- p. 140 for Math (assigned on Monday but not taken up yet)
- 3 x spelling list words
- pp. 3 & 4 of report card signed by parent/guardian and student
I am in a bit of a rush at the moment and trying to compress a few things into today's post.
I am pleased that 80% of the class completed the jot notes I assigned for History a week and a half ago. We began to debrief some of them today and I added in some interesting information about the City of Toronto, especially as it relates to the War of 1812. Here is a video that I imbedded into the Promethean Board lesson on jot notes:
I am adding a couple of photos of something which came up in our discussion about the War of 1812. It had to do with Garrison Creek, which is a large body of water (creek) which flows through many underground sections of Toronto. It is named "Garrison" because it ends near Fort York.
At one point there was a Harbord Street bridge near Harbord Collegiate. Here is a shot of the bridge between the years 1909 and 1914. You can still see a part of the bridge today.
The Community Circle involved the students taking on a reflective role to think about the kind of person they want to be as they get older. Here are the questions:
Our discussion on Lance Armstrong continue. Although we did not get into it today, we have been doing some background work on the upcoming role play we do about his situation. We have one more article to read about him, but we will be looking at the different people who are/were in his life and the impact his actions may have on them. Here is the chart paper of our ideas so far:
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| Whoops, those are the background videos we have been watching on the story. |
We will be beginning an Art exercise that involves tearing some paper and using it in layers to create a new image. I did an example for the class to see:
Have a good evening.
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