Hello Grade 4 Families,
1 Sleep til Undokai!!!!
Everyone is so excited for the big day and I'm sure the whole JIES/Jingumae Shogako community will enjoy viewing and participating in the day's events.
Grade 4 has worked so hard to prepare for the day and also showed fantastic cooperation and communication with their Jingumae friends.
I look forward to seeing you all there!
In other news,
Grade 4 have been investigating new digital media for our unit of inquiry. The group watched a documentary about the future of digital communications and assessed the positive and negative aspects of relying on digital platforms for communication purposes. Each student then picked an area they want to explore further. Some chose to investigate the use of smartphones, some are looking into virtual reality and some decided to look more specifically at different social media applications and sites.
We created a class Twitter account and have so far connected to the Uniters (grade 5/6) and the JIES account. The group are enjoying navigating their way around the site and it is a great investigation into our second line of inquiry- how digital media works.
We have begun a mandala project, incorporating art and maths into the construction of individual pieces. I look forward to seeing the finished products.
Until next week (or hopefully tomorrow),
- Miss Raciti
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Complete Kotowaza book
Grade 4 students completed making their own proverb books.
They enjoyed reading their friends' proverbs and adding some comments.
JNL students also reviewed some Kanji they learned in Grade 3.
During Japanese class this week, the class practiced 3 songs for Undokai.
All of the students are really excited about Undokai and I see JAL students are trying to understand and talk to Jinsho teachers and students during the exchange practice.
Friday Weekly Reflection 33
Hello Grade 4 Families,
I hope you have had a great week!
Grade 4 has been busy taking action this week!
We started the week of really pleasantly, with a well deserved trip to Yoyogi park!
The group have been organizing a fundraising event for the victims of the Nepalese earthquake. They made a plan and worked really cooperatively to organize this initiative. See the images below for their work so far and the poster they intend to put up around the school.
We have also begun our new inquiry; New digital media changes the way in which people access information and connect to each other. First, we investigated forms of communication and the ways in which communication has changed over time. We considered how many times we digitally communicate in a day, versus how many times we communicate through non-digital means. Students are enthusiastic and curious about older communication technologies and were very amused when I showed them a photo of the first mobile phone!
We are going to focus primarily on new digital media, particularly social media and the way it impacts our lives (both positively and negatively).
Mathematics this week has involved some more work on division strategies as well as pattern making and collecting and displaying data. Students conducted surveys at the beginning of the week to help them with the fundraising initiative.
We spent language time recording our persuasive speeches and will be working on persuasive techniques a little more throughout the new unit of inquiry.
Undokai practice is still going really well and it is wonderful see the students become more confident in themselves and their bodies!
Until next week,
- Miss Raciti
I hope you have had a great week!
Grade 4 has been busy taking action this week!
We started the week of really pleasantly, with a well deserved trip to Yoyogi park!
The group have been organizing a fundraising event for the victims of the Nepalese earthquake. They made a plan and worked really cooperatively to organize this initiative. See the images below for their work so far and the poster they intend to put up around the school.
We have also begun our new inquiry; New digital media changes the way in which people access information and connect to each other. First, we investigated forms of communication and the ways in which communication has changed over time. We considered how many times we digitally communicate in a day, versus how many times we communicate through non-digital means. Students are enthusiastic and curious about older communication technologies and were very amused when I showed them a photo of the first mobile phone!
We are going to focus primarily on new digital media, particularly social media and the way it impacts our lives (both positively and negatively).
Mathematics this week has involved some more work on division strategies as well as pattern making and collecting and displaying data. Students conducted surveys at the beginning of the week to help them with the fundraising initiative.
We spent language time recording our persuasive speeches and will be working on persuasive techniques a little more throughout the new unit of inquiry.
Undokai practice is still going really well and it is wonderful see the students become more confident in themselves and their bodies!
Until next week,
- Miss Raciti
Thursday, 14 May 2015
Friday Weekly Reflection 32
Good Afternoon Grade 4 Families,
Welcome back!
I hope everyone had a safe, happy and refreshing Golden Week!
The energy is high in the Grade 4 classroom.
Undokai practice is incredibly exciting and it is great to see the enthusiasm from grade 4 when they participate. Everyone is putting in 110% effort.
This week, grade 4 finished their persuasive speeches and presented them to the class. The commitment to this task that most students have demonstrated has really made for some interesting and entertaining speeches.
During Mathematics, we practiced division at one station and another station was dedicated to ordering and comparing decimals.
Language time was dedicated to completing the persuasive speeches, giving medals and missions and polishing the presentation aspect of the task.
That is all for this week,
- Miss Raciti
Welcome back!
I hope everyone had a safe, happy and refreshing Golden Week!
The energy is high in the Grade 4 classroom.
Undokai practice is incredibly exciting and it is great to see the enthusiasm from grade 4 when they participate. Everyone is putting in 110% effort.
This week, grade 4 finished their persuasive speeches and presented them to the class. The commitment to this task that most students have demonstrated has really made for some interesting and entertaining speeches.
During Mathematics, we practiced division at one station and another station was dedicated to ordering and comparing decimals.
Language time was dedicated to completing the persuasive speeches, giving medals and missions and polishing the presentation aspect of the task.
That is all for this week,
- Miss Raciti
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