https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem During our Sharing the Planet unit, we used the books The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry and Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson and the above video as prompts for our discussions about the concept of interdependence. The children sketched and noted down their ideas and later worked in groups to draw out the key words and meanings of this concept to create a summary sentence. As we moved into our new theme, How we express ourselves, the children were asked to use this thinking and represent interdependence using photography as the form of expression. They chose to work in groups or individually and later edited the photos and added captions.
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Welcome to Grade 3We have had a great few days settling into our new campus and classroom. The children have shown great enthusiasm and enjoyed seeing old friends and getting to know new classmates.
We toured our new learning spaces and began to share information about ourselves in various ways. The students also discussed how we could create a positive learning environment which would help all of us develop our Learner Profiles. We used these ideas to write our Class Agreement. In Literacy, we have established routines for our Daily 5 programme, which will develop student independence and agency. In Maths, we tuned back into using number by discussing Place Value and how we can identify and describe numbers using Base Ten and the Place Value columns. The students showed great creativity in building with their sets of equipment and estimating the "value" or number of units their creation used. Some pieces included: :Stairway to Heaven, a lunch-box, a boat in the sea, a climbing wall, a bank vault, a tower and animals. TUNING IN TO OUR NEW UNIT"OUR BELIEFS AND VALUES SHAPE WHO WE ARE" AND STARTING SWIMMING LESSONS!This week the children started the swimming element of their PE curriculum, in small groups with lots of space in the pool!
We also continued to tune into our new unit of inquiry by unpacking some of the language. The children inquired into the meaning of "beliefs" and "values", using online dictionaries and sorting true and false statements. We began to explore the concepts of fact and opinion and how they relate to beliefs. Ms. Ranj spoke to us about why she was wearing her sari and explained how wearing these clothes helped her express and honour her religion on special days such as Onam . We used google jamboards to express our personal values and what is important and special to us. This allowed the children to learn and practise some new technological skills as well as reflect on what they wanted to add. Ms. Berna also spent time with us this week, to explore how we can influence others with our words and actions. This will lead into our line of inquiry "Influences shape our beliefs". We realised how important it is to think before we speak as our positive and negative language affects and influences other people. Ms. Berna led the children in some role-play and we practised being a positive influence on our friends and classmates. |