, while almost all students understand that cutting down rainforests have a negative effect on the environment, there has also been recognition that the work provided to local workers feeds families, and helps to builds hospitals and schools. The students are building empathy and additional perspectives for various ethical issues. In short, they are learning that sometimes, there are no easy answers. Similarly, they have compiled a very innovative list of many ways they can take responsible action for the way we live. Examples range from wearing cloths more than once, to turning the water off when brushing their teeth, to refrain from using straws in restaurants--all in the hopes to helping to sustain the earth's finite natural resources.
Last week we managed to visit a grade 10 design class, to give them some feedback on their products. The boys and girls were very engaged. They were particularly interested in the 3D printer.
In literacy, they are completing their guiding reading and book reports. We have been reflecting in their living learning journals.
In Math class, we have been reviewing how to find perimeter and area of shapes. Next week we will finalize our math research with an investigation into capacity/volume.
See the pictures below!
Following the performance, the 3P students will present their final passion hour exhibition at about 1:30. This of course is followed by our class party, with Mr Matt's grade 3 class, at 2:00 near the fish pond.
While we have been preparing for a performance, it has also included much reflection about certain issues connected to natural and finite resources. For example, while almost all students understand that cutting down rainforests have a negative effect on the environment, there has also been recognition that the work provided to local workers feeds families, and helps to builds hospitals and schools. The students are building empathy and additional perspectives for various ethical issues. In short, they are learning that sometimes, there are no easy answers. Similarly, they have compiled a very innovative list of many ways they can take responsible action for the way we live. Examples range from wearing cloths more than once, to turning the water off when brushing their teeth, to refrain from using straws in restaurants--all in the hopes to helping to sustain the earth's finite natural resources.
Last week we managed to visit a grade 10 design class, to give them some feedback on their products. The boys and girls were very engaged. They were particularly interested in the 3D printer.
In literacy, they are completing their guiding reading and book reports. We have been reflecting in their living learning journals.
In Math class, we have been reviewing how to find perimeter and area of shapes. Next week we will finalize our math research with an investigation into capacity/volume.
See the pictures below!
Friday, May 11, 2018
Sharing the Planet
Hello 3P students and parents;
This week we really sunk our teeth into our new Unit of Inquiry. Our central idea for this UOI is we can make choices to support the sustainability of the earth's finite resources. Naturally we are looking for support for these concepts through family discussions and actions the students can take at home. There is no question that learning through the inquiry cycle happens best when students "take action," Taking action is an effective way of getting children to internalize and become intuitive about the learning concepts. In this case, taking action could be simple changes in behaviour such as turning off water while brushing teeth, or recycling plastic bottles, or creating compost from waste food. The boys and girls have each taken it upon themselves to research about a particular finite, or natural resource. They will each make present their findings verbally on Monday. Be sure to ask them about their research project!
Today we reflected on the transdisciplinary skills or approaches to learning...which for this unit includes applying skills, presentation skills, and planning skills. Simply put, these are skills which we are focusing on during this UOI.
In math this week we have been learning about probability. In addition to our routine mental math activities, the students played Yahtzie, which is a great game for playing the odds, of calculating, estimating. In language this week we began to consider the features of persuasive writing.
It has been a busy week, despite the holiday and the sports day. I hope you have a nice weekend!
This week we really sunk our teeth into our new Unit of Inquiry. Our central idea for this UOI is we can make choices to support the sustainability of the earth's finite resources. Naturally we are looking for support for these concepts through family discussions and actions the students can take at home. There is no question that learning through the inquiry cycle happens best when students "take action," Taking action is an effective way of getting children to internalize and become intuitive about the learning concepts. In this case, taking action could be simple changes in behaviour such as turning off water while brushing teeth, or recycling plastic bottles, or creating compost from waste food. The boys and girls have each taken it upon themselves to research about a particular finite, or natural resource. They will each make present their findings verbally on Monday. Be sure to ask them about their research project!
Today we reflected on the transdisciplinary skills or approaches to learning...which for this unit includes applying skills, presentation skills, and planning skills. Simply put, these are skills which we are focusing on during this UOI.
In math this week we have been learning about probability. In addition to our routine mental math activities, the students played Yahtzie, which is a great game for playing the odds, of calculating, estimating. In language this week we began to consider the features of persuasive writing.
It has been a busy week, despite the holiday and the sports day. I hope you have a nice weekend!
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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