2. Mr. Taylor
Language, math, geograph
y, history, drama, health
and phys. ed.

3. Mr. Grieve Mme. DiCesare
Science French
Ms. Arbeau Mrs. Beveridge
Visual Art Music
Mrs. Wichlacz
Special Education

4. What’s different?
• Rotary in the morning, homeroom in the
morning;
• Social studies split into two subjects;
• Marks presented as percentages on
report cards instead of letter grades;
• Lockers!

5. What does it look like?
Problem Solving with …
• Open tasks
Rich questions that are accessible to all students based on their
prior knowledge
• Parallel tasks
Rich questions with varying levels of difficulty that assess the
same concepts and understanding

6. What does it look like?
• Students working together to share their
thinking;
• Less focus on learning from the textbook
and worksheets;
• Thorough demonstration of problem
solving skills while building math fluency.

7. What does it look like?
• Small group guided math instruction that
targets the needs of students;
• Whole group instruction that builds works
to remove common misconceptions and
builds a common language and
understanding of math concepts.

8. Home-School Communication
• Class web page
www.taylorclass.ca
• Twitter Feed
@TaylorClass
• Regular E-Newsletter
newsletter.taylorclass.ca

9. Student Tools
• Moodle
reach.ddsbschools.ca
• Evernote
www.evernote.com and mobile apps
• Digital Citizenship & Bring Your Own
Device
Coming soon!

10. What to expect
• Reading
Online Reader’s Response Journal (Moodle)
• Writing
Writer’s Notebook
• Math
Rich problem solving tasks and math fluency building

11. What to expect
If your child doesn’t appear to have regular
homework, they’re probably not doing it!
Ask them to show you their thinking about
their reading.
Ask to see their Writer’s Notebook.

12. Keeping organized
What will work best for your family?
• School bought Student Agenda Planner?
• Store bought agenda?
• Calendar/task application on electronic
device?
iOS Calendars app, Google Calendar app on Android or
Blackberry