Conflict Resolution

Skits!

Strategies we learned.

1. What was your favourite part of your conflict learning and why? 

• My favourite part of conflict was the skits because it was fun to get to act out a conflict - Jackson
• my favrouite thing by far was the skits all though i loved every thing the skits were amazing because it gave me and my group creativity of how we could learn. - EF
• My favourite part was the game. we would have a piece of paper with a conflict then we write the conflict and how they can solve it. then run to the carpet to get a other one.
• My favourite part of conflict was that i would be prepared for in the future if when i have a conflict and i need to be the one to resolve it. I liked grabbing the papers from the carpet because i love games that are connected with learning in school. - Effie
• liked the conflict skit the most because it was fun to make a kind of funny act and doing the acting was also fun. - Viaan

2. What conflict resolution strategies do you think are most helpful in resolving conflict and why? 

• tell them to stop - SA
• I think saying sorry  or how you feel is the best way because you can do it for every conflict. - Cora 
• I think the best resolution strategy is apologizing and finding a win win solution because you say sorry and then you find a way to sit with them play or anything!!! - Oliver
• It depends on the situation - CL
• I feel like you should get Calm first so you don't punch anybody - Oscar

Alien Inline

 A little bit belated, but please enjoy a window into our experience with inline skating before winter break! It was a great opportunity to put our perseverance learning into practice!

How did you show perseverance during Alien Inline? 💪

• By trying to do 4 laps without falling - A.A.
• I all ready knew how to skate but learning some of the tricks was hard so I told my self that I would get used to it. - Cora
• I didn't give up even if I fell down - H.C.
• I did show perseverance by how when i fell down i got up again - Oscar

What did you enjoy? 😀

• I enjoyed inline because I love skating and learning new tricks. - Jackson
• I loved alien inline at first it seemed scary because you feel like you would just fall but it was easy!!!!!!!!!! - Oliver
• I enjoyed just skating and learning it was pretty hard but now I know how. - Davyd

Learning from the Land: Community Walk to Mohkinstsis

Today we walked to Mohkinstsis and back. Mohkinstsis is where the Elbow and the Bow rivers meet. Mohkinstsis means elbow in Blackfoot and Cree. The Bow River was named the Bow because it is lined with chokecherry bushes that were used to make the bow of a bow and arrow. The Elbow river was named the Elbow because of the shape it makes where the Bow and Elbow meet. Mohkinstsis is important because it is a traditional meeting places for many Indigenous groups. The Science word for this is the confluence.  

While we were at the meeting of the rivers, we completed a learning task where we drew and wrote important memories we each have at the rivers. Ms Elder brought watercolour pencil crayons and water brushes that we could use.

After snack and recess at the East Village playground, we completed some work for Science on Earth Systems. We took the opportunity of being at the river to study the hydrosphere, the animals who make their homes there, and how humans have impacted it. We filled in a chart to explain the human impact on the river and how we could respect it.

At the end of our walk, Ms Elder taught us the word reciprocity. This means giving back when you receive something. We showed reciprocity to the land by giving it back carbon dioxide from our breaths, a splash of water from our water bottles or thanking the land by saying something we learned.

Showing reciprocity

Student Quotes:

"I enjoyed not having to stare at the Smartboard all day." ~ EF

"I liked that we walked a lot and breathed a lot of fresh air." ~ Marko

"I saw a bunch of stuff outside that I've never seen before." ~ HC
"I saw some ladybugs and some natural items." ~ AA

"I liked moving my body and seeing different stuff." ~ VG

"I saw lots of plants and bugs." ~ Gillian

"I saw some berries and a squirrel." ~ Kaira

"I learned that when you're moving around, you think better." ~ Oscar

"I learned the word reciprocity." ~ Wynn

"I saw so many natures and plants but I didn't have enough water to plant them." ~ Ekagra

Marshmallow Challenge

We took part in Ms Elder's Marshmallow Challenge! Our goal was to build the tallest possible structure using 20 pieces of raw spaghetti, 1 m of tape, and 1 meter of string. We were allowed to use scissors. You can't lean the tower against anything and if it falls down, it doesn't count. After we're done building it, we have to put a marshmallow on top.

Our tallest tower was 89 cm. We had three groups score above 80 cm, which is as good as engineers and architects do on this challenge!

Here are some pictures of us building our towers:

Student Quotes: 

"It was hard to make the base of the tower because the spaghetti was so delicate and snapped very easily." ~ Gillian

"My group decided to use triangles and it worked really well for the first one. For the second one, I think we made it too tall and heavy." ~ EF

"Our group got the supplies. When we were building it, we did not really need the rope because we thought the tape would make it strong." ~ HC

"On the first one, our design was really bad because people were arguing way too much. On the second one, we figured out a better design. It kept on leaning so we had to keep adding spaghetti to hold it up." ~ CB

"We had to be patient to do this because our first tower, we weren't so patient and it fell down. We didn't give it support and we were nervous about time." ~ AA

"While we were stacking the spaghetti, it kept leaning over. So we put some spaghetti on the side so it wouldn't bend over." ~ Fatima

"We were using little bits of tape at the end because we didn't have much left and then at the last minute, it just fell." ~ EK

"On the first structure, we had to combine all our ideas together and that made it really strong 'cause a lot of people wanted to make it really strong but I also wanted to make it be able to stand." ~ Wynn

"We just started to make a pyramid then we started to make the tower, then put the marshmallow. The next idea was to make another tower and connect the marshmallow with the spaghetti and then it didn't balance so we added that extra thing then it was leaning." ~ Ekagra

"We started with a tipi, then when we made it taller, it started to fall over so we made two things to like support it." ~ Oliver

"I think it's not that your group picks a leader, I think somebody just starts leading." ~ JR

"We made a big base but we added too much spaghetti on the top so it leaned a lot." ~ KD

"We used support beams and we taped them to the ground to keep them standing up and that worked." ~JA

Here are some pictures of us working on our journal entries. We needed to write a paragraph describing our challenges and successes as a team, as well as draw and label a sketch of our tower. 

If you want to watch the video describing the Marshmallow Challenge, click here. 

What Do You Hope For?

Today, we watched a video on What Do You Hope For? It is linked to our Google Classroom so we can re-watch it at home. Here are some photos from all of the Grade Fours and our ideas: