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Fractal Tree Scratch Project

Fractal Tree Scratch Project Choose the Ball Make these variables: Add the Pen Extension. Find: then Add this code on the ball sprite: Run the program: Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog

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Bonus Computer Program Challenges

Need an extra challenge when programming in class? Try these! 1) Write a program called “LeapYear” in which the user is asked to enter a value – a year to be tested to see if it is a leap year. Have the program say either, yes, the entered year is

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Scratch 3.0 is here!

Scratch 3.0, the latest version of the popular block-based programming language, it now available for all users!ScratchScratch 3.0 will work on both desktops and tablets alike, and has some exciting new blocks: you can make your characters speak out loud, and there is built in support for Makey Makeys! Scratch

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Hexaflexagons – back by popular demand!

We seem to have a holiday tradition of making hexaflexagons! Here is a link to my favourite template for making tri-hexaflexagons: Aunt Annie’s Tri-HexaflexagonsVi Hart’s video about Hexaflexagons:Intro to hexaflexagons Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog

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Environmental Sustainability

We started our new unit in the past couple of weeks: environmental sustainability. Last week we started learning about natural resources -renewable and non-renewable. After discussing all of the different natural resources, the students sculpted their interpretation of various different natural resources, including: air, wildlife, water, the earth, and plants.

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Interactive classroom learning and student participation
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Halloween 2020

Cette année, la fête d’Halloween a une saveur particulière.A l’Académie de la Capitale, nous avons fêté comme il se doit en revêtant nos plus beaux costumes !​ Source:: PSSP & OSSD

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Unité # 2 Inventions and inventors

Students making research and working in collaboration to present a poster and google slide abut an inventions in different countries. Communication skills and collaboration Looking for a specific invention in a country on the world map . Source:: GRADE 3 & 4 Blog

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Students participating in collaborative educational activities
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Papier Mâché

We have been working really hard making paper mâché suns, earths and moons. We are now at the painting stage of our project and will soon get to use our models of the earth, sun and moon to demonstrate how we have day and night and seasons! We can’t wait

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Students collaborating during educational learning sessions
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Cooperative Skill Building

Grade 2/3 has started working on their new unit focusing on the Workplace. We’ve been focusing on the idea of having a common goal within a team. To work on collaboration, students have been playing different cooperative games. We’ve been practicing our listening skills, compromising, and working together to accomplish

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Questions in Nature

​This week during our weekly Outdoor Education class, we went for a walk outside. I asked the students to bring their notebooks and a pencil on our walk, and to write down every question they had about nature. When we came back inside, the students wrote their questions on the

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