English Language Arts: I can comprehend and make connections between a variety of texts.
Wow! What an incredible week at Library School! In the past few weeks, we have been learning about what a “text” is: novels, comics, paintings, theatre, newspapers, radio, social media…our list never ends! Our definition of text is a tool for messaging, communication, and art.
We met with city planner, Myke Atkinson. He shared with us that a big part of his work is being empathetic and understanding other perspectives to best serve citizens. Decision making can only be made after this important work has been done. Our work as learners follows the same process! We were lucky enough to participate in a chalk art project outside of the Calgary Public Library and the Salvation Army. This art project was designed to make a welcoming space and to bring people together. When we make connections between texts, our knowledge continues to build.
At Library School we had opportunities to experience a variety of texts:
The Calgary Story section of the library
Learning about community news and making a news segment of our own
Looking at Nature
Touring the behind the scenes operations at the library
Visiting Saint Patrick’s Island
Walking around the East Village and hearing about it’s history
A lesson about Treaties between First Nations and The Canadian Government
Seeing the point where the Elbow River meets the Bow (Mohkinstsis)
Walking through city hall
Looking at original art
Filtering online texts for authenticity
Moving forward, we will continue to experience a variety of texts as we learn more about our grade 6 curricular topics.
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