Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
Literacy Day
To celebrate Family Literacy Day we headed to the daycare to read with the toddler and preschool students. Both our class and the daycare students loved it! Our students did a wonderful job keeping the little ones entertained. We are hoping to visit again soon.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Friday, January 18, 2019
Speeches
Public Speaking is soon approaching. Your child has begun work in class to start their speech with lessons (or will soon be given) on brainstorming, creating an outline, tips to feel comfortable, and strategies to write and deliver interesting speeches. Students now have more of an idea how to pick a topic (ideally at this grade level one that you have some background knowledge and/or experiences with.
I would like students to pick a topic by Monday. The expectation is that all students will write and present a
speech that is minimum one minute in length. Some students may consider writing a speech that is between
3 and 5 minutes in length if they are interested in being considered for Legion Public Speaking Contest.
This will take place at the beginning of February. The writing obviously involves teacher support. Most
speeches involve some research to build content. We have discussed how you do not copy out of a book or
off an internet site. As a student reads through information, he/she should be pausing regularly and monitoring
his/her comprehension of information and then stopping and jotting his/her learning down. It is from these
notes that the student would then go back and write the speech. If you would like to support your child’s
speech writing efforts, I would ask that you read information over with your child and support the stopping
and jotting of important ideas and information so that your child has “rough notes” to work from. If you have
any questions or concerns, please email me. Have a great weekend!
I would like students to pick a topic by Monday. The expectation is that all students will write and present a
speech that is minimum one minute in length. Some students may consider writing a speech that is between
3 and 5 minutes in length if they are interested in being considered for Legion Public Speaking Contest.
This will take place at the beginning of February. The writing obviously involves teacher support. Most
speeches involve some research to build content. We have discussed how you do not copy out of a book or
off an internet site. As a student reads through information, he/she should be pausing regularly and monitoring
his/her comprehension of information and then stopping and jotting his/her learning down. It is from these
notes that the student would then go back and write the speech. If you would like to support your child’s
speech writing efforts, I would ask that you read information over with your child and support the stopping
and jotting of important ideas and information so that your child has “rough notes” to work from. If you have
any questions or concerns, please email me. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Snowshoeing
On Wednesday for outdoor education, we went snowshoeing for the first time. We headed into the woods and investigated an area that is a swamp any other time of year. They did very well but were exhausted at the end of the trek!
Learning about exposure and how to conserve body heat.
CNL
Today we had a presentation from CNL and NAYGN (North American Young Generation in Nuclear). The students learned about nuclear energy and the history of nuclear research at CNL. They also learned about the current projects taking place at CNL. The class asked some thoughtful questions and were engaged in the presentation. They were excited to handle a fuel bundle and to check out the app Gridwatch https://gridwatch.ca/, to see where their electricity is coming from.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Monday, January 7, 2019
Swimming
Just a reminder that our first swimming day is Thursday. Please be sure to return all swim forms by Wednesday.
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