This week, the children have been developing their collaborative skills. They are working in groups to write and stage a short drama which will share some information they have learnt about an ancient civilisation. They discussed what they needed to do and assigned roles. Later, they worked on their props. Next week, we will write our drama and collaborate with Mr. Tony in Performing Arts. In Literacy we explored how we can tune into new words in our reading and use a thesaurus to expand our vocabulary. We focussed on antonyms (opposites) and then synonyms (words with similar meanings) to begin building a richer choice of descriptive words. To help our spelling and comprehension we looked at the strategies of chunking and using word parts to determine meaning. The children applied this through Compound Words (playground, teapot, skateboard etc) and explored these in their independent reading and word work. As we came to the end of our focus on Multiplication and Division, the children took ownership of their learning by choosing how they would best develop their skills and knowledge. Some chose to consolidate their skills by playing games with others (bingo, multiplication cards etc..), while others preferred to work alone to build stamina or speed (online practise, creating books, practice questions...). They reflected on what they felt confident about, as well as identifying an area to continue to develop. UN Sustainable Development Goal #3 Good Health and Wellbeing:
As part of the Grade 5 Mindfulness group's inquiry we have been taking time this week to calm, focus and reset our minds. The children have experienced some guided meditation, calming music and visuals as well as mindful colouring. Fedor also commented that he found threading beads "mindful".
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Sara
4/12/2019 02:21:39 pm
I liked using the computer for research
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