Jan 19-23

Weekly Update on the Going-Ons in 
3FM Science & Social Studies

What a great week in 3FM!!! So much going on in Science and Social Studies. 
Students worked hard over the week presenting their instruments and writing a quiz in social studies.

Science

Much to the student's excitement, as well as mine, we continued our 
"Invent an Instrument" presentations. The students were so engaged in each 
presentation - and all of the students did a fabulous job presenting their instruments. 

I was impressed by their creativity and presentations.

Students needed to explain the process of making their instrument as well as give a
demonstration of their instrument in which they showed us how to control the volume and pitch. We even heard a few renditions of "We Will Rock You" played by some of our braver musicians.

Here are some pictures of this week's presenters (I had to draw names as they were all so excited that it was the only way to fairly decide the order of presentation!)

 Stay-tuned for next week's post for the rest of our creative instrument makers!

Social Studies

We started off writing a quiz on the terms that we have been learning about in 

relation to quality of life and culture.  

The rest of our classes, students continued to examine the cultures of each of the four countries as they worked in partners on an assignment to examine/research celebrations and traditions relevant to each culture. Students completed these assignments in Google Classroom. 

Google Classroom is a fantastic program that allows me to give the students assignments that they can complete using their Chromebooks rather than on a worksheet. It gives our students the opportunity to develop their computer skills while they complete their curricular requirements. It is important in today's world to incorporate technology in our learning. And the students love being able to use their computers - so it is win-win!

I hope everyone has a musical week!