In Humanities today, 6.1 and 6.2 examined the results of yesterday's Federal election. Tomorrow, we will be having a knowledge quiz about the results as well as the voting process that we participated in prior to Fall Break. I have suggested that all students take some time to visit these two sites to refresh their understanding of the actual results as well as the Student Vote results. Actual election results can be found here Student Vote election results can be found here Here's a cool video the organizers of Student Vote put together:
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Welcome back from Fall Break! We trust everyone was able to enjoy their break and find time to relax and connect with family. We wanted to provide an update on some of the things 6.1/6.2 families can expect in the near future. Parent-Teacher Interviews A since thank you to everyone who took time out of their schedule to come and meet with us during Parent-Teacher Interviews. It was great to meet with so many families. As always, the ten minutes goes so fast, but we feel confident that we gained a deeper insight into the ways we can continue to support your children in school. Student Vote! On the Thursday prior to Fall Break, students in Grade 6 sponsored a highly successful student vote event that saw 541 students cast their vote for the candidate of their choice in the Calgary-Heritage riding. We will be able to share the results of the vote once the results of the official vote are released. The students learned a lot through this process and we look forward to them demonstrating their newly acquired knowledge on a few follow up assignments this week. YouthLink experience! 6.1 and 6.2 students will be visiting the Calgary Police Museum & Centre of Prevention in support of their "Evidence and Investigation" inquiry. The trip is scheduled for Monday November 4. Screenagers: The Next Chapter Our school will be hosting the documentary "Screenagers: The Next Chapter" this Wednesday. Students will be watching the documentary after lunch on Wednesday and parents are invited to an evening screening here at the school beginning at 6:30. In preparation for the film, we have shown the students a trailer and had a few discussions about what topics may come up in the film. Please speak with your child about this documentary and the takeaways they have after viewing it. Here is a link to the trailer for the documentary. PD Day of Friday - No classes
Staff of Connect Charter School will be attending the 2019 Charter School Conference being hosted at the Calgary Arts Academy campus near the Stampede grounds. We are excited to connect with other teachers and exchange ideas about how to best support our students. Students have been practicing their computation skills on a weekly basis in mathematics, working on their problem solving skills and sharing their mathematical understanding on the "Jumbotron of Mathematics".....
After our visit to Camp Chief Hector students shifted their attention from the night sky to honing their investigation skills. Students are learning to interpret trace evidence and deduce what the evidence can tell. Print taken by one of our crack investigators - Jayden C.
Me to We is also sponsoring Socktober!
We are asking for Connect students to donate new socks for the month of October and the first week of November. We will be donating all the socks that are collected to Inn From the Cold. If you would like more information about this organization please visit the following link: https://innfromthecold.org/. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1YIK5UOnOM (You Tube video - Kid President explaining the origin of Socktober) Dear Connect Parents,
The Me to We elective has been hard at work planning some upcoming activities for our students! The first one in Spirit Week! It will run from Monday, Oct. 7 until Thursday, Oct. 10. The theme days are as follows: Monday, Oct. 7 - PJ Day Tuesday, Oct. 8 - Grade Colour Day
Thursday, Oct. 10 - Fancy/Dress up Day This is an opportunity for our students to feel connected to each other and show their school spirit Thank you for your support, Me to We We enjoyed a wonderful morning running in North Glenmore Park honoring the legacy of Terry Fox. Here's just a few pics:
FROM THE CIVIX ORGANIZATION THAT SPONSORS THE STUDENT VOTE WEBSITE: With three weeks until election day, the political parties are doing everything they can to get their message out. Most of the parties have now announced their major commitments and the leaders are starting to prepare for next week’s leaders’ debates.
The English-language debate is scheduled for Monday, October 7, and the French-language debate is scheduled for Thursday, October 10. To help prepare for these debates, today’s newsletter shares a few tools and resources you can use in the classroom. POLLENIZE CANADA 2019: We are pleased to announce the launch of Pollenize Canada 2019, an online tool that breaks down the campaign promises made by the major parties on thirteen different election issues. CIVIX worked with Pollenize on the party platform research, and the parties received the opportunity to verify the information for accuracy. Getting familiar with the key promises made by each party can make it easier to follow along with the debates and critically assess the performance of each party leader. Refer to Lesson 9 in the Elementary/Intermediate resource and Lesson 10 in the Secondary resource for activities related to researching the parties and platforms. LEADERS’ DEBATES LESSON: The ‘Elections Debates’ lesson in your Learning Resources book includes a variety of activities to help analyze the leaders’ debates, including a review of effective debating skills and faulty arguments. To further support this learning, CIVIX has created a new animated educational video – “Logical Fallacies” – that outlines the types of flawed arguments and how to be prepared to detect them. This video will be posted tomorrow on the Classroom Resources page, below the lesson plans. |
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