My apologies for not publishing the blog last week! I have combined the last 2 weeks to give you a glimpse of what has been happening in the Grade 4 classroom.
During Mathematics, the rotations have been working really well. The students are revising 3D shapes, particularly their 2D net representations. Additionally, the group has begun working with decimals, focusing this week on reading, writing and comparing tenths and hundredths.
Language and Inquiry have been combined quite a lot over the past 2 weeks, particularly in preparation for the "A Day in the Life" project. I am sure those of you who were able to attend International Children's Day would agree that the final products were fantastic.
Grade 4 students have really engaged with our current unit of inquiry, focused on the challenges and opportunities faced by children around the world. Throughout our discussions, they have exhibited so much thoughtfulness and provided many empathetic responses. The "A Day in the Life" project allowed students to explore 2 perspectives and compare and contrast lifestyles that were similar and dissimilar to their own. When the task was completed, students decided that the main skills they used throughout the project were the following, which became their assessment criteria:
- "Research skills to find out about the child in the photo and where they come from"
- "Thinking skills to put the information in their own words and create a schedule about what that child's lifestyle might be like"
- "Communication skills to write the schedule in the right way (a schedule) using the right spelling and tense"
- "Self Management skills to be organized and make sure the project is finished on time"
Students also identified that when doing this project it was important to think about perspectives and reflect on their own lifestyle.
This week, grade 4 watched a provoking advertisement about the year in the life of a child who was involved in war and investigated the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The students then wrote 3 journal entries from the perspective of the child in the video to express how she might be feeling which aligned well with our third line of inquiry; how children feel about their lives.
Next week we will be learning about persuasive writing techniques in Language time and will use these to create a persuasive argument about the importance of children's rights.
I also included some photographs from our photo shoot last week as well as some snaps from International Children's Day. Enjoy.
That is all for now,
-Miss Raciti
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