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The year is underway and those
first report cards are coming soon. Corrections…. This is the first REACH-OUT that
you receive directly. Using the information returned by the schools, each
teacher is mailed a copy and material specific to a level is sent to the
appropriate teachers. In this way, you will all be assured of receiving the
information. If you have changed workloads that affects your level/grade,
just send me an update. On another note, October 6th,
normally a day for "Perfectionnement collectif" was requested by
the secondary principals to work on «Le Plan de Réusitte» with their
teachers. I invited the Intensive teachers to a meeting on the 6th
and we discussed the place of Intensive classes in light of the reform and
the organization of 2 year cycles rather than grades. Also, the teachers began to share their
'successes' and 'challenges' and a date for a subsequent meeting to continue
was set for Monday, November 6, 15:30 at the Tournesol. All intensive
teachers should receive an official invitation to this second meeting. While
each school has its own policies which interested teachers should look into,
we hope that this meeting will be reimbursed in time and expenses
(order-in-meal and traveling). |
GUIDE Annexes ……….. |
Here is a revised overview of ESL Training sessions for 2000-2001:
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Integrating
Strategic teaching: follow up (½ planning day on
November 3 at Le Tournesol)
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Pedagogical
approaches, methods and organization (1 ½
planning days - November 3, Le Tournesol and January 26)
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ESL
Primary Program for 3 days in collaboration with the CSRS and CSHC (planning, May 18
and class release days to be determined) For ESL primary teachers.
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ESL
primary specialists will also receive training on at
least 1 release day with their «équipe-école» on the reform.
Secondary 5: Practice exam with English
instructions (STEPS, MEQ, June 1999) will be sent out to the 3 high schools
concerned. The cassette may be ordered.
February RREALS Training sessions are open to a limited number of ESL teachers, however expenses must be
covered by local school "perfectionnement" budgets for room,
traveling and meals.
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February
13-14 - ESL REFORM
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February
15 Portfolio assessment
Contact me if you are interested and I will
send on futher information as it becomes available.
Documents:
Le Droit d'auteur au Canada - Information is available upon request.
… The rationale and criteria by the authors of
the new programme.
See annexe 1.
Michael O'Neil presented the highlights of
their plan for the year:
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Review
the cycle 2 and 3 programs.
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Elaboration
of a ped. Guide.
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Elaboration
of bench mark outcomes.
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Collaboration
with the DFTPS for training.
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Elaboration
of a handbook - practical guides.
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Update
the video - My first English class.
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«Recherché-action»
on the intensive model.
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Various
training sessions and information sessions
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Write
the 4th cycle (sec. 1, 2-3) program
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Produce
June Exams (sec 4-5)
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Test
an experimental sec. 5 exam
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Write
an authentic task evaluation module for primary in association with portfolios.
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Develop
an evaluation grid for primary.
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Publish
a document and cassette related to re-utilisation.
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Participate
in various projects related to evaluation.
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Etc.
overview. See annex 2.
The Circus
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Project
based learning on the theme - the Circus. A year long activity (about 70%) for
secondary 2 enriched groups with 8 periods per cycle. See annex 5.
"The Sweater" NFB $12.95
http://www.nfb.ca/FMT/E/MSN/14/14564.html
Abstract
An animated version of a short story by Québec author Roch Carrier, set
in the rural Québec of his boyhood. Carrier recalls the passion for playing
hockey, which he shared with the other boys of his community. It was the time
of Rocket Richard, the Canadiens' greatest star. A funny, poignant story
animated in a style that evokes the period of the late 1940s.
This mini-module is an activity that is meant to
prepare students for a project that involves the making of a video. It
integrates elements of Multiple Intelligences and cooperative learning within a
framework of the Reform pedagogical aspects
in the components of the module. For secondary 1, 2, 3.
