ANGUS MORRISON CHRISTMAS CHEER!!!!
Provided by CoolFundraisingIdeas.net
CopelandClass |
|
ANGUS MORRISON CHRISTMAS CHEER!!!!Provided by CoolFundraisingIdeas.net
The Students at Angus Morrison are collecting items for their annual Christmas cheer campaign. Each day the leadership elves go around and total the items and update out so we may keep track of our progress. Each item counts towards $1 Way to go Dragons!!!
The grade 7's continue to engage in conversation about the importance of Growth Mindset in the classroom. Despite challenges that arise in our daily routine, it is important to remind students and each other of strategies to persevere through difficulty. When they can change their mindset they can change their path of success. Check out our video on YouTube. I am impressed with the one shot drama activity. Well done folks!!! @COPELANDCLASS needs your help!!! This past Remembrance day, our grade 7 class created a video to commemorate fallen soldiers and the highway of heroes in Ontario. The students worked incredibly hard to create a visual story that represented the pain of goodbyes, the violence of war and the necessity of peace. The video has since been posted on you tube, with views increasing daily. The class would like to submit their video to the Canadian Legion Video contest to be judged with other media entries across the Province. We need your help to do so. Please watch, "LIKE" and share this video so we may get more votes along the way. Thank you to those who have already done so, our class appreciates it! A Lesson on Electoral CompassionUpon entering the classroom today the students were buzzing, no, not buzzing- hyped up! The election results were in high debate as they streamed into the classroom. I had mentioned to a colleague earlier this morning that I wasn’t going to touch the election issue because I personally had a very emotional response to it and didn’t think I would be able to contain my disappointment and bias. I really thought the buzz would die down as they morning went on, however that was not the case. My day plan was thrown out the window when the students continued to discuss, debate and argue over the results, that I knew we had to address it. I started with a question that linked to our previous day remembrance day talks of patriotism. Did you watch the election, what do you know and how do you feel? I asked students to give proof for their opinion to support their stance. There were so many important components to addressing this topic with professionalism. I wanted to encourage students to state an opinion with a reason for thinking so. I needed to ensure they learned how to accept others beliefs and thoughts respectively and also modeled how to politely disagree with others appropriately. I think I was most shocked by the level of student knowledge and interest in the American election. It goes to show how dependent we are on American culture and media. It also proves that little eyes and brains are in fact watching, aware and they are looking to make sense of this World we live in. The students responses were interesting, they said things like : “Trump is a racist and everything I have ever learned says that’s wrong to treat people that way”, one student adamantly stated “Trump disgusts me with the way he talks to people, why is he yelling and so angry all the time he comes across as someone who doesn’t respect other people and is really greedy”, and one student added that “neither candidate was innocent but Hilary was a good leader because she shows compassion to more people.” Our community is a large military based one and so I was curious how that perspective would play into the topic of freedom, war, and immigrants. My heart was warmed with many of the insightful opinions held. A young lady brought up some really compassionate thoughts by saying “Sometimes America represents a better life for people who go there, it’s not fair that they would deny someone from that opportunity. Also immigrants bring new ideas and culture to our country and creates diversity, why wouldn’t we want that around us?” After a fantastic discussion, we read a book called “The Enemy: a book about Peace” by Davide Cali and Serge Bloch. The book highlights the pointlessness of war and how enemy’s are often more similar then we believe. I was impressed by the high level of articulation when students spoke of people being the same and relatable to one another but that in war we overlook such commonalities. I will admit, this morning I started the day emotional, angry and unsettled by the recent election results from my own personal belief system but after breaking down the issues with the next generation I can say my hope is restored they will continue to see things objectively and continue to have beautiful hearts that appreciate and value acceptance and equality moving forward. Remembrance Day, Armistice Day, and Veterans Day are commemorated around the world, every year, on November 11 which marks the anniversary of the end of World War 1. Every year, I try to come up with a meaningful way to commemorate Remembrance Day in my classroom. Lesson 1: Song Lyrics Analysis Whole Class: Provide each student with a copy of the song lyrics to "American Soldier" by Toby Keith. Read the song lyrics out loud as a class. Have the students use the margins of the song lyrics page to dot down any ideas that come to their mind as their read the lyrics. Play the song for the class, and have them highlight verses that make the most impact on them. After reading and hearing the lyrics, have a class discussion where student share their annotations of the song lyrics and the reasons why they highlighted specific verses. Guiding Questions:
Provide each student with a copy of the song lyrics to "If You're Reading This" by Tim McGraw. Have the students read the song lyrics independently or quietly in pairs. Have the students use the margins of the song lyrics page to dot down any ideas that come to their mind as their read the lyrics. Play the song for the class, once everyone has had a chance to read the lyrics. Remind students to highlight verses that make the most impact on them. After reading and hearing the lyrics, have the students answer the guiding questions about the song. Guiding Questions:
After I have worked through both of the songs above with my students, we will read the lyrics and listen to the song "Highway of Heros" by The Trews. They will then independently explain the meaning of each verse. Lesson 2: Videos Below are four short video clips that really help visualize the meaning of Remembrance Day. Have students watch each video clip, then provide them with time to fill out the Remembrance Day Video graphic organizer. The organizer asks students to explain what image from each video was the most memorable. Canada At War Pittance of Time NBC Tribute – Highway of Heroes Video Graphic Organizer Lesson 3: Paragraph Response Writing After listening to the songs, viewing the photos and videos students now need to use their knowledge to form an opinion. Ask the students to answer one of these two questions in proper paragraph format.
Once the paragraphs are complete, have the students complete a fold the line activity. Have the class line up with one end being the students who think Remembrance Day should not be a holiday, the other end being the students who think Remembrance Day should be a holiday and the middle students are the ones who are undecided or who are unsure. They you ask the class to fold the line in the middle so that each student is standing facing another student. Have them their share their opinions, then ask them to shuffle down the line X number of spots. Repeat the opinion sharing process for a long as you hear meaningful responses. Lesson 4: Choral Reading First we read the poem "A Prayer for the 21st Century" by by John Marsden, out loud and analyse the meaning of each verse as a class. Then I break the class up into six different groups that each learn a different verse of the poem. We present with the class standing in six rows facing forward. It looks really dramatic, and adds some creativity into a traditional activity like choral reading. As an extension to this activity you could have students read and listen to "Imagine" by John Lennon, and compare/contrast the message in each piece.
Ecology: Studying the relationships between living organisms and their environment. Ecosystem: A place where interactions between biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) things occur. Living Things: are made of cells require energy grow and develop respond to their surroundings have adaptations to survive produce waste
|
EXPLORE!Feel free to look around the site using the categories/tags below on the topic you are looking for. Categories
All
Archives
July 2019
|
|