What a nice day we had!
We were fortunate to have around 50 teachers from IB schools around the Atlanta area visiting our school today. These teacher observed our class and many others to see IB in action. Our students were wonderful during the visit, working hard to demonstrate their knowledge and expertise, as well as answer a few questions from our visitors. Way to go Superstars!!
We continued our exploration of figurative language by hunting for it. Students explored a variety of fiction texts to find examples of different types of figurative language. They utilized the inferring skills to determine the meaning of the phrase or its purpose.
We began our inquiry into the properties of sound by listening, of course! I played a variety of sounds for the class, and they were tasked to draw a picture of what they believe the sound would look like if they could see it (not the object making the sound). We then worked to answer the question, "What is sound?" The class concluded that sound travels in waves and is created by vibration. To test our new scientific belief, students were given a bendy straw. They used their mouth to blow are through the straw while it was tucked under their arm pit (Ew!). We enjoyed quite a laugh from the results of our vibrating straws! Check it out in the short video clip below:
Straw Vibrations
We have another busy day ahead of us tomorrow! See you in the morning!
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