Monday, October 7

We had time to finish up some of our stickies today instead of starting a new morning work task and were then off to music and gym.

During snack, we looked at the following cartoon from the Calgary Herald last week after the big snowstorm.  A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point or emphasize something.  Hyperboles are a form of figurative language that we have all used, but didn't know they were called hyperboles.  

We were presented with a scenario which provided the intro to our work around democracy and how decisions are made. 

Your class is going on an end-of-year trip across the ocean. Your flight encounters a bad storm, and you all become stranded together on a remote island. The teacher and other adults have decided to venture off to find help. It will be several weeks until you are rescued and the class must figure out how everyone will try to live together and survive.
Ms. Steeves sat back and watched as we communicated and worked with each other to come up with a plan.  It was a bit loud and chaotic at times, with many people trying to talk at once.  It was great to see some students taking on a leadership role and trying to organize the group.

We started mostly as a large group and then broke off into smaller groups with different identified jobs that would need to be done.  It was great to see some groups using Sketchnoting to record their ideas.  After each of the small groups had shared their thinking with the large group, we responded to the following questions:
What worked well with the large group?  
What didn't work so well?
Did any leaders emerge?  Who?  How did they show leadership?

What worked well with your small group?  
What didn't work so well?
Did any leaders emerge?  Who?  How did they show leadership?

We had a few minutes, so watched and practiced some typography to help develop our Sketchnoting skills.

Our day finished with a fall walk in our schoolyard with our grade 1 buddies.  We were looking for signs of fall and also had an opportunity to share some of our knowledge about trees with our buddies.

Reminders:
- Return Friday Journal
- School picture orders due Oct. 11.  Orders can be made online or brought to the school
- No school for students Friday, Oct. 11 (PD Day) or Monday, Oct. 14 (Thanksgiving)
- ADmazing coupon orders were due today.  Return them ASAP is you still have them at home.