Day 50 Communication (Publication Project)

Students will be placed into their groups to work on their tasks. The instructor will have handed back the rough drafts of the students' articles with corrections and suggestions. The instructor will then review the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, and WHY of news writing, and give an example of how to write a lead in sentence on the White Board.

Headline: Moosomin FN ABE class attend Bruce Power presentation

Who: Moosomin FN ABE Class, Bruce Power Representatives
What: Nuclear power plant feasibility presentation
When: March 20th, 2009
Where: Don Ross Centre, N. Battleford
Why: To learn about how a nuclear power plant would affect our community.

Lead in Sentence

The Moosomin First Nations Adult Basic Education class attended a nuclear power plant presentation provided by Bruce Power to learn about how a nuclear power plant built on the North Saskatchewan river would affect our community at the Don Ross Centre of North Battleford on March 20th, 2009.

Day 50 Interpersonal (Reaching a Consensus)

Reaching a Consensus

Students will be given a copy of p. 99, 100, & 101 of I Am Already Successful: Activity 40 Vote On It. As a class, we will agree on definitions for the following:

1. Compromise: An agreement where both sides give something up.
2. Alternative: Something other than your original choice.
3. Majority: 50% +1
4. Minority: Everyone not in the majority.
5. Persuasion: Trying to convince someone gently.
6. Filibuster: Aggressive actions to push through your agenda or to prevent someone from stating theirs.

Students will then discuss the following ways of arriving to group discussions. Positives and negatives will be discussed.

1. Secret Ballot: No pressure to vote a certain way, takes time and effort.
2. Open Ballot: Very quickly done, people can be pressured to vote a certain way.
3. Roll Call: A definite figure can be found and recorded, people can be pressured to vote a certain way.
4. Consensus: Minority viewpoints are still heard and acknowledged, takes effort and time.

Students will then be given a copy of Papal sympathy praised by chief, from today's Star Phoenix.

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Life/Papal+sympathy+praised+chief/1548231/story.html

Students will use this topic, and another topic previously discussed and chosen by the class for a exercise in consensus reaching. The exercise is as follows:

1. Students choose their issue.
2. Each student expresses their opinions, which are recorded.
3. Groups try to reach a consensus. The consensus is expressed as a simple sentence.
4. Each group will record any opinions that were omitted in compromise to reach the consensus.

Issue: Roman Catholic responsibility to provide restitution to first nations people.

Opinions:

1. Pope should apologize to FN people.
2. This is an issue that can't be apologized for because it's still occurring.
3. Not just FN people should be apologized to, but everyone who has suffered because of the church.

Consensus: The Pope should apologize and bless the FN people, but should acknowledge that abuse still occurs.

Compromise: Not Pressing for a global apology from the Pope.

Day 49 Numeracy/Life Long Learning (percentages game)

Sales Price Game

Students will be broken up into three teams. All teams will be given an equal amount of monopoly money. The premise of the game is as follow:

1. The exact same object is on sale at four different locations, each having it's own price and sales percent discount.
2. Students will be given four different prices and percentages off, and they will be given 2 minutes to select which one has the lowest sales price.
3. When each member has selected the store they wish to purchase their item at, the actual retail price will be figured out for each item.
4. Each team will pay for the item that they chose.
5. The team with the most money at the end of the game wins.

Day 49 Numeracy (Percentages)

Changing Decimal to Percent
The instructor will give the following examples on how to change a decimal to a percent.


The students will then complete the following table.


Strudents will then receive p. 287 & 288 of Adult Basic Education: Mathematics to work on as a group.

Day 49 Communication (Publications Project)

Publications

Students will be divided into their two project groups. The students who were present yesterday will explain the project and update the students who weren't. Tasks will be assigned and articles for the newsletter and the suicide prevention/anger management pamphlet. The instructor will review the concept of article reviews in order to write a better article. The students will begin with brainstorming the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, and WHY.

