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__ Rotation C __

Week 1 and 2 - //Education//

August 4 - 11







[|Practice: How can I register my child for school?]

[|Practice: The first day at school]

[|Practice: Taking messages]



**Where are the schools in Calgary?**



[|Calgary Schools Map]

**How can I find information about my child's school?**

[|Calgary school websites]

[|Alberta school curriculum]
 * What is my child learning at school? **

**What are parent-teacher interviews?**

[|Video: Parent-teacher interviews (elementary)]

[|Video: Parent-teacher interviews (high school)]

[|Practice 1: Parent-teacher interviews]

[|Practice 2: Parent-teacher interviews]


 * How does my child feel about school in Canada? **



[|Video: New Moves]

**How do schools in Calgary rate?** [|Calgary School Ratings] [|Find schools by postal code]

= = = Week 3 and 4- Canadian Culture = = = [|What do you know about Canada?]

[|National Geographic: Canada]

[|Take a class to study for the citizenship test]


 * Becoming a Canadian Citizen**


 * [|National Anthem: O Canada]**



The study guide for the citizenship test is called//"Discover Canada".// You can __listen__ to the book here: [|listen] and __read__ it here: [|read].



You can also practice for the test online here:[|online practice]

[|Practice: Canada map and capital cities]

=** Really BIG numbers **=

=** 34,348,389 **=

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[|Practice: Big Numbers 1][|Video]

= Week 5 and 6 Canada: Rights and Responsibilities-- =

If you are a Canadian citizen, then you have a right to vote for how Canada should be.

How to vote:[|video]

[|Why should you vote?]

=Rights and Responsibilities=

Canadian citizens have **rights** and **responsibilities**.

A right is something that you are given, and never questioned. A right is like a gift that belongs to you - it cannot be taken from you. A responsibility is something that you must do - actions that make you a good Canadian.



[|Read and practice: Rights in Alberta]

[|Discover Canada: Rights and Responsibilities]



Are you a good Canadian citizen? [|quiz] [|video]

Naheed Nenshi is the mayor of Calgary. His parents immigrated to Canada from Tanzania. Tanzania is in Africa. Listen to what he says about what it means to be Canadian: [|Listen to Naheed Nenshi]



The Canadian government made the citizenship test more difficult in 2010. Also, in 2012, the Canadian government added a language requirement for adults who want to become citizens. Now people who want to become Canadian citizens must prove they have a language benchmark of 4 for speaking and listening. Listen to a CBC interview about the new rules becoming a Canadian citizen. [|CBC radio interview]

= Week 7---International Day preparation =

=** Week 8---Review **=

Week 9 -Canadian Holidays [|Canadian Festivals]

Thursday September 18 is International Day at Columbia College! = [|International Day] [|Fall Festivals]  Public holidays are also called "statutory holidays". This is a paid holiday for workers. If you work on a statutory holiday, then you be paid time and a half. If you make $10/hour, you will be paid $15/hour if you work on this day. [|2013 statutory holidays in Canada] **Week 10** = 1. [|Calgary Zoo] 2. [|Calgary Zoo] Spin and Spell: Animals [|Spin and Spell] [|Animal Match] = Short Term Goals and Long Term Goals =



=Do you want to open your own business?=

[|Momentum][|map]



= Week 10 and 11 --Work =

**Abdul, Gaspa, Marta, and Samantha's Stories** [|1]
[|2]

[|listen and read]

1. [|How to read a work schedule]

2. [|More work schedules]

= Jobs =

[|Job Profiles]

[|Jobs (occupations)]

[|dishwasher][|housekeeper][|home support worker][|farmer][|office worker][|blacksmith]

[|Fill out a time sheet] [|A bad boss][|I am a babysitter]

[|Find a job]

=**How to Roast a Turkey**=



[|Turkey Recipe] [|Watch a video]

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[|Election brochure]

[|Where can I vote?]

[|Meet the candidates]

= Week 12 and 13 Getting Paid



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[|Watch the funny commercial]

[|Reading a paycheque]

[|Amir Gets his Paycheque]

= Week 14Saving for Retirement =



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[|Video - How to Save for Retirement]

[|Video - How much money will I need after I retire?]

