{"id":5488,"date":"2022-10-21T00:27:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T07:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/chanl\/?p=5488"},"modified":"2022-12-03T23:37:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T07:37:27","slug":"week-5-6-sweetness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/chanl\/week-5-6-sweetness\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5 & 6 Sweetness!"},"content":{"rendered":"Dear families,\r\n\r\nI apologize for not sending an update last weekend. I left for Akron, Ohio last Wednesday at midnight to attend the Teach Better Conference. While it completely consumed the following few days, it was one of the most exhilarating, joy filling, and memorable weekends of my entire life! Since the beginning of the pandemic, I came to know many passionate educators from across the US and Canada. At this conference, I met these same people who have become friends whom I admire. They inspire me to be a better teacher every day!\r\n\r\nThe keynote speakers and the breakout session speakers were authors, podcasters, classroom teachers, administrators, and international speakers. One of them actually won a Grammy for the Music Educator award! His name is Mickey Smith Jr. If you’d like to be inspired by him, I highly recommend listening here<\/a>. His message doesn’t just apply to teachers but to everyone. I was over the moon that he chose to come to listen to my presentation about Atomic Interactions! \r\n\r\nName Presentations<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThank you for your support at home to help your child prepare their name presentations. There was a noticeable improvement in these second presentations in their confidence, preparedness, and how they spoke more loudly.\r\n\r\nWe are scientists.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nStudents really enjoy learning about the 3 states of matter, atoms, and the transfer of heat energy! I try to make learning as experiential, hands on, and fun as possible! Here are some of the concepts they have learned about so far:\r\n