We will try our weekly meeting again on Monday @ 1PM to get us set up for the week!
Math - see the intro video to FRACTIONS and complete the activity LA - Write Paragraph #3 (attempt to solve the problem) and Paragraph #4 (attempt to solve the problem and success) of your short stories. Please remember to limit your use of dialogue and SHOW not TELL what your characters are experiencing. LA - As part of your reading this week, please listen to Chapter 13 & 14 of The Giver and respond to the discussion questions. Remember, bonus marks go to those that are reading and responding to the ideas of their classmates and keeping the conversation going (not just saying 'cool' or 'I agree') Science - art component and artist statement are due on Thursday. Please take a picture of your work and post it in the assignment with your artist statement. Based on the vote (26/27 voted) we will do live presentations Science - presentations will take place NEXT Monday during our MEET @ 1PM, please prepare a 2 minute presentation using the following model: - Inquiry Question - What you learned - Tell us about your art Use the sign up sheet to choose your presentation spot!
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This week we are having our google meet on MONDAY @ 1PM, please wait for the access nickname that will be emailed to you/be posted in our classroom at 12:50pm.
Math - please watch the lesson video on transformations and choose 1 activity to complete. Post your work in our classroom when you are done. LA (reading) - in the comprehension document you created last week, please chose a comprehension strategy and tell me about what you have been reading. LA (writing) - Based on your story plan, please write Paragraph #1 (Intro and problem) and Paragraph #2 (Attempt to solve the problem #1) this week. FOCUS is on SHOWING NOT TELLING and including figurative language. Science - keep working on your art component to your science inquiry project (due April 30th) As of right now, our vote is to do LIVE PRESENTATIONS, 2 people have still not voted! Also, please review our sky science notes for Simon's Kahoot! coming up. Hi 6-2,
Thanks for the great MEET today! We will have our next meeting Monday @ 1PM to begin our week off with some hellos, instruction and see where that takes us! As I mentioned in our meeting today, I will be inviting a few of your WP learning team to join us hopefully for at least for part of our meeting. They really miss you and want to say hello! PLEASE CHECK OUR CLASSROOM JUST BEFORE 1PM FOR THE NICKNAME - do not use old nicknames. Have a great weekend! As always, I'll give you the Nickname just before the meeting. The link to our agenda is in the Learning Resources section in our classroom.
Math - See "Find the missing angle" lesson and complete 1 of the activities. Please also practice computation skills this week (card games, flash cards, IXL - you choose)
Reading - Daily (30 minutes) please create a document inside your shared folder titled 'Comprehension' to track what you are reading about each week. Writing - See "Story Planning" with picture prompt, please complete a plan for a short story using the model we have done in class. Science - Please vote on how we should do our science presentations and review the sky science notes to prepare for Simon's Kahoot! Social - complete the quiz on Ancient Greece (5 questions multiple choice) Art - Please work on your science inquiry art component (due April 30th) Have a great week! *All assignments are due on Thursday April 9th *Please share your Google Folders with Mrs. Zimmerman and Mrs. Lawrence. We are VERY fortunate to still have them with us and they are available to help (you could ask them for support in your report writing this week. They could add suggestions right into your doc) *Please review our agenda from Friday. No one has signed up for the Tech committee or any other committee! Reminders: Weekly work will be posted on Sunday night with assignments due at the end of the week. - Students may choose when to work on what assignments as long as all work is being completed by the due dates (extensions will be considered if asked ahead of the due date) - Submission of work documents should be done in Google Classroom (unless otherwise stated) Math IXL Angles review (12 tasks) You will see your assigned tasks when you log in at the top right hand side. (Picture attached) completion of this work is done right in IXL Science Inquiry Report. Please submit in Google classroom (art component will be due at the end of the month) LA Daily reading (30 mins/day) of a NOVEL of your choosing. I would suggest keeping track of this work (see log attached). Social Response to the Greek at home celebration in Google classroom. If you weren't able to do your own celebration, please post something interesting you though about how the Ancient Greeks made decisions. Happy April!
