Taking Over as Teachers
For two weeks, we are taking over as teachers! We have each made a plan to improve in one area of strength and one area of weakness. We set goals, planned strategies and gathered equipment. We are now putting our plans into action for 1 lesson per day, for 8 days in a row. We are pre-testing ourselves, using strategies and trying to stay committed to our goals. Each day, we are reflecting on challenges, writing about strategies that worked and planning different strategies for the next day. It’s really fun to be independent but sometimes it’s frustrating, too. It takes a lot of commitment. We are glad our teachers and friends are there when we face challenges or need new strategies. Here are some people working on their action plans: What challenges are you facing? Are you improving? How do you...
Read MoreAverage Adam – Our Imaginary Friend
UPDATE! Today we finished our data investigation called Who Are We? After collecting lots of data about the people in our class, we could finally answer the question: Who is the average Grade 4 student? It was a little tricky to give a final answer. We had to organise our data and think carefully about whether to use the mean, median or mode for each category. Would you like to meet the average student? It turns out that no-one in our class fits the profile. We created Average Adam to be our imaginary friend and represent us all. Read about his features below. Average Adam Average Adam is a boy. He is 9 years and 6 months old and his birthday is in December. He is 137.5cm tall and he can jump a distance of 126.5cm. Adam has been at BISS for 1 year and he travels to school by bus. He loves Maths and his strength is logical intelligence. Adam’s favorite colour is blue. How do you compare with Adam? How are you similar? How are you...
Read MoreWho are we? (A Data Investigation)
This month, we have been getting to know each other through Mathematics. We’ve been writing questions, designing surveys and collecting lots of data about our classmates. We’ve learned to find and interpret the mean, median, mode & range of data sets. We’ve learned to use different graphs for different purposes. We’ve discovered the importance of scale and labels on our own graphs. We’ve gathered data on our ages, learning strengths, birthday months, time at BISS and modes of transport. We even measured our heights and jump lengths. Here we are, busily collecting data: In the end, we hope to describe our class composition and even answer the question: Who is the average Grade 4 student? Stay tuned for our...
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