New Books

These books are all from the grant we received.  This batch of books are all Graphic Novels.

News in Review

The March edition is now on our shelves.

Idle No More: A Protest for Aboriginal Rights
What began as an online conversation about native rights quickly put Canada into the international spotlight as a movement called Idle No More popped up across the country. It was prompted by the federal government introducing Bill C-45 which would have a significant impact on the lives of indigenous peoples. (Length: 18:49)


Flu Season: Winter’s Nasty Blow
Along with cold, ice and snow the arrival of winter also ushers in flu season. People across the country and around the world are hit every year by the flu bug. But how bad was it this year and what can be done about it? (Length: 14:02)


The Human Brain: Unravelling the Mysteries
This two-part story looks at recent advancements in brain research. Canadian scientists are at the forefront of developments that focus on understanding what motivates human behaviour. (Length: 16:51)


Super Rich: Decline of the U.S. Middle Class
It’s called The American Dream — a long held belief that if you work hard enough and long enough you can be successful. But that dream is no longer possible for many Americans and Keith Boag explains why. (Length: 12:39)

Self Check Practice Activity

This is like "I have, Who has" activity.  The following is from Mrs. H. from Math Tales From The Spring.  Even though this example is from math it could be used in French for translation or English for key literary terms or many other things.

"This activity is called a Star Chain. When you are tired of doing boring book work or worksheets, but your students still need a little extra practice, try a Star Chain!

Each student will get 12 problems of anything you'd like to practice. For me, it was solving linear equations."

""Next, have students cut the problem cards apart.  After the cards are cut apart, students will pick any card they want to begin with. I usually tell them to pick the one that looks easiest to them. They work the problem and then find their answer at the top of another card. They tape the cards together. Continue the process until a chain is formed. If they do all the problems correctly, the last problem will match the answer at the beginning of the chain."

"The next day, we connected all the chains and strung them up on the ceiling. I'll probably leave them there until the fire marshall gets me!"

If you would like to use this in your class, just click here and change the questions to what pertains to your subject matter.

Here is an example from MathCathy using quadratics functions and translations.  

If you would like a copy of the handout sheets in pdf, click here.  

Choose What Happens Next

On January 23 I posted "Protecting Your Online Reputation", click here.  Today's post is a series of Youtube videos that are short 15 second clips that are all linked together by asking you a "Yes" or "No" question.  Based on your answer, it brings you to another video.   The first video is about a boyfriend asking his girlfriend for an inappropriate picture of herself.   It is all about making good choices.  This video should actually be seen by parents of high school age students.  Here is the first video.

Eduzone

From the Governor General, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, "I am delighted to invite you to discover Eduzone, a new online educational tool designed for you and your students.  Launched on October 1, 2012, Eduzone provides educational and multimedia resources that help in learning more about the role of governor general and the history of the position."  If you are interested click here.

New Books

These books are part of our multicultural grant and are both graphic novels.  The Photographer weaves photographs with the cartoon part.

Click here for a title peek

click here for a title peek

We also picked up the following

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click here for a title peek

click here for a title peek

Film English

click here to visit the website

FilmEnglish is a blog by Kieran Donaghy.  According to his site it  "promotes the innovative and creative use of film in language learning.  All of the lesson plans revolve around the use of video and film to teach English. The site promotes cineliteracy, the ability to analyse moving images, and considers cineliteracy as a 21st century skill which our students need to learn.  Film English has become a very popular resource bank and is visited by over 50,000  teachers every month."  Each video comes with it's own lesson plan and is labelled with a level of difficulty and a recommended age level