Should we still be having daylights savings?  Check out the instructional video below and then write about it and vote on Edsby.

Childlike wonder is an amazing thing.  It is that space between truth and lies, and within it is the magical place of wonder.  Do you still have yours? If so, what is it like?  If not, what happened to it and why?

So many people are looking for creative ways to celebrate the winter while still observing physical distancing.  It is great to see people working hard to still enjoy the little things in life.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/backyard-rinks-boom-winnipeg-1.5827983

The power of opinion, education, and ignorance.  Read the article below and share your opinion in your quick write book.

People with extreme anti-science views know the least, but think they know the most: study

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Today we discussed the 5-second rule (or so it is called).  After class discussion students engaged in a creative quickwrite as part of our Writer’s Workshop program.  Then we broke into Revision Groups that discussed how stories could be improved upon.  Watch the video and see what you think.

Check out the link below and write about your opinion/reaction, or something reasonably related in your quick write book (10 min.)

https://nationalpost.com/news/teacher-says-his-tattoos-and-surgically-blackened-eyes-cost-him-his-job

Today we did a quickwrite about a girl who had her lemonade stand shut down by police officers.  Read the articles, plan your writting for 3 min. and write for 10 min. on almost any topic so long as it is related to the initial material in some way.

https://nypost.com/2022/08/14/ohio-girl-asa-bakers-lemonade-stand-near-food-festival-shut-down-after-complaint/

What would you do if you got the message that you only had minuts left? https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/missile-alert-hawaii-panic-1.4486510