Welcome to Kiva

Hello,

This morning the students continued to work on their letters from the Great Canadian Mail Race. Everyone has put the finishing touches on their first drafts. Now, the students need to make sure they have completed their peer editing, select a school to send their letter to, and have Mr. Skinner look over the letter as well.

Our goal is to have the final copies of the letters sent out on Friday.

Now, that we are completing our friendly letters, we are moving onto persuasive writing. We began by discussing ways that we think the school could be improved, then selecting our three best arguments. The next step will be providing examples and evidence to back up the points.

This activity leads us to our persuasive writing project for December. Each student is asked to visit kiva.org and select a person that they would like to help. The site allows people to give loans to those in need, that will be paid back. The students will give their reasons why their person is the best choice and we will select projects to donate to at Christmas time.

The students are asked to take the first step tonight by exploring kiva.org and selecting two possible people that they would like to help. The students need to keep in mind that they will have to explain the reasoning behind their choice. This is the first time we have done a project like this and the teachers are very excited about it. We were very pleased to see the students sharing our enthusiasm this morning.

If parents would like to watch the Grade 6 students sing their hearts out as members of the choir for the Mass, it begins at 10:15. The students are reminded to wear a white or light coloured shirt and dark blue or black pants. Thanks.

Finally, a bit of sad news. We have had to cancel our field trip on Monday. Their has been an outbreak of illnesses and many of the residents are under the weather, so they can not host us at this time. We will try to re-schedule our visit in January.

Have a great night.

Mr. Skinner