1. Reading - You must summarize one non-fiction book! Use headings, sub-headings or mind-mapping
2. The Wheel Predictions
3. Japanese
4. Math
Field Trip Form and Money
It was a very busy week back from the Mid-Term Break! Monday was a
little rough but the rest of the week went very well!
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Language Arts
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Cambridge Writing – Non-Fiction
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Students worked on different kinds of
sentences used in report writing. (statements, questions, exclamations)
They also looked at how to summarize non-fiction
writing using mind-maps and lists.
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Novel Study – The Tale of Despereaux
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We finished
reading up to chapter 46. The novel summary is due on Monday. Next week will
be the last week of this novel.
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Inquiry
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Innovation
PYP Unit 2 – Where We Are in Place and Time
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We started the
second unit of PYP which is based around the idea of innovation. There is a
focus on the history of different inventions. As a science focus, we will
also be studying electricity and magnets.
The central idea
is:
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Innovation leads to discovery
and helps to develop new understanding.
In the first
week, students defined innovation and did some activities to understand that
the objects around us all have a history, with many from ancient
civilizations. Students also started to learn about electricity, the science
behind it and also its importance in history.
As an example,
we will work through a short research project next week on history of the
wheel.
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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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Reviewing the learner profile
posters
Specific skills
(Approaches to Learning). For the last few months of the term, we are
focusing on 3 skills:
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Reading: reading non-fiction texts
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Recording data: doing research and summarizing
the information
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Acquisition of knowledge: organizing
the information that we find
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Extra
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Upcoming Dates
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Parent’s
Morning, Wednesday, November 8
Japanese Culture
Day, Thursday, November 15
Field Trip, Wednesday,
November 21
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