THIS WAS AN AMAZING WEEK OF COLLABORATION AND ANALYZING QUESTIONS WE HAVE ABOUT COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP CANADIAN IDENTITY.

Thank you to the parent council for organizing today Dance Party.

STUDENTS:   online tasks and other assigned tasks have been provided with in-class time and needs to be 
worked on or completed at home.  Please ensure that tasks are completed by the assigned due date.

DANCE-A-THON is this Friday.  Bring in your pledge envelopes and remember to dress for success   :o)

SOCIAL STUDIES: within your SS wiki your group is to develop a series of inquiry questions that will help you develop an understanding of your community and how it helped to shape Canadian Identity today.  

1.  Develop an individual inquiry question (past due)

2.  Carefully select an appropriate website to help you research your topic (past due)

3.  Start to research your questions that you developed as a group (past due)

SCIENCE:  Students have been reorganized into their Build Teams and started brainstorming concept green home ideas.  Continue over the next few days to build upon your ideas, connecting back to your research within the wiki and collecting materials.  Build Day will be pushed up earlier in the week.  Bring in all supplies needed for your build on Monday February 2nd.

BUSINESS DAY:

*  complete your Business Company Start Up- Brainstorm Sheet- past due

*  Community Walk Due Monday

*  Research the various roles/responsibility and qualities associated with the different roles for Business Day

MEDIA LITERACY/HEALTH: Students have been assigned to small groups to research a focus area in Healthy Eating.  Follow the "Big Idea" and generate 2-3 inquiry questions to research on the topic.  You will be given a few days to collaborate online.  Next week, students will be provided a copy of their online work to them independently design an informative poster. (The poster will be presented to the class later in the week)

SWIM FORMS: PAST DUE

- forms were handed out in December please return on Monday

ARTIST (GRAPHIC COMIC WORKSHOP) $23 due Friday Feb 6

The students in Room 301 and 308 will be participating in a 5-day Graphic Comic workshop from February 23, 25, 27, March 2-3, hosted by illustrator Martha Newbigging.  Martha is a published illustrator and a teacher who will be bringing her expertise to the students.  The students will be engaged in an interactive workshop where they will be learning about the elements of creating an effective graphic comic through narrative writing.  At the end of the workshop each student will complete a two-page graphic comic that will be showcased to the class. The cost of the 5-day long workshop is $23 dollars, which includes instruction from Martha and all art supplies.   Please have funds in by Friday February 6^th, 2015.

STUDENTS:   online tasks and other assigned tasks have been provided with in-class time and needs to be 
worked on or completed at home.  Please ensure that tasks are completed by the assigned due date.

DANCE-A-THON is this Friday.  Bring in your pledge envelopes and remember to dress for success   :o)

SOCIAL STUDIES: within your SS wiki your group is to develop a series of inquiry questions that will help you develop an understanding of your community and how it helped to shape Canadian Identity today.  

1.  Develop an individual inquiry question (past due)

2.  Carefully select an appropriate website to help you research your topic (past due)

3.  Start to research your questions that you developed as a group (due Frida)

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: 

Complete your team graph on Google Sheets 

*  Create a graph for  your team graph past due

*  Using your descriptive feedback from graph 2-record your analysis responses past due

*  Include your calculations for graph 2

BUSINESS DAY:

*  complete your Business Company Start Up- Brainstorm Sheet- past due

*  Community Walk Due Monday

*  Research the various roles/responsibility and qualities associated with the different roles for Business Day

MEDIA LITERACY/HEALTH: Students have been assigned to small groups to research a focus area in Healthy Eating.  Follow the "Big Idea" and generate 2-3 inquiry questions to research on the topic.  You will be given a few days to collaborate online.  Next week, students will be provided a copy of their online work to them independently design an informative poster. (The poster will be presented to the class later in the week)

STUDENTS:   online tasks and other assigned tasks have been provided with in-class time and needs to be 
worked on or completed at home.  Please ensure that tasks are completed by the assigned due date.

DANCE-A-THON is this Friday.  Bring in your pledge envelopes and remember to dress for success   :o)

SOCIAL STUDIES: within your SS wiki your group is to develop a series of inquiry questions that will help you develop an understanding of your community and how it helped to shape Canadian Identity today.  

