This week, as part of Unit of Inquiry, the children have been working either independently, in pairs or in groups to research and prepare their presentations for next week. We began by making a research plan. We followed this with a visit to the Library, where Mrs. Grant led an information book session. This included how to find a particular topic and then how to use the features of non-fiction books to help decide if it is the right book for what you want to find out. We have begun to practise putting what we read in books into our own words. This summarising skill is a useful way to gauge how well children have understood what they have read. It also begins their understanding of research not being copying straight from a book. We consolidated our work with inserting images and the children began making connections with how they use different forms of communications to help relationships in their own lives. For example: "talking with mum every day about school"; "emailing grandparents to tell them what I do in school" and "skyping to find out what is happening on the farm and to arrange holidays with my cousins". We also discussed times when it has been challenging for the students to communicate with people who speak a different language and thought about how that can make us feel. We watched a clip of Postman Pat in Danish and some comments were: I felt... "weird", "confused", "nothing" and "happy because I still liked the pictures and music". Our one Danish speaker felt "great". We will continue to watch little clips in our class languages during lunch. In Maths, the children practised regrouping in addition with hands-on games. We also explored how we break a word problem apart and explain our thinking and solution in words.
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