I am really excited about how much growth I am seeing in student work this week. I gave everyone a chance to show what they knew how to do with some independence and they all rose to the occasion. Here are some of the work we were exploring:
In Math, our ongoing work with patterns took us to exploring how to use colours to create patterns and then record the pattern using letters. We also demonstrated our understanding of the core of the pattern.
Another Math challenge this week was working on an open ended word problem. This is a problem that has more than one solution. Students used their counters and drew pictures to find possible answers. This really shows their level of Mathematical thinking.
In writing, we are working on using a new rubric to guide our work. Students are looking at examples provided and identifying which one looks most like their own writing. They are then looking at the next step to set a goal to improve their work. We look forward to sharing this work with you next week in our Virtual Celebration of Learning.
Our Social Studies work has been focused on how to make ourselves and others feel better through acts of kindness. We read the books "How Full is Your Bucket" and "Have you Filled a Bucket Today" to help students develop their understanding of how acts of kindness can make others feel better and that it makes us feel good too! Students demonstrated their understanding through drawing pictures and writing about things that they can do for others.
