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Upcoming Caribou Math Competition
The upcoming Caribou Math Competition will be held from November 13-14, 2019. Students in grades 1 through 12 will be competing in the following: For grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 – Tangram https://cariboutests.com/games/tangram.php For grades 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 – Chomp https://cariboutests.com/games/chomp.php For grades 11 & 12 – GeomeTree
Acadecap Updates: October & November 2019
October, so far: October 16 was the Student Vote. Grades 1-11 participated in the mock election. The Acadecap election leader’s debate took place a week before (and was much more entertaining than the televised one). October 16 was also our curriculum night. Parents were introduced to Michel Lyon, author of
Upcoming open house: November 20, 2019 from 6-8 pm
Open House: November 20, 2019 Académie de la Capitale (Acadecap International School) will be hosting its next Open House on November 20, 2019, Wednesday, from 6 to 8 pm. At the Open House, you will meet various members of the Acadecap Community, all interested in sharing their experience with you.
Acadecap Updates: Back-to-school 2019-2020
The 2019-2020 School Year Calendar has just been released, and you may have noticed many new additions. To better plan the scheduling of activities, each month will feature a different theme (focus): September: House Building October: Literature Month November: Innovation Month December: Month of Celebrations January: Creative Expression Month February:
Lovely Ladybugs
This week, AcadeCampers explored the exciting and beautiful lady bug! We started our week off by asking questions and thinking about what we already know. Then, we went searching for ladybugs to observe throughout the week – it was like a scavenger hunt because they were so tough to find! Then,
Simple Machines
Simple Machines Lesson from TeachEngineering.orgThe advantage of the incline plan from TeachEngineering.orgRube-Goldberg Activity from TeachEngineering.orgPowerful Pulleys lesson from TeachEngineering.org Collection of activities and lessons about simple machines from TeachEngineering.org Pulley-ing Your Own Weight Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Experiencing Language
We have been working with stories that have a poetic element and repetitive text. Students loved reading “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, this week we have written our own story “Friends, Friends, What Do You See?” with all the friends in our class. We have also spent
Welcome to JK!
Hello, and welcome to JK English. I am looking forwards to teaching JK students again. When I was in Kuwait, I taught JK for 2 years, and especially enjoyed teaching English and watching the students literacy skills grow throughout the year! On this blog I will include some memories of