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Unit of inquiry #1 – nos héros.

This week, we began our first unit of inquiry – how choices of heroes reflect the characteristics that societies and individuals value (see “units of inquiry” tab). As you can see from our photos, we got off to a busy start. Students were not told what the unit of inquiry was, but based on photos […]

Pareil, pas pareil

Grade 6s developping their logical thinking skills….and learning the names of the cards in French Jack = Le valet; Queen = La dame; King = Le Roi Diamond = Carreau; Heart = Coeur; Spade = Pique; Club = Trèfle In this challenge, cards in the same row must share a property (suit/face value) with their […]

Je me présente

This week, we have completed some community building activities and getting organized. We started Tuesday with an ESCAPE ROOM. We worked very hard to solve a series of puzzles that would direct us to the batteries to make our electric sharpener work. We also started a mini-project called “Je me présente». We worked on sharing […]

First week back!

We did so many things this week–students created and presented skits that included useful classroom expressions in French, did a show-and-tell paper bag activity, a scavenger hunt to learn about Mme Sarah, reviewed the IB learner profile attributes, came up with a list of classroom essential agreements to stick to for the year, and even […]

Novel Study: Because of Winn-Dixie

Students have started a new novel for this Unit’s Novel Study, Because of Winn-Dixie  by Kate DiCamillo . The book is being read as a class, which allows us to discuss many reading strategies and stylistic elements of the story as we read. For every two chapters we read, students complete 1 chosen activity from their choice board. […]