Dear Students and Parents of PIF 6,7,8, and 6/7English,

I hope this message finds you well.  If we are learning from home on Monday, November 1, all students are asked to go to their Teams page to get their assignments and class materials. See past notes should you need a refresher on how to get there. Remember that you should be notified by email when assignments are posted.

6/7 English has their writing journal and rubric.  Lessons will be posted daily if needed. There is a reading assignment already posted due on Tuesday.   Reading your own book and practicing reading strategies such as Somebody Wanted But So.

All PIF students will be asked to log on to duolingo.com to practice their French for 20 minutes a day.  If you have access to Netflix/ kids shows on YouTube, watch one of your shows in French.  Change the subtitles and audio to French.  Watch a few minutes and then see how many words you know. Keep a record of new words.  Remember, you are listening for pronunciation, fluency, and key words. I don’t expect you to understand all the words. Practice makes perfect.

Have a great weekend. Happy Halloween!

Mrs. Frost

In the attachment below, you can read the rationale and overview of an exciting project that we will begin now and finish in September.  Over the summer, we invite you to start collecting information, photos and memories of your life with the Covid-19 pandemic, and your life despite the Covid-19 pandemic.To get a head start, start working on Part 1 and 2 during these final two weeks of Learning From Home.

Part 1: I am going to have you begin reading some articles from "Currents4Kids". (Some of you may have already completed some of these.) The articles are:

 Fighting A New Virus, Feb 7              How to Squash a Pandemic, March 20

 Suds Up, March 2                                Keep Your Distance, April 2

 Leading By Example, April 10     You may continue to do the quizzes if you like.

Read at least two of the articles.

 Part 2:  Keep a journal/list and reflect on how Covid-19 has affected you, your life, society, music, commercials, etc.   Note interesting things that represent the times that we live in.

The project information is on my Teams assignments, so you may access it there, and record your thoughts.

Have a good week and stay safe!

Mrs. Frost

Please log in to your school email account ASAP to see your weekly assignment and receive your invitation to an online class on Friday. We are so excited to be moving to TEAMS for all weekly assignments except for Currents4Kids. Each of you has been assigned to a CLASS TEAM, Mrs. Frost's 6/7 English!

 To login to your email, you need your school username and the password you would have used to login to a computer at school. If you have forgotten your username or password, please contact me. You may use the link below to help yourself find it, too.

http://drlosier.nbed.nb.ca/learning-home/gallery/support-student-accounts

To get into your email:

Google "office.com" or click the link: https://www.office.com/

Choose the "Outlook" icon 

Enter your username followed by @nbss.nbed.nb.ca

Example: WHOAMI12345@nbss.nbed.nb.ca   

ONCE YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT TEAMS,  check for the items listed below.

1.      You should see an invitation to your Team, which will have a link. You click to go to the Team. There is a Welcome message in Posts, which you can read, and you can look in notebook where we have placed some background information for you to read. 

2.      There is a short assignment under assignment to complete for Friday.

3.      In your email, you will also find an invitation to an online class meeting which will be Friday at 11:00a.m. 

Please let me know as soon as possible if you are not able to get to your email, cannot remember your password, or do not have an invitation to the class meeting (later this week).

Remember we as teachers are all learning this with you and we will be making changes and asking you to provide feedback about how things are working for you. We will be asking what we can improve and how we can make this a great educational experience for all of you. Please log in to your school email account ASAP to see your weekly assignment and receive your invitation to an online class on Friday.

I look for to hearing from you soon,

Mrs. Frost

Hi everyone,

 I hope that you are doing well. I enjoyed reading your responses! Since there was so much interest, I am ordering the book, Harpoon of the Hunter by Markoosie Patsauq.  You may borrow it in the fall.

Assignment One:  Read “Homegrown Soccer Star”.  currents4Kids.com

Assignment Two:  Do the “On-the-lines” and “Between-the-lines” online quizzes. Class average was 80% last week. Keep up the great work!  I like going back and checking my answers to make sure that I understood the question.

Assignment Three: Under STUDENT RESPONSE, choose a questions and write a short paragraph in response. Enter your response in the space and submit by clicking on REVIEW.  If you do not have time to finish, click on DRAFT and finish it later.   I may send it back to you to make punctuation changes if needed. J

HOW TO AVOID LOSING YOUR WORK: Usually when typing on a website, I type it up in a Word document first. I run spell check and then paste it into the website. When using Word, my work is automatically saved, so I do not lose it.   There is also a spellcheck built into the response box. 

INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING: Click on FIND OUT MORE. Teachers were recommended to pass on a link related to immigration since Phonzy, the soccer star, immigrated to Canada from Ghana.  https://pier21.ca/museum-from-home Check out the link to Pier 21, Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Remember to keep reading your novel daily. I am planning a book chat with our class next week. I can’t wait to chat with you!

In preparation for our book chat/Skype conference, consider your responses to the following questions:

1)     What is your favourite part so far, and why?

2)     Which character would you be friends with, and why?

Have a great week! Please, do not hesitate to contact me if you have a question or concern.

tanya.frost@nbed.nb.ca

Stay safe,

Mrs. Frost

Hi,

I am hearing great feedback from students!  Although it says "student responses are disabled" at the end of the story, IT WORKS.

You go to the top of the story and choose the Respond to This Story link. 

Hope this helps,

Mrs. Frost

French PIF students,

Allo! Vous me manquez! (I miss you all!)

Now that you are getting used to learning from home, you may want to work on your French.  First of all, I suggest that you use Duolingo.com to keep up your speaking and listening skills. Many of you used this last year with success.

Secondly, you can watch one of your favorite shows on Netflix in French. CBC has many French kids shows, too. I would start with a show that you are very familiar with so you understand what is happening. To begin, you may listen to it in French audio and French subtitles to hear the beautiful language and see the words. Next, I suggest that you try this for a short while so as not to be frustrated. Maybe 10-15 minutes, and then increase over time.  Watch that segment a few times. You do not need to understand every word, to understand. Use the visual cues and tone of the characters. Listening to French can be difficult in this context, but do not give up. It does get easier with practice. It worked for me when studying French!

Thirdly, if you want to increase your learning, try to keep a list of new words (2-5) each time that you watch a show.

I cannot wait to see what you are watching and learning this week! Contact me if you want to discuss your work and/or ask questions at tanya.frost@nbed.nb.ca

Bonne semaine! Soyez sauf!  Have a great week! Stay safe!

Mme. Frost