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Our Pax Wonderings…

In hopes of inspiring higher learning and deeper level thinking, we tried out something called Chalk Time today for reading.

One challenge to generating substantive questions and ideas is getting every student’s voice heard. There are lots of reasons for this, such as strong personalities dominating a conversation, a need for space to reflect, or nervousness with speaking in front of others. Chalk Talk is effective because, at its core, it’s an engaging conversation that happens in silence. All voices are honored.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/strategies-for-inquiry-based-learning-john-mccarthy

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Eating Like a Bird

Last week, for Science, we discussed how birds’ beaks help them get and eat food. We thought about the pros and cons of having different sized and shaped beaks. Then, we investigated what tools help us to get and eat food.

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Heredi-Tree

I still remain impressed with everyone’s Heredity Tree Project. Everyone showed such creativity and were able to speak so clearly and confidently about their traits. Well done!

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We’ve Got Spiders!

Before the break, we made some really awesome character spiders. Each spider represents a character from Pax and each spider leg contains a character trait. These were a lot of fun to make.

Ask your child which character these chose to describe.

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Spores, Spores Everywhere!

Along with reading about spores, we also had a chance to examine some up close and personal. Ask you child what the spores looked like under the microscope and how they reproduce.

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Full STEM Ahead!

Grades 3 – 6 had a brilliant time at the STEM conference, last Friday. Be sure to ask your child what his/her favourite STEM presentation was. Mine was the ‘Cup Building’. 🙂

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Technology for Math and Reading

Hooray! We were able to log on to Mathletics for math! Remember that you can have your child log on at home as well, for extra practice.

We also met up with several classes around the world to discuss our class novel; Pax. Ask your child what questions they posed or if he/she read any interesting comments.

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The Dreaded Shrinks!

Well! The Twits are no more!

Today, we created a news report documenting the mysterious disappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Twit. Ask your child to recreate or give you some of the details behind the disappearance of these dreadful individuals.

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