3/4 B

Welcome to Miss Lindsey who has been teaching                              and learning with 3/4B

Numeracy

This week we've been working on understanding, finding and creating angles. Students have been learning the difference between right, obtuse and acute angles and where we might find these in our environment. Students used 'protractors' made out of straws and pipe cleaners to explore and measure the angles in and around our different school spaces. They extended this knowledge by drawing the object and labelling the angles found within the object. We will be continuing to identify angles within our environment and compare which angles are less than 90 degrees (acute) or more than 90 degrees (obtuse). They have had so much fun. I wonder if they can identify some at home?

Literacy

The 3/4's have been working very hard on completing stories for their stop motion animation. These stories, which have been created based on a parable and its moral from the Bible, will become their scripts to assist with the story-telling process. This week students have used the Chromebooks to begin typing their title page, three sequenced scenes, and their moral into Google slides. In addition to this, students have created speech bubble's with character dialogue to use as props in their animation to help move the story along. By the end of the week students will be introduced to the digital literacies component where they will experiment with the animation app called 'Stop Motion'. I can't tell you how excited they are. There is some real talent being uncovered in our classroom!

Inquiry

All students have begun the process of designing their sets and props for their stop motion animation projects. They have been working very hard and with such creative flair when on task. Students generated lots of ideas to first draw what their set may look like, followed by listing all the materials they needed to build their sets. The set building this week has been a really rewarding process for all the students and they've enjoyed the hands-on making experience. Thank you to those families who have supported their children by supplying the materials and resources they've needed to build their sets. It is amazing to see the transformative learning. Everyone is excited to build, create Google slides and use the stop motion app.