Example:

Title: Moosomin ABE class take First Aid/CPR course

Who: Moosomin FN, Gale Stonehouse, St. John's Instructor
What: First Aid/CPR Course
When: April 8th and 9th
Where: Moosomin FN TLE Building
Why: To be able to be first responders, help people in First Nation's communities, to get certificates

Day 48 Numeracy (Fractions to Decimals and Sales Price)

Fractions to Decimals

Students will be given a quick review of changing fractions to decimals, and then given page 31 of Mathematics Concepts: Student Workbook to work on individually and taken up as a class.

Sales Price

Students then will be given instruction on sales price and percent. Students will be shown how to calculate percent, and how to calculate a sales price. Students will then be given the following page from the workbook to work on the problems.

Day 48 Interpersonal (Consensus and Capadability)

Publication Project and Consensus

Students will be given a copy of Activity 71 in I can Manage Life, to work on as a class. Discussion will take place on how to reach consensus with a mate or partner. What is important in a mutual relationship will also be discussed. Conversation will also take place on how to reach a consensus in a family. Finally, a discussion will take place on how to reach a consensus in a small group.

Students will then go into their small groups for the publication process. Discussion will take place on what material will be put into the publication, and what the lay out of the publication will be like. Groups will be encouraged to reach a consensus on what should be put into the publication, and how it will look.

Day 48 Life Long Learning (First Nation Tourism)

Tourism on First Nations

Students will be given a promotional article, First Nations Tourism a Growing Industry, found in today's Star Phoenix. The class will go over vocabulary, answer questions, formulate their opinions on the matter and then try to reach a consensus as a class on whether tourism on First Nations is benefitial.

Vocabulary

1. repatriation
2. instils
3. sustainable

Questions

1. What does Mr. Carrier believe First Nations people have to offer in way of tourism?
2. What does it mean to "promote sustainable partnerships"?
3. What are some of the possible benefits and drawbacks of tourism on First nations?

Day 47 Interpersonal/Life-Long Learning (Publication Project)

Publication Project

The class will work on two separate publication projects. They will be a pamphlet dedicated to suicide prevention and anger management, and a Adult Basic Education Newsletter.
The project will begin with a discussion on pamphlets and newsletters and their purposes and structures. The class will then brainstorm different things that can be put into each publication. Students will be put into groups, where they will be assigned different tasks (i.e. layout, article writing, graphics, etc.). Day one tasks will be to put students into groups and have them discuss briefly what they would like their publication to look like.

To help facilitate the group work students will complete two separate activities from I Can Manage Life, by Dennis Hooker, Activity 60: Community, and Activity 71: Consensus: We all Agree.

Day 47 Numeracy (Fraction/Decimal Conversion)

Decimal / Fraction Conversion

Students will be given the following examples of how to convert a fraction to a decimal and a decimal to a fraction.




Students will then be given the following questions to convert:

Fraction to Decimal:

1. 1/3
2. 1/6
3. 7/18
4. 5/7
5. 5/12
6. 6/11
7. 2/3
8. 5/6

Decimal to Fraction:

1. .5
2. .7
3. .4
4. .65
5. .35
6. .75
7. .23
8. .154

Day 47 Communication and Life Long Learning (Current Events)

Current Events: Swine Flu

Students will get copies of the following articles from the Edmonton Sun and the Saskatoon Star Phoenix:

Edmonton Sun, Monday April 27th, 2009

Swine flu in Canada

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/27/9257736-sun.html

Edmonton travellers pack masks, sanitizers

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2009/04/27/9257731-sun.html

Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Monday April 27th, 2009

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Health/Swine+cases+confirmed+Nova+Scotia/1535987/story.html

Vocabulary

1. outbreak
2. influenza
3. vigilant
4. pandemic
5. virus
6. symptoms

Questions

1. What is swine flu?
2. How many people have been infected in Canada? the world? How many have died?
3. How did the outbreak originate?
4. Why is it so concerning?
5. What are governments doing to protect people?
6. What can you do to protect yourself?

