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Dear educator,
Would your students like to see their work in print, and become one of nine WILD Classes of the Year? WILD Magazine wants to help make it to happen!
What’s up:
In celebration of International Literacy Day on September 8, 2011, the Canadian Wildlife Federation is reminding classes to participate in its new program: WILD Classes of the Year. It’s designed to get kids involved in conservation and literacy, and maybe even see their work published in WILD Magazine!
How it works:
We’ve picked a department from the magazine for every grade (K to 8). This is the breakdown:
Grade Levels/Departments
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Kindergarten: Say what? Students create captions for a funny photo
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Grade 1: Jokes Send us your class’ best wild-animal funnies
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Grade 2: Trivia Create 20 brain-teasing quiz questions
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Grade 3: Pals at Risk A short feature highlighting an endangered species
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Grade 4: Animal profile A feature story on an iconic Canadian animal
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Grade 5: Habitat project Why, and how-to, build a simple project
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Grade 6: Biological concept story Explain a natural phenomenon
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Grade 7: You asked Create questions and answers about wild animals
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Grade 8: Wild Bunch A narrative tale that explores a natural issue
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GRADE LEVEL
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| Subject Area |
Skills
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K |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7
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8 |
Science
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Observation, Classification, Measurement, Inference, Prediction |
x |
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x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Language Arts |
Reading, Writing, Oral and Visual Communication |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
Social Studies, History, and Geography
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Canada and World Connections, Issue Assessment, Map Skills |
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x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Show your class their category in WILD Magazine, or bring them to Wild-mag.ca to see PDF examples. Let them brainstorm, research, and get creative as they come up with material. We’ll be accepting submissions until October 31, 2011, and winners will be announced on November 28, 2011. In the spring, we’ll publish an issue of WILD Magazine featuring Canada’s WILD Classes of the Year!
The payoff:
We’ll choose nine winning classes one for each grade (K to 8). Each of those classes will become an inaugural WILD Class of the Year, and the content they created will be published in the May/June 2012 issue of WILD Magazine*. As well, all students from the winning classes will receive a complimentary copy of that issue.
*Classes whose work is not chosen will have their work appear online, on a special website dedicated to this exciting project.
How to register:
To register to participate in this unique learning experience, visit Wild-mag.ca. If you have questions, email andreag@cwf-fcf.org, or aaronk@cwf-fcf.org, or telephone 1.800.563.9453.
Sincerely,
Luba Mycio-Mommers, Ph.D.
Director of Education
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