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6 Traits of Writing in Grade 4
This week we introduced the students to the idea that all good writing includes six key ingredients: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions—the Six Traits of Writing. We started with ideas and some practice writing.
Firing up the kiln!
After designing their treasure boxes, Grade 8 students crafted them using clay hand building techniques, like rolling out slabs and using scoring and slip to join two pieces together. After their greenware had dried, some students opted to apply underglaze in a...
Sharing tips for the personal project.
Today, several Grade 10 students came to visit the Grade 9 MYP Support class, to offer advice and share strategies for planning the personal project. Hoor, Noor, Sophia, and Georgia talked about some of the organizational tools that worked for them. These included...
Busy in Grade 2
We have been very busy discovering who we are. We are readers! We are mathematicians! We are teachers. We are storytellers. We are group members working to build a positive classroom culture and working as a group to achieve a common goal! We are grade 2 and we are...
Fortune’s Fool!
This week, Grade 10 have been thinking about the turning point in 'Romeo and Juliet,' where a terrible fight leaves two characters dead. We have been discussing how social expectations of young men actually make a fight more likely e.g. notions of family honour and...
Art ePortfolios in progress.
Students in Grade 10 have the rest of the month to finish their ePortfolio materials. Five will be submitting their visual art unit work to the IB for external assessment, while others will be submitting for music, design, or PHE. In the LC3 art space, there is a lot...
International-mindedness in Music
As you know, a main focus of the IB is to encourage students to become internationally-minded through their learning. This is described as an openness to the world and a recognition of our deep interconnectedness to others. Grade 7 musicians have been open to the...
Learning can be fun!?
Despite being a short week, the children did excellent work. We consolidated the learning about lifecycles. The children had lots of fun playing Charades and guessing the sentence that their friends were acting out as a prelude to writing their recount about their...
A little seed for me to sow. . . .
A little soil to make it grow. A little hole, a little pat, . . . A little wish and that is that. A little sun . . . A little shower . . . A little while and then . . . A flower!
A short and significant week
We did so many things in our short week! We learned how to state our opinions in writing and share them by speaking. Everyone was a risk taker! We also learned about living and non living things. We worked in small groups to decide which things are living and non...
Algebra, Persuasion & Chocolate in G5
Hello everyone, This week has been a shorter week but a busy one. We started the week with International Women's day and made rosettte cards for the important women in our lives. In Mathematics we have been building on our knowledge of perimeter and area to explore...
ABIS starts a permanent collection.
The secondary school has been considering forming a collection of artworks from current and former ABIS students, framing them, and hanging them around campus. With the support of Mr. Robeau, our first dozen works have now been framed and look wonderful on display....
Grade 6 Return to Exhibition!
Working in groups is hard, especially when you have to be socially distanced, but Grade 6 continue to do a great job! This week saw them completing and sending out their research surveys to school members, reflecting on where they are now in the Exhibition journey,...
Have a wonderful holiday
I would like to thank all parents and students for the lovely cards and delicious chocolates for teachers day yesterday. In all the years I have been teaching I have never experienced such lovely comments.As a class we raised a total of 87 OMR, which is a great...
Have a great holiday!
Literacy - Transactional Writing (letters) Maths - Mass Maths - Unit of Inquiry Number Systems Across Time and Space Unit of Inquiry - Russian's St Basil's Cathedral Inspired Buildings
Exhibition art prep
We have been working on resting stencils of our exhibition topics. This is a challenging task as students have to think about their use of negative space when the art is finished.
March Mammal Madness 2021
The annual mammal battle tournament will be starting after the February break. This year, two March Mammal Madness Minions and I will be managing the process. Thanks Julia and Hannah for your commitment! What is March Mammal Madness? This year 65 animals species (not...
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work!
One of the benefits of having a small language class is having the opportunity to work collaboratively as a team. Grade 11 French students do an amazing job of encouraging each other, giving valuable peer evaluations, and suggesting ways in which they each can...
Band Playing Test
At ABIS we start all students on a new level of their musical journey in Grade 5 when they join either the band or the choir. This is an exciting moment as they begin to work towards public performances! Being a band member means that students have to take the agency...
Fun, creative project to ease into the break – Grade 8 English
Posting this on behalf of Ms. Mekhala.The grade 8s have been working hard for the past couple of weeks to learn the skill of analysing advertising techniques which culminated in a formal essay this week. To let their creative juices flow, they have been assigned to...
Design MYP
A big week this week where we used the design kitchen space for the first time after much planning and construction. Grade 8s were the first to use this space. The teaching area is split into two sections with sinks and dishwashers in the middle. We have have 12...
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