Tuesday, November 1, 2011

November 1, 2011

Social Studies 7

'Energy Drinks' photo (c) 2009, Mitchell Laurren-Ring - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Students were assigned a new currents events reading on energy drinks.  They are exploring what the manufacturers, experts and society in general say or feel about them.  They are also looking at what Health Canada is recommending to change in regards to them.

Students worked on creating powerful questions for our guest speaker, Adrian LaChance.  The have been asked to create questions which focus on the economics and social structure of Plains Cree tribe, their decision making processes and how Confederation impacted them.  The criteria the questions should meet is as follows:
  • gives you lots of information
  • specific to that person
  • open-ended
  • may be unexpected
  • not easy to answer
  • respectful
The students are coming up with great questions.

Social Studies 8

Students were assigned a new currents events reading on energy drinks. They are exploring what the manufacturers, experts and society in general say or feel about them. They are also looking at what Health Canada is recommending to change in regards to them.

Students are working on defining the rights and responsibilities of the different social classes during the medieval period.  They are then looking at their own rights and responsibilities in the home, school and community.  Students are also composing a poem about the life of a commoner during the medieval era.

Health 8

Students continued working on their pathfinders for the Health inquiry on study skills.  We are finishing the retrieving phase of the inquiry model and moving into the processing phase.  This is where students are beginning to gather the information from their resources to answer their questions.

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