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Teacher appreciation day!

10/4/2019

Thank you all so much Div 1. You finally made my eyes sweat!

Today students worked hard to complete their personal collages. Most studnets finished. If you were not able to finish think about what you can do differently next time to get your projects handed in on time. In math, we learned to prove how the divisibility rule for 3 and 9. It was great to see studnets proving the divisibility rules. When you understand how things work you will be more prepared and better able to solve difficult problems when they arise. We also had two tests today, word work and the plant ID test (parents look on Fresh Grade to see the evaluations) Almost all studnets can identify 12 or more local plants. Amazing! Remember that learning about your community and things around you leads to greater love and care for the world. Now that you know your local plants we hope you will help care for them and protect them. I don't want to see any trash near my new friends the mountain ash, salmon berry, thimble berry or cotton wood. Take care of the ponderosa pine, red-osier dogwood and the juniper! Have a great weekend!

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1) HOME READING:

30 Minutes

2) MATH:

Math Focus p 9-10 (click)

3) POST A RESPONSE:

Part of showing OWNERSHIP is being honest and reflecting on your learning
Use the SUCCESS CRITERIA posted below to write a learning reflection for the plant ID project. (There is also an example to help you)
Post the reflection here
Use the SUCCESS CRITERIA to self or peer assess your own or a classmates reflection and then give some DESCRIPTIVE FEEDBACK on the reflection
Edit/revise your reflection based on the feedback you receive then POST YOUR REFLECTION as a comment on FRESH GRADE attached to the plant ID project activity

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STudy break

10/3/2019

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PAR Holiday!

Use this extra time to study for Word Work and the plant ID test tomorrow and to complete any unfinished work or PAR's
If you got a Homework Alert, have it signed and return it to school tomorrow. Also, you must complete the homework for tomorrow!

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KBC & Ground Rules

10/2/2019

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What is the BIG idea behind this quote?

Self-regulation is not just about your behaviours. Self-regulation also applies to your 'LEARNING'. Learning requires a great deal of self-regulation of the 'BIG 6' learning principles. Remember, learning takes time. You are just becoming familiar with the BIG 6 Learning Principles. These new learning tools will help you on your road towards 'OWNERSHIP'. By the end of the year, will be very 'SELF-REGULATED LEARNERS'! Keep up the good work!

1)WORD WORK:

Test Friday

2)PLANT ID TEST:

Moved to Friday. Use the pictures under information and science to study

3) MATH

Math Focus p6 #1-7 (click)

4) POST A RESPONSE:

Today, you learned about the routines and expectations for each 'INQUIRY' period.
At the end of each period, you share out what you learned with your 'KNOWLEDGE BUILDING CIRCLE'.

SUCCESS CRITERIA:

Post 1 thing you learned from your research today.
Also, post 1 thing thing you learned from someone in your group.
Pay attention to the givens (grammar, capitals, punctuation, sentence structure, etc)
Edit/revise your own post based on a 'SELF-ASSESSMENT' of the above criteria.

BONUS LEARNING: Answer the question in the caption below the quote in the picture above!

VIDEO LINKS:
Divisibility Rules Song

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Questioning

10/1/2019

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Creating a good question is very importnat when inquiring!

Today you continued learning about the importance of 'QUESTIONING' throughout the inquiry process As you have already learned, it is one of the 'BIG 6' Learning Principles. Parents, please watch this video on the inquiry process with your child.

MPORTANT:

Return YWCA leadership program applications and $5 ASAP

1.) MATH: No HW.

2.) WORD WORK

Word Work #4 Quiz on Friday

3.) SOCIAL STUDIES / INQUIRY:

If you haven't already done so, be sure to have your mini-inquiry question and 2-3 subquestions ready to go for tomorrow.

4.) POST A RESPONSE:

Complete your PAR from yesterday
Give 2 other students some DESCRIPTIVE FEEDBACK on their post yesterday
Edit/revise your paragraph based on the feed back you receive
Post here when you have completed the following: 1. Completed your PAR 2. Given two people feedback 3. Revised your work

VIDEO LINKS:
Inquiry Process

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Orange shirt day

9/30/2019

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Today, students wore orange shirts in support of 'ORANGE SHIRT DAY'. We discussed some of Canada's history, residential schools, and reconciliation. All countries have things we are not proud of and for our government to acknowledge these wrongs is a step in the right direction, however, we still have much work to do in this area. We will continue learning about indigenous cultures within each and every subject area this year. Learning about Canada's history helps us understand our past and hopefully create better future for everyone.

