I hope you have had a fantastic week and were able to enjoy the national holiday on Wednesday.
This week students completed the practice ISA examination and it was great to see students trying their absolute best and showing commitment to their learning. Students also worked on a Mathematics review of angles and lines. Most students are demonstrating great confidence in their ability to use geometry equipment, accurately identify, measure and draw various angles and lines. The photos below show some students during our daily "Multiplication Master" game.
In Language, students all finished up their narratives and shared them with their peers. I am in the process of conferencing with each student to talk about the progress they have made with their writing and individual ways they can improve their next piece. Writer's Workshop is working really well and I look forward to utilizing this method to coincide with the next language project to accompany the "How The World Works" inquiry.
In inquiry, students began talking about the central idea and lines of inquiry, most specifically showing interest in different forms of energy and where it comes from. Today I set up various exploration stations for students to independently conduct experiments and investigations about different forms of energy. This provocation will hopefully produce some great questions and I'm already noticing that many students already have a wealth of by bringing in a book that had a section dedicated specifically to how we obtain and use energy and so he and some peers formed an independent inquiry group and begun exploring the topic to share with the class next week. The second photo below shows the group reading the book together and discussing ways to share their findings.
Until next week,
Miss Raciti
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