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After school schedule: Note: Schedule may change due to unforeseen events. Please be sure to confirm with Mrs. Kallas that she will be available for you after school. Monday: No school Tuesday: Until 4:15 Wednesday:long as necessary Thursday: Until 4:15 Friday: Until 3:15 = = JEANS FOR TEENS Continue to bring your Jeans for Teens to class! Ask your friends, relatives and neighbors to donate to a good cause! This project will be reported through the Project Visualize competition at the TAFE Teach Tomorrow Summit in February. = =

Be sure to have your BCTAL ID on your body in a visible location.
= //**Monday **// = School Holiday =//**Tuesday**// =

It's time for a new seating chart. Group leaders will create teams based on criteria given by your teacher. Your new groups should reflect the diverse characteristics teachers consider when creating a conducive learning environment for all:
 * A range of academic abilities
 * Guys and girls
 * More than one high school represented in each group
 * A variety of strengths represented in each group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">A variety of grade levels

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Continue to find out what makes you learn best! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Log in to your Career Cruising account and complete the <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">My Skills <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> assessment. Be sure to save.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Complete the <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Learning Styles Inventory <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> and print. You will need to leave your results visible on your laptop screen as the pie chart will not print out in color. Once you have your printout, color in the pie chart to represent your learning styles according to your results. Turn in the Learning Styles Inventory.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Now that you've taken the Learning Styles inventory, let's see what it means. How can knowing what your learning styles are help you be a better student? Why do teachers need to be aware their students' learning styles?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">[[image:Unknown.jpeg width="340" height="281" align="right"]]What are Learning Preferences? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Read pp. 197 - 203 in Teaching. Participate in the class discussion about how teachers can draw out the best in their students by understanding their learning preferences.

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 29px;">//**Thursday**// = //**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Global or Analytical? **// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What do these words means? How do they apply to the way we use our brains? Are you a global thinker or an analytical thinker? What does that mean?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">First, take the Assessment and see where you fall on the hemisphericity scale. Which side of your brain is the dominant side? By how much?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Then, read about how hemisphericity affects the way you prefer to learn. Discuss your similarities and differences with the learners in your group. = = = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 29px;">//**Friday**// = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How do determine students' learning preferences without giving them an assessment? Through observation teachers hear and see clues that alert them to their learners' preferences.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What would you hear an analytical learner say? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What would you hear a global learner say? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">After you read about this, complete the cut and paste activity and see if you can identify global and analytical learners.

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