Grade 1- Week 2

Grade 1- A wonderful Week 2

This week we have really launched into our Unit of Inquiry, discovering how the choices people make affect their health. The children were engrossed in discussions about the fruits and vegetables of their family's countries and we searched on Google Map to look at the climate and view of each country. We used this information to predict how children from around the globe eat, move and think to stay healthy. 

Mathematics

In Mathematics this week we have been looking at subitizing (recognizing  and creating a visual image of numbers up to 20 without counting) and counting sets. We have also linked the concept of data collection to our inquiry. We are in the middle of a global Mathematics collaboration with teachers from many countries who will pose our questions to their classes, collect data and send it through to Grade 1 for us to analyse and interpret. The three questions we came up with together are: What healthy foods do you eat? What ways do you move your bodies? What do you do to have a healthy mind? We will share the findings once we have collated them.

Language

Class novel: Flat Stanley

Read aloud books: Leafman by Lois Ehlert; The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell; Ish by Peter H Reynolds.

In Reading lessons, we responded to the text Leaf Man by taking the children for a walk to collect the first fallen leaves of Fall. The book is from our Learner Profile library collection and demonstrates the Balanced attitude. The children created artworks with the leaves without gluing or sticking them down. This showed the transient nature of the seasons and that artworks can be fleeting. We compared the artwork in Leaf Man to the artwork in Ish later in the week and asked, Does Art need to be permanent? as a teacher question. 

For the story, The Gift of Nothing, also from the Balanced collection, the children responded to the story by taking boxes of nothing and turning them into creative objects. The used STEM thinking to transform a cardboard box into a new form.

For the text response to Ish, we asked the children to make a personal connection to the story of a boy who is laughed at when his drawings are not good enough. He later discovers that his sister loves the artworks and has been hanging them on her wall. The children created their own artworks which will be featured in their portfolios.

In writing, we worked on incorporating nouns and verbs into sentences. We used the formula noun + verb and rolled two dice to help create these sentences.  The Grade 1s continued to write in their writing journals. We had stories about Princesses, adventure teams, dancing chickens and many more. Here is this week's Class Shared Writing for you to read:

Healthy Me

I am healthy when I am drinking milk. I am healthy when I eat healthy foods. Some healthy foods are; lettuce, avocado, tomato, meat, apples, blueberries, fish, strawberries, cornbread, cheese sandwiches, broccoli, banana, carrot juice, water, apple juice, pineapple, orange juice, dragon fruits and orange. 

I am healthy when I am running. I am healthy when I am doing gymnastics, swimming, exercising, going on a treadmill, playing golf, doing yoga, doing kung fu, jumping, walking, riding a bike, playing cricket, playing at a playground, doing judo, dancing like ballet, skipping, skateboarding, sledding, skiing, snowboarding, tubing, ski biking and surfing.

I have a healthy mind when I am powerful and creative when I make things. I have a healthy mind when I do as God or my family says and move my body. I have a healthy mind when I sleep well at night. When I am calm, I have a healthy mind. I have a healthy mind when I am balanced.

By Grade 1- Term 1, 2019

Shared Writing

Working on cooperation

During our morning centers the children worked cooperatively to complete three jigsaw puzzles.  

Grade 5: Week 2

This week the children have been furthering their understanding of what a world with and without human rights looks like. We made connections to these and the Global Goals by creating human rights trees. They also wrote setting descriptions of a dystopian society where rights were ignored. Have a look at some of the great pieces of work the children made. 

In maths and language, the children have been exploring and collaborating to gain an understanding. In language we have been looking at different sentence structures, thinking about what makes a simple sentence and how we can expand them to give more detail. Those that were confident enough to coach helped their peers.

In maths, we have continued to look at the place value of numbers up to 10 million. The children worked together to compare and order themselves in both ascending and descending order. They've worked hard to not only answers questions but to explain and provide proof.

Grade 6 week 2

Week 2 in Grade 6

This week in grade 6 we have been busy tuning into our new unit and coming up with questions about how people change in various ways. We thought about our identity and what makes us 'Who We Are'.We have carried out some research about our physical self, out skin, muscles, teeth, hair and weight and shared our findings.

Carrying out some research about the human body

An investigation into our identity

In Maths, we have been working with big numbers, into the millions and developing our understanding of place value and how to partition these large numbers numbers. We also developed our understanding of how these large numbers are useful in real life situations, looking at different populations.

Developing our collaboration skills

Solving a number line inquiry

Kindergarten Term 1 Week 2

This week we officially began working through our first theme of 'Who We Are', and started working on how the students view themselves in relation to others (for example, family, peers, friends, ethnicity, gender). We discussed family members and the order they come in in a family tree, and the important values for friendship as well as good/bad behaviors.

In Language class, we learnt the letters A - G and how to write them. Most of the class are familiar with these letters now and are ready to progress onto H - N next week. The students learnt the letters by speaking, writing, and using the interactive whiteboard, the mini whiteboards, and playdough.

In Math class, we continued on the topic of Shapes that we touched on last week. The students traced/drew around shapes to create objects/a scene. They also molded playdough to fill shapes and drew them independently both on paper, the interactive whiteboard and the mini whiteboards. The students are now able to listen to the name of the shape and correctly draw it. Some of the students are able to read the name of the shape and correctly draw it.