tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19967727113436821762024-03-05T01:19:25.303-08:00Northern MusesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-12188852262872381122011-04-10T07:45:00.000-07:002011-04-14T13:05:48.466-07:00Literature Circle Novel!<img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 244px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 340px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://irenenwatts.com/images/bookspage/remember_me__books.gif" /><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 145px; CURSOR: pointer" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.scholastic.ca/clubs/activities/images/breadwinner.jpg" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJueOBjWcRQNg-4emY3ryjp-wmhrfojAHmt3D0oLq97aAOY667H3K5vDVrsbBnFHCGTYl1XXM_tGf5uy-yLQC7k4QCZ9K67dIVcSW2hJBXZaR8mQmv-6vZVRPhvJEIoWzzBvDcrMieRgC/s320/0395510600-1.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJueOBjWcRQNg-4emY3ryjp-wmhrfojAHmt3D0oLq97aAOY667H3K5vDVrsbBnFHCGTYl1XXM_tGf5uy-yLQC7k4QCZ9K67dIVcSW2hJBXZaR8mQmv-6vZVRPhvJEIoWzzBvDcrMieRgC/s320/0395510600-1.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJueOBjWcRQNg-4emY3ryjp-wmhrfojAHmt3D0oLq97aAOY667H3K5vDVrsbBnFHCGTYl1XXM_tGf5uy-yLQC7k4QCZ9K67dIVcSW2hJBXZaR8mQmv-6vZVRPhvJEIoWzzBvDcrMieRgC/s320/0395510600-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 174px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJueOBjWcRQNg-4emY3ryjp-wmhrfojAHmt3D0oLq97aAOY667H3K5vDVrsbBnFHCGTYl1XXM_tGf5uy-yLQC7k4QCZ9K67dIVcSW2hJBXZaR8mQmv-6vZVRPhvJEIoWzzBvDcrMieRgC/s320/0395510600-1.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN: 5pt 0cm 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';color:#333333;">Hello Grade Fives!</span></span></p><br /><div></div><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN: 5pt 0cm 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';color:#333333;">You have now read several pages of your new novel. Using</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';color:#555544;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';color:#555544;"><a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:black;">correct paragraph <span style="color:black;">form</span></span></span></a></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';color:#555544;">,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';color:#555544;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';color:#333333;">I would like you to summarize the story so far. Think about how you learned to write chapter summaries. Your topic sentence will briefly summarize or describe the main idea of your novel so far. Your next three sentences will provide details or examples.</span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><div></div><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US" >Quick Reminders:</span></span></span> </p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 3pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" >write your response on a word document </span></span></span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 3pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" >edit your response (e.g. spelling, SS are complete sentences</span></span></span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 3pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" >listen to your response </span></span></span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 3pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" >post your response to the Blog</span></span></span> </p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN: 5pt 0cm 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';color:#333333;">As always, I look forward to reading your responses.</span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><div></div><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN: 5pt 0cm 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';color:#333333;">Love, Mrs. French</span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-16800446171838770432011-04-03T01:58:00.000-07:002011-04-05T05:08:44.653-07:00Term Three Learning Behaviours!<a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdg8JQDMmIu1SvaIVMEJiqgq0Q61PqAfHjypEKweOh6zz5D0D1" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 194px;" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdg8JQDMmIu1SvaIVMEJiqgq0Q61PqAfHjypEKweOh6zz5D0D1" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtadbE5EuH8zYcs1q8FhY1wVWELh8ItC1cTB4yMVwb89KeMB1RSA" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 221px; " src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtadbE5EuH8zYcs1q8FhY1wVWELh8ItC1cTB4yMVwb89KeMB1RSA" border="0" alt="" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtadbE5EuH8zYcs1q8FhY1wVWELh8ItC1cTB4yMVwb89KeMB1RSA" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; ">Welcome Back Grade Fives!</span></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Our second term is over and you have all been working hard to develop good learning behaviours: listening carefully to lessons and instructions, completing work carefully and completely, checking your work over for errors, preparing for quizzes, and asking for help as needed. Learning behaviours are not about marks or about helping others. They are things you do, every single day, to help you become a stronger student.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As we move into our final and third term, I would like you to share which learning behaviour(s) you are going to work on particularly hard. In today's response, and in a correct <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html"><span><span>paragraph</span></span></a>, please tell which behaviours you have chosen. Also, listen (<a href="http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/speech.asp"><span><span>t</span><span>ext-to-speech</span></span></a>) to your comment prior to posting it to me.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As always, I look forward to reading your responses. I will make every effort to help you practice these learning behaviours.