Doing the Detective Work

I think we had a great start to this unit! Remember -- when you're identifying themes and deeper messages in literature, you need to be able to support your ideas with evidence (textual) and expand on your points (schema).

Mackenzie Glen P.S. "Weebly"

If for any reason you've misplaced another teacher's blog address, you can find them all on Mackenzie Glen's weebly site:

http://macgintermediate.weebly.com/

I strongly suggest that you add it to your favourites!

When Conducting a Survey, Consider...

1. How the question is asked

2. Who the question is asking

3. What the question is asking

This can have an impact on the results!

What is Literacy?

We had a really fantastic conversation on what literacy means. It's about communication -- being effective "senders" and "receivers" of information. We're going to teach you to use the tools to think. Not what to think, rather how to think.

And, perhaps more importantly, we need to see "literacy" as something that is happening outside our literacy blocks. Literacy is everywhere!

10 Step Process

How to upload to your online portfolio on VoiceThread:

1. Go to www.voicethread.com

2. At the top right hand corner click "sign in"

3. To upload to your profile hit the cog labeled "menu"

4. From there, click "edit"

5. Hit "upload" to upload a picture or word file from your computer

6. Then click "comment" to either record your voice or to comment

7. Hit the the microphone icon labeled "record"

8. Your computer will ask you if you should "allow" the microphone -- and you     should click "yes"

9. Save after recording

10. And log out!

Welcome, 7s!

I'm absolutely excited to welcome everyone back! In particular, I'm looking forward to another amazing year with the new grade 7s!

I'm sure you'll notice right away that it's a bit different being in intermediate -- lots of responsibility and accountability on your shoulders now. But at the same time, you've still got the same involved and caring teachers to help you along the way.

At any rate, I'd also like to take the opportunity to welcome you to our classblog! For the grade 8s reading this, you'll notice that the design is a bit different -- but it's pretty much all the same. Your information will be posted under 8A/8B History. Grade 7s: with this blog, you'll never forget what you had for homework. At the same time though, you'll never have an excuse as to why it's not complete! ;) Sorry!

Everything you'll need to know for Hist/Geo, Math and Language will be updated under the "Homework" tab. Periodically, the "Home" page will be updated with upcoming events and news that you or your parents might need to know. Speaking of which, yes, your parents will and do have access to this blog as well. 

So again, welcome to the 2014/2015 school year!