Immigration Test - for students who were absent

For the 8 students that were absent on Friday, you will be able to write the Immigration test in our classroom at lunch on Thursday.  Please remember to bring a lunch to school that day if you usually go home for lunch or purchase one off school grounds.  

For everyone who wrote the test on Friday - Marks (raw scores and 1-4 achievement indicators) are posted on PowerSchool

PAT Accomodation Letters

Accommodation Letters for PATs are coming home today.

These letters outline accommodations available to all students to use while writing PATs.  When determining which accommodations are recommended for a student, two questions are considered;

• Has this accommodation been used regularly throughout the year to support the student's learning?
• Does this accommodation help the student do their best?

If you do not wish for your child to access this accommodation, please complete and return the second sheet on the form being sent home. (Ensure you input your child's full, legal name.)

Immigration in Canada - Test on Friday, April 26

Some concepts to review for our Immigration test on April 26:

-Push/Pull factors - what is meant by this?

-How does Canada benefit from immigration?

-Immigration Categories: The different categories of immigrants and entrance
requirements of each category

-The Points System
-Objectives of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
-Factors that influence our decision on whether to accept someone or not
(economic, political, health, security,etc)
-How immigration affects Indigenous peoples and communities / Perspectives on this issue
-Canada-Quebec Accord

-Top five languages spoken by immigrants to Canada
-How has the Charter of Rights and Freedoms impacted Immigration policy in Canada (Singh Decision)

>Also, make sure you review handouts from class (particularly the chapter 5 11x17 graphic organizer)

>The two videos posted on the blog are also a good review:  https://mscavallin.blogspot.com/2019/04/immigration-marketing-presentation.html

Immigration Presentations

Just a reminder that we will reserve  Wednesday, April 24 for presentations of our Immigration project.  This will allow you to meet with your groups with groups during Tuesday's class and attend to any details that need to be completed.

Documentary: God Grew Tired of Us

Today we watched the first half of the documentary, "God Grew Tired of Us," which details the experience of a group of "lost boys" from Sudan, as they moved to the United States as refugees.  We will watch the rest of the film on Wednesday.  If you missed either day, please use the link below to catch up on this.

Immigration Marketing Presentation

Today we began working on our Immigration Marketing Presentations.  Working in groups of 2-3, students will create a presentation that aims to inform and market Canada's Immigration model.  Tasks descriptions were handed out in class and shared with you in Google Drive.  We will present this work in class on Tuesday, April 23.   

Immigration Podcast

Immigration Podcast:

• When you have finished your podcast (in either audio or video format), please upload your file to Google Drive
• Copy the link from your file (turn sharing preferences to "anyone at Calgary Board of Education can view")
• Paste link URL into QR code generator https://www.qrcode-monkey.com
• Download QR code then print (make sure it is a reasonably small size - scale down if needed)
• QR code will be displayed with your visual so others can view your visual and listen to your podcast in our gallery.  
• If you would like to download a QR scanner app onto your phone/device, I have had good success with the I-nigma QR Code app - it is free and I haven't experienced any requests for 'in-app purchases' so far.  

If you are still putting finishing touches on your podcast and/or visual, feel free to do so over the weekend.  Your podcast, visual and QR code should be posted on the gallery wall by Wednesday April 17.  

Welcome Back! Week of April 1-5

Welcome back from Spring Break!  

Today, we looked at a Study Guide for the YCJA topic - we will have a test on Friday, April 5.  It will consist of MC knowledge-based questions, fill-in-the blank questions as well as a set of Source-based questions.

If you haven't handed in your Touching Spirit Bear Business Letter, please do so ASAP - they were due today.