1.  Develop an individual inquiry question (past due)

2.  Carefully select an appropriate website to help you research your topic (past due)

3.  Start to research your questions that you developed as a group

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: 

Complete your team graph on Google Sheets 

*  Create a graph for  your team graph

*  Using your descriptive feedback from graph 2-record your analysis responses

BUSINESS DAY:

*  complete your Business Company Start Up- Brainstorm Sheet- past due

*  Community Walk Due Monday

MEDIA LITERACY/HEALTH: Students have been assigned to small groups to research a focus area in Healthy Eating.  Follow the "Big Idea" and generate 2-3 inquiry questions to research on the topic.  You will be given a few days to collaborate online.  Next week, students will be provided a copy of their online work to them independently design an informative poster. (The poster will be presented to the class later in the week)

STUDENTS:   online tasks and other assigned tasks have been provided with in-class time and needs to be 
worked on or completed at home.  Please ensure that tasks are completed by the assigned due date.

DANCE-A-THON is this Friday.  Bring in your pledge envelopes and remember to dress for success   :o)

SOCIAL STUDIES: within your SS wiki your group is to develop a series of inquiry questions that will help you develop an understanding of your community and how it helped to shape Canadian Identity today.  

1.  Develop an individual inquiry question (past due)

2.  Carefully select an appropriate website to help you research your topic (past due)

3.  Start to research your questions that you developed as a group

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: 

Complete your team graph on Google Sheets 

*  Create a graph for  your team graph

BUSINESS DAY:

*  complete your Business Company Start Up- Brainstorm Sheet- Due tomorrow

MEDIA LITERACY/HEALTH: Students have been assigned to small groups to research a focus area in Healthy Eating.  Follow the "Big Idea" and generate 2-3 inquiry questions to research on the topic.  You will be given a few days to collaborate online.  Next week, students will be provided a copy of their online work to them independently design an informative poster. (The poster will be presented to the class later in the week)

SOCIAL STUDIES: within your SS wiki your group is to develop a series of inquiry questions that will help you develop an understanding of your community and how it helped to shape Canadian Identity today.  

1.  Develop an individual inquiry question

2.  Carefully select an appropriate website to help you research your topic

SCIENCE:  Finalize the analysis in your impact group and answer the big idea question within the Electricity Wiki PAST DUE

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: 

Complete your individual frame score graph on Google Sheets 

*  Create a graph for  your individual frame scores

*  Write your analysis (ensure you have use the feedback given to you by a partner)

*  Include your calculations

(Insert each of these as separate notes and in different cells)

The Stop Program visited our class today to discuss and analyze issues around poverty in Toronto and how we as a society can help curb the issue of poverty in our city.  We played the "Game of Life" and grading ideas to end hunger.  

STUDENTS:   online tasks and other assigned tasks have been provided with in-class time and needs to be worked on or completed at home.  Please ensure that tasks are completed by the assigned due date.

SCIENCE:  Finalize the analysis in your impact group and answer the big idea question within the Electricity Wiki PAST DUE

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: 

Complete Room 301 vs 308 graph

(301 total 2735,  308 total 2913)

SOCIAL STUDIES: in the new post within the Social Studies Blog, share your individual and group inquiry question based on the articles/images discussed in-class this week PAST DUE

Review the Social Studies Wiki and the new inquiry focus area- select two areas that you would like to learn more about and have questions on how that community has contributed to Canadian Identity (do some preliminary research to analyze if there is a focus area within that community that you would to inquire about)

                         

STUDENTS:   online tasks and other assigned tasks have been provided with in-class time and needs to be worked on or completed at home.  Please ensure that tasks are completed by the assigned due date.

SCIENCE:  Finalize the analysis in your impact group and answer the big idea question within the Electricity Wiki PAST DUE

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: 

Complete Room 301 vs 308 graph

(301 total 2785,  308 total 2934)

SOCIAL STUDIES: in the new post within the Social Studies Blog, share your individual and group inquiry question based on the articles/images discussed in-class this week PAST DUE

Bowling:  Finalize all graphs, analysis and calculations:  Past Due

Social Studies:  post your individual and group inquiry question:  Due Wed Jan 21

Science:  Finalize your impact research:  Due Wed Jan 21

Grade 6:  Measurement Entrance Pass

Math: Bowling Data Management
Girls vs Boys- Finalize Graph, Analysis and Calculations

Science:
Finalize the research in your impact group and answer the big idea question
** Note you may need to revisit the expert group and further conduct some research in order to analyze the question more effectively.

Another great week of learning and thinking like a historian.  See you next week :o)

SOCIAL STUDIES: Social Studies Blog

Today in Class we generated an inquiry question as a team.  Reply to your groups question and bump up the inquiry question by using the question anchor charts and state what type of question it is.

