Explore Year 5. Session 4. Week 1.

The learners in Explore returned from the break excited to greet their fellow Explorers and jumped into Quest and Writers’s Workshop with curiosity and high energy.

 

QUEST

The learners in Explore made their first moves in the Game Design Quest. They played the odds in games of probability and chance and worked together to complete challenges related to luck, strategy, and skill. Explorers reflected on when they use logic vs. intuition in their own decision making.

 

WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

To kick off Session 4’s Writers’ Workshop on Technical Writing: Creative Instructions, the learners in Explore engaged with different methods of instructions, such as audio, video, illustrated, and written. They followed the instructions for different activities with determination, such as origami and cooking. Explorers began the prewriting process by choosing an activity for which they will create their own instructions, and mapped out the main steps that will be required.

 

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

The learners in Explore jumped into basketball drills in PD this week. They practiced passing and shooting, and played games like H.O.R.S.E and Around the World. Explorers enthusiastically gave each other call-outs for good sportsmanship and positive attitudes.

 

On Friday, the learners in Explore each chose a long-term goal that they want to achieve by the end of Session 7 (end of the year) and broke down the steps it will take them to get there by using the Magic Stairway framework.

They returned to Shoal Creek for their Friday outing, this time exploring Pease Park, and created their own fun on the many structures available to them.

For more from Session 4 Week 1, click here: Explore Session 4, Week 1 photos & videos