04 30 weekly update - pdf
- 1. APRIL 30 2010 W E E K LY U P D A T E GRAD E 5 A @ C D N I S Personal Inquiries and Students Taking Initiative in Their Learning Dear Parents, and language used when when you and I were describing 3D shapes. Nets attending school and so too is The week started off with a were introduced as well. the way we talk about learning taste of what is to come during Next week I intend to look with our children. It was great the CDNIS Festival of Arts, which at the geometric properties to see you talk to your child w i l l b e g i n o n M o n d a y. We found in artwork as part of about his/her learning and, watched a FAUST production of our Math-Art connections. together with the portfolio, I Oliver Twist (http:// hope you could take away llac.cdnis.edu.hk/news/ Students continued from today a clearer idea of 2010-04-14-Faust.php), which working on their personal your childs academic and was both truly entertaining and inquiries. Last week they social well-being. Speaking as had some of the students had refined and posted their a parent, I thought it was a analyzing and questioning Central Ideas and Guiding most awesome day to have Dickens story Oliver Twist Questions. This week (and my daughter share her historical fiction. Its amazing to next) they have been learning with me. This was an see students make such researching and planning exciting day!! connections on their own. how to respond to these questions deeply and in a In Literacy this week, the way that considers the brainstorming was completed and Please Note: If you did not va r i e t y o f p e r s p e c t i ve s first drafts were submitted on receive a Grade 5 CAMP through which their Wednesday. Peer feedback was information packet and historical topic might be done for homework on permission form, please let viewed. Wednesday evening. I will offer me know and I will send my own feedback to the students The SLLRs were a one home with your child. before handing back the drafts on success. Educational M o n d a y. T h e s t u d e n t s w i l l research has clearly There were no Grade continue the writing process by demonstrated that students 5A@CDNIS recognition refining then publishing their can become more conscious award handed out this work. Eventually their pieces of of their strengths and week due to the SLLRs. historical fiction will become weaknesses in their learning digital stories that can be shared and that they become more donaldmacpherson@cdnis.edu.hk as podcasts. responsible for identifying http:// those areas in which they djmacpherson.edublogs.org/ In Math, weve revised our feel they need to improve. understandings of the properties Our world is different from Dates to Remember May 3: Beginning of Festival of the Arts at CDNIS May 7: Evening of the Arts May 12-14: Grade 5 camp at Cheung Chau