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1) MATH: UNDERSTANDING NUMBERS (FLUENCY & FLEXIBILITY)

Fact family and Divisibility lesson worksheet. (Should have been filled out during the lesson. Click here to see the lesson)
Click here for unit learning intentions (click)

2) ART: Collage

The collage will be due Friday so please bring in any magazines or 3-D objects you may need for the project

3) Word Work Unit #4

Word analysis
Meaning Test Friday

4) Post A Response:

Today we talked some about Canada's history and tried to understand the meaning behind wearing Orange Shirts.
Watch the two videos about the origin of Orange Shirt Day and then imagine you are wearing an orange shirt and are asked the following question.
Why are you wearing an orange shirt today?

Success Criteria:

1. Answer the question in your own words and in first person, just like you are talking.
2. Use quotations to show you are talking.
3. Include several sentences (4-6) to explain.

(Example) "I am wearing an orange shirt because...

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Climate change

9/27/2019

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Climate change is something that is happening. It is undeniable and has been proven by science. Global temperatures are on the rise and we must all act now to save the earth for future generations. Today, although we were unable to participate in the March downtown, we were there in spirit. We watched Greta Thunberg standing up to world leaders. A global movement always starts with one person and then grows. Let's keep this movement going! Make a change at home. Small changes can have massive results!

IMPORTANT: If you haven't already done so, pay for your class hoodie online!

1.) SCIENCE:

Plant I.D. Projects are due on Monday @ 3pm. You will have 1 hr of work time on Monday. Follow the criteria closely to achieve success!

2.) ART:

Collages are due Next Friday. Follow the criteria posted above under the assessments tab and below:)

4.) FRESHGRADE / WORDWORK: <----------IMPORTANT! GET THIS DONE!

1) For your all 3 Word Work Units complete a Learning Reflection (Comment), follow this criteria:
- Write a few sentences on how you improved from your pre-test to your unit test.
- If you didn't improve, explain why you didn't.
-Explain what you will do to improve next week. Be specific on what you will do. Do NOT just say that you will study more. Say how you will study! OWNERSHIP!

5.) POST A RESPONSE:

Watch the following video Greta Thunberg Ted Talk as well as the videos posted below.
Your PAR for the weekend is to go back to yesterday's PAR and do the following to achieve learning success!

   SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Make sure you have completed yesterday's PAR according to the criteria.
2.) Give at least one other student 'DESCRIPTIVE FEEDBACK' based on the success criteria.
3.) You have responded to the person who has given you feedback.
4.) You have taken the feedback and made edits/revisions to your original posting based on the
feedback you received and it can also be based on a self-assessment if you didn't receive
feedback from someone.
5.) Keep in mind, you can simply copy and paste your original post and edit/revise it before you
  post your revised version.

VIDEO LINKS:
Greta Thunberg: The speeches that helped spark a global movement
Greta Thunberg rebukes world leaders

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Terry fox and the marathon of hope

9/26/2019

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Today, students participated in the 'RUN FOR HOPE' to support the Terry Fox Foundation and cancer research. After recess students worked hard on their plant identification projects. It was great to see some students start to ask for FEEDBACK form their peers and teachers. Remember, "OWNERSHIP" is our destination and asking for DESCRIPTIVE FEEDBACK shows you are taking control of your learning. Tomorrow we will keep working on our science project and I want everyone to ask at least 2 other people for some DESCRIPTIVE FEEDBACK. You can do it! Mr. Hong and I believe in you all and will not let you fail! #THE LEARNINGNEVERSTOPS!

1.) SCIENCE-PLANT ID PROJECT:

Extension given. NOW Due on Monday, September 30th, 2019.

2.) WORD WORK:

Work Work quiz tomorrow.

3) SS INQUIRY:

5 self and 5 world questions due Tuesday October 1st

4.) POST A RESPONSE:

Tomorrow will be a day where people all over the world stand up to their governments in support of finding solutions to climate change.
Watch this video and write a paragraph (introduction, body - supporting sentences/examples, and conclusion) on what you think about climate change and what you think we should do about it.
Pay attention to the givens (spelling, grammar, sentence structure, capitals, etc).
Ask one student a thoughtful question about their paragraph.
Answer any questions you receive.
Edit/revise your post for the 'GIVENS' and 'PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE'.

VIDEO LINKS:
Climate Change - Greta Thunberg

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Inquiry & earthbites

9/25/2019

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Mr. Fisher's Inquiry Notebook

Today, we started the day off by reviewing action criteria charts for entering the classroom and behaviour during lessons. Then we had our first Earthbites session Students learned about preserving food and harvested many different vegetables. It was fantastic hands on learning. In the afternoon, division 1 and 2 were introduced to inquiry learning and students created their own research notebooks to log information and thinking thought their upcoming inquiries. It was a great day at school!

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** PE tomorrow: Bring a shirt to change into**

TERRY FOX RUN TOMORROW!!
Bring A TOONIE for cancer research!