► Correspondance scolaire
► Programme pour l'internationalisation de l'éducation Québécoise
► SEVEC
► Intra-Québec
CORRESPONDANCE
SCOLAIRE - ÉCHANGES SCOLAIRES. Correspondance scolaire. Échanges
scolaires. Jumelage scolaire. http://www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/rens/banque/sous_menu/sm_echan.htm
Programme pour
l'internationalisation de l'éducation Québécoise
Affaires internationales et canadiennes
Résumé:
Échanges et stages linguistiques d'élèves, d'étudiantes et d'étudiants
(Programme pour l'internationalisation de l'éducation québécoise, volet 1).
http://www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/daic/echanges.htm
PROGRAMME
POUR L’INTERNATIONALISATION
Résumé:
Programme pour l’internationalisation de l’éducation québécoise
Objectifs ( Favoriser l’ouverture des jeunes sur le monde (Permettre aux jeunes
d’acquérir les compétences et les habiletés que suppose l’internationalisation
( Encourager l’apprentissage des langues modernes ( Promouvoir et exporter le
savoir-faire québécois en matière d’éducation Budget pour 1999-2000
3 000 000 $ Le Programme comporte deux volets. Le volet I
regroupe les projets d’échanges d’élèves, d’étudiants et d’étudiantes et
http://www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/daic/pieq
présentation.doc
PROGRAMS
Carefully planned exchanges with clear, well-developed objectives ensure
exciting new opportunities for learning. SEVEC programs, activities and events
provide for practical experience and personal growth for students, their teachers
and parents throughout the year. We currently offer:
GROUP EXCHANGES
SEVEC
Youth Exchanges Canada*
BILINGUAL AND THEMATIC GROUP EXCHANGES between students aged 11-18 available
nationally throughout the year.
Cross-Canada exchanges can be designed and focused around any shared interest
whether it's Canadian history, geography, environmental studies, the arts or
practising second language skills. This program was previously known as the
School Year Group Exchange Program.
jadams@sevec.ca
EDUCATIONAL VISITS
Rendez-Vous Canada Educational
Programs
www.rvc.org
One-way visits to Quebec City, Montreal Ottawa, Toronto and other popular
Canadian destinations for groups of all kinds.
cscholfield@sevec.ca
offered in collaboration with UNIGLOBE Premiere Travel Planners, Inc.
info@yow.premieregroup.com
Language Exchange
Program For Groups Of Students From English And French Schools In Québec
Richard Bastien is responsible for managing
the linguistic exchange programs between English and French schools within
Québec. He is presently receiving requests for exchanges and will be until the
beginning of December 2000.
All relevant information is available on the Web site at: http://www2.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/echange/default_e.htm
There is also a
directory of schools that wish to establish exchange projects with other
schools in Québec. You may wish to enter your own school in the directory.
Please feel free to contact his secretary, Catherine Haché (at 514 873-33410,
for any additional information concerning these exchange programs.)
Richard.Bastien@meq.gouv.qc.ca
Thanks to the financial support of Canada's
SchoolNet and l'Association québécoise des utilisateurs de l'ordinateur au
primaire et au secondaire's (AQUOPS) commitment, the Grassroots program is
available again this year in a modified and what we believe to be an improved
version. The GrassRoots Program awards funds to schools for interactive
learning projects using the Internet in the classroom. We have defined a new
category of projects which allows part of these sums to be used for the
pedagogical support and animation of collective projects.
These collaborative learning projects will
use the Internet to allow students to work together, wherever they may be. The
funded projects will be designed and implemented by students in every region of
Quebec, and coordinated by AQUOPS. They will offer students an opportunity to
take part in innovative educational projects that use technology that
stimulates their creativity and sense of responsibility.
For more information, read the About
section, or contact Mr. Gilles Therrien, coordinator of the GrassRoots Program
for Quebec, at rescol@aquops.qc.ca or visit http://aquops.educ.infinit.net/source/gr/index.htm
Grammar in Primary… The rationale and criteria by the authors of the new programme.
See annexe 1.
ESL Primary Program : overview. See annex 2.
An online version of the complete ESL Elementary Cycle 2
Program June 2000 available at
http://station05.qc.ca/css/cybersite/prog/esl2000.htm
Ped. BOUTIQUE Pédagogique is an ongoing project that contains over 200 Internet links and also
suggested books dealing with
pedagogical issues related to the Reform in Engish and/or French. Ped.
BOUTIQUE Pédagogique is a pdf file that can be downloaded from Cybersite..
(a pdf file is a file that can be printed out as it was meant to look. A
Word or WordPerfect version would look different on different computers.)
