CIS Classrooms: Finding Enthusiasm In Learning 让学生爱上学习，我们的老师这样做

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

每个学生都蕴藏着自己潜力无限的一面。

One of the most important aspects of becoming a teacher is learning how to motivate students. Students who are not motivated will not retain information, they won't participate and some of them may even become disruptive. As a result, they will not learn effectively.

As the CIS motto goes, success is the ultimate goal that lies in our daily teaching. To achieve that, we motivate the students in various ways to attain their personal goals, to persist and give their best efforts.

Here on the CIS campus, teaching a class full of motivated students is enjoyable for both teachers and students alike. Teachers are working hard to make learning fun and inspire young learners to reach their full potential. Scroll down for a glance at their teaching methods!

作为老师，最重要的工作之一就是学习如何激发学生的学习热情。没有学习动力的学生将不会消化他们学到的知识，也不会参与到课堂中，甚至会产生厌学情绪。最终导致的结果就是无法进行有效的学习。

正如广州加拿大国际学校的宗旨一样，“成功”是我们渗透在日常教学活动中的大目标。为此，我们通过各种不同的方法来鼓励学生来实现个人目标，坚持不懈并尽最大的努力。

在广州加拿大国际学校的校区里，每个课堂里的老师和学生都充分享受着动力满满的学习过程。老师们也正在努力使同学们的学习变得有趣，并激发这些年轻的学习者发挥他们的最大潜能。来探索他们的课堂动态吧！

Grade 1 一年级

English Language Arts students 

In ELA, students have been working on Descriptive writing. They each created their very own "Easter Peep", gave it a name and took the responsibility of taking care of it for a few days. They then showed it around the class and even took it to recess and lunch. At the end of the week, students did a descriptive writing activity about their "Peep". They described things it likes to do, likes to eat and also described what it looks like.

Math

Students have been working on measurement using non-standard units such as cubes or paperclips. They began by the measuring height of different animals using cubes. Then we found different objects around the classroom that we could measure like pencils, books, water bottles and rulers. Students have learned how to measure length as well as height. Students compared the length of different objects and organised them into three different categories: smaller, the same size and larger.

Science

In Science, the students have been learning whether an object is a living or non-living and what makes them a living or non-living object. They discussed different things that a living object might do such as: breathing, moving and growing. They went on a scavenger hunt around school and put objects into the categories of living or non-living. We also looked at different types of plants and how we can identify them.

Social Studies 

The past, present and future/old and new are our focus in social studies. We explored communities in Canada in the past and present and then brainstormed about what we thought they would have in the future. The students' ideas included robots, tall buildings and flying cars! Then the students looked at communities in China and how the community around us has changed. We looked at old and new objects eg wagons in the past and how people now use cars as a mode of transport, as well as telephones in the past and mobile phones in the present.

英语语言文学

在这门课程中，同学们学习了关于地球日的重要性。我们重点学习以下单词：reduce. reuse. recycle. 以及讨论他们对地球有害或者有用。我们写下并讨论他们对地球的改变。学生们还听了姜饼人，金发姑娘和三只小熊的故事。并用皮影向全班同学复述了这个故事。

数学

孩子们一直用不规则的测量方式例如方块或者纸片去学习数学的测量。他们用方块去测量不同的动物长度。随后我们发现课室里有不同的事物可以给我们进行测量，比如说铅笔，书，水壶，尺子。学生们应该学会怎样测量长度和高度。学生们比较不同物体的长度：并将它们分成三类：较小的，相同大小，和较大的。

科学

在科学课上，学生们学习有生命的和没生命的物体以及是什么造成他们有生命或者没有生命。他们讨论有生命的物体可能会做的不同的事情：呼吸，移动，成长。他们在学校里进行寻宝活动，并且把物品分为有生命的和没生命的。我们还研究了不同的植物种类，以及如何识别他们。

