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​Students these days are afforded many learning opportunities because of the advent of technology. Today, we continued learning from others by communicating with a Gr. 5 Class from Kanata, Ontario (near Ottawa) and Wellington, New Zealand!  Mr. Hong and I were talking about it and would have loved to have had an opportunity to learn from others like this when we were in Gr. 7.  Students not only followed criteria for self-regulation, but they also followed criteria they generated for learning and communicating with others.  The amazing self-regulation was an improvement from Friday! It is amazing how one novel can bring so many students together from around the world!

Today Div 1 and 2 participated in a mystery skype call​ with another class somewhere in the world. We took turns asking each other questions to try and figure out where the other class was located. We finally figured out that the class was in Detroit, Michigan USA. After we spent some time discussing the Global Read Aloud, The Bridge Home. It was great to connect with students from a different part of the world. After recess we worked on a math pre-test to get ready for the unit evaluation coming up next week. In the afternoon we had our monthly desk change and then started preparing for teacher/student/parent conferences next week.

​Students wrapped up a successful mini inquiry today. They completed their self-assessments and reviewed their work.  This is an integral part of the learning process. Students reviewed learning intentions and articulated their 'learning' after carefully reflecting on it.  Parents, what research tells us is that if students can understand how they came to understand what they learned, it is more meaningful to them and they tend to take more ownership of it. Don't forget to bring your snacks to school tomorrow!