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We are an intermediate classroom in an elementary school in British Columbia, Canada. We use our blogs as a place to practise expressing our ideas in writing (and maybe even sound, pictures & video when we're ready). We try to leave thoughtful comments for classmates & other bloggers we visit. Comments help us critique our ideas and our writing. They also motivate us to do more thinking, writing, sharing & revising. You can leave your thoughts on any particular article by clicking "comment" below it. Comments will be published after I have had a chance to read them.

by Bradley teacher: Derek Milloy


Assignments
Vow of Silence 04/22
Vow of Silence 11/17
TSB Reflection 03/13
Stop motion animation reflection 02/06
Fur of the Spirit Bear - Does Cole need proof? 01/04
Is Cole okay? 02/25
Cole's Empty Bucket 11/29
My Road to Success 10/27

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Why Is sleep important?

Article posted March 26, 2012 at 09:01 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 331

Q 1. Why is sleep important?
A 1. Sleep is important because sleep allows your body to rest for the day and sleep is important for your brain.
Q 2. What can happen to you if you don't get enought sleep?
A 2. If you don't get enough sleep then you will not be able to focus and you will feel tired and cranky and you may not grow as well.
Q 3. How much sleep does a grade 6 student need?
A 3. The average Grade 6 student needs 10 or 11 hours of sleep.
Q 4. What do you do now to help yourself get a good nights sleep?
A 4. What I do to get a good nights sleep is I don't watch tv or go on the computer after a certain time that way I can get to bed early enough.
Q 5. What steps can you take to make sure you are getting the sleep that you need?
A 5. what you can do is go to bed the same time every night that way your body is on a schedule, you could avoid food or drinks with caffeine or you could not excersise before going to sleep.

Article posted March 26, 2012 at 09:01 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 331



Touching Spirit Bear Reflection

Article posted March 15, 2012 at 11:53 PM GMT0 • comment (1) • Reads 423

Cole Matthew felt life is unfair because of his home life. During his stay at the Island, he learned that you need the will to survive and life is what you make it to be and to celebrate life. He learned to reflect and anger is a memory that you can never forget and he learned to forgive. He had learned to help others and that made him feel good about himself, which reminded me of How full is your bucket. He also learned how to be invisible, and by invisible I mean he couldn’t be sensed because he cleared his mind and when he cleared his mind he could see the spirit bear.

What I learned from this book is that no matter how hard and unfair life could be, life is wonderful. There are so many good things in this world, and sometimes people forget all the good in their life and just focus on the negative. I also learned that helping others is rewarding to others and to me.

These lessons are important because you can use it in your later life and they can help others as well as yourself.
There are a few events in the story that show these lessons are important. The first event was when Edwin told cole to break the left end of the stick because he told him that the left end is his anger but Cole realized that there would always be a left end. The second event to show these lessons are important when Cole was at the care centre Rosy said “,helping others can help heal the wounds of spirit”. The third event was when Garvey made his hot dog, he put lots of toppings on it and he said “,Life is a hot dog” which means life is what you make it.

I feel this book really opened up my eyes on seeing how important life is and how you should celebrate it.

Article posted March 15, 2012 at 11:53 PM GMT0 • comment (1) • Reads 423



Stop Motion animation reflection

Article posted February 8, 2012 at 02:11 AM GMT0 • comment (1) • Reads 586

On Monday February 6 We made stop motion animation films in class with the help of Director's cut and here is My reflection on it.
We have 3 questions we have to answer which are:
1. What is it important to know about when making a stop motion film?
2.How did working in a group help you learn the skills?
3.How does making or viewing animation help you learn?

1. I think it is important to know that 15 clicks is one second, to not get hands in the shot and to not move your backround.
2. Working in a group helpêd me learn because my group reminded me to do this.
3.Watching or making animation helped me learn how to make storyboards, plan thing, how to use imovie and add sound effects.

I had lots of fun making stop motion animation!

