This week the classroom turned into a construction zone as all of our teams built, rebuilt, rebuilt, rebuilt and tested their own Rube Goldberg machines.They were assessing themselves on the following ATL Skills:
Communication
I listen to information and the perspectives of others respectfully.
Communication
I am able to express ideas clearly to make sense to others.
Social
I’m aware how my actions impact a group.
Self management
I can manage setbacks in a productive way.
Self management
When things go wrong I can reflect, reevaluate and recalculate my plan.
They also had to make an individual iMovie explaining the forces at work within their machines
As our Unit of Inquiry comes to an end they were also producing a final set of written instructions explaining a How to… of their choice. Thank you to all the home film crews that assisted our students as they also created an instructional video to accompany their final draft.
This week also saw students continuing to explore division strategies and recognising the relationship between division and multiplication.
G5 Teaching Team
