Open Minds Monday! Comics as text! Building our Thermos!

Open Minds STEM Lab on Monday!

-Please be at school on time, the bus will be leaving promptly at 9:20!
-Ensure your child's backpack has no unnecessary items in it.
-Dress for the weather
-Bring a water bottle
-pack a garbage-free lunch. No microwaves or hot water available.
-Bring healthy snacks!



Northern Canada and the Arctic through different types of texts!
Mrs. McDonald's, Mrs. Lagrana's and Mr. Sandberg's classes have had the opportunity to flex group between each class to engage in different types of texts around Northern Canada and the Arctic. We have had the opportunity to already learn how to effectively read:

Online News Articles and OREO opinion writing
Non-Fiction books for research
Arctic Legends and writing stories

This week has been 'Comics as Text!'
 Our class has been exploring the Arctic through comics with Mr. Sandberg this week. The students are currently creating their own Arctic comic strips. They are discussing humor, irony, text, characters, and setting while thoughtfully creating our own comics. Here are some examples that Mr. Sandberg made for the class and some that are class created.


And here are some comics that we have discussed:

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