Ms. Savoy

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Posted: April 13, 2020

week of April 13th

I hope everyone had a great long weekend and are staying safe and active. For this week:

Please continue reading your class novel (group novel for those in 6, 7 & 8 FI)- if you have it home, or another novel (other or ebook).  Once you are finished the novel, please write me a reading letter (using the format/prompts found in my teacher pages) and send it to me via email if possible.

Continue your twice weekly journals and your mindfullness/stretching.

You can email me anytime if you have any questions or just to let me know how you are doing.  I'd love to hear from you.

 

Posted: April 6, 2020

Welcome to my teacher page...read this first

Home Learning Modules for ELA Ms. Savoy for 5, 6, 7 & 8 FI

The activities I have chosen for you are not meant to be assessed (marked) but to keep your mind and body healthy.  These are activities that I am doing in my day to day routine as well.  I encourage you to try your best and keep your brain active.

Students in grade 5 are scheduled for 15 minutes of ELA time each day, Monday to Friday.  Students in grades 6, 7 & 8 - 30 minutes of ELA time each day, Monday to Friday.

If you have any questions (student or parent) please email me at christina.savoy@nbed.nb.ca

I have 3 homework assignments to get you going...one writing, one reading and one for your mind & body.

To come later:  poetry (grades 6, 7 & 8), Art (grades 5, 6 &  8) and a research piece (7FI: Japanese internment camps, 5FI: research a topic of your choice).

 5FI students:  In the near future I will hopefully be adding videos of me reading… finishing Submarine Outlaw for those who are anxious to find out how it ends. The author has approved this. Each recording will be one chapter at a time.  I will also include a recap for the first video to refresh ourselves of the plot.

I miss you all and hope you are all doing well.  Be kind, be safe.

reading letters for 5,6,7 & 8

Posted: April 6, 2020

Students who brought home their book club novels from grades 6, 7 & 8:  feel free to read these as a reading choice if you have no other choices.  When you finish the novel please write me a letter (follow my reading letter instructions/prompts), send it to christina.savoy@nbed.nb.ca.  Schedule your reading so that you finish your novels on or before May 13th.  I will respond to all letters.  Only once you have finished reading your novel, write a reading letter (personal, school novel, or eBook).  Keep a log of your reading (minutes read; novels finished/abandoned). Challenge: download and read an eBook (from Campbellton Centennial Library (You will need to have a library card and may need to download the Overdrive app), Sora (instructions below), or any other site. Be careful…make sure they are free). I finally made the jump to reading a novel on my tablet and it was not too difficult or scary! Don’t forget to read out loud to practice your fluency.  Read to your pet(s), parent(s) or even family/friends online!  Get creative!  Feel free to read as much as you like.  Another source is Sora - a wonderful app for accessing e-books and audio books and it's absolutely free for students.  You can use it on your device, laptop, or whatever you have.  Start by going to   soraapp.com and choosing NB Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development.  Then select your school, which is either STAFF (NB EECD) or STUDENT (NB EECD).  Finally, you sign in using your username and password (same as you would for your email).   Once there, you can browse through books by category or search for a specific book.  By clicking on "borrow" you can check out that book for 20 days. I believe.  You can log in and out and the book will still be there for you to read at any time.  Some more popular books, like graphic novels, for example, have a waiting list and you would need to place a hold and they notify you when it becomes available.

Note: When we return to school – please return all of my novels…if you are a grade 8 student and we only return after June…I’ll give further instructions later. 

Due Date: 

Wednesday, May 13, 2020
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reading letter, format, example and prompts

Posted: April 6, 2020

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Yoga poses

Posted: April 6, 2020

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Exercise for your mind and body for 5, 6 & 8 FI

Posted: April 6, 2020

  1. In addition to ELA home learning:  students in my phys. Ed. 6, 8 & 5:  take time in your day to practice yoga stretching and be active while still following social distancing/self-isolation.  Dust off your old Wii machines…walk your pet…practice the plank.  Yoga programs and poses can be found on the internet if you have access.  Try to remember those we did in class.  Also take some time to meditate.  There are many short mindful videos on You Tube.  Take time to empty your mind, concentrate on your breathing and relax your body- even if only for 5 minutes a day.  Challenge yourself…record your increases in your plank time,  your Wii bowling top score or how long you can be mindful!

I couldn’t find my original meditation videos used in class, so I tried to find ones that were similar (picturing a beach scene-visual, breathing and being present-clearing mind & awareness of your body/mind.  These are just suggested sites, explore others on you tube to find one you like!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX9PUQcdQ2U: guided meditation/female voice/beach sounds 13 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihwcw_ofuME : guided breathing/female voice/3 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shR8DLyOkcg  : guided “being present”/female voice/5 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psyExnCkcXU : this one is a teen grounding exercise that lasts 20 minutes.  I found this one is best when you have more time and after the shorter ones may get old. (female voice) Better for end of day…before bedtime.

Poses from class: standing pigeon, warrior (there are variations), child, chair, corpse, tree, cobra, downward dog, mountain, easy, plank…have I forgotten any?  Please remember to never stretch too far – it should never hurt…remember to breathe and there is no pose called child corpse.

Due Date: 

Saturday, June 20, 2020
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Journals for 5, 6, 7 & 8 FI

Posted: April 6, 2020

  1. Begin with biweekly journals (they can be daily if you prefer) about this experience. Start off with a “fact” then respond with: I feel… I believe… I think…   This can be done in a journal, scribbler, loose-leaf, online blog or word processing document.  You will not be asked to share these with me or anyone if you do not wish to since they can be very personal. They are for you. You may want to share these years from now, as Horace Slughorn from Harry Potter exclaimed, “These are mad times we live in.  Mad.”  Here are some of my examples:

Entry #2

March 15

Don’t leave the house unless it is essential.  This should be ok since I like staying home and can usually find things to do to keep me occupied.  But how long will this last?  I am mentally preparing for it to last at least 6 weeks.  How long before I get cabin fever?  I will set up a routine so that I don’t go bonkers, around the bend (I think Alice in Wonderland said this): every day I will eat only at meals/snack time and try to keep eating like usual…no bad choices, go for a walk once a day – even if for a short one – Monday to Friday, limit my tech time (like FB, online games), spend time creating in my sewing room, touch base every few days with family and friends to check on them, daily house chores (uggh) and spend time with the cats and Trevor.

 

Entry # 15

March 23

Feeding beside my porch on the tree, I saw and heard my first chickadees of spring.*  I felt excited and reminded me to take a moment to enjoy this small pleasure.  Spring must be on its way.  I also need to remember to put out more seeds…

 

*for my grade 8’s: I started my sentence with a participle phrase (verb+ing phrase, sentence) I could have written it as:

I saw and heard my first chickadees of spring, feeding beside my porch on the tree. 

I saw and heard, feeding beside my porch on the tree, my first chickadees of spring. 

Due Date: 

Saturday, June 20, 2020

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Submarine Outlaw recap video for 5 FI
Added: Tue, Apr 21 2020