Week 4: May 6-10

I'm happy to see everyone again and hope you all had a fantastic Golden Week! We have gotten back into the groove at school and have started some new things. Each month we are selecting a different trait from the Learner Profile and focusing on it, and this month our theme is Communicators. Students are discussing different methods of communication and trying to find positive ways to communicate what we need and want to others through various methods.

We have also been continuing our Transdisciplinary Theme of Who We Are and here are some of the highlights from this week:

Unit of Inquiry (UoI):
In continuation of our theme of health we have begun talking about the differences between Physical and Mental health. Students have begun researching various mental disorders and how they affect the physical state of health as well. We have made comprehensive mind maps analyzing different aspects of the mind such as emotions, personality, and illnesses.

Students constructed a trivia card game about Physical health and parts and systems of the human body. We will be expanding this game to Mental health next week and making connections between the two as we approach the conclusion of our first unit.

English:
This week we have discussed different learning styles and how each student learns in different ways. Three learning styles we have discussed are: Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic. Different methods of communication and learning styles help us learn and express ourselves in a variety of ways, and students will be applying this to a lesson of their own next week.

Thank you again for all of your positive support and feedback. Happy Mother's Day to all of our mothers. Have a great weekend!