Dear Parents,
Today we used the iPads to work on a new thinking tool that allows you to use logical reasoning about a situation or an event. Here is an example of the flow chart that students will be completing to get them prepared for some essay writing on our novel Fatty Legs. This learning task is an example of learning outcome 3.1 in our language arts program of studies:
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to manage ideas and information.
3.1 Plan and Focus
Focus attention
- use organizational patterns of expository texts to understand ideas and information
- focus topics appropriately for particular audiences
Determine information needs
- ask relevant questions, and respond to questions related to particular topics
Plan to gather information
- develop and follow a class plan for accessing and gathering ideas and information
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| Collaborate to communicate |
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| Quick mastery of the app features |
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| Mindful focus |
Here are some of the webs they created with a partner using the app Simple mind on the iPads:
This afternoon we continued our journey in the maker space working with new partners to ideate for simple machine prototypes. The maker space allows us to create using the design mindsets. Collaboration to ideate, testing, and redesigning.
Here is the science learner outcome we are working on:
Understandings - Topic B: Wheels & Levers
Students learn about basic components of simple machines: how they are assembled, how they operate, how they are used. Students explore different techniques that can be used to transfer motion from one component to another, using simple connectors and various levers, gears, pulleys and band driven systems. As they work with these components, they learn the functions that each can perform, including sample applications and ways that they can be used in a larger system. As part of their studies, they examine how these simple machines are used to change the speed or force of movement.