1.) MATH: Sieve of Eratosthenes

2.) LA/READING: Complete visible thinking and graphic organizer handouts.

3.) WORD WORK: Complete word analysis and prepare for Friday's quiz.

4.) SOCIAL STUDIES: 5 world and 5 self questions in your wonder list

5.) POST A RESPONSE:

Choose 8 words from this week's Word Work and write an interesting story.
SUCCESS CRITERIA: (READ CAREFULLY BEFORE BEGINNING)

- The story must be contain at least 8 of the vocabulary words.
- The words must be used correctly and make sense.
- Your story must have an intro, body, and conclusion.
- Givens: Spelling, capitals, grammar, sentence structure, etc.
- It must be posted on Mr. Hong's class website today! Mr. Hongs students will post here.
- Once division 2 students have posted here, you must give at least one student one suggestion based on the above criteria.
- Edit/revise your original post based on the feedback you receive or a self-assessment on Mr. Hongs's class website.

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Reading strategies: Visible thinking

9/24/2019

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Visible Thinking

Today students started off the day with music and then moved into math where they learned about the amazing Eratosthenes, the Greek mathematician and astronomer who discovered a way to identify all the prime numbers. Students used used the strategy to discover all the prime numbers between 1 and 100. This will help students prepare themselves for our math unit on numeration. After lunch, we worked on out plant ID project and started learning about and practicing using reading strategies. After teachers modeled students practices making their thinking visible. Great work on your first visible thinking exercise everyone!

IMPORTANT:

Bring 'TOONIES for TERRY' tomorrow and the rest of the week. Let's raise as much money as possible to put toward cancer research!
We will do a self/peer-assessment tomorrow for your daily PAR responses. This will be uploaded to FreshGrade for your parents to see. If you haven't completed some of them, be sure to go back top complete any PARs you have missed.

1) Word Work Unit #3:

Word analysis

2) Home Reading:

30 Minutes

3)CARREER EDUCATION:

Bring your weekly schedule to school tomorrow

4) Math:

Sieve of Eratosthenes (due tomorrow)

5) SCIENCE:

Projects due on Friday.

6) Post A Response

Today, you learned two reading strategies:

1.) I can set a purpose to guide my reading.
2.) I can use my background knowledge (and connections) to guide my thinking and
learning.

Using both reading strategies, I want you to write a paragraph (intro, supporting sentences/body, and conclusion) on how you use these strategies when you read everything on our daily website post.
You can think of this as writing a paragraph on your visible thinking for reading our class website.
Give one student a suggestion on their paragraph writing (intro, supporting sentences/body, and conclusion.)
Feel free to give them suggestion on the givens as well (spelling, grammar, capitals, sentence structure, etc)
Edit/revise your original post based on the feedback you receive or your self assessment.

VIDEO LINK
Sieve of Eratosthenes

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September 20th, 2019

9/20/2019

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Div 1 and 2 doing a Fancy Dance

Today, students made progress on their plant identification projects. They divided their roles and responsibilities up within their groups and started using the criteria to complete their projects. It will be handed in next Friday. Later in the afternoon, students performed their 'FANCY DANCE' to the entire school and the visiting parents. It was amazing to see what one week of following learning intentions and success criteria was able to achieve! On Tuesday, students will complete a self-assessment of their dance abilities.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES:

Monday, September 23rd, 2019 is a Pro-D day. Students do not attend school.
If you have not already done so, go back to the Gmail instructions from September 16th and complete this task. You must bring your login info to school on Tuesday. If you already have a gmail account that your parents can access you may use that account.

1.) SCIENCE: PLANT ID PROJECT DUE NEXT FRIDAY, September 27th

Plant I.D. and First Nations Use Project Handout
Plant ID Sample 1
Plant ID Sample 2
Feel free to make labels, drawings, etc at home.

2.) ART: (see criteria tab above to view collage project)

If you haven't already, bring any photos, magazines, items to school on Tuesday to work on your collage. Cut out magazine/newspaper clippings at home and bring them in if needed.
SOME MORE IDEAS FOR YOU - Check this video out on 'TAPE TRANSFERS' and how to make collages.

3.) READING: Read for 30 minutes every day.

4.) POST A RESPONSE:

Write a paragraph (introduction, supporting sentences, and conclusion) on what you think a learning reflection should look like.
You will be reflecting on your learning for all learning activities this year. It is important to include various things in order to make your reflections clear and meaningful.
Your paragraph should include criteria (3-5 points) you think are important when writing learning reflections.
Click here for some examples of a beginning, applying, and extending learning reflections.
Give one student descriptive feedback based on their paragraph structure and the givens (spelling, grammar, sentence structure, capitals, etc)
Edit/revise your original post based on the feedback you receive and/or a self-assessment.

VIDEO LINKS:
How to make a Collage