Innovation Day

On Thursday, November 15th, your child will be participating in something called Innovation Day.  On this day, your child will get to study a topic of their choosing, something they are interested in and/or passionate about; spending the entire day immersed in self-guided learning. 

There will be three basic requirements: 1. Learn something. 2 Create something 3. Present something.

Teachers will facilitate, coach, question and guide students during the day.  

Students will not be graded on their work.  The focus on this day is the learning.  

This morning, we met with Mr. Gagnon's fourth grade class to introduce the project and brainstorm.  Their homework will be to speak with you, add to the list, think, talk to other family members and then narrow down their choices to one or two ideas for the day.  

On Thursday, students will decide on a final topic to study and what to create for a project. (This project has to be related to what they learned about during this day.) They will figure out what resources they will need for their research and will create a plan for the organization of their day. And as a final step they will create a list of needed materials for the project.

Innovation Day was one of the highlights of the school year for last year's 5V. I'm sure it will be the same this year.

More posts on this event will follow. Stay tuned!