Thursday, October 08, 2020

Homework, News, and Announcements

 Language:


-Reading:
-Write what you did and the answers to the questions when you did your "book buzz."
-STUDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS BE READING AT LEAST 30 MINUTES EVERY DAY ON A REGULAR BASIS!
-ALWAYS have a "Just Right"  (grade level, appropriate, etc.) book ready for every reading class

-The following website you can now sign out books in the York Region District School Board DIGITAL LIBRARY!:


-Writing:
-All resources for today's lesson are posted to the Writing Google classroom.
-Grade 5's - Write a personal narrative using the 5 senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell) to create the descriptions of what the main character (you) are experiencing. Then look over the "Elaboration and Craft" parts of the Narrative writing checklist (Grade 5 version) to compare what you wrote to those parts of the checklist.
-Grade 6's - Choose a piece of writing you have completed in your portfolio so far. Then look over the "Elaboration and Craft" parts of the Narrative writing checklist (Grade 6 version) to compare what you wrote to those parts of the checklist. Then choose one area from the checklist and write a goal to improve in that area. Then edit your story to reach the goal you set.

-Media Literacy:
-N/A.


Math:

-Appendix A Math challenge about the truck (on the 4TH page of the PDF attachment on the Math Google Classroom - but the actual page says page "78" on it). You will have to have an understanding of the previous pages that lead up to that or the discussion we had today in class to solve the problem.
-Here is a good site for Math support for the Nelson Math program: 
http://www.math6.nelson.com/studentcentre/studentcentre.html

-And here are more websites to practice with:

Science:
-Grade 5: Watch the "Inside Ralphie" Video and complete the Circulatory system Gizmo (see Science Google Classroom). Complete the Circulatory System package (posted to the Google Classroom) and read the instructions for the experiment and complete the experiment.
***ALSO FOR THE GRADE 5'S...IF YOU CAN PLEASE CHANGE YOUR NAMES ON EXPLORE LEARNING TO YOUR FIRST NAME (INSTEAD OF JUST FIRST INITIAL) THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO IDENTIFY YOUR QUIZ RESULTS...MY APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE***
-Grade 6: Task 4 due next Science Class.


Social Studies:
-N/A.


Visual Arts:

-Bring in flyers/magazines, etc. that can be cut up for Friday.


Drama/Dance:

-N/A