Week 14

Nov.23- Nov.27

ODE

All the students are extremely excited about the upcoming camp! Mr. Adrian visited the classes to discuss the tent and cooking groups. Camp activities, supply lists and options for healthy meals were reviewed. This is going to be an exciting adventure!

MATH: PAV and FDP

Students completed activities designed to enrich their understanding of perimeter, area and volume. Rooms, furniture, doors, windows and rugs were measured-calculations made. A post –test was given to measure progress.

Our new unit in math is working with the following learning outcomes regarding fractions, decimals and percentages:

·      Count on/back in fractions and decimals

·      Compare fractions with the same denominator

·      Order mixed numbers

·      Change improper fraction to a mixed number

·      Reduce fractions to their simplest form

·      Convert fractions to decimal fractions

·      Understand percentage as parts in every 100 and express basic fractions as percentages

·      Find simple percentages of shapes and whole numbers

Mr. Donovan has created a Mathletics unit exploring these concepts; when used in conjunction with the Khan Academy these extra tutorials will hopefully ensure understanding.

UNIT OF INQUIRY: THE MIGHTY MEDIA

The Transdisciplinary Theme is “How we express ourselves”. We began the unit by reviewing figurative language and its relevance to advertising. There will be three tasks to be completed that are related to the learning outcomes {explaining how advertising techniques work and how to suit ads to specific audiences}.

 Students will use their I Pads to create Radio Ads promoting the upcoming Arabic Evening and Print Ads reminding the community of the importance of Digital Citizenship.

WRITING: JOURNALISM

The emphasis in writing will be on using the styles and conventions of journalism to write a report on events. In this case, the event will be our ODE adventure. Students will explore tabloid and broadsheet journalistic styles and choose one to create a front page based on our experiences. It will be interesting to compare the reflections.

READING: SMALL GROUP

Students will continue to practice reading with accuracy, fluency and expression. They will practice varying vocabulary, expression and tone of voice to engage the listener- buddy reading with Year 1 has been great practice for this! Summarizing a passage or chapter in a given number of words will be continued.

Homework: Mathletics , Spelling City, Reading log

The Non- Chronological Report with accompanying graphics should be completed on Book Creator and ready to share with the class by Tuesday.