This file also has integrated links that allow you to visit the internet links
directly from the file. Links to coop learning, multiple intelligences,
cognitive theory, etc. are included.
http://station05.qc.ca/css/cybersite/ped/Theory.PDF
A copy will be handed out at the
November 3 training session.
The first of four meetings for the year was
held in October. New members, representatives from their school boards, were
welcomed, mandates were fixed for the year,
in-service training was planned, documents and information were shared.
We
received updates of A less than perfect world based on the book, Animal Farm, Bob
William's 'beautification' of Back to the
Present
as
well as a copy of Reading Response journals for secondary 3 ESL-LA
for 10 books deemed appropriate. These will be sent out to the teachers
concerned.
A
document outlining appropriate questioning in project-based learning,
translated from the files of Mme Francoeur-Bellevance was shared and is
included in the annexes.
At the ESL-LA site, in the teachers' section
you will find an overview of units and documents related to ESL-LA. You may
submit student stories and poems directly on the site or check out the Internet
links, especially those concerning literature and advanced writing skills.
http://station05.qc.ca/css/cybersite/ESL-LA/
«Aujourd'hui
DEMAIN TOMORROW Today»
October 26 at 7:30 PM, 27 and
28, 2000
Hilton Hotel, Quebec City http://station05.qc.ca/Partenaires/speaq/
The next edition of REACH-OUT will include a review of this year's
convention. If you were there and would like to share your comments on
presentations and workshops, they would be appreciated.
Several teachers I have spoken to will be
attending. Julie Malouin is giving a presentation on her experiences using
computers and integrating new pedagogical approaches in line with the reform.
I will be talking about WebQuests and hosting a
collaborative workshop on technology.
If you would like to know more about WebQuests,
visit - The WebQuest Window at http://station05.qc.ca/css/cybersite/webquest/workshop/
You will find an explanation, examples and
advice for building WebQuests.
Try these ESL Webquests for primary:
Exploring the World of "Memphré"-
Lake Memphremagog's underwater
creature: Intensive by Bob Gauvin
http://station05.qc.ca/css/ecoles/stmarg/als/memphrequest/index.htm
I want a pet : primary
http://station05.qc.ca/css/cybersite/webquest/workshop/pet/pet.htm
If you miss SPEAQ, consider the University of Sherbrooke SPEAQ Campus at
the end of January.
Exams
2000
Thanks to all those who participated in
completing a feedback sheet on the grade 6 and secondary 3 exam.
There is an effort via different ESL
associations to ask the MEQ to avoid placing ESL secondary 4 and 5 exams at the
end of the June Exam session as last year.
Exams 2001
The school board Triennial plan is being
reviewed concerning those exams that fall under its jurisdiction (grade 6 and
secondary 3 in ESL) in light of the Reform. More details as they become
available!
The focus below is on sites for
kids! (elementary)
Kids search engines
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
ESL Playhouse
http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/
Ernie's EFL Song Activities
Dave's ESL discussion : Activities and Games
http://eslcafe.com/discussion/dp/
LITTLE EXPLORERS PICTURE DICTIONARY:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
This is a great site to get young children
interested in and adept at using the internet for educational activities. Most
entriesare connected to relevant web-sites. You can click on a word
or a picture.
MAGIC SCHOOL BUS:
http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/
Visit the activity lab to find activities for
teachers, coloring books, and games.
SESAME STREET/CTW:
Activity time, play and learn, puzzles, etc.
MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD:
http://www.pbs.org/rogers/R_house/
Fun facts, traffic light game, interactive tour
of the house. (e.g. click on the fridge in the kitchen and you'll find a recipe
and instructions to make a milkshake.)
ARTHUR ONLINE:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/
Visit all the characters online, send Arthur
postcards, visit D.W.'s art studio, or
the Brain's Brain Game! You'll also
find a teacher's
corner and a teacher's guide.
SKINNAMARINK TV:
http://www.skinnamarink.com/index2.html
Visit with Sharon, Lois, and Bram; go to their
music room, story board, or spotlight feature!
NICKELODEON:
Activities with Blues Clues, Franklin, Little
Bear, Kipper, Maisy, and on Gullah Gullah Island!
