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Mrs. Carroll's Classroom Blog: October 2015
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Saturday, October 31, 2015. Third Annual Science Fair. Which salt melts ice the quickets? What is the effect of increasing your running distance on jumping distance? Does light travel faster through water or air? These are just a couple of questions that were being examined during our Third Annual Science Fair. JP Taylor's Scientific Method Blues. And other resources,. Students had the option of creating either a Google Presentation or a Tri-fold Board. About chemical reactions which create sedimentary r...
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Year 6 All-Stars: Finding out: What is it all about?
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Come along with us on our blogging journey! Finding out: What is it all about? Our Year 6 classes have just started their second stage of the inquiry process: Finding out. They have worked very hard over the last couple of weeks identify the issues that they would like to investigate further and decide on research questions, based on four of the PYP Key Concepts. Now, they are all set to go forward with finding the answers to their questions. We had trouble deciding on and writing our lines of inquiry.
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Year 6 All-Stars: September 2014
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Come along with us on our blogging journey! The Year 1 Visit. On Friday, the Year 1’s came to our classroom so that the student council representatives of our class could get some great ideas from two different perspectives.When they first came in with their teacher we all sat on the carpet while Mr William explained our task. It was a really good idea for all of us to get together and answer all of the suggestions together and to learn about empathy. The Year 6s scribed for the Year 1's. On Tuesday 23rd...
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Year 6 All-Stars: February 2015
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Come along with us on our blogging journey! Finding out: What is it all about? Our Year 6 classes have just started their second stage of the inquiry process: Finding out. They have worked very hard over the last couple of weeks identify the issues that they would like to investigate further and decide on research questions, based on four of the PYP Key Concepts. Now, they are all set to go forward with finding the answers to their questions. Exhibition Journey - Checkpoint one. Stage is now complete.
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Mrs. Carroll's Classroom Blog: August 2016
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Thursday, August 18, 2016. Welcome to the Fourth Grade. There is a wonderful year planned for you, your classmates and me! This blog will provide a "window to our learning" for you, your families, relatives and hopefully many others. ( What I love about this blog is that you and your families can leave a comment in the section below! If you're not sure how, don't worry we'll learn how this September and you can teach others! This year I hope to do more STEM type activities - you will be designing and cre...
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Mrs. Carroll's Classroom Blog: September 2014
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Saturday, September 27, 2014. National Geographic Giant Traveling Map. Finding Alberta, Canada after a Skype to a Class in Camrose! Talk about seeing the world up close! This past week we had the opportunity to get our hands AND their feet on the Giant National Geographic Map. S class in Alberta, Canada. It was so fun to watch the students crowd around the province on the map! A stronger, 'bigger' connection was certainly made. I had no idea such a thing exsisted! Maps are fascinating on many different l...
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Mrs. Carroll's Classroom Blog: October 2014
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Sunday, October 5, 2014. Using Models to Solve Math Problems. More and more we are asking students to solve complex math problems. Along the way we do a lot to help them be successful. We incorporate the use of many tools during the math classroom. One of the tools we are using this year in the classroom is called, Thinking Blocks. This website (there is even a 'free' app. As a group we watch a quick 3 minute tutorial. These blocks help students identify the known and unknown quantities. But for now, it'...
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Mrs. Carroll's Classroom Blog: Building Stamina to Read
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Sunday, September 20, 2015. Building Stamina to Read. 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, 20.Twenty Minutes (actually 20.41.4 minutes! The students have been working hard since the beginning of school to build their "stamina" during Read to Self. Time By Friday of this week the class reached 20 minutes! I am so proud of their efforts. The goal for our class is to be able to be independent readers and to sustain their reading attention for 20-30 minutes. They are already on their way. They also know that choosing ...
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Mrs. Carroll's Classroom Blog: September 2015
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Sunday, September 27, 2015. Change Your Words - Change Your Mindset. Building and fostering a " Growth Mindset. In Room 310 we have started the year with several activities to help inspire the idea that "intelligence can be developed" and that "you can learn anything through hard work and effort! On the first day of school we watched this video created by the Kahn Academy titled " You Can Learn Anything. Students viewed it once to enjoy, viewed it two more times to come up with a 'take away'. For the les...