(I am apologizing in advance… this is a long one!) I want to thank everyone for their patience and support as we move through these uncharted waters and for your tireless efforts at home to help your children reconnect with their classmates... and ME! Today was first Google Meet in which we were able to connect 23/27 students! If your child was not able to connect today, I have posted (and will always post) our agenda in our Classroom so that all students have access to what was discussed. Students are now enrolled in our Google Classroom, I encourage all students to share their login information so that parents have access to this content. I will still be posting on our blog as well if that is an easier place for parents to get information about weekly assignments. *Ask your child to take you on a ‘tour’ of our NEW classroom! Expectations of classwork
*I found this to be helpful resource on Google Classroom. There is a video and PDF version available under the video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Iowi-gmbys Upcoming dates:
Upcoming Curriculum Covered: Math - my hope for April is to complete our Angles/Geometry unit and move into Fractions. Students should be ensuring that their computations skills are being practiced (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division). LA - We will continue writing through:
Science - we are wrapping up our Sky Science Unit and students have their inquiry reports due next Thursday. The art component will be due at the end of April (decided today in GMEET) Social - today we completed a Kahoot! on Ancient Greece. I will be creating a mini quiz on this topic and then would like to flip back to Canadian Democracy to analyze current events and refresh student memories about the responsibilities of each level of government and how this is impacting our current reality. Phys Ed - I have asked students if anyone might be interested in coming up with at home workouts or activities that they can share in our classroom. I have also posted a number of regulation strategies for mental health. Our AMAZING resource team at WPS is also currently gathering resources for a blog that give both parents/students additional support in this area. Fine Arts - The Fine Arts team at Willow Park School along with Studio Artist Mark Vasquez-Mackay are a vital part of our learning community. They are an incredibly talented and caring group of individuals who understand how important the arts are at a time like this to nourish and sustain that creative aspect of our humanity. As a result, they have created a blog for all students and families as a community to visit and contribute too. The blog is called Fill the Well and it is a capacious handbag of artworks, inspirations and activities to fill your soul. We invite you to visit the site regularly. https://willowparkfa.blogspot.com/ Have a wonderful weekend! Stay well! Mrs. MacGowan We are going to attempt our first Google Meet + Live Kahoot! tomorrow - Fingers crossed! Please enter the meeting at just before 10:00am to ensure that we can troubleshoot anyone that is having difficulty. You cannot enter the meeting until I am present. *Make sure you are using CHROME **You must be logged in with your @educbe.ca 1. Go to the 9 dots (top right by your icon) 2. Click on Google Meet (the green video camera) 3. Click Join or Create a meeting 4. Post the NICKNAME I give you and click continue (Sent through your email and posted in Google Classroom) 5. Click on the green ‘Join now’ button to enter the meeting room. (if the teacher is not present in the room, the student will receive a messaging stating they cannot create meetings - you must wait!) 6. Once the meeting is over, students MUST CLOSE THE BROWSER TAB to leave the meeting The first time you use Google Meet, you will be prompted for permission for the app to use your camera and microphone. You must Allow this prompt for Google Meet to work. You can then click the Dismiss button. Once in the meeting, you DO have the option to turn off your camera and all students will be asked to MUTE their microphones. There is a chat function at the top right that all student questions or comments should be directed too. Appropriate online etiquette is required at all times. This includes verbal and written content within the app. Anyone who does not adhere to this will be removed from the meeting and parents will be notified. NEW! The Fine Arts team at Willow Park School along with Studio Artist Mark Vasquez-Mackay are a vital part of our learning community. They are an incredibly talented and caring group of individuals that understand how important the arts are at a time like this to nourish and sustain that creative aspect of our humanity. As a result, they have created a blog for all students and families as a community to visit and contribute to. The blog is called Fill the Well and it is a capacious handbag of artworks, inspirations and activities to fill your soul. We invite you to visit the site regularly to replenish that which might be a little empty at this moment. https://willowparkfa.blogspot.com/
Happy April everyone!
We ALMOST have our whole class enrolled (we are missing 7). Let's see if we can beat the other grade 6 classes and get everyone in first! Thank you to those who have already responded to our question (Greek at home celebrations) and for all the emails letting me know how you are doing. I am looking forward to Friday for our first online Kahoot! Don't forget to study up! I don't want another repeat of our Sky Science Kahoot! ... YIKES! |
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