STORYTIME:
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/storytime/
Visit Kino, find Book Lists, coloring pages,
and matching games.
ZOOBOOMAFOO!
Check out the animal helper, the mystery
animal, and the coloring pages!
ANIMAL SOUNDS:
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.html
How do different languages of the world say
different animal sounds? For instance, a "meow" in English is a
"nyaa" in Japanese!
Have great fun exploring languages and animals
at this site that kids are sure to love!
STONE STATUES:
http://www.owl.on.ca/chick/icanmake.html
Instructions on how to make animals with stones
and clay. Fun!
WEATHER EXPERIMENTS!
http://nesen.unl.edu/webstuff/swik/swikproject.html#TE:TornadoBottle
Wonderful fun and learning! How about making a
tornado, a flash flood, or floating
snowflakes? Kindergarten level.
A WEEK OF APPLE ACTIVITIES:
http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/support/science/lessonsk1/apple.html
These folks have figured out how to keep busy
with apples and apple activities for a week!
KINDERART LITTLES LESSONS & ACTIVITIES:
http://www.kinderart.com/littles.htm
Lots of activities and material can be found
here. E.g. a paper quilt, silly shapes,
homemade clay, spaghetti art, ice cube painting... a
very extensive list and resource.
Games
http://www.bigchalk.com/newsletter/allgames
Link to 250+ games to help improve your
academic performance.
All About Nature:
Animal Printouts at Zoom School
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/list.shtml
Enchanted
Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Animals
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/Animalbabies.shtml
Zoom School
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/index.shtml
Zoom
School is an on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography,
biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.
PICNIC FUN!
http://childfun.com/themes/picnic.shtml
How about a Teddy Bear's Picnic for your kindergarten class? You'll find loads
of ideas here, along with songs and other themes for
picnic ideas.
EASY RECIPES FOR KIDS:
http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/%7Esarah/rdr020.html
Soft pretzels or ice cream anyone? These recipes are all geared to young
hands--no ice cream machine required.
RECIPES FOR KIDS:
http://www.theideabox.com/ideas.nsf/recipe
Everyone can have fun creating your special class picnic. The children can make
Ants on a Log, or Banana Dogs, or Cupcake Ice Cream Cones... a great variety of
simple, wholesome recipes at this site, all done up child-style!
KIDS' KITCHEN:
http://www.flowersbakeries.com/kids.html
Click on a movie to see bread molding, and learn why it does. Also find
downloadable coloring books, along with a food pyramid
guide for younger children. Then be sure to visit the recipes section for some
creative ideas for your class picnic!
POTLUCK PYRAMID:
http://cgi.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/teachers/activities/web/potluck_pyramid.html
Before going on your outing, have your students plan their picnic on a food
pyramid, seeing if what they originally suggest to take along fits in well with
their food pyramid. What can they
add to balance all categories? What might they be willing to discard? This way,
your students plan their own HEALTHY picnic!
PLANNING & CONDUCTING A SCHOOL PICNIC WORKSHEET:
http://www.asme.org/educate/resource/esp/act1sw2.htm
Adjust accordingly to grade level. Have your students get in on the planning to
see just how much work might be involved.
CRAFT RECIPES:
http://members.aol.com/MISSolgita/recipies.html
This site's great for finding a recipe for Salt Clay or my favorite, Soap Sud
Paint!
CRAFT FINDER:
http://family.go.com/Categories/crafts/?clk=1000110
How about making wind chimes, or a mini jet boat? You can find a wide variety
of crafts here, just by entering a category or even by entering the items you
would like to use in your project!
KIDS' ART CAMP!
http://www.kinderart.com/camp/
If you're still looking for that special send-off art project, then search no
further! You'll want to take a good look at the various projects offered
here, especially if your school runs year-round and through the summer.
Try the Poetry Pebbles, the Pizza Garden, or the Birdhouse. There's
something here for everyone!
GAMES KIDS PLAY:
http://www.gameskidsplay.net/
Foursquare, hopscotch, Red Light Green Light--this site contains descriptions
and rules to all of those Oldies but Goodies!
RELAY GAMES:
http://www.funattic.com/game_relay.htm
How about a good old relay game to start your field/park day off? Here's a list
of several good ones: pinkie race, orange relay, pick up sticks, tunnel
race--many, many more!
