Democracy

In Social Studies we have begun to look at our rights and responsibilities as citizens of this school and of our city and country.  We learned that equity and equality are not the same thing.  Equality is treating everyone the same and Equity is giving people what they need to be successful.  We have also learned that democracy is built on four beliefs (or pillars): Equity, Justice, Freedom and Representation. 

We will be revisiting these concepts throughout the year in our studies. 

Beakerhead

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Who Am I?

One of the first steps to exploring success is to look at someone who is deemed successful and describe the attributes that they have that made them successful.  Students were shown this picture and asked to describe this man.  Who is he?  What does he look like?  What conclusions can you draw about him from this picture?  How old do you think he is?  Is he from the year 2016?

Students are encouraged to ask their family members about other people that they can think of throughout history that have been successful.  We hope that families discuss this together and share their ideas with us.

 Welcome to Room 17/18

We are extremely excited to begin this new school year and look forward to the many adventures that lie ahead!  This is our second year as teaching partners and we are fortunate enough to have a new space this year.

Our blog will be a great way to follow our learning this year, view student work and see our daily agenda reminders.


Our inquiry question this year is What Is Success?  We started our inquiry with some Freyer Model work looking at the definition, characteristics, examples and non-examples.  This activity will be revisited frequently through out the year as we continue to explore the idea of success.

Please feel free to contact us at any time at

slmclellan@cbe.ab.ca  or testorrier@cbe.ab.ca