What happens when we do a writing workshop on a baboon?!?! As part of grade 6 language arts, students are required to research and report ...

We've been working hard at exploring concepts associated with grade 5 and 6 math and fractions. We've been talking about benchmark...

http://rankinschoolofthenarrows.com/2013/12/17/movie-trip-postponed-until-january/ No Movie Day tomorrow.... and Christmas  Co...

We've spent the past 2 weeks looking at 2D shapes and their properties and all the cool things we can learn from them such as angles, ar...

In Out of My Mind  we've read about Melody, a young girl with cerebral palsy who is looking to find her voice. In the first chapters w...

Today marks the start of the Global Read Aloud Project . My class has been taking place for the past 3 or 4 years. This year's book is...

My lovely students are coming home with homework for YOU  tonight! They're going to find out if you know where you live! ENJOY!

WOW! Where did summer go!??! It's been a fast one, folks; and it's almost back to school time! I hope you've taken the time ...

We spent a good amount of time today working hands-on with many pieces of electrical equipment trying to make complete circuits, testing out...

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Dear Students & Parents, Here is the link to the pdf which has the information regarding the expectations of your novel project: Inde...

We read this article: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/17/i-hope-we-can-keep-in-correspondence-nova-scotians-letter-in-a-bottle-washes-...

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I (Dawn, the teacher) was at an in-service in Halifax when I saw the news clip speaking of David Kawapit and his journey from Northern Qu...

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We've started reading through stories as part of Black history month. Here's today's response about our book: Viola Desmond Wo...

Hi, stormy-stayed folks! Hope everyone is enjoying and making the most of their storm days! Your social studies projects were supposed to...

We read an article about the forces that are all around us. Each student group was responsible for explaining an everyday force as indicated...

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