社会科学

社会科学上，过去，现在，未来是社会课讨论的重点。我们探索过去和现在的加拿大社区情况。随后头脑风暴一下我们认为他们将来会有什么。学生的想法里有：机器人，高楼大厦，会飞的车！然后，学生们观察了中国的社区变化，以及我们周围是如何变化的。我们研究了旧的，新的事物。例如过去的马车，以及现在人们使用汽车作为交通工具。还有过去的电话现在的通信工具。

Grade 2 二年级

English Language Arts

In English, the students are doing their second novel studies and are loving The Fantastic Mr. Fox! Reading together is helping to build a community in the classroom. The students are constantly connecting their ideas and experiences. The learners have been working in literacy circles to deepen their comprehension understanding and share their opinions in group discussions.

Math

In math, the second graders have finished with linear measurement, and it was great to see their creativity using non-standard units to solve various problems. They can explain how the number of measurement units will differ depending on the unit of measure used.

Science

In science, the students learned about hot and cold temperatures and how heating and cooling effect materials. The learners predicted outcomes before conducting experiments, such as heating kernels of corn. They recorded daily temperatures to understand both Celsius and Fahrenheit and observed the differences.

Social Studies

In Social, students have explored the geography of the prairie community of Saskatoon. They understand the changes that have happened. They know that some of the first languages in Saskatoon are Blackfoot, Cree, then later Ukrainian and English. To expand on their knowledge and understanding, they went online and interviewed a community member in Saskatoon, which helped bring their learning to life.

英语语言文学

学生正在学习第二本小说，并且很喜欢《神奇的狐狸先生》！一起阅读有助于在教室里建立对社区的定义。学生们不断地联系他们的思想和经验。学习者一直在做理解作业，以加深他们的理解力并在小组讨论中分享他们的观点。

数学

在数学上，二年级学生完成了线性测量，很高兴看到他们的创造力使用非标准单元来解决各种问题。他们可以解释测量单位的数量如何根据所使用的测量单位而有所不同。

科学

在科学领域，学生们了解了冷热温度以及加热和冷却如何影响材料。学习者可以在进行实验之前预测结果，例如加热玉米粒。他们记录每天的温度以了解摄氏和华氏温度，并观察差异。

社会科学

在“社会”课程中，学生探索了萨斯卡通草原社区的地理环境。他们了解已经发生的变化。他们知道萨斯卡通的一些最早的语言是Blackfoot，Cree，然后是乌克兰语和英语。为了扩展他们的知识和理解，他们上网并在萨斯卡通采访了一名社区成员，这使他们的学习栩栩如生。

Grade 3 三年级

This past month has been an amazing time of growth and learning for our Grade 3 students! They have continued to make incredible progress through our curriculum, and are busily preparing for the end of the year and moving on to Grade 4!

English Language Arts
This month students have been working on our poetry unit - examining different styles and forms of poetry as well as looking at different poetic devices that are also present in other styles of literature we are studying. Students listened to different examples as well as created their own examples in particular styles and are putting together their poetry portfolio with their own samples as a unit project.

Math
In Mathematics, students have been busy working on completing our unit work for Measurement. Students have found and utilized personal and standard referents as a way to measure length, mass, perimeter, distance and time. Students also have looked at practical real-world contexts when talking about designing and measuring shapes. During our student-led conferences, students had the opportunity to be classroom architects and complete a blueprint of an item in our classroom.

Science

In Science, students completed our unit on building and testing with a variety of materials. Students participated in hands-on inquiry experiments to demonstrate a variety of ways to improve the strength, durability and flexibility of a structure and to be able to modify and adjust their plans as needed. Students have also begun work on our last unit of study - Animal Life Cycles! This unit looks at all the needs of an animal - from their habitat and food needs to learn about how parental care changes for different animal groups throughout their life cycle. Students created several life cycle projects and some worked to create a special STEAM extension of their Butterfly Life Cycle model.

