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This week, students were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to hear from Wordfest authors Wesley King and Aaron Paquette. Both authors gave incredible presentations. They spent more than an hour answering questions and entertaining students with stories and personal anecdotes on the challenges of writing.
Mr. Paquette is the author of Lightfinder, a novel that we are reading and discussing as a group. He generously autographed our copy of his book before we had to leave to grab our bus. Thank you again to the parent volunteers who escorted our group. For more information on Lightfinder and Mr. Paquette, visit http://wordfest.com/speaker/aaron-paquette/ Everyone survived our field trip! Thank you to the students for being such troopers, as well as a big thanks to all of our parent volunteers. The tour (despite the cold) was a success; plenty of engaging discussions and thoughtful exploration. For more information on our stops, please review the PDFs below. Our class also tackled a unique Math challenge, The Great 99 Math Problem. In pairs, students explored the problem and expressed their reasoning through a presentation. More info below! ![]()
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This week, we explored the ill-fated Franklin Expedition through song, video, discussion, maps, and group activities. The story of the Franklin Expedition gave us a framework to discuss Canadian national identity; the importance of oral storytelling; the accuracy of indigenous oral history; and exploration in Canada's North. The students also had the opportunity to write a persuasive letter to Queen Victoria from the perspective of Lady Jane Franklin, Sir John Franklin's wife. For more information, feel free to review the PDF version of our SMARTBoard work found below. ![]()
Farewell and Thank You to Rosemary NixonThis week, we said farewell and thanks to Rosemary Nixon. The talented author and educator worked with our class on "juicy words", approaching reading as a writer, and provided endless enthusiasm and encouragement (alliteration, anyone?!). The class participated in a group writing tribute on Thursday to help send her off; there was not a dry eye in the classroom.
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