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Class Goals
Comfortable learning environment for all!
To be independent learners!
Inquiry-based learning
Students have ownership over their own
learning
Open communication between school
and home!

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Homework
Homework!

Monday Thursday only!!

ELC Students do not receive homework, though
we encourage all ELC families to read regularly at
home.
Grades 1 and 2: Maximum nightly homework
of 10 minutes plus reading
Grades 3, and 4: Maximum nightly homework of
20 minutes plus reading
Grade 5: Maximum nightly homework of 30
minutes plus reading

Mathematics!
Linked to units of inquiry as
much as possible!
Linked to everyday life
Problem solving strategies
Games, Games, and more
Games!
Mad Math!

Mathematics!

Place value
Estimation
Measurement
Odd and Even
Sorting
Surveys and
graphing

Numeracy
Patterns
Adding and
Subtracting
Time
Shape (2D and
3D)
Simple
Multiplication and
Division

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Conferencing
A teacher (parent) fixing up
students drafts no more helps
them grow than a coach standing
in for players in a basketball
game helps those players
improve.
- Carl Anderson, Hows it Going?

Language
Reading
Conferencing
7 Keys of
Comprehension
Visualization, making connections,
and Making Inferences

Take home readers

Language

Spelling
(Words Their Way)

Word Study
Word Investigations

Shoelaces!

Important Information
Bus
Parent helpers (Class
Parent)
Classroom celebrations
Healthy snacks

Important Information
Class
blog:

http://bifselementary.wee
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