Welcome back! I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable Winter break. As the new term has started so has the new learning and experiences. Also, we welcomed a new student to our class, Alec, who has made a great start and settled in well.
As with each new term, we start new units of learning. In IPC, we began a unit called ‘Look Hear,’ which is all about sound and light. For the entry point, the students explored four stations around sound and light answering questions about each one. For the next task, the students then researched how the eye or ear worked, made a diagram, labeled it and wrote an explanation. They then taught became a teacher, one student taught a friend about the ear while the other taught them about the eye.
In English, we started a unit called ‘Back to the Future,’ which is about science fiction writing. We began with a written assessment to see how well the students write narratives; by the end of the unit, I can see their improvements. We also explored a science fiction text, made predictions and explored grammar devices.
That’s all for this week, have a great weekend everyone!