Pedometer and Evaluations

Students from the University of Windsor came back to visit us yesterday.  They collected our surveys and distributed a pedometer, similar to the one pictured here, to each student involved in the study.  We were told how to use it and given a recording sheet.  Each student is to record the on and off time for each day this week.  The recording sheets and pedometers  will be collected on Friday.  Each student was also told NOT TO OPEN THE PEDOMETER OR TOUCH ANY BUTTONS.  This could interfere with the data collection.  Please remind your child of that and ensure that they do not get it wet as they shower daily.

recording sheet

Yesterday our class received the SWYK from unit 11 and TWO non-fiction summaries that were evaluated and require a parent signature.  Please send them back ASAP.  Thanks!

Some students continue to struggle with writing summaries.  Please encourage them to practise them at home.  They could even summarize an article from the newspaper. As I say in class, we are reading to learn, not learning to read in grade 6!  This would help build their schema too!
 The main concern is the higher level thinking portion of a summary - that is what distinguishes it from a retell.  Some students need to use more sophisticated words for condensing purposes.  Some others are including too many details or not enough.  So far we have been condensing short stories into one paragraph summaries.  Check out the anchor chart!  Today we will move on to fiction summaries.