Division 4 2023-2024
This term, we further investigated the idea of equal rights as it relates to the current and historical treatment of minorities in Canada. Students looked at the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and compared it to our class charter. They also read about and viewed examples of social injustice in Canada and abroad. Students will further explore these ideas next term with the goal of identifying possible remedies and solutions to these complex problems.
Students expressed themselves using their understanding of line and colour by creating several, pleasing works of art. Their snowpal art was a seasonal opportunity to use perspective by drawing and adding embellishments to four, fading snowpals. They also created an interpretation of Warli Art, a tribal Indian art form, using warm or cool colours and geometric shapes. This art project was shared with the school during our virtual Pink Shirt Day assembly.
This term, Division 3 participated in the You Can Do the Rubik’s Cube project. In February, 225 Rubik’s Cubes arrived from the Rubik’s Cube lending program. Since then, the students have been learning about the Cube and developing and using algorithms to find solutions. After solving the individual Cube, they discovered how the squares of the Cube relate to computer pixels. Using this concept, they solved multiple Rubik’s Cubes to collaboratively create a variety of mosaics.
Students tracked their eating over the course of a week and then used what they learned from Canada’s Food Guide to make individual nutrition goals. They also learned about the function and food sources of essential macro-nutrients. They are currently working on nutrition raps as a fun way to present their understanding.
Students had a lot of fun developing their basketball skills while playing a variety of games in the gym. They also developed great hand-eye coordination, warming up their hands doing slaps, taps and wraps. They practiced shooting during games like Around the World and Thing One, Thing Two. Dribbling, using dominant and non-dominant hands, improved during games such as Sharks and Minnows and Home Run.
During their three classes of music a week, students have:
· Developed and refined ideas and technical skills to learn bucket drumming
· Reflected on creative processes during Virtual Christmas Concert
Inspired by all the mysteries we read this term, and with the help of Ms. Liu, students took a turn at writing their own who-dunnits. Solving a mystery can be difficult, but we discovered that writing a mystery comes with its own challenges. First, students uncovered the various elements of the mystery genre such as, detectives, suspects, motive, opportunity, clues and red herrings, just to name a few. Then, they used organizers to plan their story outlines. Mini-lessons on writing techniques like, “show don’t tell” and incorporating dialogue helped students tell their story in interesting ways. Next came drafts and re-drafts and finally peer editing, self-editing and publishing.
Can you figure out who committed the crime?
This term, students completed two units in math, Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers and Measurement. Students used a variety of tools and strategies to understand and then memorize basic multiplication facts to 10×10 and related division facts. They learned to use different multiplication strategies to solve 2-digit by 2-digit and 1-digit by 3-digit multiplication questions. They also learned to use repeated subtraction to divide a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number.
Students explored the relationship between area and perimeter by measuring and constructing rectangles with equal perimeter and others with equal area. They also used different strategies to solve problems involving elapsed time.
This term has been all about Space and our interconnection to the vastness of the universe. Students explored a variety of topics including meteors and asteroids, the Sun, lifecycle of stars, constellations, our galaxy and the observable universe.
Additionally, we participated in NASA’s Mission to Mars Student Challenge. Students were able to design, build, launch, and land a mission on Mars, just like NASA scientists and engineers. Finally, on February 18, we all watched in wonder as the Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars!
This term, students were able to choose a book to read from a selection of mystery novels. Each week, they responded to the section of the novel they had read by completing a different role sheet and sharing it with their group. This led to focused, in depth conversations about their novel and allowed them to express their understanding in a variety of ways. For example, they could choose to take on such roles as illustrator, word wizard, literary luminary, connector, travel tracer and many others. It was exciting to sit in on group discussions where students shared their work and asked each other questions to deepen their understanding.
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