Free Printables for Summer Reading Practice


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Have you heard of the “summer slide”? Not the fun kind of slide at the park, but the crummy kind of slide—a decline in reading ability that happens to many kids over the summer months.

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Get your students reading with some free printables!!  Thanks All About Learning Press!

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Teacher Librarians Are Key to the Digital Shift | Pivot Points | School Library Journal


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All the 21 century skills that are all the rage today are many of the teacher librarian skills we have been teaching for years.  Only now there are much more techie tune ups!.

 

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get stoked with homeschooling!: Natural Resources of BC Posters


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The Stokes family combine art and BC natural resources to make learning fun!!

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Global Citizenship using Blogger and Blackboard Collaborate

Guernsey

Today amidst much excitement in our HCS physical learning commons in Kelowna, and in our HCOS virtual learning commons in British Columbia we collaborated with a school in Guernsey England called Notre Dame,  to discuss children’s literacy and to vote on the upcoming Illustrator awards, the BC  Chocolate Lily awards , and the UK Kate Greenaway Awards.

Prior to this event,  students and library staff had initiated blogging with our HCS +NDG Blog site,  as we shared the cultural and literary aspects of what makes an illustration noteworthy,  spectacular and award worthy!  We discovered that humour, anticipation, bold colours, creative use of paper, and shading all went into making  illustrations pop out.

In our Blackboard session today the global citizenship and literacy event was concluded,  with a wonderful and inspiring discussion.  Despite a few microphones giving some feedback,  students were engaged and excited to make new friends across the continents and universal learning.    To hear and see campus schools and distance learning community connecting and sharing what makes a good book,  as well as sharing more about their cultural background, was a unifying experience.  This was truly 21 century learning experience !

 

Here is the winner of the Chocolate Lily award in BC.

Congratulations to illustrator, Cynthia Nugent, and author, Tom Saunders, for I Want to Go to the Moon (Simply Read Books, 2011), in the Chocolate Lily Awards 2013 (in the Picture Book category).

Here also are some pictures of the engaged students in the Guernsey school on the left and in our campus school on the right.

GuernseyHCS students

App of the week: Eddy’s Number Party! | eSchool News


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A kindergarten readiness app that helps young children practice counting, matching numbers, and improving memory and attention.

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Review on a new math app for Kindergarten students learning their numbers!  This one looks good!

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Welcome to BC Field Trips | BC Field Trips


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BC Field Trips is the most comprehensive and up-to-date listing of curriculum-linked field trips available to teachers!

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Discover some summer field trips to enjoy with your family with BC Field Trips website.

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The Math App Collection for Parents Collection by Glenda Stewart-Smith 


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A collection of education technology by Glenda Stewart-Smith 

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Some new math apps shared on Ed Shelf!

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Resources for Teaching Digital Literacy | Infor…


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Search Tools Search is the essential 21st century skill. Developing search literacy in students should be the priority of our education. Teachers and students need the ability, search tools and str…

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Useful tools for researching online!

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Pippa’s Homeschool and Library Blog: Research Skills 2013 Homeschool Workshop


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Research skills workshop shared at our local Homeschool Convention at the Tradex Fair in Abbotsford.  Pippa shares her research skills advice for elementary and high school students.

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Listening to Young Atheists, Lessons for a Stronger Christianity – The Atlantic


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Listening to Young Atheists, Lessons for a Stronger Christianity
The Atlantic
It has been my privilege to address college students all over the world, usually as one defending the Christian worldview.

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Having read the book Almost Christian this article illustrates a rising trend in young adults.  How can the church address this debacle?  By listening to its youth, and trying to find ways to authenticate Jesus’s beliefs in their lives.

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