by Aysenur LAWSON | Apr 25, 2024 | EAL, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Reading comprehension involves the ability to read a text and understand its meaning. To comprehend what we read, we need two closely linked skills: word reading and comprehension. Word reading refers to recognizing the words on the page or screen (such as in Raz...
by Magz BRAY | Apr 18, 2024 | EAL, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
What a week! As I write this, I am conscious of how many members of our community will be feeling the very real effects of this weeks flooding, home and infrastructural damage, electricity loss, water contamination, and poor phone or internet services. It is my...
by Viviana Andrea PAEZ Rojas | Apr 4, 2024 | EAL, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Kindergarten 3 (GS), Kindergarten 3 (ICS)
Did you know that we have a specialized team known as the EAL (English as an Additional Language) department? The primary focus of our EAL department is on fostering academic success and social integration for our students who are learning English as an additional...
by Magz BRAY | Apr 4, 2024 | EAL, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, The Grades
Over the past number of weeks, G8 LA have been loosing themselves in the lives, loves and losses of a group of teens known as The Greasers. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is our first foray into analysis of literature, and has proved incredibly enjoyable for students and...
by Magz BRAY | Mar 21, 2024 | EAL, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
Today, G7’s group formative research project, on the features on the Mayan civilization, reached its culmination with final presentations. In their groups, students worked methodically through the process of planning for their research, defining roles and...
by Magz BRAY | Feb 15, 2024 | EAL, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
This week in G7 I&S we took the opportunity provided by the extreme weather to reconnect with our map learning during semester one. We looked at live weather projections and thought about the way color and movement contributed to our understanding of a real-time...
