Thursday, February 25, 2016

Summative Assessments

Today we completed our summative assessments for our current unit, demonstrating our understanding of how 'Evidence from the past helps us understand the place we live'.
Children selected an artifact, researched it, and explained its form and function. Then they had to make connections to how this helped them understand Cambodia. They had a choice of presentation methods - poster, box display, google slides, or the app 'Explain Everything'. They did a fabulous job explaining their thinking.




 
 We all made a fotobabble (talking photo) about what we learned. These will be on our individual pages soon. Here is Hana's example.

Math

In math, we have been learning to understand multiplication and division. We have been exploring this by solving word problems, looking at arrays, drawing pictures, and using mathematical equations.

We have also been playing math games to reinforce our basic multiplication tables. Here are some pictures of us solving problems and playing 'Multi-dice'.



Timelines

In class we have been learning about timelines. We explored what a timeline is as part a reading engagement, created a timeline of Cambodian history, and in EAL made an ISPP timeline of events.

We enjoyed sharing our personal timelines, which were full of important dates and events that are significant in our own lives. Artifacts like photographs, and certificates helped us to better understand each-others lives.



Monday, February 8, 2016

Kamishibai

It was so much fun creating our own Kamishibai stories with our grade three buddies. We enjoyed learning from each-other and presented our stories confidently in front of of early years audience on Friday.


Caught Reading

It was fun dressing up as our favourite book character during book week. There were some super costumes!

We made wanted posters for book week to display our classroom door. This was one of the fun events planned by the Book Week Committee. The children have loved taking a quiet moment and reading in the jail we made. They decorated this with quotes...
'Caught Reading!'
'If you have a good book, you'll never feel imprisoned'
'It's a crime NOT to read!'





The classroom door displays were amazing. Go for a walk and take a look!



Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Viewing ISPP From a Different Perspective

Look at this fabulous new video from ISPP. How do you think it was filmed?

Candlelight Read Aloud

It was wonderful to see so many families at tonight's candlelight read aloud. Volunteer readers entertained us with stories in their first language. Children snuggled up to listen to stories in their pyjamas, followed by milk and cookies in the cafeteria. It was a lovely evening!