Tuesday, January 9

 Hi parents,

We had a great day today.

In the morning, the students worked on the 'data collection' step for their graphing project. They surveyed their classmates, and used personal strategies to keep track of who they'd already asked, to make sure they got responses from everyone. Tomorrow we'll start graphing.

We did a lot of French this morning, which ended up being a lot more fun than expected. We learned that in French, words can be 'masculine' or 'feminine', and the words 'un' or 'une' are used differently depending on what they're associated with. The class used Google Translate to learn the French words for a variety of nouns, and sorted these by "Un" and "Une". 

In the afternoon, we did Daily LA, and then the students split into their 'social studies buddies' and read from our Alberta textbooks, answering comprehension questions along the way. I really enjoy these textbook comprehension activities because the students are able to work so independently on them - I think that's why they enjoy them too. They also help build skills for researching and locating information efficiently, which are so important in higher grades.

Have a nice night,

Zac