Gestures and Non-Verbal Communication

 This week we spent some time inquiring into our first line of  inquiry into how "cultures  use and interpret movements differently."

We played a game of Kahoot which tested our knowledge of various gestures from different places.

Then, each of the students had a chance to try to convey a message to the rest of the class without talking as we played a game of Charades. Some of the phrases they had to get their teammates to say were, "Wait! Stay here!" "I love you!" and "I love dancing!" Can you tell which was what in the three photos below? (To be honest, I think I was the last in the class to know the new way to say, "I love you!")

The students also worked on expressing themselves in groups without talking as they were tasked with acting out a small skit or story with a beginning, middle, and ending and had their classmates interpret what they were acting out. 

On Wednesday, March 16th the students helped me celebrate my birthday in class. They decorated the class and bombarded me with letters and gifts. Thank you to everyone for making my special day even more special!

On Wednesday, the students met with the other members of their reading groups to share what they thought about the first chapters of their books. 

This morning, we visited the exhibition by the Early Years students in the small MPR. The students really enjoyed checking out some of the interactive objects.

Have a wonderful spring break everyone and see you back in school on Monday, March 28th. Please note that we will no longer have swimming on Monday afternoons as the schedule will return to Japanese followed by two periods of PE.

Speaking of PE, we began our athletics unit this week with some running and practice throwing the javelins for our Sports Day competition which will be coming up at the end of April!