Budding reporters share their stories
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This article was published 19/03/2021 (811 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It was recently my great pleasure to join Mrs. Paul and Ms. Prigroski’s Grade 1-2 divisional remote learning classes online for I Love to Read week, to explain to the kids what I do as a “reporter.”
These teachers have found creative ways to deliver material online this school year, and challenged their students to be reporters, too. Students interviewed each other, and were told to “include the who, what, when, where, why and how.”
Mrs. Paul explained that “a good reporter uses a hook to grab the reader’s attention. They use juicy words to make their story come alive. Then they finish it off with a bow, to wrap everything up nice and neat.”
The students’ articles were all emailed to me to read. What an incredibly beautiful job they did. I wish I could share them all with you.
Here is a shout-out for each article I read:
From Mrs. Paul’s class, Annika said that “at first it was hard not seeing my friends” but that her teacher Mrs. Paul “taught us to use MS Teams and introduced us to our classmates”.
Rupman said that he is “grateful for all the help I get from my teachers and family”.
Racen said “it was a great learning process since I was able to use the device I love the most, my iPad,” and added that Mrs. Paul is “smart, very patient and awesome”.
Bennett wrote that he learned to use a laptop including tools and shortcuts, and Elliott, Jasreet and Rupman also said they learned to use computers.
Leah said that “online learning is fun but I can’t wait to go back to school”, and I must say that Manveer has excellent penmanship,
From Ms. Prigroski’s class, Thomas said he learned to use Teams and OneNote, Kyla learned to type and Felix likes that his “teacher is nice.”
Tom saidthat his reading has gotten much better, and Everent said he liked to read to Patrick. Reeve said he enjoys the “morning race”, and Gage likes doing school at home.
Alex sent me wonderful photos of his work, and Emma wrote a story too long to print here (she will need her own column).
Evan wrote a story about his favourite school assignment this year, and his article included a photo (just like mine).
Many students commented on their use of technology.
Teacher Cathy Paul said that “our students are young and even if they were using technology, they probably weren’t using it in this way. They have made enormous strides in their competency as learners, users and producers of technology”.
Cassandra Prigroski said that “this school year has been like no other” especially with “getting to know my students through a computer screen.”
She adapted her lessons for digital completion, and both teachers show their students how to navigate and use all the websites and resources.
Both teachers told me how proud they are of all their students’ achievements this year.
Wendy Hrynkiw is a community correspondent for East Kildonan. Email her at wendyhrynkiw@shaw.ca
Wendy Hrynkiw
East Kildonan community correspondent
Wendy Hrynkiw is a community correspondent for East Kildonan. Email her at wendyhrynkiw@shaw.ca