When thinking like a historian you need to consider the following:

Continuity and Change/ Cause and Consequence (Review the videos and what factors you would consider when analyzing the two concepts)

SCIENCE- today is class we collaboratively worked in our home group to respond to the guiding questions. All impact research groups are due Past Due

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: 
Finalize boys vs girls graph

Business Day:  Complete the Attitude Survey handed out in class today.  Then, complete the online attitude survey.  

SCIENCE- today is class we collaboratively worked in our home group to respond to the guiding questions. All impact research groups are due Friday January 15

SOCIAL STUDIES: Social Studies Blog

Complete the following two blog posts:
1.  Our journey to Canada
2.  Canadian Identity- Generating questions (use your generating question anchors and consider cause and consequence when generating your question)

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: 
Graph 1, 2,3 complete the following:
- Graph
-Analysis
-Data Calculation (including selecting one to justify the data on the graph)

Business Day:  Complete the Attitude Survey handed out in class today.  Then, complete the online attitude survey.  

Winter Concert DVD's are available for $5 to purchase by January 16th. Money raised will go towards helping with the purchase of new microphones for future performances in the school.

SCIENCE- today is class we collaboratively worked in our home group to respond to the guiding questions. All impact research groups are due Friday January 15

SOCIAL STUDIES: Social Studies Blog

Complete the following two blog posts:
1.  Our journey to Canada
2.  Canadian Identity- Generating questions

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: 
Team Graph- Create a pictograph to represent the data

Business Day:  Complete the Attitude Survey handed out in class today.  Then, complete the online attitude survey.  

Thank you to Wil our new Business Partner for coming in and sharing with your students about what it means to be a Philanthropreneur.

Winter Concert DVD's are available for $5 to purchase by January 16th. Money raised will go towards helping with the purchase of new microphones for future performances in the school.

SCIENCE- today is class we collaboratively worked in our home group to respond to the guiding questions. All impact research groups are due Friday January 15

SOCIAL STUDIES: Social Studies Blog

We started analyzing the issue of Continuity and Change and Cause and Consequence review the video and respond to the guiding question Past Due.  

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: Create a bar graph, respond to guiding questions, complete data calculation and justify why you would use one calculation to analyze the date for the class Room 301 total scores.  Include a title, label your x-axis and y-axis and include a legend if appropriate.  Consider the increments along the y-axis that would best support your data set.
Complete the analysis questions #1 for your class Room 301 total scores. 

Business Day:  Complete the Attitude Survey handed out in class today.  Then, complete the online attitude survey.  

PARENTS NOTE: 
Extended French Forms were sent home before the holidays.  The due date is the end of the month.  Please submit to the office as they are date-stamped.

Over the next few weeks, flyers will be sent home from various middle schools as your child will transition from Grade 6 to Grade 7.  It is important that your child share this information with you so that you have the opportunity to visit schools, attend information nights and connect with the school that will best support your child's continued learning.

Winter Concert DVD's are available for $5 to purchase by January 16th. Money raised will go towards helping with the purchase of new microphones for future performances in the school.

SCIENCE- today is class we collaboratively worked in our home group to respond to the guiding questions. All impact research groups are due Friday January 15

SOCIAL STUDIES: Social Studies Blog

We started analyzing the issue of Continuity and Change review the video and respond to the guiding question Past Due.  Cause and Consequence activity sheet based on the information in the blog post, posted today. DUE tomorrow

MATH: 
Data Management Bowling Project: Create a bar graph for the class Room 301 total scores.  Include a title, label your x-axis and y-axis and include a legend if appropriate.  Consider the increments along the y-axis that would best support your data set.
Complete the analysis questions #1 for your class Room 301 total scores. 

Business Day:  Complete the Attitude Survey handed out in class today.  Then, complete the online attitude survey.  

PARENTS NOTE: 
Extended French Forms were sent home before the holidays.  The due date is the end of the month.  Please submit to the office as they are date-stamped.

Over the next few weeks, flyers will be sent home from various middle schools as your child will transition from Grade 6 to Grade 7.  It is important that your child share this information with you so that you have the opportunity to visit schools, attend information nights and connect with the school that will best support your child's continued learning.

WOW what an exciting first week of school, a trip to see the Leafs practice, Scientist in the School and an Author Visit from  David Carroll (Ultra).  We worked on transitioning more effectively and working collaboratively in teams.  

