It was great to have a field study the very first week back! I hope you saw a variety of opportunities for post-secondary education and at the very least, had an opportunity to think about your future and some of what you would enjoy doing in the future.
This week was all about mastering the paragraph and that work will continue on into next week, after which we will start working on our essays. Is that cheering I hear? Next Week: Thursday, January 17th - Kid Inventor Day (morning only) Have a great, homework-free, weekend!
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Just one more week - we can do this!
Monday - hand in your stories into the LA folder; you will have up to 2 hours to work on the TSB project (if you need less, there will be other stuff to do as well) Tuesday - Presentations for TSB projects begin Thursday - Solstice Celebration (let's get all our offerings onto the chart paper) Friday - winter break - no school for you - See you on Monday, January 7th Please note the following for Solstice: - bring in a non-disposable plate, cutlery, a drink - if you aren't going to be staying for the afternoon, please have your parent sign you out or send in a note to excuse your absence - if you are staying for the afternoon, have some snacks handy, if you'd like Have a wonderful weekend! You have school on Monday but I won't be back until Tuesday.
Story writing part 2 - we have begun our second story and next week will be a big working week for us.
Touching Spirit Bear - novel complete! Next week we start our project. *Talk to your parents about your Solstice Celebration Offering* Next Week: Monday, December 10th - First draft of story - The Importance of Memories - unedited Friday, December 14th - Curling - snack, water bottle, clean runners Have a wonderful weekend! The next time I see you, it will be December!
First, congratulations to Mr. Stone on the birth of his baby boy - very exciting news. Secondly, congratulations to you on how hard you have worked to develop some new Language Arts skills this week. I know it was a bit of a slog but I really hope that engaging with commas in all the ways we did this week will be supportive of your writing work. I'm looking forward to seeing your development with the next piece of writing. Those of you who have handed in your story edits and Touching Spirit Bear comma sheet, thank you. Those who have not, I'd really like to see them. Next Week: Monday, December 3rd - read Touching Spirit Bear to the end of Chapter 20. Friday, December 7th - PD Day - no school for you (said in the "no soup for you" voice) Have a most wonderful weekend! Lovely to see so many parents over the last couple of days to talk about the amazing progress you all have been making.
Next Week: Monday, November 26 - Political cartoons due (with the working booklet and rubric) and read TSB to the end of chapter 15. Tuesday, November 27 - Economics of Staying in School Workshop - all morning Have a lovely weekend! Between Take Your Kid to Work Day and the Crescent Heights tour, it felt like we were more gone than here this week.
With next week being Parent-Teacher Interviews, it's another short week. It is possible you will see a bit more homework here and there to account for some of the ins and outs. Next Week: Monday - Literary Devices Chart (and Political Cartoon analysis sheet - if you haven't already handed it in. Also, read chapters 6 and 7 from TSB. Thursday - Half day for Interviews Friday - No School for you...not so much for me Have a wonderful weekend! You all have engaged brilliantly with the work we've been doing developing our stories over the course of the last couple of weeks and I'm excited to read them next week. I was especially happy to hear that you've learned something from the writing process and that your third draft is waaaaay better than your first draft.
I'm also pretty impressed with the calibre of work that is going into developing your "Caring for our Watersheds" projects. Really exciting!! Next Week: 1. Monday, November 12th - Hand in your final short stories and read "Touching Spirit Bear" to the end of chapter 5. (I hope you remembered to take your books with you) 2. Wednesday, November 14th - Take Your Kid to Work Day 3. Thursday, November 15th - Crescent Heights High School Tour - in the morning We spent a lot of time talking about theme this week. Hopefully, you have a solid direction on the theme you would like to address in your first short story task.
Kudos to all of you on beginning to build relationships with our Grade 1 buddies. I love watching the bigs and littles coming together! Next week: Monday, October 29 - Bring in your completed story worksheet for three possible story ideas. - Be ready with one or two questions related to Youth Criminal Justice for our session with the police officer. - Come prepared to write down your plan for Take Your Kid To Work Day on November 14th. Wednesday, October 31 - Class pictures and retakes of portrait pictures. Thursday, November 1 - Field Study to the Zoo - pm only. It feels like it was a super short week with me not being here for two days but you were still working hard. It's time to make sure you enjoy the gorgeous weather this weekend and get outside.
Also, I'd love for you to have a chat with your families about the top 6 Bills we had a panel discussion about. Hopefully, this will help to solidify, in your own minds, which Bill will most impact the quality of life of Canadians and we will vote on it on Monday. Next week: 1. Monday, October 22 - final Bill vote - Bias presentations begin 2. Friday, October 26 - PD Day: no school for you Have an awesome weekend! |
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