Please remember that there is no school this Thursday or Friday because of Student Led Conferences. Please remember that this round of conferences are student led and not parent / teacher. This means that your child must attend as they will be discussing and showcasing their learning with you.
8-23
- We finished the presentations today which was great to see. I will do my best to get these assessed and back to you.
- We will begin working on our public speaking and presentation skills as well as exploring the world of APA referencing
9-27
- Today we explored the world of “analogies” because after giving you the “What do you know about poetry?” quiz I realized that there were a number of missing items. This was also reflected in your editorial/political cartoons. Here is a link to some practice on analogies.
- Tomorrow we will be discussing the due date for the Captain Canuck project as I think it will be changed to a later date to accomodate your learning needs.
Robotics
- Please have the design process completed for the “mechanical item that solves a problem” for Monday October 29. Below are the steps of the design process incase you forgot
- Think about the task (Create a mechanical item that solves a problem)
- Write down the purpose (eg. Create something that moves forward in a straight line)
- Come up with your concepts/ideas (Needs to be more than one)
- Make sketches / drawings of your concepts from at least two different perspectives (top, side, bottom, etc)
- Discuss the concepts with your group and select the one that is best suited to solvign your problem. Explain why you selected the concept that you do.
- Once this is all done you can begin to build your concept.