Today the class of Madame Sofie wrote down a bit of the written YAT test. This part of the test was about taking action against something you believe is a problem. (Written by Cole and Ewan)
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Wow! We had another inquiry circle meeting today. It was amazing! Every Monkey was speaking French and collaborating with each other. Some real learning was happening! I have taken some video, but am unable to share at the moment-I will try to post as soon as I can so you can see it for yourself.
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Our grade 7 students had their first run at our new Yukon Achievement Tests. They completed an English reading comprehension online! I believe they found it relatively easy to complete. Bravo! Only a few more tests to go! Every Friday Monsieur Timon, French monitor, comes to our class to do activities in French. Today we were playing with the language by creating absurd sentences. We had some good laughs!
Today in gym we had jungle gym. We've done it every year but it's still fun.
For our sciences project we will be working collaboratively in groups. Today we started identifying criteria that will make our group work positive and effective. Each group listed a number of items and then had to sort them.
The Monkeys are starting to understand the importance of helping each other and that many heads together are better than one! We threw a party for one of the Monkeys today who will be leaving Yukon tomorrow. We had snacks, decorated, made him a card, gave him a small monkey gift and even suprised him! We are sad to see him go and wish him a safe trip back home to Quebec.
Today we met for the first time in our inquiry circles. We resented our question and our project plan. The other members in our group gave us compliments and offered suggestions for improvement.
We will meet every Tuesday and will help each other make our projects the best that they can be. This project will allow us to practice 21st century skills. Please ask your child what they are. Helpful hint: the acronym is CIRCUS. Today instead of guided reading, Mme Géraldine showed us a new game. Madame Sofie would say a letter and the class would have to write words out of certain categories that started with the letter. A bit like Scategories. It was fun! (Written by Reena)
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