Novel Study

Grade fours have been working in small groups to complete weekly tasks about their novel. Each group has a different novel to read. Students worked to complete the tasks of a small group discussion (questions they have generated), a written response, and vocabulary...

Shelter Building for the Amazon

As part of the Amazon adventure scenario from last week, students built shelters to protect themselves from the rainforest elements. Through this activity, students completed the engineering design process by constructing and testing their designs. Grade fours and...

STEAM adventure

For STEAM this week, students worked in groups of three or four to navigate in the Amazon Rainforest after a make believe plane crash. Students used map scales, keys and longitude and latitude coordinates to figure out where they were. Grade fours and fives decided...

Grade six exhibition

Grade fours got the opportunity to view the process that grade six students took to complete their exhibition. Grade six students did a nice job of explaining the steps it took to complete their final projects. Grade four students had the opportunity to ask many...

What is your energy source?

For their current unit of inquiry, grade fours worked in groups of three to research and identify the form and function of an energy source. Then they presented their findings to their classmates. It was impressive to hear grade fours explain how geothermal, hydro,...