Day 46 Evaluation and Reflection

Students will take the time to fill out the evaluation forms from the St. John's Ambulance Student Book in order to provide proper feedback for our instructor.

Students will also take the time to reflect upon the material that was presented to them during thew last three days at the suicide prevention/anger management conference. Students will write for 20 minutes in their journals, reflecting upon everything that they learnt and felt during the past three days.

Day 46 Numeracy (Decimal Review)

Decimal Review

Because of the two week break between classes, a quick review of decimals will be given. The instructor will review addition and subtraction of decimals and give a few examples of each. The instructor will then do a more intensive review of multiplication and division of numbers with decimal places. Students will then be given pages 247, 248, 253, and 255 of Adult Basic Education Mathematics 2 to work on as a class.

Day 46 Communication (Finding the Main Idea)

Finding the Main Idea

Students will be given a short story of three paragraphs. Students will be given four different possible titles of each. Students will pick the most appropriate title of the story and then answer several questions regarding each story. The stories will be read as a class, and then taken up together.

Students will then be given a brief newspaper article. They will write a sentence that tells the main idea of the article. They will then write an alternative headline for the article.

Day 43, 44 and 45 Life Long Learning (Student Conference)

Suicide Prevention and Anger Management

Students will attend a three day conference dedicated to suicide prevention and anger management. The Conference will be put on by BearCamp Counseling Inc., hosted by Andrew and Rhoda Bear. Students will be responsible for taking notes and participating in the workshops.

www.Bcm2008.org

Day 41 and 42 Life Long Learning (First Aid Training)

First Aid Training

Students will receive a two-day course in First Aid and CPR. put on by St. John's Ambulance.

Day 40 Review Period

Review Class

Students will use the remainder of the class to catch up on work that they have missed. Students will work in groups, those who have completed each assignment will tutor others who have missed the work.

Day 40 Numeracy (Dividing Decimals)

Dividing with Decimals

When dividing with decimals, you must first remove any decimal found in the divisor [the number going into the other (the dividend)]

In the example below, you see we multiply both the divisor and the dividend by 10. 

8.4 becomes 84 and 2.604 becomes 26.04.

You then move the decimal straight up from it's place in the dividend to its proper place in the quotient (the answer).

Students will then complete the questions on p. 29 of Mathematics Concepts:  Student Workbook.

Day 40 Numeracy (MUltiplying Decimals)

Multiplying Decimals
When multiplying decimals using paper and a pencil, you multiply the numbers exactly as you would if there were no decimals in the problem. After you have completed the equation, you count the number of total decimal places in the problem, and put the total in the solution.

Students will use this information to complete the problems on page 28 of Mathematics Concepts, Student Workbook.

Day 39 Numeracy and Life Long Learning (Balancing your Chequebook)

Balancing your Chequebook

Students will get a copy of pages 241 - 246 of Adult Basic Education, Unit 1: Whole Numbers, from the North West Regional College.

In the Handout, students will get an example of a blank check and given an explanation on how to fill one out.

Students will then be given a copy of a checkbook account balance booklet to show students how to record deposits and cheques. The students will then be given two different assignments.

Assignment #1

Students will be given a completed cheque book register (without balances), and they have to fill in the running balance and write out cheques for the required amounts.

Assignment #2

Students will be given a blank register and 4 completed cheques. They will also be given a balance forward and three deposit slips. They will use the information to fill in the cheque register.

Day 39 Life Long Learning (Global Issues)

The United Nations and Global Issues

Students will be given a copy of the April 6th Starphoenix article, North Korea tests missle, for discussion.

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/North+Korea+tests+missile/1468782/story.html

Students will read the article, and a discussion will take place on the structure of the United Nation General Assembly and its Security Council. Students will informed on the importance of the Security Council and the veto power that it holds.