Article posted February 8, 2012 at 02:11 AM GMT0 • comment (1) • Reads 586



A short film we watched in class

Article posted February 4, 2012 at 06:06 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 104

Today in class Mr. Milloy showed us a short film our librarian had found the class watched because we would be making our own short films , though the short film was computer animated and we would be making stop-motion animation I found that not having much dialogue and that many characters can make the short film better! The short film we watched is called: The Fantastic Flying books of Mr. Morrison Lessmore which I have embeded


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Article posted February 4, 2012 at 06:06 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 104



The fur of the spirit bear

Article posted January 8, 2012 at 05:11 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 605

I think Cole should have thrown away the fur of the spirit bear because he can't actually prove it is fur from the spirit bear and not from another animal and I don't think he would want to remember being mauled by a bear because that is the way he got crippled.
I would have kept the fur, but not to prove I saw the spirit bear I would keep it to so I can remember that I had met the spirit bear and trusted it.

Article posted January 8, 2012 at 05:11 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 605



Is Cole Okay?

Article posted December 15, 2011 at 08:30 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 676

I think Cole is okay and not okay because he thinks that is life is about to end and he just wants to die because he has just noticed beauty, he has beem trusted and has trusted something. I also think he is not okay because his bones are broken, he had eaten bugs and his own vomit and a mouse, he was also attacked by a bear and he has lost alot of his inside organs from the seagulls picking at him. So in the end he is mentally okay but he is not okay life wise.

Article posted December 15, 2011 at 08:30 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 676



Reflect on the Vow of Silence

Article posted December 3, 2011 at 03:18 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 130

This is my reflection on the Vow of Silece. First of all The Vow of Silence is Free The Children’s annual fundraising and awareness-raising campaign that engages tens of thousands of people to stand up for children that do not have rights. So people stay silent for an entire day because the children with no rights are not able to speak for themselves. My experience taking the Vow of silence I think was a good expreience because now I know how those children with no rights feel because they are not able to speak for themselves. Although it was a very good experience doing the vow of silence it was very hard especially in PE when we played Volley-Ball and had to call the ball and when you had to communicate with others especially because there was no talking, No signing, No writing notes Ect. And Here is a video on children I found with children that do not have rights http://www.youtube.com/v/uraOhuNQ5hM&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true">http://www.youtube.com/v/uraOhuNQ5hM&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360">



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Article posted December 3, 2011 at 03:18 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 130



Cole's Empty Bucket

Article posted December 1, 2011 at 06:31 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 632

First of all I am going to be introducing you to the book touching spirit bear and the 4 basic needs. The 4 pasic needs are Power, FunLove and Belonging and Freedom. Power means to be recognized, be a leader or to be helping out. Fun means to be happy, funny or energetic. Freedom means to be free and able to make your own decsions and last but not least love and belonging means to have friendship or a good relationship. Now I am going to tell you about the book Touching Spirit Bear. Touching spirit bear is about Cole Matthews who doesn't have any of his 4 basic needs met and he tries to meet them with cheap ways like beating on others. A way Cole tried to fill his freedom need was by staying out later than the time he was allowed to stay out and he was beaten by his dad. Another way met his freedom need is when he was at the healing circle was when the feather went to his dad and the dad said they have always wanted the best for Cole had all his anger burst out and said how his parents drink until they can't stand and how his father almost all the time beats hims until his clothes can't hide all his bruises. A way he tried to meet his power need was he tried to kill spirit bear and then everyone would be scared of him. Another way he tried to meet his power need was by beating up Peter Driscall and he thought that would make Peter Driscall scared of him and these are some ways Cole has tried to fill his bucket

Article posted December 1, 2011 at 06:31 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 632



Unit 2 Unit Problem At the apiary Voicethread

Article posted November 22, 2011 at 05:40 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 136

Article posted November 22, 2011 at 05:40 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 136



Unit 2 Lesson 5 Reflect

Article posted October 26, 2011 at 04:59 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 198

The method of finding factors I prefer is drawing a factor tree

Article posted October 26, 2011 at 04:59 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 198



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