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Love, Mrs. French</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-22332989131702302122011-02-26T05:29:00.004-08:002011-02-26T14:53:50.927-08:00Showing Curiosity!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.heritageparkzoo.org/Images/Animals/animals.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 420px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 600px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.heritageparkzoo.org/Images/Animals/animals.jpg" /></a> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" class="Apple-style-span" >Hello Grade Fives!</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';">This week you will be completing an assignment for our “Healthy Living” unit. Please read the <span style="mso-bidi-: 100.0%;font-family:Arial;color:black;" ><span style="COLOR: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-: 100.0%color:black;" ><a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/learning-intentions_26.html">Learning Intentions</a></span></span> for the upcoming assignment before you continue reading this blog. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';">Today, I want you to explore the <span style="mso-bidi-: 100.0%;font-family:Arial;color:black;" ><span style="COLOR: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-: 100.0%color:black;" ><a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/">National Geographic</a></span></span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>site</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family:'Brush Script MT';font-size:16;">.</span></i><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';"> In your Blog response, I would like you to tell me the five animals you plan to learn about, and I want you to tell me two areas you will explore to learn about how they keep healthy and safe (e.g. keeping safe from predators). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';">Remember to respond in a complete <span style="mso-bidi-: 100.0%;font-family:Arial;color:black;" ><span style="COLOR: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-: 100.0%color:black;" ><a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html">paragraph</a></span></span>. Before you submit your response, you must use spellcheck, listen to your response, and make sure that it makes sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:#333333;">As always, I look forward to reading your responses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN: 5pt 0cm 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:#333333;">Love, Mrs. French</span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-62109149686069360832011-02-13T07:27:00.001-08:002011-02-14T17:14:51.407-08:00A Good Sinkutview Citizen!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.leetsoft.com/assets/2008/5/5/beaver_72.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 368px;" src="http://blog.leetsoft.com/assets/2008/5/5/beaver_72.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Good afternoon Grade Fives! </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Over the past few weeks, we have discussed behaviours that demonstrate ‘good citizenship’. Today, in a</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#555544"> <b><a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html">correct paragraph form</a></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">I would like you to describe a ‘good <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Sinkutview</span> citizen’ by providing examples. Which behaviours would we expect ‘a good <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Sinkutview</span> citizen’ to practice at school?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Today, I will provide your topic sentence: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span">A 'good <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Sinkutview</span> citizen’ helps our school community in many ways.</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#555544;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#555544;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; "></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Quick Reminders:</span></span></p><ol><li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span">write your response on a word document</span></span></li><li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span">edit your response (e.g. spelling, SS are complete sentences)</span></span></li><li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span">listen to your response</span></span></li><li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span">post your response to the Blog</span></span></li></ol><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">As always, I look forward to reading your responses.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#555544;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Love, Mrs. French</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#555544; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-40995535956401427602011-01-23T14:00:00.000-08:002011-01-23T14:21:57.623-08:00Decision-Making Model<span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://darebc.com/admire-orange_logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 155px;" src="http://darebc.com/admire-orange_logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >Hello Grade Fives,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">On Friday, C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; ">s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">t.</span> </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Visser</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> c</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ame</span> to begin our D.A.R.E. program. Today, I would like you to practice the <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/dare-decision-making-model.html">Decision-Making Model</a>. First, a brief review</span>:</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><b>D- Define</b>: describe the problem, challenge or opportunity that you are dealing with</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; " ><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>A-Assess</b>: assess the different choices; what are they? (good and not so good)</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>R-Respond</b>: make a choice, using the facts and information you have gathered</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>E-Evaluate</b>: review your decision, did you make a good decision?