Student lead conferences are coming up. This meant that it was flurry of students attempting to finish up a several projects. I marked Math worksheets. I organized lists of projects and students to ensure everyone had handed in their work. I created a giant checklist for the wall. I also figured out a way to print all of the students Social Studies flow charts in colour. Sometimes, I feel like a magician whose magic wand is a computer. Basically, this was another busy catch-up day.

Student To Do List

Printed: SS Flow Charts

During French, my SA introduced a new song. First, she had the students listen to the song and try and pick out as many words as they could recognize. Second, she had each student share one of the words they’d heard. Thirdly, she handed out the lyrics and had the students listen along. She checked-in around the percentage of words the students thought they knew. Fourth, she translated the song and the students wrote down the English words. During the translation she often asked students what they thought the line said before providing the actual translation. The students often made good guess and she reinforced their effort. Lastly, she had the students listen along and follow the song with their finger on their translated paper. I thought this was such a rich language learning method. I am excited to try in in Heiltsuk.

I taught a lesson on editing with the students. First, I went over the writing process we had been following. Then I went over the editing stage. I highlighted three areas to focus on: word choice, sentence fluency (editing for a variety of structure and length), and conventions. Then I had them pair off and edit each others work. Then the students worked on their “publishable” final copy for their student lead conferences.