Wednesday, January 11th

Happy Wednesday!!!

We have had a wonderful two days as we dug deeper into some of our concepts for Term 4.

Students completed their class seals that represent the ideas and beliefs of our classroom.  They all turned out amazing.  Everyone voted for an overall class seal, and Connor's was the winner!

We have spent some time inquiring into compromise.  Today, students were told that they were stranded on an island after their cruise ship had crashed, with no hope of rescue.  They have everything that they need for survival on the island, and now their small group has been chosen to come up with the laws of the land.  Groups came up with some great laws and reflected on the compromises made between members of the groups.  From there, students began exploring the first set of laws for the United States of America, The Articles of Confederation.  The are inquiring into their purpose, as well as their weakness.  We will continue this inquiry tomorrow!

Groups were provided with a small bag of materials and asked to sort them any way that they wanted.  Some categories were opaque/transparent/translucent, type of material, color, see through/not see through.  We identified the categories that are related to light.  After being provided the categories of opaque/transparent/translucent, groups resorted their materials and we worked to come up with a definition for each term based on what we put in the categories.

We have had a great two days of rehearsal for our Village Gathering on Friday at 8:00!  All are participating, so we hope you can join us to celebrate our learning from Term 3!!

Have a fantastic night!