Inclusive Education

May is Speech and Hearing Month!  This week we are sharing our top tips for working on phonemic awareness.

 Top Tips for Phonemic Awareness.pdf

 

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Curriculum

High School Math Year End Professional Learning Event June 20, 2023:

 

Supporting Productive Struggle to Develop Perseverance in Students   8:30-noon.

Struggle in mathematics occurs when students face a challenging task that they do not immediately know how to solve. We will explore some ideas that give students the opportunity to develop positive mathematics identities and view perseverance as an essential part of learning. Keynote address: Representative from Occupational Therapy and Mental Health

 

Perseverance in Action: Playing with Rover 1:00 -2:30 PM

In this session you will use the motion of the TI- Rover to explore topics in the mathematics curriculum such as: Rates of Change, Polygons and interior/exterior angles, and Ratios and Scaling. No coding experience necessary.

 

Visit the Mathematics 10-12 SharePoint site for more information and to register for each or both sessions.

 

High School Math Field Testing: Math 10C, Math 20-1, and Math 20-2 teachers are invited to sign up for field-testing to be administered at the teacher's discretion between June 1, 2023, and the last day of classes. A field test consists of 9 machine scored questions and 1 written response question to be administered in 50 minutes. Please visit the Mathematics 10-12 CSA SharePoint site for more information and to sign up before May 26, 2023.

 

Elementary Mathematics:   Gearing up to administer the upcoming MAST and Numeracy Screeners? Looking for just a little bit more information? 

Join us for the following Pd opportunities:  

Mastering the MAST: Ordering, Administering, Generating, and Uploading Student Response Sheets! - Get ready to dive into the world of MAST! In this session, you will learn how to order and administer the MAST assessment, generate student response sheets, and upload them for easy analysis. Whether you're a seasoned MAST pro or a newcomer to this powerful tool, the session will provide you with the skills and confidence you need to MASTer this assessment. So come join us and become a MAST master in no time! 

Tuesday May 16th - TEAMS 

12:10 – 12:40 – Register here 

3:30 – 4:00 – Register here 

 

Numeracy Screeners Unlocked: Ordering, Administering and Entering Numeracy Screeners - Join us as we explore the ins and outs of administering and entering Numeracy Screeners. Whether you have administered the Numeracy Screeners many times, or this is your first time… this session will provide you with the skills and confidence to order and administer this assessment with ease. With step-by-step guidance and practical tips, you'll learn how to administer the Numeracy Screeners and enter data into PTP for easy analysis. 

Wednesday May 17th – TEAMS 

12:10 – 12:40 – Register here 

3:30 – 4:00 – Register here 

 

French Immersion:

 

Expo-sciences pancandienne: Teachers in grade 7-12 are invited to register for a FREE virtual STEM field trip to the ESPC (Expo-sciences pancandienne). Teachers can choose a date between May 15 to 19th to explore this virtual event with their students. Click here!

 

FSL 

 

CASLT (Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers) : Languages Build Video Contest 2023 Winners! From January to March 2023, CASLT received many videos representing eight different languages! If teachers are interested, check out the winning videos here to get inspired for a video submission next year!

 

Canada-Wide Science Fair: Please refer to the French Immersion SWAG’s information about the CWSF (Canada-Wide Science Fair), which takes place at the Edmonton Convention Centre.

 

Conversation café: Wednesday, May 17, from 3:30-4:00pm. If you are interested in practicing your French conversational skills or have any FSL-related questions, feel free to drop by! The Teams meeting link can be found here.

 

Save the date for the 2023 Edmonton Catholic Schools Elementary Cross-Country Run:

 

                33rd ANNUAL EDMONTON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY CROSS-COUNTRY RUN

 

 

THE FIRST RACE WILL BEGIN AT 3:00 PM AND WE WILL BE FINISHED BY 5:00 PM

 

Monday September 25, 2023		Tuesday September 26, 2023
Annunciation	St. Benedict	Anne Fitzgerald	St. Dominic
Archbishop Joseph MacNeil	St. Boniface	Ben Calf Robe	St. Elizabeth
Bishop David Motiuk	St. Brendan	Bishop Greschuk	St. Elizabeth Seton
Divine Mercy	St. Catherine	Bishop Savaryn	St. Francis of Assisi
Good Shepherd	St. Charles	Christ the King	St. Gabriel
Holy Child	St. Edmund	Corpus Christi	St. Gerard
Holy Cross	St. John XXIII	Father Leo Green	St. Jerome
J. H. Picard	St. Justin	Father Michael Mireau	St. John Bosco
Joan Carr	St. Lucy	Frere Antoine	St. Kateri
Monsignor Fee Otterson	St. Martha	Holy Family	St. Leo
Monsignor William Irwin	St. Martin	John Paul I	St. Maria Goretti
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel/Genesis	St. Mary	Katherine Therrien	St. Matthew
Our Lady of Peace	St. Paul	Mary Hanley	St. Philip
Our Lady of the Prairies	St. Pius X	St. Alphonsus	St. Richard
Our Lady of Victories	St. Stanislaus	St. Anne	St. Teresa of Calcutta
Sister Annata Brockman	St. Teresa	St. Bernadette	St. Vincent
St. Angela	St. Thomas Aquinas	St. Bonaventure	St. Vladimir
St. Augustine	St. Timothy	St. Clement

 

Race categories and order of races are as follows:

1.Boys                   8 + under                             1200m	5. Boys                 10 years old                        2000m
2. Girls                  8 + under                             1200m	6. Girls                  10 years old                        2000m
3. Boys                 9 years old          2000m	7. Boys                 11 and up                            2000m
4. Girls                  9 years old          2000m	8. Girls                  11 and up                            2000m