Lots of learning happening on the Grade 5 floor! The teachers and students are piloting a workshop model approach to learning math. Among the 4 classrooms, there were students leading math workshops on multiplication, teacher…
This grade 4 teacher is modeling how to work through a problem, good questions to ask and uses student work to demonstrate a math strategy to solve the problem. Yippee!!
A grade 4 teacher began the year talking with her students about what it means to have a growth mindset when it comes to learning. The students were then given the opportunity to draw their…
Based on their OWN CURIOSITIES AND INTEREST, students are researching their own ecosystems and are now starting to build food webs to try and connect their 50+ species to see if their ecosystems are biodiverse….
Some grade 5 elementary students were given the opportunity to use math being taught in class to answer their own questions. Is J.K Rowling worth her net worth? Is Kyrie Irving underpaid? Does Rafael Nadal…
While spending science class comparing a cell to his airplane system, this student asked if it was possible to reduce the noise inside airplanes based on his understanding of the structure of cellulose he learned…