Monday 27 January 2014

Happy Chinese New Year - year of the Horse



Student's dragons and line-art coming soon!

Watch Taoshu Chinese New Year Episode to learn all about Chinese New Year





Wednesday 22 January 2014

Determining the Levels (or Stages) of English-Language Proficiency

Determining the Levels (or Stages) of English-Language Proficiency
Levels/Stages of Second-Language Acquisition for ESL Students:
Stage/Level 1: Use of English for survival purposes
Stage/Level 2: Use of English in supported and familiar activities and contexts
Stage/Level 3: Independent use of English in most contexts
Stage/Level 4: Facility in English approaching that of first-language speakers

Levels/Stages of Second-Language Acquisition/Literacy Development for ELD Students:
Stage/Level 1: Beginning to use Standard Canadian English appropriately
Stage/Level 2: Using Standard Canadian English in supported and familiar activities and contexts
Stage/Level 3: Using Standard Canadian English accurately and correctly in most contexts
Stage/Level 4: Using grade-level Standard Canadian English appropriately

Skills related to listening, speaking, reading, writing and orientation are described for each level or stage in

Supporting English Language Learners: A Practical Guide for Ontario Educators, Grades 1 – 8, 2008, pages 99-120. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/esleldprograms/guide.html The descriptors provided in these tables will be helpful to teachers for measuring student progress in language acquisition and, by extension, may also be useful for measuring student achievement of curriculum expectations in other subject areas.

Monday 20 January 2014

Martin Luther King Day...


Today we watched a video about  who Martin Luther King JR. was...
We also discussed what it means to be accepted for who we are....what we look like, sound like, where we come from.

Students enjoyed the video: FIND IT HERE











H + B listened and watched the video. Then we worked on our verbal skills by playing an exciting matching SHAPE GAME :)



After that H was able to play some ESL Games on 



while B had some poetry to finish



Happy Birthday Martin Luther King Jr.

Even though we are Canadian we need to always acknowledge world events and world history.
Today we celebrate Martin Luther King day!



  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Civil rights activist
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Wikipedia
  • SpouseCoretta Scott King (m. 1953–1968)
  • EducationBoston University (1954–1955)more

  • Thursday 16 January 2014

    Celebrations

    We are talking celebrations. T mentioned he heard a song on the radio and he wanted to listen to it because it reminded him of the word "Celebration". So we did. :)



    Wednesday 8 January 2014

    Poetry and 2014!

    B and H were able to work on their Poetry. We read our poems together and then they wanted to read it alone! :)
    Wonderful happy day :)





    Then Jeny, Tyler and Sean worked on their 2014 new years resolution after watching the Read Aloud book on YouTube






    Happy 2014 New Year


    A great read aloud about making New Year's resolutions




    Tuesday 7 January 2014

    Happy 2014!!!









    Today the 3 TIGERS Group created their New Year's resolutions.