This morning we took the first steps on our Social Studies research project. Students from both classes teamed up to start researching and asking questions about a variety of topics concerning early NL settlement. These topics range from Shelter and Transportation to Religion, Language and Arts. The class is very excited to be participating in the project, and I think they are already learning a lot. Most importantly, they are developing the important questioning skills that will allow them to learn even more!
In today's religion class we talked about the concepts of Loyalty, Honesty and Justice. We read a story in our book about students who find a coin purse, and how they deal with it. The class split up into groups to write an ending to the story, and acted it out for the rest of us to watch. We reflected on these pieces, and discussed how challenging it can be to try to balance all three of these things in a situation. Some reactions showed great loyalty and justice, but not honesty. The class realized that displaying all three was very challenging, and was not "taking the easy way out"!
In the afternoon we went outside to do a science experiment. We measured the temperature of soil, sand and water over a 50-minute period to see how each absorbs heat over time. The students made their predictions and observations, and we filled in the time in between observations with some math and spelling games on the games court.
Band starts tomorrow; the flutes will be practicing with Ms. Shortall. String Ensemble has their first practice on Thursday. The class was also briefed on the Intramural setup, which will start soon. Students who prefect as well as play Intramurals must make sure that they have someone to cover their shift if the two coincide.
Talk to you all soon, please let me know if there are any problems or questions!
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