And just like that, we are done our first month of school! This was another busy week with boys soccer, girls soccer, and the Terry Fox Run. Congratulations to the ladies in both classes who brought home a victory from the soccer pitch on Wednesday!
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| 8D leading the Terry Fox Run on Thursday |
Reading
With students-athletes away two days this week the kiddos who were at school got more time to work
on their independent reading. Many have finished their first books and are well on their way with their
novel responses. One of the most popular choices seems to be the creation of three significant settings
from their books using Minecraft. I am amazed at the thought and detail that has been going into their
building. We finished off the week with learning how to decipher the theme in literary texts so that they
can communicate their understanding of an author's intended message.
on their independent reading. Many have finished their first books and are well on their way with their
novel responses. One of the most popular choices seems to be the creation of three significant settings
from their books using Minecraft. I am amazed at the thought and detail that has been going into their
building. We finished off the week with learning how to decipher the theme in literary texts so that they
can communicate their understanding of an author's intended message.
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| We love Minecraft! Students have the option either create a screencast or present their worlds live to the class. |
Writing
This week students continued to build on their skills as sketchnoters. They went to the website
wonderopolis.org, chose a wonder that they were interested in, picked a minimum of 5 facts from their
article and then created a graphic non-fiction text. I love sketchnoting based on reading because this
activity hits overall curriculum expectations in Reading, Writing and Media Literacy!
wonderopolis.org, chose a wonder that they were interested in, picked a minimum of 5 facts from their
article and then created a graphic non-fiction text. I love sketchnoting based on reading because this
activity hits overall curriculum expectations in Reading, Writing and Media Literacy!
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| Thanks to Joy for this amazing example! |
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| Sketchnoters in action! |
Media Literacy
This week we looked at storyboard planners for iMovie trailers. One of the independent reading
tic-tac-toe options is to create a book trailer. iMovie is a powerful app that gives students the opportunity
to create high-quality movie trailers. Creating a storyboard is an essential part of the pre-writing process
for the development of excellent videos. These templates have been created for all the genres that
iMovie provides as options for film creation.
tic-tac-toe options is to create a book trailer. iMovie is a powerful app that gives students the opportunity
to create high-quality movie trailers. Creating a storyboard is an essential part of the pre-writing process
for the development of excellent videos. These templates have been created for all the genres that
iMovie provides as options for film creation.
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| Thanks to Tony Vincent and his Learning in Hand blog for creating this fantastic planning templates! https://learninginhand.com/blog/2014/8/6/plan-a-better-imovie-trailer-with-these-pdfs |
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