8C @ W Erskine Johnston PS

A few students were asking for the url of the comic creation website we visited on Monday.  Here it is:
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com
Our class code is 8cwejps
Have fun!

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Hello!
Today we are going to begin our DRA reading assessments.  Here are the steps to follow:
1.  Select the text you would like to read.
2. Log in to your computer and open up a new file in Audacity.
3. Test audacity to make sure that it is recording.  Say “test test” and then listen to the file [...]

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 I’m from the two poles that held up the house, from the stupid referee to the clown with the bean bags, the really easy hockey game, and the pinball machine.
I’m from Piraka Pete’s angry roar, and the many waterfalls. I’m from the Mud Pit’s of Mordor, and the piano lessons I hated.
I’m from WHO MINDS!! [...]

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I am from the Christmas Eve’s that gathered my family together with chants of laughter and a festive feast.
I am from the squeaky swing in the yard, the fragrance of flowers to vivid red tomatoes and snow structures built out front.
I’m from “do you homework” to “go outside” and my brother’s whines.
I am from the [...]

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I am from the maple tree, standing in my backyard, that my mum hates me to climb, the tasty mint leaves that took control of the little garden around the shed, and from the deck my dad built a few years ago.
I am from tabouli and spanakopita, bought at Costco, from Yorkshire puddings, and Nutella [...]

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I’m from shooting hooops with my brother to scoring goals with my cousin.
I am from getting touchdowns at school to biking 20 k with my family.
I’m from going to Band early in the morining to going tyo my piano practice late at night.
I’m from counseling recreation at VBS to leading church worship on the piano.
I’m [...]

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Good morning!  For our lab time this week, we will be learning about and using Diigo – a social bookmarking tool for which I have set up student accounts for all members of 8C.  Our student accounts will allow us to bookmark pages on the web, highlight them, add our own comments and notes to [...]

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Good morning!
Do you learn best by doing something physical – moving around using your body and muscles?  Maybe you prefer to learn by talking, writing and reading about a topic?  Are you most successful when you use logic, numbers and mathematics to solve problems?  The ways we learn and interact with the world are what makes us unique.  We [...]

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Around the time I first started teaching, I came across a wonderful lesson idea in Rethinking our Classrooms:  Teaching for Equity and Justice, Volume 2.   The poem upon which the lesson is based is Where I’m From by George Ella Lyon.  Since using it back then with my Grade 9 students, I have come across [...]

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