A collection of ideas and learnings for educators, families, and learners created and shared by the Division 1 Learners of 2023 and Ms. Derksen, MEd
Gr. 6 & 7 Learning
Hello community of division 1, Welcome to our updated blog for the 2021-2022 school year! The Division 1 learners have been getting a crash course in Microsoft Office 365 throughout the term. In their investigations they have been learning to carefully curate their Digital Learning Portfolios in Microsoft OneNote. All of their assignments, projects, and […]
Hello education community, I appreciate your patience as I update the blog for this year’s cohort of learners (2021-2022). Stay tuned and subscribe for future updates! Take care, Ms. Derksen
Welcome to Last, Last, Last, Last Week Today. This week (March 1-5) things have been going past very fast with school wrapping up. From Salmon Dissection to Settlers of Catan it was a wonderful week! With Spring Break approaching we have been wrapping up the class –focusing on finishing the grade 7 learning portfolios. Special Events We have had […]
This week in school… From speeches to portfolio this week has been a blast! We have done tons of things from presenting in class or creating our first picture reflection for portfolio. Events This week was all about kindness! On Wednesday, our school all took part in a Pink Shirt Day assembly in zoom where […]
Hello Community of Division 1 and beyond, We have begun a new and exciting initiative right here on our blog spot to keep everyone up-to-date with what is happening here in the classroom. Each week, a student of division one will write a “Week-at-a-Glance” blog post. It is our hope that our families at home […]
Hello community of division 1, I am currently working on updating the class blog to reflect our class’ learning throughout this first term of the 2020-2021 year. Stay tuned! Ms. D
When reaching to our book shelves these days, we may feel like the titles are getting a bit repetitive. Like, how many times can a person read the Harry Potter series? Well, that really depends on who you are asking. For me: never enough times #potterhead. Branching beyond our well loved books at home, many […]
In an effort to try and peel your eyes away from a screen, I encourage you to begin journaling (personal writing and art). I am very aware that everyone has access to different supplies at home during this time. If you don’t have access to a sketch book, plain or lined paper, a notebook or […]
Access to Ed Apps I sent out access (via email) to 5 different Educational Applications and Online Classrooms that I hope to use with our class: Take some time to explore tomorrow and Monday! _________________________________________________________________________ Connecting Many students in our class have been getting online and checking their inboxes and Teams at least once a […]
With our class meeting’s success setting the bar for our class’ technological abilities, I am excited to get going in some “regular” programming. I know it may take a little while to get back into the swing of things, and that is definitely okay! Be patient with yourselves, your technology, and your family. For a soft […]