Science: Today we began by going through the quiz listed below, using their endocrine system booklets the students found the answers to the quiz, we will write this quiz next Tuesday. Then, we went to the lab to begin working on a new assignment, the students have been tasked with researching an endocrine system disorder. All resources are linked below. 

Endocrine System Booklet: https://hillcrestdiv4.weebly.com/uploads/9/7/8/1/9781296/endocrine_sytem_handout.pdf

Endocrine System Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L6uCSGXO3k0Q4bKSz6Z2TWo53vuM4oxMHX1r5SJl7d0/edit?usp=sharing

Endocrine System Disorder Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1apNkPV2R0BOi5YXQ5b-3PSpdJw4Y3lPJNvE_I2S6yCk/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: Today we were outside for some epic games!! 

ELA: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent reading/working. Following this, any students who wanted to present their Diary of a Worm Assignments (now overdue) had the chance to. To finish, we did some grammar activities from the resource linked below. 

Punctuation Review: https://www.openschool.bc.ca/pdfs/wotr/Punctuation.pdf

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on decimals tomorrow.

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue our Iqbal novel study tomorrow.

PHE: Today we were in the big gym for an epic game of mat ball vs another class. We will be outside for PHE tomorrow. 

Math: Today we continued our unit on decimals, we reviewed the first lesson from last week and continued working through section 5.1. I've posted some helpful review videos below. 

Math Antics Decimals Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mst8iZjIpFE&t=331s&pp=ygUUbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgZGVjaW1hbHM%3D  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rALUd3wW29s&pp=ygUUbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgZGVjaW1hbHM%3D 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG6ILNOiMgM&t=86s&pp=ygUUbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgZGVjaW1hbHPSBwkJTQoBhyohjO8%3D

Social Studies: Today we read through chapter 3 of Iqbal, we then went to the computer lab where we completed a short 1 lesson activity on current events, the students were asked to find an online article from a reputable news service and provide some analysis. All resources are linked below, including some reliable Canadian news sources. 

Iqbal Chapter 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao1_ZEAEUO8

Current Events Article Sheet: https://www.ganado.k12.az.us/accnt_52239/site_52240/Documents/Current-Events-Worksheet.pdf

CBC News – Canada’s public broadcaster with broad national and international coverage.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/

CTV News – Major Canadian TV network with national headlines and breaking news. 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/

Global News – National news site with text and video reports from across Canada.

https://globalnews.ca/

The Globe and Mail – One of Canada’s leading newspapers, known for in-depth reporting.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/

Toronto Star – Canada’s largest daily newspaper with extensive national and local coverage.

https://www.thestar.com/

The Tyee – Independent Canadian news site focusing on politics, culture, and informed analysis.

https://thetyee.ca/

Canada’s National Observer – Investigative reporting on climate, politics, and social issues.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/

BBC News - The world's most popular news site

https://www.bbc.com/news

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our look at the endocrine system tomorrow. 

ELA: No lesson today, tomorrow students who want to present their Diary assignments will have the option to. We will also be doing some new writing activities this week. Our focus will be improving our grammar! 

Punctuation Review: https://www.openschool.bc.ca/pdfs/wotr/Punctuation.pdf

Math: Today we had a grade-wide assembly in the MPR, we then continued our new unit on decimals. 

PHE: Today we had our last lesson in the mini-gym for this rotation, we will be outside for PHE starting next week so students need to remember their appropriate clothing! 

Friday Flex: Today we listened to chapter 2 of Iqbal, we then went to the LC to finish off our Diary of a Worm assignments. 

Iqbal Chapter 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaGyVomBixU&pp=ygUPaXFiYWwgY2hhcHRlciAy

Diary of a Worm Assignment Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUrxVgLJDi7epzoI1ckzJUoJPrVCVhSdu_49r029A-Y/edit?tab=t.0 

Diary of a Worm Original Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3-3CYftTY0&pp=ygUQZGlhcnkgb2YgYSB3b3JtIA%3D%3D

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue our novel study of Iqbal next week, we will also be doing a current events activity. 

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our look at the endocrine system on Tuesday.

ELA: No lesson today, we will be doing some new writing activities next week and we will also be finishing off our Diary of a Worm assignments. Students who want to present theirs will have the chance to on Tuesday afternoon.

Social Studies: Today we wrote a basic quiz on the migration and urbanization terms from earlier this week. We then began our novel study of Iqbal. Resources are linked below. 

