Over the break, a fourth grade teacher reached out to me on Twitter about wanting another International Baccalaureate (IB) school to Skype with her class, as they begin a Unit of Inquiry under the transdisciplinary theme 'Where We Are in Place and Time.' I obliged, and we came up with a great game of 20 questions to play with each other to try and locate where the other school is in the world. We began by looking at maps and globes; talking about places we know in the world, and what we know about their languages, religions, and foods. We then generated a list of questions to ask them that might give us clues as to where they are. We had a lot of fun asking questions back and forth until we found out they were in Kuwait at the American International School there. We also spent some time asking them about weather and temperature, relating it to our current UOI on weather. It was really interesting to compare and contrast types of weather with them. This also answered some questions about one of our student's inquires on 'why weather is different in different places.' With weather in mind, we carried on by rehearsing and filming our wild weather reports against our classroom green screen. We talked about how this technology is used in real news rooms, but for different purposes. I am so impressed by the level of creativity each student came up with to make their news cast unique to them. You can find each of your child's wild weather reports in their digital portfolio. Please follow the reflection prompts in the feedback and use the comment feature to scribe your child's reflection, or have them type it themselves. They have been uploaded to youtube as 'unlisted videos,' however if you have a problem with them being there at all, please let me know and I will take them down immediately. I have posted two of them below for your viewing pleasure.
In Math, we have continued working on doubles facts as helper facts. Work on solving problems at home using this strategy. We have also starting focusing on subtraction with missing addends. Use the Everyday Math Online games to help build this skill. You can access them from the 'Resources' section of this website by clicking on Everyday Math
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