Dear Computer Club Members,
In our first meeting this Wednesday, we worked with a program called Hackasaurus. If you want to try working with it at home, you'll need to work with Firefox or Chrome as your browser and download the xray googles to hack around the web on your own time.
You can even publish it to >htmlpad.org to share with your friends.
See you guys next week! Have fun hacking!
Ms. G
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Christmas Crunch
Dear Parents,
It's that time of year when everyone's hustling and bustling to get their shopping done, to get to all their holiday get togethers and everyone's down with the flu. I've been in and out of the class myself with a recurring bug since our return from Mono Cliffs, so we've been playing a bit of catch up this week, trying to get on track so that we can finish our patterning unit in math and our human body unit in science before we head off on two weeks of much needed vacation. So I do appreciate your understanding with the science homework that's been heading home the past couple of nights.
If you want to support student learning, you can check on the science page here, to check out the project outlines and a good starting kid-friendly website with animations and reliable information. We've also been watching clips from Bill Nye on Youtube to gather more background information on each system as a class. Students who are interested can certainly learn from watching the entire show (Usually there's a Part 1, 2, and 3) on their system, but some of the videos available can be a bit gruesome, so I would encourage monitoring this process to ensure students don't see more graphic information than they are ready to deal with.
I also need to let you know that we will be postponing our trip to the National Film Board since our planned date conflicted with other school events. Complications were also afoot with a brief attempt to rebook on the Friday. I will keep parents in the loop as to when this is rescheduled.
Regards,
Lisa Goegan
It's that time of year when everyone's hustling and bustling to get their shopping done, to get to all their holiday get togethers and everyone's down with the flu. I've been in and out of the class myself with a recurring bug since our return from Mono Cliffs, so we've been playing a bit of catch up this week, trying to get on track so that we can finish our patterning unit in math and our human body unit in science before we head off on two weeks of much needed vacation. So I do appreciate your understanding with the science homework that's been heading home the past couple of nights.
If you want to support student learning, you can check on the science page here, to check out the project outlines and a good starting kid-friendly website with animations and reliable information. We've also been watching clips from Bill Nye on Youtube to gather more background information on each system as a class. Students who are interested can certainly learn from watching the entire show (Usually there's a Part 1, 2, and 3) on their system, but some of the videos available can be a bit gruesome, so I would encourage monitoring this process to ensure students don't see more graphic information than they are ready to deal with.
I also need to let you know that we will be postponing our trip to the National Film Board since our planned date conflicted with other school events. Complications were also afoot with a brief attempt to rebook on the Friday. I will keep parents in the loop as to when this is rescheduled.
Regards,
Lisa Goegan
Thursday, November 10, 2011
New Page, New Projects and Mono Cliffs
A couple of brief notes:
1. I have reorganized my site slightly to make finding new links easier, especially the new Human Body Project. Hopefully, you find this helpful. I'll continue to do this as new content streams are added.
2. Links on the Science page lead to question sheets for each group to answer. Some groups may have more questions than others, but hopefully the work balances out since the questions will help guide more specific responses. I'm finding http://kidshealth.org/kid/ a useful starting point for research.
3. Today we watched a video and answered student questions about Mono Cliffs, our class trip coming up on November 28th. If parents have questions, please do email me at lisa.goegan@tdsb.on.ca and I'll do my best to answer them directly. Forms and money are due tomorrow, however; so hopefully you've managed to find the answers you need already and apologies if you've found the process challenging: this will be my first year at Mono Cliffs as well.
This has been an excellent, if busy, week in the classroom. I'm looking forward to our dramatic presentation of In Flanders Fields tomorrow at the Remembrance Day Assembly and to seeing many of you during interviews after school on Thursday and Friday morning next week. I'll be sending home scheduled times with reports. Thanks to those of you who have sent forms in already with preferences, it does help me when I'm scheduling.
All my best,
Ms. Goegan
1. I have reorganized my site slightly to make finding new links easier, especially the new Human Body Project. Hopefully, you find this helpful. I'll continue to do this as new content streams are added.
2. Links on the Science page lead to question sheets for each group to answer. Some groups may have more questions than others, but hopefully the work balances out since the questions will help guide more specific responses. I'm finding http://kidshealth.org/kid/ a useful starting point for research.
3. Today we watched a video and answered student questions about Mono Cliffs, our class trip coming up on November 28th. If parents have questions, please do email me at lisa.goegan@tdsb.on.ca and I'll do my best to answer them directly. Forms and money are due tomorrow, however; so hopefully you've managed to find the answers you need already and apologies if you've found the process challenging: this will be my first year at Mono Cliffs as well.
