Month: October 2023

This term in reading we are diving into a novel study for the book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio.  This week we are focusing on what we can learn about the characters, especially through their dialogue.  Characters’ thoughts and feelings can be revealed through their dialogue.  This allows readers to make inferences about their internal perspectives and motivations.

 

We read Part One Chapters 5-7 which was about…

 

Our first task was to choose dialogue from the relevant chapter and use the dialogue to infer what each of the characters’ thoughts may have been.

*embed your Driving task.

 

Our second task was to imagine we are part of a welcoming committee at Beecher Prep, and create a warm and inviting poster to welcome August, the main character in the story. Our poster had to reflect the school’s values of kindness, inclusivity, and diversity.

 

I enjoyed reading it

I need to improve on working it out

I did well at reading it

This term for Inquiry we are studying enterprise.   In week 8 we have the gala where we will be selling things to the other classes.  Our class is making pencil cases and bookmarks.  I chose these designs because it was a sunny day outside and my pencil case was space theme so I picked the space theme bookmark:

 

This week in cybersmart we have begun learning about’Smart media.

When we interact with ” Smart media

We need to be aware of.

Currency-How recent this information?

Accuracy-is this information correct?

Reliability-can you trust the souvce?

Purpose-is it meant to infrom,Entertain? Or persuade

Our task was focused on the purpose-of media

We had to be aware of.

I did well at Purpose