[|RRSP calculator]

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= Week 15 and 16 ---Don 't be Scammed! =





=[|Video: Rental fraud]=

[|Video: Identity Theft] [|Video: Identity Theft 2]

[|Video: Email Scams] [|Video: email scams 2]

[|National Do Not Call List]

Level 1 and 2 (old) = Foundation =
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 * The Alphabet** [|Aa Bb Cc]


 * Read and Learn the sounds of English** [|Read and Listen]

[|Let's Be Pals] [|They All Can] [|Picture Match] b d p [|Syllable Game]
 * The Sounds of English**

[|Electric Company] [|1 - one][|2 - two] [|Candy Machine] [|Pop Bubbles] [|Add one to ten] [|Bowling subtract one to ten]
 * Numbers and Math**

[|one] [|two] [|three] [|four] [|FIve]
 * Listen and Read**

[|Listen and click on the word]

Front Page Daily News
 * Write**

Mixed
 * Mixed Activities**


 * Remembrance Day: November 11**

1. [|Remembrance Day] **2. [|Remembrance Day] 3. [|Remembrance Day]**

= Phase I =
 * [|In Flanders Fields]**

A)
 * Practice your reading**
 * [|Artists] [|Music] [|Poetry]**

B)
 * [|Fiction and Non-Fiction] [|Comics] [|Folk Tales] [|Chinese Folk Tales]**

=**The Sounds of English**=


 * [|The Hula Pool] [|Syllable Game]**


 * Prepositions [|in/at/on]**


 * Sounds of English**


 * [|Electric Company]**


 * Remembrance Day: November 11**

On Remembrance Day, Canadians wear a poppy to show that they remember Canadian soldiers

1. [|Remembrance Day] **2. [|Remembrance Day] 3. [|Remembrance Day]**


 * [|In Flanders Fields]**

Writing a Paragraph = =
 * Level 4 (old)**

[|Practice 1]

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Writing an Essay = = =

[|How to write an essay]

[|From thesis statement to topic sentence]

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[|Every transition]

Linking words: [|video] [|video] [|video] Try this activity (click on "making connections"): [|Using transitions] [|Activity 2] [|Activity 3]

Practice your punctuation:


//**If you answered "yes", you need to practice your punctuation!**// **[|Punctuation]**
 * !Does this sentence; (look) "good" to you?**

= Parts of Speech =



What is a noun? What is a verb?
 * [|Parts of Speech]**


 * Websites for more practice:**


 * [|BBC Learning English]**


 * [|Skills Wise]**


 * [|Randall's Cyber Listening Lab]**


 * [|ESL Games]**


 * [|Dictation 1] [|Dictation 2] [|Dictation 3] [|Dictation 4]**

=Reading = ==== **Elementary: [|A] [|B][|C] ** ====

==== **Intermediate: [|A] [|B] [|C] ** ====

= = = ** Dictionary Skills ** = [|Bitesize][|Melvin and Steven][|Dictionary Quiz]

==== **[|A great DICTIONARY] [|Another great dictionary] ** ====

==== **[|Online Picture Dictionary] **====

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Practice grammar with the University of Victoria ESL Study Zone [|Study Zone]

Homepage (old) = Welcome students! =

**Find your class on the right side**
 * of the page and click**


 * Columbia College Day Care**
 * Register your child __now__ :**
 * [|Register your child]**
 * [|Register your child]**


 * Stay in School**

**[|video]**


 * Calendar Practice [|A][|B][|C][|D][|E]**

18th - eighteenth
January 7th, 2013

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[|Take a tour in your language] [|Settlement Services] [|ESL]

[|Do you have a pre-schooler?]
 * Parenting**

= Crossword Puzzles = [|Puzzle 1] [|Puzzle 2] = =
 * [[image:http://www.spelling-words-well.com/image-files/first-grade-spelling-crossword.jpg caption="Crossword Puzzles"]] ||
 * Crossword Puzzles ||

