Mel's 10EAL

Students will continue to work on using their biography outlines to complete the Mandela writing assignment.

Reminder: We will be going to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights this Friday, May 17 from 12:00 to 2:00 to see the Nelson Mandela exhibit. We will take the Spirit Bus (free) together. Meet in the Teaching Garden at 12:00. Don’t be late!

Address: 85 Israel Asper Way

Note: There is No School on Monday, May 20, for the Victoria Day holiday.

Learn more about the Mandela: Struggle for Freedom exhibit at the CMHR:

https://humanrights.ca/exhibition/mandela-struggle-for-freedom

Tips for Visiting Day:

https://humanrights.ca/education/day-of-your-visit

Students will continue working on the biography outlines for the Mandela writing assignment.

Reminder: We will be going to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights this Friday, May 17 from 12:00 to 2:00 to see the Nelson Mandela exhibit. We will take the Spirit Bus (free) together. Meet outside the school office on Friday at 12:00. Don’t be late!

Address: 85 Israel Asper Way

Note: There is No School on Monday, May 20, for the Victoria Day holiday.

Learn more about the Mandela: Struggle for Freedom exhibit at the CMHR:

https://humanrights.ca/exhibition/mandela-struggle-for-freedom

Tips for Visiting Day:

https://humanrights.ca/education/day-of-your-visit

Students will start working on the biography outlines for the Mandela writing assignment.

Reminder: We will be going to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights this Friday, May 17 from 12:00 to 2:00 to see the Nelson Mandela exhibit. We will take the Spirit Bus (free) together. Meet outside the school office on Friday at 12:00. Don’t be late!

Address: 85 Israel Asper Way

Note: There is No School on Monday, May 20, for the Victoria Day holiday.

Learn more about the Mandela: Struggle for Freedom exhibit at the CMHR:

https://humanrights.ca/exhibition/mandela-struggle-for-freedom

Tips for Visiting Day:

https://humanrights.ca/education/day-of-your-visit

We will watch a short video about Nelson Mandela’s life today.

We will also correct the first reading comprehension booklet together today and review some strategies that good readers use to decode words.

Good Readers:

-decode words in different ways.

-use pictures to predict words.

-use meaning clues to predict words

-look for common patterns in words

-look for base words and common endings.

-know the difference between facts and opinions

-connect the ideas they read about to their own lives.

Students will read an idea from the story about Mandela and make a connection to their lives. Then they will write a paragraph about this connection (who is the main storyteller in your family?) in their journals.

Students will use the chromebooks today to download the Mandela vocabulary from the blog and to find the definitions.

Students will also work on completing the reading comprehension booklet assignment. We will correct it together when it’s completed.

We will continue learning about Nelson Mandela today and we learn more about the meaning of Apartheid.

Students will start working on a reading comprehension assignment about Mandela.

Today we will begin learning about Nelson Mandela by reading a book about this important historical figure.

Nelson Mandela is the most widely-known figure in the struggle against South African apartheid. He spent 27 years in prison for his beliefs. He was released from prison in 1990. Four years later, Mandela became the first black president of South Africa.

Here are some videos about Mandela:

There will be a test on the music unit today. When finished, students can start reading the Nelson Mandela book.

NOTE: Students can pick up their timetables for the next school year starting on Monday, May 6.

REMINDER: There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, May 6. Have a nice long weekend! See you on Tuesday. 🙂

Students continued to work on completing the writing assignment about how music in different places makes you feel differently.

REMINDER: There will be a test on the music unit tomorrow, Friday, May 3. Students should study their assignments related to this unit.

NOTE: There is no school on Monday, May 6.

Students continued to work on the music unit today.