This week we have really dived deep into out craft activities: finishing the clothes from different cultures around the world, and this time making houses from around the world.
We have been looking at the very specific details of the houses, and how they compare to houses from other countries. This has also led us to think “why?”. Why are houses in Mexico bright? Why are Japanese houses made of wood? Why are British houses made of stone? Why are Mongolian houses tents? It is through these probing questions, and our connections to the craft that we are making, that we will make very important discoveries about culture and its meaning.
Next week we will complete our final project for unit 2, and finish our activities for this unit of inquiry.
This week we have also been stepping up our intensity in practicing for the sport day next week. Students have been practicing body and rhythm control with Mr Atsushi, and thinking about how we can connect these things together into a performance.
Our vocabulary building activities and reading has been continuing very well, and students are much more familiar with how to do word analysis. Students have also been working on a very special project…. a class dictionary!! Each student creates a page based on the words we have discovered as a class. This way we will not only remember the words we’ve learned, but also how to use them too.
Singapore math is continuing nicely, and students are studying a variety of topics. This week the topics included: graphs, missing addends in sums, place values, weights, and more!
Next week we have our sports day, as well as our second cooking lesson! We’re really looking forward to it.
See you next Friday!
今週は、世界中の様々な衣装作りの仕上げと世界各国の家作りなどクラフト活動に熱中しました。皆、家の細部までよく見て、他の国の家々とどう違うか比較しました。「なぜ？」と考えるみんな。なぜ、メキシコの家は明るい色使いなの？なぜ日本の家は木で建てられているの？なぜイギリスの家は石で出来ているの？なぜモンゴルの家はテントなの？このような質問攻めやクラフト作成を通じて、文化とその意味について重要な発見をすることが出来るでしょう。来週は、ユニット2の最終課題を完成させて、今学んでいる探究の単元のアクティビティを終了します。
来週に控えたスポーツデイに向けての練習に気合いが入りました。Mr.Atsushiと体とリズムをコントロールする練習をして、これらをどのようにパフォーマンスへ繋げることができるか考えました。
ボキャブラリーを増やすことやリーディングもとても良く取り組んでいます。単語分析もよりよく分かってきています。そして、とても特別なプロジェクト、クラス辞書作成に取り組んでいます。各自、授業中に知った単語の辞書を1ページ作ります。これにより、ただ単語を覚えるだけでなく、どのようにこれら単語を使うかを学べますね。
シンガポール算数も順調に進んでいます。みんな、様々なトピックを勉強しています。今週は、グラフ、足される数を考える問題、位の値、重さなど勉強しました！来週は、いよいよスポーツデイです。2回目のクッキングレッスンもあります！楽しみですね。来週金曜日にお会いしましょう！