MATH:

Data Management Bowling Project: 

Finalize the following:

*  Graph 1 and 2

*  Analysis for Graph 1 and Graph 2

*  Data Calculation for Graph 1 and Graph 2

POETRY:

- using your scientist in the school workshop as inspiration- write a poem on google doc (invite me into your poem (krambaran2@gmail.com)

  

SOCIAL STUDIES:

We started analyzing the issue of Continuity and Change review the video and respond to the guiding question.  Finalize picture analysis sheet as your entrance pass for Monday. 

Past Due:  Reflection:  Happy New Year 2015.  Finalize your reflection for 2015 (describe what you will be doing as a student in 2015 to be successful). Please share your reflection on your learning experiences for the first four months of school and how they will impact the next six months  (for example: what worked well and why, include strategies AND what is still growing and why, include strategies). 

MATH: share your response in Padlet: Data PAST DUE

Data Management Bowling Project: 

*  on the shared google docs- record your analysis for graph 1

*  finalize graph 2- total team scores

SCIENCE: PAST DUE

*  describe in your own words- how your energy is transformed

students have been assigned a research topic for our Energy Unit. REFER to the guiding questions from the Grade 5/6 OUTLINE and describe the transformation from raw form to electricity or how different from of energy are transformed. Groups will reorganized from their expert group and be jigsawed into home groups on Thursday.

WRITING: PAST DUE

** EACH student is to provide descriptive feedback (one wish / one star) to the Writing Group One or Two, with the matching story within the comments section. (ensure that you explain why and how they can use the feedback) DUE tomorrow

  

Past Due:visit your Writing Group One or Two, show evidence that your group has referred to the Success Criteria in the first draft of your paragraph. Groups will be presenting their paragraphs over the next two days prior to the Assessment of Learning task.

Past Due:  Reflection:  Happy New Year 2015.  Finalize your reflection for 2015 (describe what you will be doing as a student in 2015 to be successful). Please share your reflection on your learning experiences for the first four months of school and how they will impact the next six months  (for example: what worked well and why, include strategies AND what is still growing and why, include strategies). 

SCIENCE: 

*  describe in your own words- how your energy is transformed

students have been assigned a research topic for our Energy Unit. REFER to the guiding questions from the Grade 5/6 OUTLINE and describe the transformation from raw form to electricity or how different from of energy are transformed. Groups will reorganized from their expert group and be jigsawed into home groups on Thursday.

WRITING: 

** EACH student is to provide descriptive feedback (one wish / one star) to the Writing Group One or Two, with the matching story within the comments section. (ensure that you explain why and how they can use the feedback) DUE tomorrow

  

Past Due:visit your Writing Group One or Two, show evidence that your group has referred to the Success Criteria in the first draft of your paragraph. Groups will be presenting their paragraphs over the next two days prior to the Assessment of Learning task.

MATH: share your response in Padlet: Data

Data Management Bowling Project: 

*  finalize graph for individual frame scores

*  work on analysis questions

Past Due:  Reflection:  Happy New Year 2015.  Finalize your reflection for 2015 (describe what you will be doing as a student in 2015 to be successful). Please share your reflection on your learning experiences for the first four months of school and how they will impact the next six months  (for example: what worked well and why, include strategies AND what is still growing and why, include strategies). 

PARENTS NOTE: Over the next few weeks, flyers will be sent home from various middle schools as your child will transition from Grade 6 to Grade 7.  It is important that your child share this information with you so that you have the opportunity to visit schools, attend information nights and connect with the school that will best support your child's continued learning.

SCIENCE: students have been assigned a research topic for our Energy Unit. REFER to the guiding questions from the Grade 5/6 OUTLINE and describe the transformation from raw form to electricity or how different from of energy are transformed. Groups will reorganized from their expert group and be jigsawed into home groups on Thursday.

WRITING: visit your Writing Group One or Two, show evidence that your group has referred to the Success Criteria in the first draft of your paragraph. Groups will be presenting their paragraphs over the next two days prior to the Assessment of Learning task.

MATH: share your response in Padlet: Data Management

Data Management Bowling Project: 

*  Read over the anchor charts

*  Calculate scores

*  Select an appropriate graph for Graph 1

*  Read over analysis questions

Past Due:  Reflection:  Happy New Year 2015.  Finalize your reflection for 2015 (describe what you will be doing as a student in 2015 to be successful). Please share your reflection on your learning experiences for the first four months of school and how they will impact the next six months  (for example: what worked well and why, include strategies AND what is still growing and why, include strategies).