Social Studies

In Social Students, we have dove deep into our Ukraine country study, looking at different geographical regions and how living and working in each different place has similarities and differences. We have also examined how the history of Ukraine and the involvement of other countries and groups in their historical events have shaped Ukraine’s cultural identity. At the end of our unit students created a traditional Ukrainian Easter egg project called a Pysanka. This was a definite highlight of our unit for all the students!

在过去一个月里，三年级学生度过了愉快的成长学习时光！他们在全课程体系下继续作出卓越的进步，并且为三年级期末和升四年级做准备。

英语语言文学

本月学生努力学习诗歌单元—掌握不同种类的诗歌形式，以及不同的诗歌和其他文体的修辞手法。学生了解各种范例，同时也用学到的诗歌形式创作自己的作品，我们将把他们的作品放到各自的诗歌集中作为他们单元项目作业。

数学

数学课上，学生认真学习测量单元。他们运用个人和标准化的参照测量长度、质量、周长、距离和时间。学生也运用学到的知识在现实生活当中设计和测量形状。在我们以学生主导的家长会上，他们化身课堂建筑师，完成了一件关于教室用品的蓝图。

科学

科学课上，学生完成了运用不同材料建造和测试单元的学习。学生们参与了实践探究实验，展示了如何增强建筑结构的强度、耐受性和适应性，以及根据需求修改原建造计划。学生也开始了他们最后一个单元—动物生命周期—的学习。本单元学生会学习某种动物的全部需求—从栖息地和食物需求，到不同种类的动物如何在他们生命周期之中照顾后代。学生还完成了好几个生命周期的实践作业，和作为STEAM延伸的蝴蝶生命周期模型。

社会科学

社会科学课上，我们深入学习了乌克兰单元，了解了其不同地理区域和不同地区的人民生活工作的异同。我们还回顾了乌克兰历史，以及塑造如今乌克兰文化特质的历史事件和其他国家参与的因素。在单元末我们还制作了传统的乌克兰复活节彩蛋Pysanka作为结束本单元学习的高光活动。

Grade 4 四年级

English Language Arts

Reader’s Workshop: Students practised the reading strategy of making connections. Making connections helps readers to more deeply understand and remember what they are reading. Students created a connection board where they will write down any connections they make while reading. This visual helps students to make concrete connections. 

Writer’s Workshop: Students learned the purpose of a hook, where it appears in writing and then practised several ways to write a hook. This week, students practised writing a hook using onomatopoeia and a question.

Math

Students learned about the 24 clocks and where and when it is most commonly used. They learned to convert time between the 12 hours and 24-hour clock. They also solved word problems involving elapsed time.

Science

Students learned about hazardous waste and its impact on the environment. They were exposed to the symbols which indicate whether something is flammable, corrosive, poisonous or explosive. Students also learned how to properly dispose of different kinds of waste. They created a video of themselves properly disposing of the correct kind of waste into the correctly coloured trash bin.

Social Studies

Students learned and discussed what Canada's goals were in the 1800s after the CPR was built. Canada needed to attract new settlers. They looked at advertisements from that time and then read about the real experiences of settlers once they arrived in Canada.

英语语言文学

读者工作坊：学生们练习了建立联系的阅读策略。建立联系有助于读者更深地了解和记住他们正在阅读的内容。学生们制作了建立联系的卡来写下在阅读中所建立的联系。这个形式可以帮助学生们建立具体的练习。

写作工作坊：学生们学习了引言的目的，出现在写作当中并练习了几种方式来写引言。本周，学生们运用了用拟声词和问题来练习引言部分。

数学

学生们学习了24小时制和在哪些地点个和时间会经常用到。他们学习了在12小时制和24小时制之间进行转换，同时也学习了共用时间的应用题。

科学

学生们学习了有害垃圾及其对环境的影响。它们通过一些标识来区分哪些物体是易燃的，可腐蚀的，有毒的和易爆的。同时，学生们学习了怎样正确地处理不同的废弃物品。他们制作了一个正确投放垃圾在不同的垃圾桶里的视频。

社会科学

学生们学习并讨论了在加拿大太平洋铁路建成后，加拿大1800年代的目标是什么。加拿大需要吸引新的定居者。他们观察当时的海报并了解到当时的定居者到加拿大的情况。

Grade 5 五年级

Students have continued to work with new technologies, gain independence and develop their leadership skills. They constantly grow ourclassroom culture of collaboration, teamwork and resilience. These are necessary skills as they reach their teenage years.

