Independent Inquiry is an activity we do in the 'Uniters' class every Thursday. During this time, students are free to manage their own time and direct their own inquiries. Of course, they still have responsibilities to complete ongoing assignments and inquiry tasks, so it's an excellent opportunity to practice time management and reflecting on priorities.
Sule drew a meaningful graphic to remind herself to be balanced.
During the Peace Crane Project, one of our partner schools in South Africa was under a postal strike. They couldn't mail their peace cranes to us! Finally, the strike was resolved and the cranes arrived this week.
Seeing the students lackluster efforts during marathon a few weeks ago, I decided to set a goal that each one of us would run or 'fast walk' twenty five laps around the track every week. We have a goal sheet in the classroom. Thus far, we've run 384, but we're behind schedule!
Today, since we didn't have marathon due to Pika Pika Keyakki, all of the grade 5/6 students were completing their laps during recess. Miray's extra challenge was to bring a little friend along with her!
The class is digging deeper and deeper into 'points of view and how they change'. Suheda started a brilliant project of building a periscope to explore the scientific aspects of changing perspective.
Next week will be devoted almost entirely to inquiry as we begin exploring 'the links between world events' and 'how we record history'.
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