Conferences: Thank you to all the parents that came to the conferences. It was beautiful to watch how confident and excited your children were to share their learning and goals. I hoped you enjoyed it and that the students feel a sense of ownership with their academic and social development.
Maths: The children are becoming more confident with Problem Solving Fridays. Now that they understand the framework of questioning and are able to pull the key information for solving, they are become quicker at finding ways to work through and solve the problem. They have also begun to explain their thinking and teach others their chosen method for solving.
The students had a chance to look at transformation of shapes: flip, rotate and slide. They will further demonstrate their understanding of geometric transformations next week when they create transformation patterns.
The students had a chance to look at transformation of shapes: flip, rotate and slide. They will further demonstrate their understanding of geometric transformations next week when they create transformation patterns.
Literacy: Much like last week, literacy has been intertwined with the UOI. As we read through biographies of amazing human beings, the children are encountering new words and ideas that they are finding both shocking and fascinating. Some of the words we have discussed are: segregation, racial prejudice, emancipation, determined, peaceful, persistent, and courageous. I encourage you to discuss these words with your children and find out the context in which they heard or read about them. Some of the literacy skills they have been developing are: asking thoughtful questions while reading a text (What do they wonder), making thoughtful predictions using their background knowledge (both individually and collectively) and lastly, identifying character traits of individuals based on their actions or words within the text.
Grade 5 Interviews: The Grade 5 classes are exploring a unit on Conflict. They came to the Grade 3 classroom to gather information about conflicts and how to solve them. The Grade 3 students not only answered the questions, but in the words of the Grade 5 students were...."very mature and thoughtful in their responses". It was a fantastic way for the students to articulate their thoughts on how to resolve conflict in their everyday life at school. We have some amazing problem solvers in Grade 3.