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 a task. Some activities included: […]
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 board and researched their questions. […]
Learning to take Notes
Learning to take notes is a very important skill. Many older children have difficulty taking notes and putting information they read into their own words. I often ask students to explain to me what their notes mean, and many times they are unable to do so. When this happens, I explain to the child that […]
L’ADN, notre carte d’identité biologique.
Les apprenants de 7 et 8 années ont travaillé sur un projet transdisciplinaire Français/Science intitulé : L’ADN, notre carte d’identité biologique.Ce projet étant en lien avec leur unité de classe de Français ‘nos racines identitaires’.#PSSP #french #DNA Source:: PSSP & OSSD
Unit Summative
We wrapped up the first unit last week, and the students did their end of unit summative. They presented all their work from the unit in an organized and creative way. One student for example displayed his work on string that was attached to the ceiling, which he pulled down, one piece of work at […]
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month
Dyslexia is a neurobiological learning disability that affects about 23 % of Canadians. People may have difficulty with reading despite having normal intelligence and eye sight. Children benefit from a supportive teacher using a direct, multisensory, and systematic approach to reading instruction, such as with the Orton-Gillingham approach. This October, Canadian buildings will light up […]
Strengthening our ATL Skills
The Approaches to learning (ATL) are grounded in the belief that learning how to learn is fundamental to a student’s education. There are five categories of interrelated skills and associated sub-skills support students of all ages to become self-regulated learners. The Grade 2/3 students worked on developing their communication skills by interviewing a member of […]
La journée du chandail orange
Dans le cadre de l’enseignement d’Histoire et de l’unité 1 du cours de Français sur le thème des racines identitaires, la classe de 7/8 a organisé la journée du chandail orange. Les apprenants ont decidé de placer cette journée sous le signe du droit à l’identité pour chacun. Cela nous a donné l’occasion d’écouter, de […]
Trees in the seasons
What do trees look like in each season. After talking about this and reading a few books about seasons, we got ready for an art activity to depict the trees! The students used q-tips and paint and dotted the trees in each season with the appropriate colours. They were careful to not mix the colours, […]
The Cooperation Counsel
Conseil de Coopération – Cooperative Counsel Définition : Le conseil de coopération est un lieu de gestion de la classe, de mise en commun des réussites, des difficultés et des échecs, un lieu de réflexion pour trouver consensus et solutions. Ce n’est pas une causerie, ni un comité élu par l’ensemble des élèves (conseil de […]