</span></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Now, using a four line frame (not a complete paragraph), choose a recent problem, challenge or opportunity you have had to deal with (you could also choose a current problem).</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; " ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;" >As usual, I look forward to reading your thoughts!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;" >Love, Mrs. French</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-50388197158572047972011-01-16T05:27:00.000-08:002011-01-16T06:18:30.003-08:00D.A.R.E.<a href="http://darebc.com/files/daren_head_-_3.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 182px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 176px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://darebc.com/files/daren_head_-_3.gif" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Hello Grade Fives! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">On Friday, we are going to begin a new program, D.A.R.E. This is a provincial program that the RCMP provides. Cst. Visser will be our instructor.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Please take 10 - 15 minutes to explore their website </span><a href="http://darebc.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://darebc.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. (<a href="http://www.sd91.bc.ca/frenchj/My%20Pages/Social%20Responsibility/DARE_BC_Brochure.pdf">brochure</a>)</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">In a <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html">complete paragraph</a>, tell me:</span><br /></div><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">three questions you want Cst. Visser to answer <strong>or</strong></span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;">three areas</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">you want to learn about</span> </li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Quick Reminders:</span></p><ol><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">write your response on a word document</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">edit your response</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">listen to your response</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">post your response to the Blog</span></li></ol><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">As always, I look forward to reading your responses.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Love, Mrs. French</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-51509837623985770032010-11-27T04:26:00.000-08:002010-11-28T06:55:29.624-08:00Term Two Learning Behaviours!<span style="font-family:arial;">Hello Grade Fives!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 166px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzC5m4ALfp-Y6weTh6J7lYqTStaL98ZCLCKUhB-8LiQrM0PJOH" /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Our first term is over and you have all been working hard to develop good learning behaviours: listening carefully to lessons and instructions, completing work carefully and completely, checking your work over for errors, preparing for quizzes, and asking for help as needed. Learning behaviours are not about marks, they are things you do, every single day, to help your become a stronger student.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">As we move deeper into term two, I would like you to share which learning behaviour(s) you are going to work on particularly hard. In today's response, and in a correct <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html">paragraph</a>, please tell me which behaviours you have chosen. Also, listen (<a href="http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/speech.asp">text-to-speech</a>) to your comment prior to posting it to me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">As always, I look forward to reading your responses. I will make every effort to help you practice these learning behaviours.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Note: you can also use the <a href="http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/speech.asp">text-to-speech </a>to listen to this blog letter, prior to responding.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Love, Mrs. French</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-90426792185724568032010-11-21T11:30:00.000-08:002010-11-21T11:42:18.363-08:00Play Day<span style="font-family:arial;">Good morning Grade Fives!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 167px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://callconferenceworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/att-text-to-speech.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">This morning, you will spend some time playing with a new tool on our Blog. From now on, I would like you to listen to your comment prior to posting it. Today, you will play with this tool. The tool is a 'text-to-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">speech</span>' tool. You paste your comment into the box and then listen to the computer read your comment aloud. You will find instructions for using this tool in the side bar under PAGES. You will also find a quick link, to the tool, just above my most recent letter.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Today, I want you to copy and paste in something you or I have written e.g. Just Between You and Me, an earlier blog response, or a letter I have written to you in this blog. Listen and play!