Homework, News, and Announcements

 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!

Friday is Day 5 on our daily cycle and we will be following our regular schedule as we always would, so you will be doing Literacy, Math, Science or 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:

-Complete the Reading Response Journal Entry about using the prompts to make your theories more original, deeper, and more complex. - Due on Friday February 12th. 

-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:

-We revised our research reports to include introductions and conclusions. We also used exemplars and mentor texts and our writing checklists to self-assess our research reports to prepare for handing in. Due Friday February 19th.

-Media Literacy:

-N/A.

Math:

-Grade 5: Working on the "Evaluating Variable Expressions" slideshow activities.

-Grade 6: Working on the "Evaluating Variable Expressions" slideshow activities.

-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: Read the Chemical Changes and Chemical Properties information package and complete the worksheets that go with it by Thursday. Quiz coming up sometime next week.

Grade 6: Space Task #3 work due by Thursday.

Social Studies:
-Grade 5: Complete the Rights and Responsibilities 3.3. worksheet by Thursday.

-Grade 6: Currently on our Science unit.

Health:

-Grade 5's: Complete the rest of the "Student Resource 1: Persuasive Techniques" task which is posted to the Google Classroom by responding to three more food/drink commercials. This is due by next health lesson which is Wednesday February 17th. 

-Grade 6's: Two guiding questions and choice board presentation task Due Feb. 24th.

Visual Arts:

-Perspective drawing - Practice the skills of using vanishing points in Perspectives Drawings and try out some rough drafts using this technique.

Drama/Dance:

-We have begun work on cultural theater around the world analysis.