This year in the MYP, we are placing extra emphasis on not only the Learner Profile Traits but on our Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills. The ATL skills are thinking, communication, social, self-management, and research skills. All students have different learning styles and needs. In teaching the ATL skills, students are guided to understand how they learn as individuals. In September, our focus is Self Management - Organization Skills. Students are learning how to manage their time effectively and to use their MYP planners to record all assignments. After 5 months away from our school building, it is important to reteach these essential skills. This year in the MYP we have a new math program! “Into Math” has great online resources for our students as well as a workbook that allows each of them to write inside of their books. Students are smiling behind those masks because they are having so much fun! All of our Junior High students have been working on how to successfully throw and catch a frisbee using the alligator snap and crab claw method. Students were also introduced to a game called “Kan Jam. ” This is a flying disc game that works on tossing and deflecting. Nice job everyone! (Each piece of equipment is sanitized before and after use. Students also hand wash and/or use hand sanitizer before and after class.) The Junior High was able to attend mass this week! It was our first time all together in our church since March and we were all excited to be together. Fr. Larry led us in a special prayer in remembrance of 9/11 and as we all prayed together for peace. Thanks to 8th Graders Louis, Molly, Paige, Sophia as well as 7th graders Colton and Megan for helping to lead us in prayer. After getting through all of our material for the week, a couple of students got together to play a game of Tenzi. Tenzi is a game where each player has ten dice and the objective is to get roll all of your dice to get the same number before the other players. During the game we discussed probability of winning or rolling certain numbers. Even though an event has a low probability doesn’t mean its impossible!
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