{"id":4248,"date":"2018-11-11T14:15:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T22:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/?p=4248"},"modified":"2018-11-12T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T17:00:48","slug":"would-a-bat-make-a-good-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/2018\/11\/11\/would-a-bat-make-a-good-pet\/","title":{"rendered":"Would a bat make a good pet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2018\/11\/IMG_5659.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4249\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2018\/11\/IMG_5659.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2018\/11\/IMG_5659.jpg 536w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2018\/11\/IMG_5659-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently, <strong>all<\/strong> the children of Parkcrest School were invited to answer the question,<strong> &#8220;What makes a good pet?&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong> Depending on their experience, some drew pictures and answered orally or used words, most responded in writing.&nbsp; The purpose of this exercise was to analyse how the teachers could help the children to move forward in their writing.&nbsp; We noticed that the students needed to add more description and details to justify their thinking.&nbsp; To see what your child can do independently, please see his\/her blogfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Division 8 is beginning an inquiry-based science project on bats.&nbsp; We are starting with the question, <strong>&#8220;Would a bat make a good pet?&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;Instead of giving them the information about bats, the students are responsible for asking questions, giving their ideas and opinions, and investigating and researching the facts.&nbsp; When the children settle on an answer to the question, &#8220;Would a bat make a good pet?&#8221;, they will have a richer explanation for their choice.&nbsp; Stay tuned to see how we are doing.<\/p>\n<p>[metaslider id=4230]<\/p>\n<p>Come and see the bulletin board in the hallway.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a hoot!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, all the children of Parkcrest School were invited to answer the question, &#8220;What makes a good pet?&#8221;&nbsp; Depending on their experience, some drew pictures and answered orally or used words, most responded in writing.&nbsp; The purpose of this exercise was to analyse how the<a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/2018\/11\/11\/would-a-bat-make-a-good-pet\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4248"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4260,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions\/4260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}