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Enjoy. Love, Mrs. French</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-65730216117433741712010-11-14T06:18:00.000-08:002010-11-14T06:34:07.664-08:00Report Card Time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcI58_TxZOLEUxcJRlcKHwbs4ftc5m1T8udyKBa_beiyOleTLiTAZ4MPF-5zBJoQxqTemA0hoThaY-eQG_thrqtFBzgLSZOqBQ3zHI8uK-OoelrwDQ3j05zRBfT_dhc0tvoyYXZHk_6q2/s1600/avatar+-+report+card.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcI58_TxZOLEUxcJRlcKHwbs4ftc5m1T8udyKBa_beiyOleTLiTAZ4MPF-5zBJoQxqTemA0hoThaY-eQG_thrqtFBzgLSZOqBQ3zHI8uK-OoelrwDQ3j05zRBfT_dhc0tvoyYXZHk_6q2/s1600/avatar+-+report+card.gif" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Dear Grade Fives,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It is report card time and while I was working on your report cards, trying to provide specific suggestions for you, I was thinking that it would be helpful to hear from you about things that I do that help or things that I could do to help you more. In a full <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html">paragraph</a>, please write about one way that I can help make your learning easier. You might choose to use your support sentences to provide me with specific examples.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Although I always look forward to your comments, I am particularly excited about reading them today. Just like you, I am always learning and trying to find new and improved ways to do things.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Love, Mrs. French</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-20267528802200150102010-11-07T04:27:00.000-08:002010-11-07T04:34:31.429-08:00Goal Setting<a href="http://www.personal-goal-setting.com/images/03-PS71-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 232px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.personal-goal-setting.com/images/03-PS71-1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Good morning Grade Fives,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">You have been working on a goal, each week, for several weeks. I would like you to tell me whether goal setting is working for you. Is it helping you make some changes you want to make? If not, why do you think it is not helping and what can you do differently.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">As usual, please answer in a full </span><a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">paragraph</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. I look forward to reading your responses.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Love, Mrs. French</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-27791521219221278682010-10-30T06:01:00.000-07:002010-11-01T05:00:48.169-07:00Circulatory System<a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSchBa1H3x7yj_AcA_U43KUv-JgYKo04sLRt_v1Kjy4EJnGhIk&t=1&usg=__PnGDw4TFb-8m7HaCPGx9AdSlvg0="><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 261px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSchBa1H3x7yj_AcA_U43KUv-JgYKo04sLRt_v1Kjy4EJnGhIk&t=1&usg=__PnGDw4TFb-8m7HaCPGx9AdSlvg0=" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Good morning Grade Fives!</span><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjyEj2OBp5ltYkMISznEwFIRsQcLSjbQqEGkeg0F_t_bFKfZ0&t=1&usg=__o7uVVBg9Zj9yD9opO-cdGusN1rE="><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 204px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 247px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjyEj2OBp5ltYkMISznEwFIRsQcLSjbQqEGkeg0F_t_bFKfZ0&t=1&usg=__o7uVVBg9Zj9yD9opO-cdGusN1rE=" /></span></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">I would like you to tell me what you know about the circulatory system. We have a test this week, and I would like you to use today's blog response to review what you know. Please remember to respond in a complete <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html">paragraph</a>. </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">I am looking forward to reading about how much you know about the circulation system.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Love, Mrs. French</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-71231875408799635422010-10-22T07:53:00.000-07:002010-10-22T11:28:46.571-07:00Your Favourite Type of Novel<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTz2MgLhdn28_SYX-H-s3CwUnmeUEvnFkWlvM7s01W5YRIrJfc&t=1&h=204&w=136&usg=__AmR1_xNF0GJ_dej5Cj5s_VLiVqA="><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 100px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 122px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTz2MgLhdn28_SYX-H-s3CwUnmeUEvnFkWlvM7s01W5YRIrJfc&t=1&h=204&w=136&usg=__AmR1_xNF0GJ_dej5Cj5s_VLiVqA=" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTz2MgLhdn28_SYX-H-s3CwUnmeUEvnFkWlvM7s01W5YRIrJfc&t=1&h=204&w=136&usg=__AmR1_xNF0GJ_dej5Cj5s_VLiVqA="></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hello Grade Fives!</span><br /><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:abY3oAyhim7Z2M:http://southdakotapolitics.blogs.com/south_dakota_politics/images/hardyboys.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 88px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 142px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:abY3oAyhim7Z2M:http://southdakotapolitics.blogs.com/south_dakota_politics/images/hardyboys.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I think this week's response will be an easy one. In a <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html">paragraph</a> please tell me what type of novels (fiction books or story books) you like to read. You can tell me about authors, titles, or book genres (adventure, mystery, science fiction etc) you really enjoy.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As always, I look forward to reading your responses.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Love, Mrs. French</span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-32623427063654928302010-10-17T13:47:00.000-07:002010-10-17T13:55:15.857-07:00Your Hobby!<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Q_XCoOCT0leykM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kRW4QLqshsSe57vdINlCl_BqADmrt2yjIiMRZb98JCjM09ZmR2Bp4Md_UiwJ4crq6VMC9pTIl1wyfAGTBS278Y4w7X1XPw2qZW0NFmBswdOO0uGcyEL_1TsYKfzSsEG6jgSa9kUVowo/s400/Have-Hobbies.