Hi everyone, I hope this post finds you well. Today in our Google Meet we talked about racism and how we can be advocates and ally's. We watched 2 different read alouds and then had some discussion following each book and as we were reading. Here are the two books we listened to: A Kids Book about Racism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaltG5N8nE A is for Activist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIdCCKDGvF4 Below I have attached another book (we did not read this one as a group) that you may wish to watch and discuss as a family. Something Happened in Our Town This book follows two families — one white, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The story aims to answer children’s questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOhOFGcWm8 Here is a resource with a variety of different children's books that talk abo...
In Math we are continuing to work on equivalent fractions for the rest of the week. Next week we will begin to examine decimal place value and the relationships too fractions. Tomorrow we will be working on the rules for dialogue by videoing ourselves have a conversation and then attempting to transcribe them utilizing the proper rules. Students will then take this knowledge to insure they have utilized the proper rules in their story. In social studies we are continuing to examine the impact of WWI on Canada. I am almost finished marking their Electrified Game Board projects. You should expect to see grades on Powerschool within the next few days. The remaining 3 field trips have been posted with dates, so that you can plan ahead. If you are able to volunteer, please sign up on the website below or contact me via email. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b4cacae2fa46-grade Reminders: No school Thursday or Friday, due to Teachers Convention, or Monday due to Family Day. ...
Read & Write Google Chrome This is an awesome resource that can be used through Google Chrome as an "add-on". It looks like a purple puzzle piece when it is installed. The major highlight is it has a built in voice translator, and speech to text. Other uses are that It helps you correct your grammar, spelling, and even asks "what did you mean?" or "what did you want to say?" and gives you options to put down and you can speak into it. There is a document attached in Google Classroom that has 3 helpful videos how to use it that are time stamped. Find it in the Resources section under the Classwork tab on Google Classroom.
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