October 9th

 

Reflective Question: How do we train our kids to think? Do we have any routines or projects that encourage thinking and agency? Do we encorporate any reflective practices for learning? 

Important dates

October

• 9th - 13th Week 3 CR
• 11th- Breakfast with the Principal LP Years 1-3 🥐
• 11th- CLCs 2:15-3:00 👥
• 12th- Breakfast with the Principal UP Years 4-6 🥐
• 12th-Assembly Yr 5.3 Mr. Russel & 6.3 Ms. Aoibheaan 
• *** October 13th-Professional Growth Objectives due on Bluesky (this has been moved from Sept. 29th) Guidance video
• 13th- Early Release @1:30 ⏰
• 16th - 20th Week 4 CR
• 16th- 20th Digital Citizenship Week 💻
• 17th  Arabic poetry competition ꠫
• 17th- 3WC Arabic Dept. 📘
• 18th- 3WC Homeroom & Arabic 📘
• 19th- 3WC Homeroom & Arabic 📘
• 20th Early Release @ 1:30 ⏰
• 23rd - 31st Arabic exams

Sunday Morning Slides

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Spotlight on Learning

LP 6 Research and Reflection on Learning

Research, reflection, and future design-oriented thinking are valued and acted upon by the community of learners. 

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Reflection is a natural part of learning.

We all think about new experiences–the camping on the car ride home, the mistakes made in a game, or the emotions felt while finishing a long-term project that’s taken months to complete.

Here are 15 strategies for students to reflect on their learning. Modeling the use of each up front can go a long way towards making sure you get the quality of work you’d like to see throughout the year–and students learn more in the process.

How can we encourage our students to be Reflective Learners?

Looking Ahead CLCs-Tuesday, October 11th @2:15

Main focus: how to find evidence and looking for impacts

3WC

3WC have been changed to better accomodate our calendar and scheduling. Lewis will be sending the booking information to you and parents ASAP.

It will be on the these dates and times for:

Homeroom teachers:

• 18th Tuesday - F2F only
• 19th Weds - Online only
• Timing 2:45- 6:30 (30 minute break)
• ASAs will be canceled on Monday and Wednesday
• Early release on Thursday

Arabic teachers:

• Face-to-Face only
• 17th & 18th from 2:50- 6:30 (30 min break) (19 appts x2 = 38)
• 19th from 2:50-5:00 (10 min break) (12 appts so 50 in total)
• Early release on Thursday

AIM for More

Rola has been having fun exploring Canva and is making us some meaningful resources. Check out her strategies for Emergent Readers. (Click the image for more)

Resources

Promethean Interactive Panels

Your IPs do so much more than just annotate on screen or as the kids say...use a big TV. Check out

 iSmartboard.com as a useful resource for teaching. It is a curated list by age and subject of resources to use with your IP.

Kami

Kami has tons of templates, games, and resources, you can assign straight to your Google Classroom, merge two texts/docs, convert a scanned document and make it editable and much more...click the image for the templates. 

Kami Updates

1 - “Open with Kami” Button in Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets

Clicking the Kami button will instantly convert your file, so you can start enhancing any existing resource using Kami tools.

2 - Read Aloud feature for Text Box and Dictionary

You can access the Read Aloud feature to read Text Box content/words aloud and to read the text/definitions displayed with the Dictionary tool.

3 - Question tool is now available 

The Question tool gives you the option of Multiple Choice, Dropdown, and Short Answer question types. Each can be modified, so you can customize the questions to your needs.

Click this link for full updates.