English Language Arts

Students have been reading and analyzing the novel “Shiloh”. After everychapter, each student summarizes what has been read, investigates any new words and responds to guided questions. They have deciphered many literary elements of novels such as: genre, theme, plot, conflict, setting and resolution. Students made their own “poster” projects to demonstrate these ideas. They also had a chance to watch the movie “Shiloh”. Students found similarities and differences between the movie and book. They also dug deeper to understand why the movie has differences from the book, and interpreted why the director chose to change the scene.

Math

Students have been learning all about measurement and division. They can accurately estimate the length of different objects. They can calculate the area, perimeter and volume of different shapes. Students understand the importance of correct units and have the ability to convert units. They have developed a multitude of strategies to divide and are able to successfully complete long division problems. Students can also dissect math word problems to find relevant information and interpret remainders.

Science

Students have been learning all about wetlands. They can identify different kinds of wetlands such as: bogs, swamps, marshes, open water and fens. They can examine the key characteristics of a wetland. Students can explain the difference between abiotic and biotic contributors to wetlands. They understand the difference between vertebrate and invertebrate animals and are able to further classify these animals into mammals, birds, insects, arachnids etc. Students can explain the importance of wetlands and have examined the importance of preserving wetlands.

Social Studies

Students have finished learning all about the Interior Plains region of Canada. They have now moved on to the Cordillera region and can explain what a Cordillera is. They have looked at the rare “Spirit bear” and understand the importance of protecting this animal. Students can explain the landforms within the region. They have examined factors that affect the quality of life for people who live in this region, looked at the major industries and identified the ways of lives of the First Nations people. Students can identify the First European settlers and infer the relationships between them and the First Nations people in the region.

英语语言文学

这段时间我们学生们一直在阅读和分析小说《Shiloh》。在每一章之后，每个学生都会总结已阅读的内容，研究任何新单词并回答指导性问题。他们破译了小说的许多文学元素，例如:体裁，主题，情节，冲突，设置和解决。学生们制作了自己的“海报”项目来展示这些想法。他们还有机会观看电影“ Shiloh”。学生发现电影和书本之间的异同。他们还更深入地了解了电影为何与书中存在差异，并解释了导演为何选择改变场景。

数学

学生学习有关度量和除法的所有知识。他们可以准确估计不同对象的长度。他们可以计算不同形状的面积，周长和体积。学生了解正确单位的重要性，并具有转换单位的能力。他们已经开发出多种划分策略，并且能够成功解决长期划分问题。学生还可以剖析数学单词问题，以找到相关信息并解释余数。

科学

学生们一直在学习有关湿地的知识。他们可以识别不同类型的湿地，例如:bogs(柔软，潮湿的地面或附近的区域)，swamps((面积)非常湿润，柔软的土地)，开阔水域和沼泽。他们可以检查湿地的关键特征。学生可以解释造成湿地的非生物贡献者和生物贡献者之间的区别。他们了解脊椎动物和无脊椎动物之间的区别，并能够将这些动物进一步分为哺乳动物，鸟类，昆虫，蜘蛛纲动物等。学生可以解释湿地的重要性，并研究了保护湿地的重要性。

