Friday, April 24, 2020

Hello Everyone!

Hello Students and Families!

     I continue to be impressed with your problem solving skills, your writing, your thinking and your learning through our remote learning! So many of you have risen to the challenge of engaging in the activities even though they have been quite different from our normal routine. I have enjoyed chatting with you and hearing about things are going through Teams. As always, if you need help please reach out by messaging your teachers in Teams or by sending an email.

We will all continue to try our best to make the most of this situation!

Take care of yourself and enjoy yourself this weekend!

♥. Mrs. Steinhoff


****I thought I would leave this little video below. Though it talks about life life lessons from Disney/Pixar I invite us to think about the life lessons we are learning while home.


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Monday, April 13, 2020

"How to" Writing - Some Background and an Example

Hi Everyone!

Do you know how to "dab"? What about "floss"? These dance moves were pretty popular last year!! How would you teach someone to do this or something else that you are good at? The video below shows just how hard it can be to learn something and to teach something!




We have started to brainstorm some ideas for our "How-to" Writing in the general posts on TEAMS. This will be a great opportunity to teach and learn from others as we continue to learn remotely.

Teaching someone how to do something can be tricky business.  You need to be sure to include precise language, specific steps and helpful tips to support their learning.  

When we did our "Les biscuits palmiers" in French, we used a lot of verbs.  We will need to do the same thing for this project in ELA.  Here are some verbs below that make sense for cooking/baking.  Think about what verbs you would need for your "How To".

Take a look at my How To below. Think of it as example.  How can you use my example to create something similar about something that you know how to do? Below there are also anchor charts that help you to understand a bit of background around this new writing project. 







Monday, April 6, 2020

"How To" Videos for Remote Learning

*****If you click on the videos and they do not play, click in the upper right corner and they will open in a separate window.

 How to Hand in Your Work into Teams
 

How to Listen to Your Work



How to Post in Flipgrid - Part 1 



How to Post in Flipgrid Part 2

Student Samples - Le Lapin/La Lapine

by Isaiah 7C


by Hannah W 7A


by Hannah G 7A




Sunday, April 5, 2020

Hello and Welcome Back :)

Hello Students, Families and Guardians of 7ABC,
We hope that you have had some time to enjoy your Spring Break through these changing times. As a teaching team, we have taken some time to begin planning how we will proceed as we continue to learn remotely. Over the next week, students are encouraged to begin, continue working on and/or finish the assignments that have been posted on Microsoft Teams. As your child's core subject teachers, we have posted work through this platform that students can access through the school's website.
For this coming week, we will continue to touch base with students as they work though the assignments currently posted along with some new items.
If you do not have access to technology, please let your child's homeroom teacher know so we can work to make other arrangements. We understand that with the potential of having parents working from home and families with multiple children (along with the jobs and tasks of day to day life) that work may come in a different times. 
Our goal this week is to connect with every student and get them on track for the assignments that have already been assigned as well as setting our sights on new learning.
We encourage your child to contact us directly through Teams by using the chat function if they have any questions or need support. 

We will navigate this new way of learning the best way possible together! Thank you so much for your continued support!

Sincerely, 
Laura Steinhoff, Liz Kurtz and Ken Nemeth