= TIME = [|GAME] [|What time is it? 1] [|What time is it? 2] [|Hip Hop Around the Clock] =[|Stop the clock 1][|Stop the clock 2]= [|Willie the Watchdog]

[|Rock Around the Clock] = =

=__**Class Topics**__=

Computers for Beginners
= **[|computer basics]** = = = =** Canadian Money **= = = Some people say that Canadian money is very beautiful because it is colourful and has pictures of interesting things on it. Pictures on Canadian Money: The [|toonie] has a polar bear on it: [|Polar Bear]It is worth $2.00. The [|loonie] has a loon on it: [|Loon] It is worth $1.00. The [|quarter] has a caribou on it: [|Caribou] It is worth $0.25. The [|dime] has a ship on it: [|The Blue Nose Schooner] It is worth $0.10. The [|nickel] has a beaver on it: [|Beaver] It is worth $0.05. The [|penny]has a maple leaf on it: [|Maple leaf]It is worth $0.01.

All Canadian coins have a picture Queen Elizabeth: [|Child] [|Young woman] [|Now]

Practice: 1. [|Making Change] 2. [|Making change (harder)][|Making change (hardest)] = Columbia College International Day = = = [|VIDEO]

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Education [|Mr. Bean goes Back to School]

=__ JOBS __= [|Home Support Worker][|Office Worker]

[|Work Videos]

Listen and Read about students who found jobs [|Nancy, Rohan, Evelyn, and Mary]

Job Applications [|Practice filling out an application]

[|Problems at Work 1] [|Problems at Work 2]

=__**General Practice**__= //**The Sounds Of English**// __[|Syllable Practice][|VIDEO: What are syllables?]__ //**1. [|ABC]**// //**2. [|Learn to Read]**// 3. [|Sounds of English]



[|Row, row, row your boat]

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Memory Match
[|School A][|School B][|Family and Feelings]

[|Make a Match] [|Make a Match words and pictures] = = =The Alphabet = ==__**Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz **__==

__**[|The Alphabet Song] **__ __**[|Learn the Alphabet] **__ =__**[|Write the letters] [|Type the letters] [|The Alphabet (lower case)] [|The Alphabet (upper case)] [|Paw Park (upper/lower case letters)]**__ [|Mixed Up Alphabet] = __**[|Paw Park (matching first sounds)]**__ =__**[|SNAP!] [|Phonics Word Builder]**__ = =[|Numeracy Games]=

=//Alphabetical Order//= [|Game 1][|Game 2][|Game 3][|Alphabet Train][|Missing Letters] [|Bembo's Zoo]

=WORDS = =__**[|Words 1][|Words 2]**__ = = //**[|Words 3]**// [|BBC CVC make words] = = [|Spin and Spell] =
 * __[|Alien Scavenger Hunt (spelling)]__**
 * __[|Monkey Business (make sentences)]__**


 * __[|Words that rhyme]__**
 * __[|Listen and write the missing word]__**

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 * stop MOP top HOP pop TOP**

= Read = [|Reading with pictures] =__**1 [|Listen and read] 2[| Listen and Read]**__ = =__**[|Listen and Click on the Word]**__ =

[|Various Levels] [|Visit the Art Gallery] [|Three Little Plays] [|Chinese Fables]

=Numbers = =__**[|Numbers 1-10] [|Game]**__ =

= = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Math = <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Math Activities] [|That's a Fact!]

Multiplication Table [|two][|three][|four][|five][|six][|seven][|eight][|nine][|ten][|eleven][|twelve][|mixed practice]

Add + [|Level 1] Subract - [|Level 1]

Multipliply X [|Level 1] Divide / [|Level 1]


 * Reading Practice**

[|Listen and Read]1

[|Listen and Read] 2

[|Mixed Reading Activities]


 * Sounds of English**


 * [|Electric Company] [|Syllable Game]**


 * Typing**


 * 1. [|Where should your hands and fingers be?]**


 * 2. [|Where should your fingers be?]**


 * 3. [|Typing Tutorials]**

Super Hyper Spider Typer


 * How do you spell...?**


 * [|Spelling Practice]**

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