This week we finished reading our first whole class read aloud novel, The Wild Robot. We loved the wonderful story of Roz, a robot, who learns to love and connect with the animals as she makes a remote island her home. We focused on the the learning outcome: students can paraphrase and discuss ideas. First we read a chapter and worked together to pull out the important ideas. We then worked to focus in on the main idea of the chapter by writing a summary. In order to truly focus on the main idea, our goal was to try to keep our summary as close to twenty words as possible. The students enjoyed the challenge of capturing the most important moments with a specific number of words.
The grade fours had a fantastic time during our netball residency this week. It is such a wonderful, fast paced game. Each of the seven players has a following position which helps it to be a true team sport where all players are active and engaged. It allowed students to work on their passing and shooting skills. Thank you to our Parent Council for making this opportunity possible.
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