This has been an excellent, if busy, week in the classroom. I'm looking forward to our dramatic presentation of In Flanders Fields tomorrow at the Remembrance Day Assembly and to seeing many of you during interviews after school on Thursday and Friday morning next week. I'll be sending home scheduled times with reports. Thanks to those of you who have sent forms in already with preferences, it does help me when I'm scheduling.
All my best,
Ms. Goegan
Friday, November 4, 2011
Progress Reports
It seems like such a short time that I've been here at Indian Road Crescent, that it's hard to imagine that reports will be going home very soon. I've sent home forms for interview requests twice, but only received 10 or so back. Getting these organized will be a big job, with 29 kids in the class and several other teachers to coordinate schedules with, so please be patient, flexible, and get your preferences in as soon as possible!
We've got a couple of exciting things coming up in the next little while:
On November 10th, I'm expecting a visit from SciHigh, which will give students the chance to experiment with DNA and give the kids some insight into medical science.
On November 28 through 30, we're heading to Mono Cliffs for a few days of on-site environmental learning. Permission forms have been sent home regarding the trip and we hope to have them back promptly as well.
In late December, there's another field trip coming up as well to the National Film Board. On this trip, we'll have the opportunity to explore animation and make short stop motion films. I hope to see parents out on this trip, as it should be a good day out.
Again, I'm looking forward to having the chance to sit down and discuss student progress. Please stay in touch.
We've got a couple of exciting things coming up in the next little while:
On November 10th, I'm expecting a visit from SciHigh, which will give students the chance to experiment with DNA and give the kids some insight into medical science.
On November 28 through 30, we're heading to Mono Cliffs for a few days of on-site environmental learning. Permission forms have been sent home regarding the trip and we hope to have them back promptly as well.
In late December, there's another field trip coming up as well to the National Film Board. On this trip, we'll have the opportunity to explore animation and make short stop motion films. I hope to see parents out on this trip, as it should be a good day out.
Again, I'm looking forward to having the chance to sit down and discuss student progress. Please stay in touch.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Welcome to the 2011/2012 school year.
Dear Parents,
I'm looking forward to a great year in Room 201 at Indian Road Crescent Public School. More content will follow here soon and you can click at left to be notified when new content is posted. In the meantime, feel free to scroll down and look at some of the things I did with my class last year. The mask artist, Anne Barber from Shadowland Theatre is one I hope to work with again this year as well.
Please be patient as we settle in together and keep in touch as any concerns or questions arise.
Looking forward to a great year of learning together,
Lisa Goegan
I'm looking forward to a great year in Room 201 at Indian Road Crescent Public School. More content will follow here soon and you can click at left to be notified when new content is posted. In the meantime, feel free to scroll down and look at some of the things I did with my class last year. The mask artist, Anne Barber from Shadowland Theatre is one I hope to work with again this year as well.
Please be patient as we settle in together and keep in touch as any concerns or questions arise.
Looking forward to a great year of learning together,
Lisa Goegan
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Moving on...
It's with mixed feelings that I'm moving on to Indian Road PS as their new Grade 5 teacher. I will definitely miss Clinton and all the wonderful people that have made it such a tremendous experience, but I'm also excited (and a bit nervous) about the new challenges and opportunities ahead.
Wish me luck, and please keep in touch (I look forward especially to hearing about any great books you're reading).
Wish me luck, and please keep in touch (I look forward especially to hearing about any great books you're reading).
Thursday, August 4, 2011
For Those of You Hanging About the City This Summer:
Two of the people our class worked with this year have things going on that you might be interested in checking out:
Anne Barber (She of the marvellous masks) is putting on a play called "Hansel and Gretel: A Case Study" on Ward's Island from August 9th through August 14th. More details can be found at shadowlandtheatre.ca
Matt Price (He of the hep hacking classes) is working with Mozilla to put on a workshop for kids to do more stuff with Hackasaurus and game writing in particular on August 10 or 11. Email me (or Mika) for more details.
Hope you're having a great summer.
Anne Barber (She of the marvellous masks) is putting on a play called "Hansel and Gretel: A Case Study" on Ward's Island from August 9th through August 14th. More details can be found at shadowlandtheatre.ca
Matt Price (He of the hep hacking classes) is working with Mozilla to put on a workshop for kids to do more stuff with Hackasaurus and game writing in particular on August 10 or 11. Email me (or Mika) for more details.
Hope you're having a great summer.
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