WATER GAMES:
http://www.funattic.com/game_water.htm
Where's the fun in a games day without some good old-fashioned water soaking
activities thrown in! Be prepared and come in old
clothes for the games on this list. Dry off while having your picnic.
FOOTPRINT SCRAMBLE:
http://family.go.com/Categories/Activities/Features/family_0401_01/dony/donyout_group/donyout101.html
... And they really will have to scramble with this hilarious footprint game!
Be sure to check all the other games on this site, on the sidebar to the left.
EIGHT PLAYGROUND GAMES:
http://family.go.com/Categories/Activities/Features/family%5F1997%5F09/famf/famf97playground/famf97playground.html
Even if you can't get a last minute field trip in for the end of your school
year, no one says you still can't have a fun celebration on the school
playground! Here are eight playground games for kids that are sure to be a hit!
OUTDOOR TAG GAMES!
http://www.gamekids.com/games2.html
”You’re IT!”—who hasn’t heard this perennial favorite during their
lifetime? Find LOTS of variations of the ever-popular game of tag
at this fun site.
CARNIVAL GAMES:
http://www.creighton.edu/%7Ebsteph/pack114/library/games.html
Carnival Games—a favorite of all age groups! Carnival games always have the
ring of summer to them, and even Middle and High School stu-
dents will enjoy the games at this particular site. It’s not too late to plan a
carnival for yours and some partner classes—have the older students plan it if
you wish, especially for the youngest ones. But you don’t need an older class
to enjoy the games. One class could plan and invite a few others. You could
even make it a 25 cent carnival—with the proceeds to go to purchasing software
for your school (& do I ever know of a great place to buy great software!)
CHARADES & PICTIONARY:
http://www.creighton.edu/%7Ebsteph/pack114/library/games.html
Yes, these games can also be played outside. In fact, have the acting team
stand outside the classroom window, while the answering team
looks on at the antics from the inside--I promise it will make for some
hilarious moments, and passersby wondering on earth is going on!
Sure to break down all reserves, these games are perfect for either beginning
or ending the school year, and perfect too, for secondary students. Have a blast!
REACH-OUT
The
Internet edition of the REACH-OUT Newsletter
Annex 1: Grammar in Primary - form-focused
ESL elementary 2” and 3 cycle
programs
Rationale for form-focused
instruction :
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Form-focused instruction is necessary in order to provide « correct »
models to ESL students in a setting where few authentic models are available.
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Readily available resources (grammar tips, examples, posters,...) are
further sources of comprehensible input for the young ESL learner. These
resources allow the student to become a more efficient learner/speaker.
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Students can learn grammatical points inductively through participation
in communicative activities. However this requires a large quantity of time - a
condition not available to beginning ESL students in Québec. Hence, a more
direct approach is called for.
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Making students aware of structural regularities and formal properties
of the target language will increase the rate of language attainment.
(Celce-Murcia, 1997)
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The whole point of language pedagogy is that it is a way of
short-circuiting the slow process of natural discovery and can make
arrangements for learning to happen more easily and more efficiently than it
does in natural surroundings. (Widdowson, 1990)
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In the communicative competence model of Canale and Swain (1980),
grammar is an essential component of linguistic competence.
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Some focus on form may well be necessary for many learners to achieve
accuracy as well as fluency in the acquisition of their second language. (Long,
1983)
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Students who have an analytic learning style preference or who are
Multiple Intelligences verbal-linguistic, MI logical-mathematical, or MI
musical-rhythmic, benefit from some focus on grammar.
Criteria for the selection of
grammatical structures :
The authors have selected those
grammatical features that are :
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Useful for students developing the oral interaction and writing competencies;
a Meaningful for the students carrying out tasks in the ESL classroom;
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Highly frequent and necessary in an interactive classroom;
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Basic - i.e., rules and common exceptions that work nearly all of the time; a
t
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Contrastive to features of the first language;
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Similar to structures of the first language;
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Teachable in an interactive fashion : brief contextualized
presentation followed by meaningful practice;
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Learnable because of the
appropriateness of the syntactical items with the learning situation and their
availability when needed by the student to accomplish a task.
