Division 4 2023-2024
This term, students learned about basic structures and functions of the human body. They learned about the skeletal system, studying the main functions, joints, blood cell production and main sets of bones. Students also created group PowerPoints about bone health and safety.
Who decides what is historically significant? Students attempted to answer this question by examining the historical experiences of Chinese Canadians. They were able to use primary sources from the Royal British Columbia Museum to build an understanding and use criteria to determine historical significance. This experience contributed to a growing understanding of how Canada’s policies and treatment of minority peoples has resulted in both negative and positive legacies.
Students read historical fiction this term. The novels, White Jade Tiger and Blood and Iron reveal some of the circumstances and historical injustices faced by Chinese immigrants in British Columbia. Students participated in weekly discussion groups where they would ask questions, make connections, highlight literary passages and discuss rich vocabulary. Their culminating assignment was to prepare a one-pager showing their understanding of the connection between the novels’ story and themes.
The focus this term was non-fiction writing. Students developed several pieces of writing with the purpose of persuading their audience to agree with their opinion. They made their writing clear and interesting by using transition words and a specific persuasive vocabulary. They included interesting examples to support each reason in their argument and finally, practiced writing different types of, “hooks” to capture their audience’s attention. Enjoy reading some of their work in the student blogfolios.
Students made art this term inspired by phenomina in the natural world . Ms. Mudry challenged them to use recycled cardboard, scissors and hot glue, to create unique, six-sided snowflakes.
After discovering the science behind the mysterious aurora borealis, students created their own templates and used chalk pastels to represent the streaks of colour in the night sky.
Les sports d’hiver – Winter Sports
After learning vocabulary for a variety of winter activities and Olympic sports, students learned how to use the verb faire to turn nouns into verbs. For example, the noun, le hockey will become the verb, faire du hockey. Students also learned how to express their favourite winter activities using the expression, J’aime faire du/de la …
Students have been learning block coding using a course developed by code.org. Each lesson involves using a specific coding practice to solve a challenge. After learning to debug code, they created loops to make coding easier and more efficient.
The students in Division 3 attend Music for eighty minutes a week with Mrs. Nordstrand. In Term 2 we focused on two Elements of Music – Rhythm and Dynamics. Students experienced these concepts through discussion, videos, listening and responding to music, games and playing instruments.
Students explored the following terms for Dynamics (the volume of the sound): pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, fortissimo, crescendo and decrescendo. For Rhythm we continued to build on past skills using sixteenth (tica tica) sixteenth and eighth (tica ti, ti tica) eighth (ti ti) quarter (ta), rest and half note (ta ah).
This term in PE class, students participated in a variety of team games and further developed their basketball skills. They practiced dribbling, passing and shooting and played a variety of modified basketball games. Students practiced strategies for offensive and defensive play. They continued to develop qualities if good sportsmanship and fair play.
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