Students will write a paragraph on what they think the United Nations should do (or do nothing) to North Korea for violating the UN resolution for testing nuclear weapons.

Day 38 Life Long Learning (Local History)

The class will take a little field trip 4km down the road to visit a local history sight. Some discussion will take place on what they think might be

Day 38 Communication (Cree Legends)

Cree Legends

Warriors of the Rainbow

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/WarriorsoftheRainbow-Cree.html

Students will read the legend the Warriors of the Rainbow and answer the following Questions.

1. What does this Cree legend say will happen to the Earth in the future?
2. What is the cause of this bleak future?
3. What must "the Indian" do before it is too late?
4. Who are the Warriors of the Rainbow?
5. What should the warriors of the rainbow do?
6. How would the Earth be a better place because of the Warriors of the Rainbow?
7. How would the leaders of people be chosen?

Students will then write a paragraph based on the following parameters:

Imagine what it means to be a Warrior of the Rainbow. What could you do right now to act like a Warrior of the Rainbow. How could your actions change the greater world? What difficulties might you come up against? What issues do we as a people face right now and how can an individual move to affect a change for the better? Is there any special onus on aboriginal people to be instigators of such a change?

Day 37 Interpersonal (District Oratory Competition)

District Oratory Competition

The Class will go over to the Moosomin School to help set up for and watch the District Oratory Contest held at the school and containing the schools of Red Pheasent, Mosquito, Saulteaux, Sweet Grass, and Moosomin. Students are reminded to use good listening skills and be respectful. Afterwards discussion of the day will take place and then hints at good speaking techniques.

Day 37 Communication (Cree Legends)

Cree Legends

The students will get a copy of the Cree Legend, Frog and Rabbit. Students will read the story individually, and then discuss the characters in the story. Students will be led to discuss the characteristics of each animal in the story and in nature. Also, discussion on the theme of this ledgend will take place.

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/FrogAndRabbit-Cree.html

Day 36 Life Long Learning (Global Warming Documentry

Documentry BBC Planet Earth: The Future

Students will watch the second part of the three part series from the BBC Planet Earth.

"Into the Wilderness"

Broadcast 3 December 2006
The second part looks at man's potential effect on the world's areas of wilderness. As the human population has grown, only a quarter of Earth's land now remains uninhabited (aside from Antarctica). Although around 12% is protected, this may be enough — providing such places are not just 'enclosures' and bordering territories are also managed. Ethiopia's Semien Mountains are increasingly encroached upon for farming land, and this example leads to the question of overpopulation. Some interviewees argue that it is not just about numbers: how humans consume their natural resources is also important. However, others believe that the world would be greatly more sustainable if the population level was reduced to about half its current level. Jonathon Porritt believes that this could be achieved simply: by good education on family planning. Consumption of fresh water is highlighted: there are now 40,000 more dams in existence than in 1950. The controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is discussed by both its advocates and opponents. E.O. Wilson's concept of biophilia is discussed, and David Attenborough believes that a child's innate love of wildlife, for whatever reason, is being lost in adulthood. An answer to deforestation is found in Costa Rica, where farmers are paid to allow their pasture to revert to forest for its water services. The programme also deals with climate change, which is now happening at a faster rate than ever before.

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These issues will be discussed in groups. Groups will be divided up according to the topics, Population Growth, Consumption of Fresh Water, the Destruction of Wilderness, and Climate Change. Each group will highlight the main parts of the documentry and then present their thoughts to the rest of the class.

Day 36 Numeracy (Powers of Ten, Metric System)

Students will get a copy of the following table on how to change one measurement to another. The instructor will give students a couple of examples.



Students will be shown that in the conversion process, as you move up the tanle the numbers will get smaller, and as they move down the table, they will get smaller.

Examples: Complete the following statements:

1. 5km = 5000m
2. 80L = .08 KL
3. 8g = 800 cg

Students will then complete the handout from page 26 of Mathematics Concepts, Student Workbook. to do as a class.