In humanities this week students started a new unit exploring how events from Alberta's past have shaped our present identity. We started by analyzing posters from the early 1900's to discuss how we believe things have changed or stayed the same. Students were then each assigned an event to investigate using the 5 W's: Who, What, Where, When, Why. Each pod has continued to work on writing and completes weekly writing challenges. 4.3/4.4 did some work with homophones and 4.1/4.2 explored affixes. This week in math/science students continued to practiced their fact recall strategies with math games and digital versions of mental flash cards. Students were to use the facts that they knew to build their understanding of facts they presently struggle with. In science, students went on a scavenger hunt to look for devices that met three criteria. The devices had to have few or no moving parts, save energy by making work easier, and had to change the amount of force acting on an object or change the direction of the force. Students took pictures and discussed as a class if the items met our criteria. This classification will support students in their future work in scientific exploration.
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