February 2013
Week 1
Monday Feb. 4: Snow Day. Tomorrow will be the start of Term 2. It will be Day B.
Tuesday Feb. 5: Intro. and Notes. Reading + Questions.
Wednesday Feb. 6: Finished up Questions from yesterday's class. (Mini-class)
Thursday Feb. 7: Historical Bias and Stereotypes + Reading 1 + Reading 2 + Reading 3 + Please don't forget a duotang for your journal!
Friday Feb. 8: Webquest + http://www.muiniskw.org/ (this is the link you need)
Week 2
Monday Feb. 11: Finished webquest!
Tuesday Feb. 12: Pocahontas (the Disney Movie)
Wednesday Feb. 13: Finished Pocahontas and discussed stereotypes in the film. Read a historical account of actual events from two different perspectives and answered questions. (Reading and Questions)
Thursday Feb. 14: Happy Valentines Day!! Mi'kma'ki Mapping Project
Friday Feb. 15: Continue working on the mapping project!
Week 3
Monday Feb. 18: Snow day!
Tuesday Feb. 19: Video: 8th Fire (Episode 1) with Questions
Wednesday Feb. 20: Human Beings are Not Mascots with Questions + The Impact of Stereotypes
Thursday Feb. 21: Catch-up Day!
Friday Feb. 22: PD day. No school for students.
Week 4
Monday Feb. 25: Medicine Wheel ppt + notes + assignment
Tuesday Feb. 26: Working class. We will continue working on yesterday's assignment.
Wednesday Feb. 27: Working class.
Thursday Feb. 28: Final working class for medicine wheel assignment. Medicine Wheel due Tuesday Mar. 5
Friday Mar. 1: Oral Traditions + We listened to two traditional Mi'kmaq Stories. Audio files to follow. We are now working on creating a comic strip style retelling of a traditional Mi'kmaq Story.
Monday Feb. 4: Snow Day. Tomorrow will be the start of Term 2. It will be Day B.
Tuesday Feb. 5: Intro. and Notes. Reading + Questions.
Wednesday Feb. 6: Finished up Questions from yesterday's class. (Mini-class)
Thursday Feb. 7: Historical Bias and Stereotypes + Reading 1 + Reading 2 + Reading 3 + Please don't forget a duotang for your journal!
Friday Feb. 8: Webquest + http://www.muiniskw.org/ (this is the link you need)
Week 2
Monday Feb. 11: Finished webquest!
Tuesday Feb. 12: Pocahontas (the Disney Movie)
Wednesday Feb. 13: Finished Pocahontas and discussed stereotypes in the film. Read a historical account of actual events from two different perspectives and answered questions. (Reading and Questions)
Thursday Feb. 14: Happy Valentines Day!! Mi'kma'ki Mapping Project
Friday Feb. 15: Continue working on the mapping project!
Week 3
Monday Feb. 18: Snow day!
Tuesday Feb. 19: Video: 8th Fire (Episode 1) with Questions
Wednesday Feb. 20: Human Beings are Not Mascots with Questions + The Impact of Stereotypes
Thursday Feb. 21: Catch-up Day!
Friday Feb. 22: PD day. No school for students.
Week 4
Monday Feb. 25: Medicine Wheel ppt + notes + assignment
Tuesday Feb. 26: Working class. We will continue working on yesterday's assignment.
Wednesday Feb. 27: Working class.
Thursday Feb. 28: Final working class for medicine wheel assignment. Medicine Wheel due Tuesday Mar. 5
Friday Mar. 1: Oral Traditions + We listened to two traditional Mi'kmaq Stories. Audio files to follow. We are now working on creating a comic strip style retelling of a traditional Mi'kmaq Story.