What up in ELA!

I am looking forward to an exciting year in ELA! We will be doing lots of lessons and activities following the strands: reading, writing, listening, spreaking, viewing, and representing.

Check out my bookshelf on the <home> page for suggestions of books titles you will just HAVE to read!

January:
We read a story today  about The Northern Gateway Pipeline. Visit the links below to learn more about the Gateway Pipeline and the effects of such projects on our environment.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYoIwmnxnQc

http://www.northerngateway.ca/project-details/route-video/


We are currently reading, researching, viewing, listening, and writing about SPIES!

We are analysing the question "Can spying be justified?"

Currently students are listening to a class novel called S.T.O.R.M. The Black Sphere

I hope everyone enjoys this unit and learns about how spies are part of the world we live in.

Feel free to review the video clip below that inreoduced our new unit "SPIES".

Part1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q0AuNyNazw

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtS8LxrGRxw

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENFnKzZbL3k

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHbuzb71k6M


Inferencing Websites for practice:

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/logic_inferences_language_arts_fifth_5th_grade.htm

http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/strategies-better-reading