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Here at Richland, our students interact with ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in various ways during the school week. As part of our Balanced Literacy Program, we use the Smartboard during Guided Reading, Shared Reading and Interactive Reading instruction. Students can also follow along with 
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Although Remembrance Day has passed us by for this year, we continue to remember the people that serve our country and the impact they have made on Canada.  Recently, we began reading a book called, Heart of a Champion, by Ellen Swatrtz.  This book depicts the 
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“In social constructivist classrooms collaborative learning is a process of peer interaction that is mediated and structured by the teacher. Discussion can be promoted by the presentation of specific concepts, problems or scenarios, and is guided by means of effectively directed questions, the introduction and 
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Our Grandparents are a part of who we are. They share their stories and instill pride within us all. In order to honour their progressive lives, and to give them an opportunity to show their love for their grandchildren, Richland Academy continues its tradition of 
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​The grade 7/8 students were very welcoming to the shy and nervous grade 1 students. All they knew was that we were going to share our afternoon snack time with them. We mentioned that the grade 1 students wanted to talk to them. As the 
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Now that the children have all settled into our classroom and the daily routines, we can finally let the learning unfold. This week we have began introducing letters to the children. We have read many alphabet books, sang many songs relating to the alphabet and 
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It felt such a bitter sweet time of the year for us all.  It has been a wonderful year of shared discoveries, and relationships, only strengthened by mutual respect and support in our SK ‘family’. Parents, teachers and children working and playing together as we 
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Games are an essential tool for learning in the elementary school setting.   A few benefits of math games in the classroom include: Encourage strategic mathematical thinking Development of computational fluency Present opportunities for practice Support a school-to-home connection Earlier this week, Grade 5/6 played a game called Blocko 
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Our students reach a critical level of fluency and have most of the vocabulary necessary to communicate with relative ease, confidence, and with complete thought in all classroom interactions. As teachers we continue to work with gestures to solidify and increase vocabulary and refinements of 
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Our IB PYP unit on ‘How the World Works’ has been filled with new discoveries and global perspectives. As you know we have been taking a critical look at energy use in our immediate local area and around the world. Our Grade One and Two 
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