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9/15/2020

1.) WORD WORK: Complete the word analysis and study the meanings for your test Friday

2. COLLAGE: Bring magazines or items for your collage

3.) WITH PARENTS:

Review the class website with your parents.
Explain to them what the 'POST A RESPONSE' is.
Watch 'Austin's Butterfly' with your parent and explain to them how it relates to how you will learn this year!

4.) POST A RESPONSE:

You will be responsible for completing the daily POST A RESPONSE (PAR) assignment. Instructions will be clearly outlined every day.
One of your assignments today is to review the class website with your parents.

LEARNING INTENTION: I can show my parent the class website and explain what I learned about
improving my work today (watch Austin's butterfly with your parents).
SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) PARAGRAPH WRITING STRUCTURE
- engaging hook/intro
- body and supporting sentences/examples/points, and conclusion.
2.) CONTENT
- Include who you shared it with and what they said about the class website.
- Include 2-3 points about 'AUSTIN'S BUTTERFLY' and how it relates to how you will learn this
year! Think about how it relates to 'THE BIG 6 LEARNING PRINCIPLES'.
3.) THE GIVENS (Conventions of Writing)
- Check your work for the givens before posting
- The givens are spelling, capitals, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure.

VIDEO LINKS:
Austin's Butterfly

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First full day of class

9/14/2020

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Descriptive Feedback ! (click to see post)

Today was the first full day of classes. Division 2 students reviewed the safety procedures and spent some time getting to know each other and their teacher. Students were also introduce to the BIG 6 Principles of Leaning through our name tag project. Studnets got the LEARNING INTENTION and then together as a class we co-created SUCCESS CRITERIA for the project! After this student got underway planning their name tags and the peer and teacher ASSESSMENT & DESCRIPTIVE FEEDBACK started. We finished off the day with a math assessment and and introduction to our Word Work Vocabulary building program! What a great first day!

IMPORTANT:

Bring in your signed Health Assessment Forms Tomorrow
Show your parents the class website!

1.) HOME READING: 30 minutes and fill out your home reading calendar

2.) TECHNOLOGY: Students are encouraged to bring their own tech to school to help support their learning

3.) MATH: We will complete the pre-test tomorrow

4.) WORD WORK: We will learn how to do the word analysis tomorrow. Students can start studying the spellings and meaning for the Word Work Evaluation/Test on Friday

5.) NAME TAGS: Complete the planning page for tomorrow

6.) POST A RESPONSE:

Learning Intention: I can write a paragraph explaining three of the BIG 6 Principles of Learning

Success Criteria:

Include the three principles: Learning Intentions, Success Criteria, Descriptive Feedback
Explain what each each of the three principles means
Use an example to help explain the three principles (examples could be: baking cookies, making paper airplane, writing a poem, makinga name tag, etc.)
Use correct punctuation (the GIVENS) capitals, periods, commas, spelling etc.
Proofread you work before you post!

Reply to another studnets post and give them some descriptive feedback on their paragraph.

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welcome to grade 6/7!

9/11/2020

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It was so great to meet the new div 2. class of 2021. We only had a chance to see each other in small groups this week, but we will al be together on Monday and will continue learning the protocols and practices that will help keep us safe! We will also be starting the grade 7 program! I am so excited to get the learning started! Below you will see some reminders as well as a Post A Response Activity. Remember to only post under your first name. You will be learning lots about using the class website and digital citizenship and netiquette (how to behave respectfully and responsibly on line) in the coming weeks.

Please Review the links below with your parents:

REMINDERS & HOMEWORK:

1.) DAILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT FORM: Signed by your parents and returned to me Monday

2.) I AM BACK AT SCHOOL SHEET: Complete this and bring it to school on Monday

3.) HOME READING: Read for 30 minutes each day, fill in the pages read and the time read on the calendar and have the date signed by a parent. Bring the calendar to school on Monday so I can check it

4.) POST A RESPONSE:

Your first homework assignment is to write a welcome back message (paragraph format) to your classmates and your teachers!
You can include things such as examples, likes, favourite subject, least favourite subject, hobbies, etc.
Include an engaging intro (hook), body, and conclusion in your paragraph.
LEARNING INTENTION: I can introduce myself to my classmates and my teachers.
STEP 1: Read instructions carefully
STEP 2: Click on 'COMMENTS' in the top right corner of this blog post.
STEP 3: Fill in the 'form'. Click here to see what it looks like.
STEP 4: Click here to see how to complete your 'BLOG COMMENT'. You will see instructions on this link.
After typing out your paragraph, be sure to double check your work to see that you have followed the criteria (intro, body, and conclusion) before clicking on 'SUBMIT'.

VIDEO LINKS:
Kid President's Pep Talk to Teachers and Students
Mr. Fisher's Instagram Post

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Last Day of school 2019-2020

6/26/2020

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This year has been one to remember! Mr. Hong and I will never forget all the wonderful students, their personalities, and the progress everyone made in their learning! We truly hope you all come back to visit and keep in touch to let us know how you are doing!

1.) MATH: Click here!

2.) LA: Click here!

3.) ART: Click here!

4.) SOCIALS: Click here!

5.) SCIENCE: Click here!

6.) POST A RESPONSE:

Feel free to communicate with your classmates here over the summer. This is still your safe learning place!
Have an awesome summer!
Let us know what you're up to and the amazing things you are doing over the summer!

VIDEO LINK:
Div 1. Relaxing Guitar Music
Div 1. Happy Relaxing Music
Div1. Morning Relaxing Music
Div. 1 Relaxing Music for Stress Relief

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final meeting and par!