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 122px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Q_XCoOCT0leykM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kRW4QLqshsSe57vdINlCl_BqADmrt2yjIiMRZb98JCjM09ZmR2Bp4Md_UiwJ4crq6VMC9pTIl1wyfAGTBS278Y4w7X1XPw2qZW0NFmBswdOO0uGcyEL_1TsYKfzSsEG6jgSa9kUVowo/s400/Have-Hobbies.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Dear Grade Fives!<br /></span><br /><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Q_XCoOCT0leykM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kRW4QLqshsSe57vdINlCl_BqADmrt2yjIiMRZb98JCjM09ZmR2Bp4Md_UiwJ4crq6VMC9pTIl1wyfAGTBS278Y4w7X1XPw2qZW0NFmBswdOO0uGcyEL_1TsYKfzSsEG6jgSa9kUVowo/s400/Have-Hobbies.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Today, in your blog response, I would like you to write a <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html">paragraph </a>about your favourite hobby. (Hint: tell me what it is in your topic sentence but keep the details for the next three sentences)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Remember to write your post on your word document first, edit it carefully and then post on our blog.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">As always, I look forward to reading your responses.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Love, Mrs. French</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-72521945267338838852010-10-03T05:53:00.000-07:002010-10-03T06:11:57.494-07:00Salmon Life Cycle<a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROT1Fjx0rZnneG-up25LgIYhL1KeG3tTVYZpI51D1jeLAlMOM&t=1&usg=__U3oXC2cOzVNmOBT3HrIqfi2MRFc="><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 216px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 137px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROT1Fjx0rZnneG-up25LgIYhL1KeG3tTVYZpI51D1jeLAlMOM&t=1&usg=__U3oXC2cOzVNmOBT3HrIqfi2MRFc=" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hello Grade Fives, </span><br /></span><div><br /><div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, we head to Stellako to observe salmon spawning. In a complete </span><a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">paragraph</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, I would like you to tell me what you know about salmon.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">I look forward to your responses!</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Love, Mrs. French</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.wildnatureimages.com/S%20to%20Z/SALMONSPAWNING..jpg"></a></span></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://www.wildnatureimages.com/S%20to%20Z/SALMONSPAWNING..jpg"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-42467060446771760932010-09-19T16:46:00.000-07:002010-09-19T17:13:04.719-07:00Highlight From Your Summer!<a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR24UVEfHkTscn7pIcIhHLH7yHlTUHbDg1q4jf7wCf4BIB8RC4&t=1&usg=__r_3S0KX1DQtzIIUoQuqPoGUCRwY="><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 177px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR24UVEfHkTscn7pIcIhHLH7yHlTUHbDg1q4jf7wCf4BIB8RC4&t=1&usg=__r_3S0KX1DQtzIIUoQuqPoGUCRwY=" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Hello Grade Fives!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">This summer, my husband and I rode our bikes up to Ft. St. James. Over July, we practiced increasing our biking distance. By the end of July our longest bike ride was thirty miles. In late August, we rode up to Ft. St. James, stayed two nights, and then we rode back to Vanderhoof. Riding to Ft. St. James was one of the highlights of my summer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">In a full <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-paragraphs.html">paragraph</a>, I would like to hear about one of your summer highlights! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Remember to....</span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">write your paragraph on your "Blog" word document</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">edit your paragraph (check your spelling and punctuation)</span><br /></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">save , highlight and copy (Ctrl/Alt/c) </span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">then paste (Ctrl/Alt/v) it into our blog comment section</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">choose "Name/URL" and type in your special username</span></li></ol><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">I look forward to reading your responses.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Love, Mrs. French</span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996772711343682176.post-43682908192354742502010-09-12T05:49:00.000-07:002010-09-12T07:09:07.494-07:00Subjects<a href="http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/anim-htm/images/computerkid.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 180px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/anim-htm/images/computerkid.gif" /></a> <div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Salutations Grade Fives!</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Welcome to our class blog! I would like you to answer three questions, in complete <a href="http://northernmuses4.blogspot.com/p/writing-sentences.html">sentences</a> and in as much detail as possible:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">1) Which subject is easiest for you, why? </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">2) Which subject is hardest for you, why?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">3) Do you learn best when you 'see', 'hear', or 'do' new things?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">You may also choose to tell me anything else that you think is important for me to know about your learning.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I look forward to reading your responses.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Love, Mrs. French</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17