This week, we held a Museum of the Ancients event for our parents, learners in other grades, and the rest of the school community.
The purpose of this mini-exhibition was to share our learning from our unit with the central idea: The influence of past civilisations is reflected in modern-day societies.
During our independent inquiries, we each focused on an ancient civilisation of our choice.
Our displays included...
a collection of summaries about the civilisation
an explanation of how a particular tool influenced the civilisation
information on the connections between ancient tools and tools in modern society
We have been learning about the importance of generating quality questions and tasks to help us learn.
See the video below to find out about the different levels of questioning and thinking.
Here are some examples of the types of questions and tasks that can be generated at each level.
In Grade 4, we are challenging ourselves to work with level 2 and 3 questions/task in our inquiries.
Please note that questions around similar topics have been color-coded.
During our book club, we had a discussion about the following student-generated questions as we read Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake in connection to our inquiry into ancient civilisations:
Why doesn’t Pan like Mr. Kit?
What would happen if the white-haired woman were part of the Cult of Osiris?
During the discussion, we try to be responsible and active communicators by using the sentence starters in the picture below as we reference the text.
We keep track of the sentence starters we've used by moving them over to the left side.
Check out the video below to see our discussion in action!
On Wednesday, we collaborated with the Grade 3 class to lead a whole school assembly.
This assembly was linked to our year-long unit on How we Express Ourselves with the central idea: Drama is a universal art form that allows us to express ideas and feelings.
In order to create the scripts for our three plays, we worked together in groups to 'twist' fairy tales, changing the plot such as the settings and characters from the original story.
In our performances, we focused on considering the space, our facial expressions, and body movements to effectively communicate on stage.
Below are videos of the three plays, just in case you missed the live show!
