This is a packed week with a lot happening in the life of your child. First off is next week's current events;
Tuesday - Ada
Wednesday - Poppy
Thursday - Leo
Friday - Cici
Wednesday - Poppy
Thursday - Leo
Friday - Cici
First thing on Monday morning students will be visiting a high school science lab to participate in some experiments the students have prepared for them. Should be an interesting time.
Next is the due date of three major items. On Wednesday, students will complete their Human Body Wellness Infocharts. These are based on 6 questions we came up as a class covering everything from what are the parts to what can be done to keep it healthy. They will present their posters to another group in the class.
Thursday is the presentation day for Genius Hour projects. Students are presenting to Grade 1-8 classes as well as 2 groups who will present to the ES Administration and ISB Administration respectively. Each presentation will complete their Genius Hour project and will have 4 assessments; self, homeroom teacher (me), room teacher of presentation and also students. We will complete this with a reflection at the end of the week.
Next is our week on Human Growth and Development which takes place one period each day of this week. The basic structure of the program is to instruct and introduce students to adolescence in all areas including growth, socialization and life changes. It will begin to prepare them for this important part of their life as well as middle school.
Lastly is the first draft of their fantasy story which is due on Friday. After revisions and edits, students will move on to their final drafts which will be due prior to spring break.
We have finished out unit on Multiplication and Division of decimal fractions. Overall I am pleased with the work the students completed and how well they have learned the many concepts. Like all things in learning, further practice is still needed to really cement the ideas and use them smoothly. Our next unit is on Volume - I will have more on it in next week's post.
I believe that signups for Student Led conferences start this week. I am hoping to see you all over the two days of conferences. We will start these in earnest on Wed of this week although we have done some work on them since we started school back in August.
With all the projects due this week and the time students need to rehearse and practice their presentations, there will be no homework this week other than book clubs and current events.
Thats it for this week. Let me know if you have any questions.
