Who are you?  I mean, who are you really?  What is important to you?  What is special about you?  What makes you unique?  What is your identity? On Monday, you learned about my identity as a teacher-principal, a soccer mom, an artist, a traveller, a family member of Scottish heritage, a language-learner, a proud Canadian, [...]

We are very lucky to live in a country like Canada.  Today, Canada welcomes many new Canadians from all over the world.  BUT, our government didn’t always think like that. At many times in history, our government tried to keep certain people out, or they discriminated against them for some of their cultural traditions.  Do you [...]

You know, we are all good at something.  In fact, many of you are good at a lot of things.  Some of you are great at sports, others are so artistic, and many of you are real avid readers.  Knowing yourself is part of growing up.  Knowing that you have strengths and that you have [...]

What do you know about the Group of Seven?  How does their art make you feel?  Did you know that the Group of Seven painters were once rejected and ridiculed…their art was too modern, too different from any landscape art in Canada at the time (1920s).  One of my favourite paintings is Franklin Carmichael’s Mirror Lake from [...]

Well, thanks to a link from our talented science teacher, Mr. U., I have now committed to a paperless day on April 22.  What an idea!  How do you feel about this?   Give me your thoughts, both the good and the bad… http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/2010/02/paperless-classroom-earth-day-pledge.html

Welcome to our Grade 5 Blog. What do you think?  So far, we have only had a few kids go to the Smartboard and comment.  It has been a group thing.  Now, we’d like to have each of us in Grade 5 log on separately and comment, step #2.

Valentine’s Day has been around for many many years.  It is best known for a time for sweethearts to spend time together, but it can also be a special time for family members.  How do you celebrate Valentine’s Day?

So, here we are, finally getting started with blogging in LA class. Let’s start with your thoughts on Family Day. Why do we have a Family Day? Why did the government put aside a holiday for families? What do you think?

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