Week of October 10th – Projects & Timetable

October 10, 2016 Ms. D

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Please see our MACC Grade 4/5 Timetable 2016:

The timetable is subject to change. Areas in grey are committed. Everything else is subject to change, which is the nature of MACC and school schedules.
Music is on Monday 9:40-10:30, and on Thursday 10:45-11:35.
Library is on Thursday 11:35-12:00. Book exchange is also available immediately after lunch Monday-Thursday; however, check with Ms. D first.
GYM is Tuesday and Friday from 10:45-11:30. We also have an open gym time on Wednesday from 11:30 – 12:00, which we may use in the gym or outside.

This week we will begin projects. Some important information for everyone:

Projects rubrics will be posted on the blog. Please go over criteria at home.
When a mark is given, I send rubrics home. Parents, please sign and return.
Sometimes, key project criteria are listed in the middle at the C+ or “Meeting Expectations” level, while the other areas are blank. We will brainstorm together in class what the other areas look like.
Students evaluate themselves first, then I provide the final mark.
Project work happens IN CLASS. At home, students can come up with ideas, do research, and gather materials; however, the main work needs to be at school.
Parents, please talk to your children about projects, give advice, help them stay on track, and/or help find materials, but do not do any of the work for them.
Students, part of the mark includes your work process at school. So, please work on projects at school so I can see this.

I look forward to our project work this week on solar cookers (and writing a science lab), researching human rights, and making a mini stop-motion video to teach someone something! More on this tomorrow. Have a great night!

Ms. D