September 23, 2015

During Daily 5 time, students have shown great progress in their Read to Self stamina!  Over the past two days, we began working on our second of five Daily 5 activities - Read to Someone.  "Of all the choices children participate in, Read to Someone is often their favorite.  Reading with someone helps readers, especially developing readers, increase areas of comprehension, accuracy, fluency and prosidy.  It also increases reading involvement, attention and collaboration. What's more, children love partner reading and readily participate with books of their choosing." (www.thedailycafe.com) 

In Social Studies, we talked about the climate in each of the 4 communities we are studying.  Students chose which type of clothing they would pack in their suitcases as we planned a "trip" to each of the locations.  After our bags were packed, we hopped onto an "airplane", a "bus" and a "car" to travel to each location.  It took us 11 hours to get to Meteghan by airplane, bus and car.  It took 8 hours to get to Iqaluit by plane.  Our shortest trip was a 1 hour airplane ride to Saskatoon.  What fun adventures!