Year-to-Date: 1,852; December 2023: 32.7; Last Week: 50.1
Woo-ooo! … As I write this, I just realized that I topped out for just over fifty kilometers last week! I had one exceptional night run with my daughter under the moonlight and with cooler temperatures. If all goes well (by following last week’s example), I’ll reach my goal of 2,000 kilometers in a calendar year. One interesting run that I just learnt of is a backyard ultra. The concept is simple: Map out a 6.7056 km loop and run it in an hour as many times as your mind allows by starting promptly each hour. The only caveat is that you finish and stop racing if you are not at the starting line at the top of the hour.
Bringing my personal life to my professional life and relating my professional life to my personal life, reflection is important. It’s essential to stop and to remember what’s happening and to relate small details to big goals. We–Glen Nicholson and I–do that in our learning community too! I’m sure that you’ve noticed a lot of SeeSaw Activity posts over the past few weeks, which encourage learners to find evidence of their learning in detail as they work toward meeting big goals. There’s proof positive in all of the pictures: G6 W15 in Pictures.
School Events – Important Dates
- Islamic Studies Exam = Sunday, December 10, 2023 (9:00-10:30) in G6 Classroom
- Musical = Monday, December 11, 2023 (18:00-19:00) in Mazoon
- Arabic Exam = Tuesday, December 12, 2023 (9:00-10:30) in G6 Classroom
- Secondary Sports Day = Thursday, December 14, 2023 (8:00-12:00)
Literacy Summary
This week, all students wrapped up book clubs by bringing their life to their reading and by bringing their reading to their life and all students worked on the final touches to digitize one of their literary essays. Most students completed one final bend of this unit by choosing to write long from one direct quotation and by drafting a comparative essay in a flash.
Numeracy Summary
This week, students reviewed the basic function and operations of fractions through division of fractions through visual strategies and mathematical reasoning. The most important point is that students show the mental math through some record, either visual or numerical.
- How many half kilometers are there in twelve kilometers?
- How many quarter hours are there in five hours?
- How many thirds of a liter are in nine liters?
- How many eighths of a pizza are in four pizzas?
- How many fifths are there in seven wholes?
UoI Summary
This week, students engaged interdependently into their passion projects by writing, revising, and editing central ideas and lines of inquiry for Exhibition. As one part of Exhibition, students are designing logos that can be plastered on mugs, tee shirts, banners, etc. We will vote to finalize choices next week.