Weekly Update: April 14th - 17th

Happy Thursday!

Here is one of the activities the Grade 4's have been working on this week: Creating Artifacts!

Learning Intentions:

• Artifacts are objects or products made by humans, machines, or computers through the process of design. 

• Design can produce many artifacts, including: algorithms, models, prototypes, blueprints, programs, experiments, objects
• Design involves processes that can transform ideas into artifacts that meet needs.
• Plan and create an artifact to meet a need.

The Grade 4's have been talking about artifacts as part of their unit on Computer Science. Students discovered that artifacts are objects or products that are created by humans, machines or computers through the design process. Some examples of artifacts include algorithms, models, prototypes, blueprints, programs, experiments and objects. Students were tasked with creating a physical blueprint of their ideal bedroom. We discussed what blueprints are and what they include, and students were able to creatively display their ideal bedroom floor plans. We then created a digital model of our ideal bedrooms on Google Slides, as students used the shape tool and text boxes to create digital representations of their ideal bedroom plan. Students were excited to create two different artifacts and share them with their peers! We will now move into talking about algorithms and then Grade 4's will have a quiz next week to wrap up our Earth Systems & Computer Science units. 

Take a look at some of the artifacts below!

Here is an activity the Grade 3's have been working on in Social Studies: Ukraine food tasting and Tunisia mapping!

Learning Intentions:

• Demonstrate an awareness of and interest in the beliefs, traditions and customs of groups and communities other than their own Culture and Community
• How is identify reflected in traditions, celebrations, stories and customs in the communities?
• Where, on a globe and/or map, are the communities in relation to Canada?
• Create and use a simple map to locate communities studied

We are in the midst of transitioning from our unit about Ukraine to our new unit about Tunisia.  To end our studies of Ukraine, students got to learn about various festivals that Ukrainians celebrate and taste some foods from Ukraine.  Students were able to compare these with foods the festivals that they are familiar with and hence get a better understanding and appreciation of Ukrainian culture.  

As we are starting our unit about Tunisia, students had the chance to learn about the flag and some Tunisian symbols that represent important parts of their culture.  Next week, students will work on finding Tunisia on a map of the world and learn about the nearby countries and physical features.

Reminders:

- Hopefully you have had the opportunity to look over your child's Multiplication & Division test and Assessment Reflection. 

Have a wonderful long weekend!
-Ms. Mostaghel 😁