I hope you are enjoying our unit on Electricity and ‘playing’ with the bulbs, batteries and wires to figure out how it all works. There is still so much to learn including how electricity is made and how we can use it wisely. A few weeks ago, you tracked all of the activities that you …
I hope you enjoyed our trip to the Nikkei Centre today and learned more about the Japanese culture and their history in Canada. What was your favourite activity? What stood out to you? What did you find interesting? What are some questions that you still have?
I hope you found our Class Meeting/HACE class interesting and though-provoking. If you would like to watch the video again, it is down below along with another one on the brain and how it works. It even explains the electrical pathways in our brains. We also discussed some ways you can calm the amygdala when …
I sure did enjoy the calligraphy workshop that Ms. Lee and the other ladies gave to us today. You did a great job painting your characters with authentic materials such as horse hair brushes, special paper and ink. Did you know that the ink for Japanese calligraphy is not in liquid form? It begins as …
Everyday, without realizing it, you are making inferences from pictures you see, interactions you have with other people, text that you read, anything that you observe really. Taking your observations and combining them with what you already know or have experienced in your life, helps you to infer or draw conclusions. Asking yourself, “What is …
I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘The Music of Dolphins’ and I hope you did as well. There are so many themes in this book including the need for humans to belong. Mila felt that she didn’t really belong in the human world even though she was learning the English language and the ways of our human …
I hope you enjoyed the Teddy Anderson performance at the Michael J. Fox Theatre on Wednesday. I was so impressed by his skills and the message that he had to share with us. If you recall, he was pretty clear that he wanted you all to take his message home to your own families. We …