Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - DAY 5

Good afternoon,

Picture retakes are Friday. We are going on our field trip on Friday, but our students are going to have the retakes before departing on the trip.

MATH:

We are working on multiples. Please find 'real life' situations to talk about where you could use the concept of multiples.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

During the 10 weeks ahead the students from 6H and 6I will learn how to use virtual communications to enhance our curriculum and motivate learning in social studies. There are 12 different schools from different countries around the world who are involved in our group. They are:

•VIE 1, Collège Moderne Bilingue des Laureats ,DOUALA, CAMEROUN
•VIE 2, INSTIC, YAOUNDE, CAMEROUN
•VIE 3,Ecole d’Enseignement Secondaire du Kadiogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
•VIE 4, Lycee Philippe Zinda Kabore, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
•VIE 5, COLLEGE NOTRE DAME DU CONGO,BANDUNDU, Congo RD
•VIE 6, Collège de la Congrégation Chinoise, Toamasina ,Madagascar
•VIE 7, Saint Mary's Academy, Edmundston,CanadaVIE
•VIE 8, CEG Yantala II, ville, Niger
•VIE 9, Ecole Notre Dame De La paix des filles de la Charité, Kobayat, Liban
•VIE 10, Het Nieuwe Eemland, Amersfoort, Pays-Bas
•VIE 11,Nashwaaksis Middle School,Fredericton, Canada
•VIE 12,St. Stephen Middle School, St. Stephen, Canada


We will be participating in a Global Teenager Project (GTP) learning circle. This will be a team effort between teachers and students who might otherwise never have the opportunity to interact.

The goals of the learning circle : Although the technology plays an essential role in facilitating the exchanges, it is not the focus of the activity.

The essential goals are:
to promote intercultural and regional understanding and sensitivity
to foster problem solving and critical thinking
to enhance communication skills
to develop collaborative work strategies
learn to use telecommunications technology

Participating in this GTP can be a fun and exciting way for students and teachers to learn together by working on a common task: to gain, process and present information.
During the circle, students are both working on their own and each other's questions ( in their second language -French). Receiving responses to their own question and responding to others make the project more valuable. Students will be in contact with other students from the francophonie which will allow them to enhance their language skills as well.

You may help by discussing with your child possible questions that may be asked related to the theme of FAMILY. This theme will invite us to share the organisation of family, the structure of the family, everything that can be related to family among different countries.


Thank you for your cooperation.

Have a great night
Mme Poirier