This week we started learning about infographics in Media. The students learned what infographics are, what they are used for, and began reading and evaluating infographics.
Here is the first infographic they evaluated:
In honour of the first Truth and Reconciliation day, we read Stolen Words by Melanie Florence. We discussed what it meant to have your words "stolen," why the events of the past might still be painful today, and how important it is for us to know about residential schools.
We also read about the recent discoveries of undocumented graves at various residential schools, and what we can do to help indigenous community heal.
This year we will be working on our public speaking skills. On Friday students read about why this skills is so important and completed a reflection on their skills and feelings about public speaking at this time, as well as what we can do to improve. Stay tuned for information about different activities we will be doing to work on those skills, and hopefully develop more positive feelings about public speaking for those that are feeling quite hesitant right now.
In Math, we continued practicing how to round numbers and then finished up our Place Value unit with a short test. Next week we will begin a new unit on graphing.
Our Social Students unit on Canadian government and interactions with the global community continued with students learning a little bit about Syrian refugees. We are learning as a class about this issue as students prepare to begin their own investigations into various national and international issues. This week students worked on using videos, texts, and infographics to find answers to their questions, and practiced using their critical thinking skills to determine significance.
In Health, students learned about reading food labels and practiced comparing different food labels to determine which snack might be a better choice.
On Wednesday, students participated in the Terry Fox Run. A huge thank you to our leaders who worked with Ms. Connolly to organize the run, and to all those who donated to this very worthy cause!
