March Language Thinking: Write a Pi-em in Pi-lish

Posted March 7, 2024

This is the opening  of  ‘Poe, E., Near A Raven‘—a retelling of Edgar Allen Poe’s 1845 poem The Raven—by the American mathematician Mike Keith. The length of the all words, in all eighteen verses, of Keith’s version of the poem correspond to the first 720 digits of pi! Here is another example of a Pi-em: […]

Book Club Question Randomizer

Posted February 22, 2024

What book are you reading right now? CLICK HERE to open the Randomizer. Then, click the button with the circular arrow to spin the Randomizer. When it stops, answer that question for your book.  

May Language Thinking – Gr. 3/4

Posted May 1, 2023

May Language Thinking – Gr. 7/8

Posted May 1, 2023

In the 20th Century, the most famous crusader for sensible spelling was the playwright George Bernard Shaw. When he died in 1950, he left money in his will for the invention and promotion of a phonetic alphabet, stipulating that the letters should be as distinct from the Latin alphabet as possible, so readers didn’t think […]

Read A Lot?

Posted October 4, 2021

Above are nick names for people who read a lot.  Can you come up with any different ones?

You Are What You Read

Posted September 27, 2021

What are some of the books that you think have shaped you?

“Other Words From Home” Bookclub

Posted June 2, 2021

If you are 10 or older, and love to read.  The Coalition of Muslim Women – KW and the City of Waterloo is running a girls bookclub for girls! If you are interested, be sure to talk to your parents about it!!  (I would love to know if you take part too!!) This month the […]

Canadian Children’s Book Week Scavenger Hunt – May 2-8!

Posted May 3, 2021

Choose at least 4 (could even be more) and name a book!

Books — What are you reading grade 5/6’s??

Posted April 20, 2021

What are you reading?  Tell us why you you LOVE what you are reading?

Books — What are you reading grade 3/4’s??

Posted April 20, 2021

What are you reading?  Tell us why you you LOVE what you are reading?

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