It was another whirlwind day as the students were engaged in learning activities from 8:00 to 2:45 when the day ended! Kids are working on their illustrations that represent the characters, setting, problem, and attempts of their story. This was a welcome break from our work on Google Docs, where students are typing up their good copies. This worked well because it was a technology-free day throughout Evergreen School! Tomorrow we will continue with a peer assessment and some teacher feedback of their writing.
Speaking of writing, the students were tasked with writing their first persuasive paragraph. We shared two different organizations with the students (Brown Bagging for Calgary Kids and Kids Cancer Care). Links to the two sites can be found by clicking the pictures below. Although the topics were discussed thoughtfully and considerately, cancer immediately became a difficult subject for some of the students. If you know that your child may have become emotional at the mention of cancer, please spend some time talking with them about the lesson from this afternoon. We did not intend for it to be as emotional or powerful as it was. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please send us an email.
Question of the Day:
Which organization did you support? Why?
Speaking of writing, the students were tasked with writing their first persuasive paragraph. We shared two different organizations with the students (Brown Bagging for Calgary Kids and Kids Cancer Care). Links to the two sites can be found by clicking the pictures below. Although the topics were discussed thoughtfully and considerately, cancer immediately became a difficult subject for some of the students. If you know that your child may have become emotional at the mention of cancer, please spend some time talking with them about the lesson from this afternoon. We did not intend for it to be as emotional or powerful as it was. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please send us an email.
Question of the Day:
Which organization did you support? Why?