Posted on February 10, 2010 by ksgwa4
Grade 4 has started their new Unit of Inquiry on Business. The central idea of the unit is “Businesses are organizations that provide goods, services and employment.” On Tuesday 9 February Alister Aranha, Business Consultant and Deputy General Manager of the Reliant Group of Companies in Dubai, was the first guest speaker. Mr. Aranha shared information about his work in the construction industry and work developing a new building in Jebel Ali Free Zone. The grade 4 students asked lots of questions about his project work and his previous work.
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Posted on February 9, 2010 by ksgwa4
Posted on February 9, 2010 by ksgwa4
Posted on February 8, 2010 by ksgwa4
The Grade 4 in class Spelling Bee will be on 15 February.
The top 3 winners from each Grade 4 class will compete on 18 February at 1pm in the Planetarium.
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Posted on February 4, 2010 by ksgwa4
Thank you for attending the Grade 4 Pay It Forward Presentations today. Your student has worked hard over the last month to think of an idea to change the world and put it into action!
We will check in over the next month to still if the project is still going and going and going.
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Posted on February 2, 2010 by ksgwa4
Grade 4S watched this TED talk Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge in preparation for their Pay It Forward idea. So what happens when kids take charge?
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Posted on February 1, 2010 by ksgwa4
Grade 4S Reads about People who have changed or are changing the world
Each of your learners are reading about people below from their home countries.
|
Name
|
Person of Change
|
Location
|
| Ferris |
Martin Luther King Junior |
USA |
| Victoria |
Albert Einstein |
Germany |
| Noora |
Sheikh Mohammed |
UAE |
| Taewoong |
Ban Ki Moon |
Korea |
| Gaia |
Winston Churchill |
England |
| Hammam |
Babikir Badri |
Sudan |
| Marwan |
Vincent Van Gogh |
Holland |
| Buxi |
Adolf Hitler |
Europe |
| Sudhachit |
King Bhumibol |
Thailand |
| Varun |
Gandhi |
India |
| Selina |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Iran |
| Sophie |
Frederick Hollows |
Australia |
| Adil |
Gandhi |
India |
| Gabriel |
Joseph Armand Bombardier |
Canada |
| Radmehr |
Ferdowsi |
Iran |
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Posted on January 31, 2010 by ksgwa4
Grade 4 Presents:
Pay It Forward
Thursday 4 February 2010
11:05-12:15pm
Main Lobby of Gems World Academy
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Posted on January 30, 2010 by ksgwa4
Pay It Forward Checklist
Project due 3 February 2010
- I have my Pay It Forward idea
- I explained my idea in depth telling why and how I designed it
- I have told 3 or more people
- I have asked my 3 people to pay it forward to 3 more people
- I am writing in my journal every day (what I did, reflections, questions)
- I am writing step by step about my project
- I am getting my presentation ready for 4 February
- I am working on the exponential growth math (solving the problems in different ways, showing my data in 2 or more graphs)
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Posted on January 28, 2010 by ksgwa4
Dear Parent(s),
Unfortunately, we have encountered a technical formatting issue with the grade four reports. As a result, we are unable to send home the quality document that you deserve and are accustomed to receiving from GEMS World Academy-Dubai. The learner reports that we send home are perhaps the single most important document we produce, and we’re sure you can appreciate why we would choose to delay reporting over sending home an inferior quality product.
Please accept our humble apologies for the delay and inconvenience. We are working on the problem, and will send the reports home on Sunday afternoon.
Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.
Warmest regards,
Tim Stefanishyn
ES Assistant Principal
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