by Margot SIMONDS | Dec 9, 2021 | ECC, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Library
Here in the ABIS library we have been talking about what good readers do. Students have worked in small groups to collaboratively brainstorm and create lists of things that good readers do to become better and stronger readers. There has also been lots of reading (...
by Amy NORMAN | Dec 2, 2021 | Grade 4
I have said it before, but I’ll say it again- there is nothing better than a 4 day weekend except a 3 day week. While it was short, we did stuff much into it. We began our descriptive writing. These should be fun. I am looking forward to the finished product. Our...
by Michael CLARK | Dec 2, 2021 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Students were introduced to some new songs and musical activities this week. The first song is called Funga Alafia, a folk song from West Africa. The song translates to “Welcome my friends, I greet you in peace.” We used a call and response activity to learn the words...
by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Dec 2, 2021 | Grade 4
Grade 4 students have been inquiring into the spelling of verbs in the past tense. Why do some verbs just have an ‘ed’ added and some don’t? What’s the difference between ‘I was hoping’ and ‘I was hopping’? In groups...
by Michael CLARK | Dec 2, 2021 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Students were introduced to some new songs and musical activities this week. The first song is called Funga Alafia, a folk song from West Africa. The song translates to “Welcome my friends, I greet you in peace.” We used a call and response activity to learn the words...
by Margot SIMONDS | Dec 1, 2021 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Library
For the month of November, Grade 2 is the top class of borrowers at the ABIS library. Grade 2 students have borrowed an average of over 6 books per student during the month of November! Way to keep reading grade 2! 1,452 books in total were borrowed from the ABIS...
