Hi Everyone,

A few last minute reminders about our Britannia field trip tomorrow:

Departing at 7 am SHARP!!

Bring lots of snacks and lunch – it’ll be a long, hungry day without them 🙂

Returning at about 5 pm, traffic permitting.

No phones or ipod touch devices allowed.

Ereaders and gaming devices (like Nintendo DS) are permitted.

Country Research Report Info:

In Social Studies we are exploring countries from around the world.  Every student is researching a different country that they chose.  They have created a research notebook to keep their point form notes in while they research.  Please remind your children to record the book and website information that they use on the ‘References’ page.  Also, we’re working really hard at avoiding plagiarism.  To help the students with this I gave them the following pointers:

1.  It is ok to copy proper nouns.  For example, Mt. Fuji – tallest mountain.

2.  It is NOT ok to copy down description information.  They need to put these words into their own words.  For example, if the textbook says, “Mt. Fuji is beautiful,” the student would need to think of a different word for ‘beautiful’ since this is a describing word.

Below are links to the report guidelines. This is an in-class project.  The only homework generated from it should be small things that they didn’t finish in class.

Hope that makes sense!  If you have any questions, please contact me via e-mail or at the school.  Thanks, Melanie Derksen

Country Research Report