1. Read everyday!
2. Finish the good copy of your story
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It’s already the midterm break! I hope everyone has a great time with
their family and friends.
One of the parents came in to do a lesson about calligraphy with Grade 4! It was a great connection to our health unit and students learned about focus and calming their emotions.
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Language Arts
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Cambridge Writing – Non-Fiction
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We looked at the features of reports this
week. For example, we practiced using headings, table of contents, indexes, and
context to decode meaning.
Later this term, students will be writing
a non-chronological report.
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Novel Study – The Tale of Despereaux
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We finished
reading up to chapter 38. There is no novel summary sheet this week since it
is the midterm break. Students are free to read the book over the break.
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Inquiry
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Healthy Living
PYP Unit 1 – Who We Are
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With the ACTION
step of this inquiry unit, students will be using the knowledge and skills
they learned in the last few months to teach others about health.
They have
separated into groups and each group will teach a health-related activity to
another class in the school. They will be preparing and organizing everything
over the next few weeks. This activity will continue even after we start the
next unit of inquiry.
Choices
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Making sushi with Grade 3
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Charades with Grade 1
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Musical Statues with Grade 1
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Playing police tag with Grade
2
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Character Education
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PYP
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During our
character education classes this week, we focused on:
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Learning about research
skills
Specific skills
(Approaches to Learning). For the first 2 months, we are focusing on 3
skills:
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Organization: school materials, desks,
research, home study area
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Cooperating: working in groups, taking
turns
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Acquisition of knowledge: learning new
things and remembering them
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Extra
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Upcoming Dates
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Mid-Term Break,
October 22 to 26
Parent’s
Morning, Wednesday, November 8 or 9
Japanese Culture
Day, Thursday, November 15
Field Trip, Wednesday,
November 21
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