AFS Room 8

Students have been analyzing newspaper articles and learning what makes an excellent piece of functional writing, in class. Over the next two nights, students are asked to complete homework related to what they've been learning in Writer's Workshop. At home, students will need to access Google Drive. They will build a Google Doc that has a three column and five row table. Using the 'child friendly' newspaper article websites that were shared with them through Google Drive earlier this week, students will need to hunt for five articles with excellent headings and subheadings. If an article does not have a subheading, they need to move on, and continue to search for an article with both a heading and subheading. In the table, they will copy the heading, the subheading, and the website link from where they found the article. Homework will look completed when they have five headings with associated subheadings. An extra challenge that was posted to students was to find two ...

At the end of Friday, we gave each other written compliments. Each student wrote a “warm fuzzy” to each of his/her peers. At the end, everyone had their own page of compliments!

Some students received a note in their agenda today reminding them to complete overdue homework. Please check your child's agenda and encourage them to complete the work. Agenda note: "Your homework assignment is overdue. Your due date has been extended. Please complete the assigned work when you can. Remember, if you are having trouble logging onto readworks.ca, there is a Google Doc with information to help you."

On January 24, celebrate National Compliment Day by going all out with  praise . The power of a compliment is pretty remarkable: either giving or receiving one can boost your happiness and confidence — making  the act  a win-win. You never know when someone could use some good vibes, so spread the positivity by giving someone a reason to smile! (information taken from  https://nationaltoday.com/national-compliment-day/ )

Friday, January 24, 2020 Sharing Assembly The grade 5/6 team will be sharing a slideshow with photographs taken from the last three days at WinSport. Some Room 8 students will be sharing stories from Writer's Workshop, where they incorporated content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence structure and conventions. -Nikolai and Ishaq -Waverly and Grace -Raven and Mine

Social Networking & Online Safety with Paul  Davis  - January 14, 2020 Alexander Ferguson School welcomes parents to join us for a powerful presentation focused on giving parents tools, strategies and facts to empower them to keep their children safe in an ever-increasing online world. We have invited one of Canada's leading internet safety experts,  Paul  Davis , to speak to parents at our school on January 14, 2020 at 6:30 pm. Topics include: Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Smartphones and leaving digital trails, Cyberbullying, Texting, Sexting, Online gaming, Online security...and more. Paul  Davis  brings almost 30 years of IT knowledge and expertise to his speaking engagements and has been featured on CTV News, Global TV, Breakfast Television, and CityTV News. Tickets are $10/parent and being sold through: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-networking-and-online-safety-with-paul- davis -tickets-86578437437 .