Five Whole Days!

      We are getting into the swing of things and working on building routines. Independent reading and conferences have been going well. It's been great to have one-on-one conversations with the kids and get to know them better as learners and human beings. The first conference is at my request and as students finish their independent reading novels it is their responsibility to sign up for a meeting so that we can chat about their books and make decisions about which Tic-Tac-Toe Novel responses they are going to complete and the due date. We worked in small groups using a plot graph as a tool to help with writing summaries. 

Collaborating on plot graphs.

     We have begun our visual note-taking journey by learning about the assistive drawing tools in the Jamboard app. We broke out the stylus bin and the kids were amazed by the AI that guesses at what you are trying to draw. We learned about the elements of sketchnoting and brainstormed various digital tools that are available for them to use. I can't wait to see what they create this year in History/Geography and Science!

Sketchnoting 101

     We took some time to learn how to organize our digital learning spaces and our first area to clean up was our Google Drives. We learned how to make folders and how to personalize those folders by changing their colours. We also learned how the move Google files from one folder to another and the importance of naming your work so you don't have a Drive full of Untitled documents.  We also learned how to set alerts using our iCalendars to make sure that we are staying on track with our reading goals.

We finished off the week by going to support the MDHS girl's basketball team. It was a fantastic game and it was so wonderful to be able to be in the stands with everyone cheering on our Blue Devils to victory. 

Reminders for Next Week

School Council Meeting: Monday, September 19th at 7:00 pm