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Another great article from Our Kids titled 21st Century SKills: Learning for Life in Our Times.
http://www.ourkids.net/school/21st-century-skills-learning-for-life-in-our-times-1767?utm_source=OK+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2016-OKNL

21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times When Apollo 11 reached the moon, Neil Armstrong famously said “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” When Apollo 13 got in trouble the following year, James Lovell also addressed Houston, though with a decidedly different message: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”

Great article about the "old way" and the "new way" of teaching math.

http://www.ourkids.net/school/math-education?utm_source=OK+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2016-OKNL

Traditional vs Discovery math | Our Kids Traditional Math typically teaches a method or algorithm FIRST, and THEN teaches the applications for the method. Traditional algorithms are emphasized and practiced regularly: repetition and drills are frequently used to ensure foundational mastery in the underlying mathematical procedures. The tra…

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Yes, Smart Works Tutoring is still here.
And yes, we have been busy ... tutoring.

This spring we have students from Grade 2 to second year university and beyond.
Whether you are looking for reading and math help, study and organization skills, ideas for term papers or editing of an important letter, let us know how we can help.

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A little Hamlet, a little Macbeth, a little Twelfth Night - all on the agenda this week. Do you have a favourite or a most disliked?

The 7 C's of a Resilient Student
Competence
Confidence
Connection
Character
Contribution
Coping
Control
(Ginsburg & Jablow, 2011)

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Questions this week at Smart Works Tutoring
1. How do you write 54 673 in a different way? (Grade 5)
2. Who invented the printing press? And when? And why was it so important? (Grade 12)
Answers tomorrow!

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Smart Works Tutoring has been active during the first days of the new school year. Students from Grades 2 - 12 have attended sessions to get them off to good start in their new grade. For all students, particularly in the higher grades, being organized is a big key to success. Keeping track of daily homework and long term assignments is important to getting higher grades. To contact Smart Works Tutoring to set up one session or for ongoing support email me at [email protected]. To sign up for the monthly newsletter use the same email. The new website will also be available very soon!