社会科学

学生已经完成了有关加拿大内陆平原地区的学习。他们现在已经学习到加拿大的内陆平原地区，可以解释什么是科迪勒拉。他们研究了稀有的柯莫迪熊，俗称灵熊，并了解了保护这种动物的重要性。学生可以解释该地区的地貌。他们研究了影响该地区人民生活质量的因素，研究了主要产业并确定了原住民的生活方式。学生可以识别第一批欧洲定居者，并推断他们与该地区第一原住民之间的关系。

Grade 6 六年级

English Language Arts

In grade 6 Language Arts, students focused on comprehension skills for English language learners to help prepare the grade 6’s for their upcoming PAT. Comprehension strategies are conscious plans — sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text. Comprehension strategy instruction helps students become purposeful, active readers who are in control of their own reading comprehension. Examples of comprehension skills that can be taught and applied to all reading situations include: Summarizing, Sequencing, Inferencing, Comparing and contrasting, Drawing conclusions, Self-questioning, Problem-solving, Relating background knowledge, Distinguishing between fact and opinion, Finding the main idea, important facts, and supporting details. These skills are particularly important for comprehending what is generally known as information reading or expository reading.

Math

In math, the students have been learning about probability and its two types: theoretical and experimental. They got to understand probability more by doing a number of trials using coins, cards, manipulatives and dice. With that, exercised their understanding by discussing what was supposed to happen before the trial (theoretical probability), and what actually happened after the trial (experimental probability). With these trials, the students firmly understood the main differences between theoretical probability and experimental probability. 

Science

In science, the students are learning about evidence and investigation. This past week, the students looked at fingerprints. They learned that everyone has a unique set of fingerprints and that no two individuals have the exact same fingerprints. Therefore, they understood why fingerprints play a vital role when it comes to solving crimes. As a culminating activity, students got to take their own fingerprints and later on, had to match unknown fingerprints with the names of their classmates. They really got into this activity and enjoyed playing the role of detective.

Social Studies

In grade 6. Social Studies, students continued to learn about Greek mythology. Greek mythology reflects past civilizations and provides us with crucial insights into historical events, ancient cultures, relationships, human alliances and much more. Students love reading stories about heroes, battles and action. Having a basic understanding of Greek mythology provides a good foundation because there are so many references to Greek mythology.

英语语言文学

在本周的英语语言文学课程中，我们将重点放在了英语学习者的理解技能上，以帮助6年级学生为即将到来的PAT做准备。理解策略是有意识的计划——好的阅读者用来理解文章的一系列步骤。理解策略教学帮助学生成为有目的、主动的阅读者，并能控制自己的阅读理解。

可以教授并适用于所有阅读情况的理解技能的例子包括:总结，排序，推理，比较和对比，得出结论，自我提问，解决问题，联系背景知识，区分事实和观点，找到主要观点，重要事实和支持细节。这些技能对于理解通常被称为信息阅读或说明性阅读的内容尤为重要。

数学

在数学课中，学生们一直在学习概率及其两种类型:理论概率和实验概率。通过使用硬币、卡片、教具和骰子进行一系列试验，他们对概率有了更多的了解。通过讨论在试验前应该发生什么(理论概率)和试验后实际发生什么(实验概率)来锻炼他们的理解。通过这些试验，学生们牢固地理解了理论概率和实验概率之间的主要区别。

科学

在科学课方面，学生们正在学习证据和调查。上周，学生们研究了指纹。他们了解到每个人都有一套独特的指纹，没有两个人的指纹完全相同。因此，他们明白了为什么指纹在破案中起着至关重要的作用。作为一项高潮活动，学生们先取自己的指纹，然后再将不知名的指纹与同学的名字匹配。他们真的很喜欢这个活动，喜欢扮演侦探的角色。

社会科学

在本周的社会科学中，我们将继续学习希腊神话。希腊神话反映了过去的文明，为我们了解历史事件、古代文化、人际关系、人类联盟等提供了至关重要的见解。学生们喜欢阅读关于英雄、战斗和行动的故事。对希腊神话有一个基本的了解是一个很好的基础，因为希腊神话有很多的参考文献。

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