Friday, January 29, 2021

Homework, News, and Announcements

MY APOLOGIES FOR THE FORMATTING OF THIS PAGE....THERE IS SOME TECHNIAL GLITCHES WITH THIS WEBSITE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. Everyday, you can click on this link to join the google meet which will begin at 9:10am: Click here to join the Google Meet! https://meet.google.com/jxv-ovkh-meq Today is Day 1 on our daily cycle and we will be following our regular schedule as we always would, so you will be doing Literacy, Math, Science/Social Studies, and French. We will be live for most of the day today except for 25 minutes each block for independent work and except for recess and lunch. Language: -Reading: -The Wild Robot Focus Questions from Tuesday. This is (as always) posted on the Google classroom (due by Thursday). -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!: https://yorkregionca.libraryreserve.com/10/45/en/SignIn.htm?url=Default.htm -Writing: -Working on our Primary sources of research. -Media Literacy: -N/A. Math: -Grade 5: Whole Numbers and Decimal Numbers Skill Questions. -Grade 6: Whole Numbers and Decimals Numbers Skill Questions. -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: http://www.math5.nelson.com/studentcentre/studentcentre.html http://www.math6.nelson.com/studentcentre/studentcentre.html https://www.knowledgehook.com/ https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-5 https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6 https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math https://illuminations.nctm.org/Search.aspx?view=search&type=ac www.mangahigh.com http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_1.html https://www.explorelearning.com/ http://oame.on.ca/CLIPS/index.html Science: -Grade 5: For the 3 sheets that I posted about Matter and Materials on the Science Google Classroom, complete taking notes on the information parts and answer the questions. Complete this by Thursday. -Grade 6: Space Task #2 debate today!. Social Studies: -Grade 5: Have now completed Part 2 of the Democracy activity - Please check your emails for your rubrics. -Grade 6: Currently on our Science unit. Health: -Grade 5's: Complete first two rows of the "Student Resource 1: Persuasive Techniques" task which is posted to the Google Classroom responding to the two food/drink commercials we saw in class on Tuesday January 19th. -Grade 6's: Choose two guiding questions and a choice board presentation task by Due Feb. 9th. Visual Arts: -Graffiti Art - Now due.. Drama/Dance: -Now presenting our Protagonists and Antagonists writing in role drama.