Thursday, February 25, 2021

Homework, News, and Announcements

Language:


-Reading:
-Reading Response Journal Entry. Study yourselves as a reader (look at your past RRJ entries, jot notes/post it notes in your books, and your reading log) and decide why type of thinking you TEND to do (visualizing, predicting, etc.). Then set a goal to try a new strategy when you read and apply that strategy to our current reading of "The Wild Robot" (we have finished up to chapter 55). - Due Monday. 
-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:
-Argumentative Essays were introduced. You are to write a persuasive letter to the principal stating your opinion on the milk program for lunch time.


-Media Literacy:
-N/A.


Math:

-Grade 5: Study using the Skill Questions and the Concept questions posted to the Math Google Classroom. Math assessment on Friday February 26th.
-Grade 6: Study using the Skill Questions and the Concept questions posted to the Math Google Classroom. Math assessment on Friday February 26th.
-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: Began work on our Properties of Matter Final Task. Choose a "How it's Made" video.
Grade 6: Introduced final space task of building a model of the Solar System. Watch the posted videos on the Google Classroom and read the instructions for the task.


Social Studies:
-Grade 5: Next day we will be given time to write the persuasive writing piece to convince a non-voter or a reluctant voter to vote. Information is on the Social Studies Google classroom as well as the tabulated results from the surveys you gave to an adult about voting.
-Grade 6: Currently on our Science unit.


Health:
-Grade 5's: I have posted 3 commercials to the Health Google Classroom. Complete "Student Resource 2: Rating Advertisements" and post your ratings in the comments section. Then complete "Student Resource 3: Advertisement Analysis. 
-Grade 6's: Two guiding questions and choice board presentation task Due Feb. 25th.


Visual Arts:
-Perspective drawing - Practice the skills of using vanishing points in Perspectives Drawings and try out some rough drafts using this technique. - Due March 5th.


Drama/Dance:
-Next Drama class we will do another round of our cultural theater around-the-world analysis. We will pick another example of a theater video to analyse.