Author: jbennett31

JDAIM Challenge

jbennett31 / / General Studies, Language Arts, Math, Social Studies

This year a Grade Three parent inspired me to involve the whole class in the JOIN Challenge for JDAIM month. I thought of a cross-curricular project that would excite and engage all the students.

 

In Science, we designed and built our STEM structures ( 3D Architectural Models).

Here is a peek at some of our buildings.

 

In Social Studies we created our own ideal community and made our own maps.

 

 

 

The students decided to create a radio show talking about inclusion and kindness. They wrote and recorded what inclusion and kindness mean to them. They loved recording the radio show so much that I think we will launch our own OJCS News Radio or podcast.

OJCS Radio 3A & 3B  

           

Here is a presentation Livia and Nikki made.

We didn’t win the JOIN Challenge, but we had so much fun creating the ideal community and recording our radio show. Perhaps the students should pitch their inclusive community to Mayor Jim Watson and some city planners. A teacher can dream!

Special thanks to Yossi for inspiring this project.

 

 

WInter Fun Day

jbennett31 / / French, General Studies, Language Arts

Grade 3 enjoyed Winter Fun Day. CBB staff had us all playing lots of fun games in the snow. Who knew how hard it was to kick a soccer ball in the snow? We did obstacle courses and made our own winter mascots. There were amazing inflatable obstacle courses that had us laughing as we ran through them with our friends. We were glad to warm up inside the class and watch a movie at the end of the day.