Wednesday, January 19

 Hi parents,

We had a great day today!

In the morning, the students divided into partners ("social studies buddies") and given time to look through our Canadian Communities textbook. Unlike your stereotypical textbooks, the Canadian Communities book is full of colourful pictures, grade-level text, and thought-provoking inquiry questions. It's an awesome introductory resource to help kids develop basic research skills, and it covers some pretty interesting topics too.

The class played a game with Mr. Shipley that I believe was called "Gaga Ball", and it seemed to be a really big hit. I was reading with small groups and missed out unfortunately. I think they'll be playing it again tomorrow.

Today, the students were tasked with doing some research about research. We created a chart, as a class, that illustrated 5 steps that we can take when conducting research:

    1. Ask questions.

    2. Find sources.

    3. Gather information.

    4. Check information.

    5. Share findings!

We read chapter two of The Secrets of Droon and the students answered some comprehension questions. The class seems to be enjoying the book so far and we haven't even gotten to the good parts yet! Tomorrow we're going to have to talk about answering questions using full sentences. 

In the afternoon, we had Daily LA, Gym, and Music.

Have a nice night!

Zac