6/23/2020

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1) MORNING MEETING: at 10am

2)FINAL POST A RESPONSE

Learning Intention: I can write a thank you letter to my elementary school support team
Success criteria:

Use standard letter format with a salutation and a farewell phrase (click)
Include three separate sections/paragraphs focusing on FRIENDS, FAMILY, TEACHERS
Include thank you's, thoughts, examples, funny stories, things you have learned, things you will always rememberer etc.
End your letter with a favourite quote that related to your time in elementary school and explain why it is your favourite and how it related to your experiences
Proofread your letter carefully before posting it.

Respond to at least 10 classmates letters with acknowledgments, thoughts and thank you's

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LAst week of School

6/22/2020

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1) No Morning meeting today
2) No new assignments
3) LAst day to hand in assignments

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June 19th, 2020

6/19/2020

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MORNING MEETING AT 10AM!

NOTES:

REPORT CARD WILL BE HANDED OUT NEXT WEDNESDAY.
YOU MAY COME TO SCHOOL TODAY IF YOU LIKE TO DROP OFF YOUR TEXTBOOKS AND REFUGEE NOVEL AND PICK UP YOUR PAPER PORTFOLIO IF YOU LIKE. YOU MUST TAG ME ON TEAMS TO TELL ME WHEN YOU ARE COMING. DO NOT COME IN THE SCHOOL. I WILL MEET YOU OUT FRONT!

1) IMPORTNAT: Upload your happy selfie by 3 pm today or I wILL CHOOSE A PIC OF YOU FOR THE GRAD SLIDESHOW!

2) WORD WORK TEST:

To be added to TEAMS by 10am
Add your score to FG

3) MATH TEST:

Complete the CHAPTER 10 TEST YOURSELF Quiz on page 97 of the handout.
Have a parent supervise you and post of FG that they have supervised the test
Mark the test and upload your score to FG
INTEGRITY CHECK!

4) COMPLETE ALL YOUR OTHER WEEKLY WORK by Monday:

Math assignments
Science Assignments
Art Assignment
Word work activities

EVERYTHING IS DUE BY MONDAY! I WILL GO THOUGH YOUR FG PORTFOLIO ONE LAST TIME ON MONDAY!

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June 16th, 2020

6/16/2020

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ADD your happpy selfie to the shared doc today!

Tuesday

1)MORNING CHECK-IN:

Math Lesson on probability trees (Normally our Wednesday Lesson)

2)MATH:

Complete Monday Assignment (DUE Wed at 9am)
Mark it, and upload to FG

3) WORD WORK:

Complete your sentences TODAY! (DUE Wed 9am)

4.) SCIENCE:

Watch video and complete, notes, activities and questions (Due Wed by 9am)

5.) DAILY PE:

30 minutes

6.) OPTIONAL ART CHALENGE:

Draw this3-D 2020 for the grad slide show title
3-D 2020 Art (click)
Post the finished art on the team channel. We will choose the best one(s) for the video.

Wednesday

1) NO MORNING CHECK-IN:

2.) MATH: (probability)

Math Focus p450-451 #1-8
Handout Section 10.5 and 10.6

3.)WORD WORK:

Give sentence feedback

4.) SCIENCE:

See assignment on the Sc channel (to be updated by 10am)

5.)Daily PE:

30 minutes

6.) Art

Try another 3-D art drawing (choose one from the art channel or find another one you like)

Thursday

1) NO MORNING CHECK-IN:

2.)MATH:

Complete Wed Assignment (DUE Fri at 9am)
Mark it, and upload to FG
Math Quiz on measurement Tomorrow

3) WORD WORK:

Complete your sentence revisions
Test tomorrow

4.) SCIENCE:

Continue working on the two assignments from this week

5.) DAILY PE:

30 minutes

6) ART:

Keep working on you 2nd 3-D drawing.

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June 14th, 2020

6/14/2020

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Monday Agenda:

1)Morning Meeting @ 10am

Pretest and math lesson

2) Math: Probability (last math unit. Whoot Whoot!)

Math Focus Page 434-435 # 1-13
Handout Section 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

3) Word Work:

Last Word Word Unit: A Special Selection (click below)
#1-8
# 9-16
Complete your sentences

4) Science: Electricity & Magnetism Inquiry:

Activity posted in SC channel on teams)

5) Daily PE:

30 minutes

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June 12th, 2020

6/12/2020

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1) IMPORTNAT: COMPLETE THIS ASAP FOR THE YEAR BOOK

The parents are organizing your Gr. 7 Year-end. Please follow the instructions carefully.
LEARNING INTENTION: I can write a 250 characters or less paragraph for my Yearbook write-up.
SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Paragraph format (intro, body, and conclusion)
2.) Type it out in Microsoft word and make sure it is 250 characters or less (This includes letters, characters, spaces, and punctuation - USE WORD COUNT).
3.) Copy and paste it into this survey (link on TEAMS) after you have self-assessed your words.
4.) Keep it appropriate.
5.) Check for the givens (spelling, punctuation, capitals, grammar, sentence structure, etc)
6.) Include words of wisdom, advice, memorable moments, thank you's things you'll miss, things you won't miss, etc.
7.) Post a message here after you have copy and pasted it to the survey and you have completed the survey.

2) WORD WORK TEST:

To be added to TEAMS by 10 am
Add your score to FG

3) MATH TEST:

Complete the CHAPTER 11 TEST YOURSELF Quiz on page 103 of the handout.
Have a parent supervise you and post of FG that they have supervised the test
Mark the test and upload your score to FG
INTEGRITY CHECK!

4) COMPLETE ALL YOU OTHER WEEKLY WORK:
Math assignments
Science Assignments
Art Assignment
Word work activities

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welcome to grade 6/7!

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June 19th, 2020

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ADD your happpy selfie to the shared doc today!

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