Urbanization and Migration Terms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SeU5ac0-uWkFLAnSzeWkH19zadnO6t12g6MTJQjJZpA/edit?tab=t.0

Iqbal Chapter 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUUFZl7aZAg

ELA: Today we spent another block in the lab working on our new assignment "Diary of a Worm". Resources for this assignment are linked below. 

Diary of a Worm Assignment Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUrxVgLJDi7epzoI1ckzJUoJPrVCVhSdu_49r029A-Y/edit?tab=t.0 

Diary of a Worm Original Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3-3CYftTY0&pp=ygUQZGlhcnkgb2YgYSB3b3JtIA%3D%3D

Math: No lesson today, we will have a short grade-wide assembly lesson tomorrow, we will the continue our unit on decimals next week. 

PHE: No lesson today, we will be back in the mini-gym tomorrow. 

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our look at the endocrine system on Tuesday.

Math: Today we wrote our unit quiz on fractions, this will be marked and returned to the students ASAP. We then began our unit on decimals, which we will continue later this week. 

Social Studies: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent work/reading. Following this, we continued our look at urbanization and migration, the students will write a straightforward quiz on these terms tomorrow during block 3. Please see links below. We also collected our Iqbal novels for our upcoming novel study. 

Urbanization and Migration Terms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SeU5ac0-uWkFLAnSzeWkH19zadnO6t12g6MTJQjJZpA/edit?tab=t.0

Urbanization and Migration Terms Quiz Study Guide (these will be the questions, the order of the answers will be changed for the real quiz): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPWGvtr11Z7LApEC89bRacscZKwFJcLuPVbzk2mH3B4/edit?usp=sharing

Science: Today we continued with our look at the endocrine system! All resources are linked below. 

Endocrine System Intro Notes: https://kidshealth.org/classroom/6to8/body/systems/endocrine.pdf 

Endocrine System Booklet: https://hillcrestdiv4.weebly.com/uploads/9/7/8/1/9781296/endocrine_sytem_handout.pdf

ELA: Today we spent a block in the lab working on our new assignment "Diary of a Worm". Resources for this assignment are linked below. 

Diary of a Worm Assignment Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUrxVgLJDi7epzoI1ckzJUoJPrVCVhSdu_49r029A-Y/edit?tab=t.0 

Diary of a Worm Original Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3-3CYftTY0&pp=ygUQZGlhcnkgb2YgYSB3b3JtIA%3D%3D

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our final lesson in the mini-gym on Friday.

Science: Today we began our look at the endocrine system! All resources are linked below. 

Endocrine System Intro Notes: https://kidshealth.org/classroom/6to8/body/systems/endocrine.pdf 

Endocrine System Booklet: https://hillcrestdiv4.weebly.com/uploads/9/7/8/1/9781296/endocrine_sytem_handout.pdf

PHE: Today we were back in the mini-gym for some epic action.

ELA: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent reading. Following this we did a preview of our next creative writing assignment "Diary of a Worm". Resources are linked below. 

Diary of a Worm Assignment Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUrxVgLJDi7epzoI1ckzJUoJPrVCVhSdu_49r029A-Y/edit?tab=t.0 

Diary of a Worm Original Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3-3CYftTY0&pp=ygUQZGlhcnkgb2YgYSB3b3JtIA%3D%3D

Math: No lesson today, a reminder that we will have our fractions UNIT TEST tomorrow morning. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue with our topics from Monday on Wednesday, we will also be getting a preview of our upcoming novel study "Iqbal". 

PHE: Today we began our final week in the mini-gym, next week we will be out the black top! 

Math: Today we checked in regarding our progress in fractions. To do so, we went over the entire unit review as a class. We ended up doing the practice quiz today, so we will plan to write the unit quiz on WEDNESDAY instead of Friday.

Social Studies: Today we began with 20 minutes of silent reading/working. We then did a quick review of a lesson from December on migration, urbanization, and population, this is a smaller component of the curriculum so we won't be spending too much time on it before we move to Human Rights and our novel study "Iqbal". We will have a fairly straightforward quiz on these terms on Thursday during block 3. 

Urbanization and Migration Terms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SeU5ac0-uWkFLAnSzeWkH19zadnO6t12g6MTJQjJZpA/edit?tab=t.0

Science: No lesson today, we will begin our look at the ENDOCRINE system tomorrow, one of the most interesting body systems! 

ELA: No lesson today, we will be starting a new assignment tomorrow "Diary of a Worm" 

Math: Today we had the Great 6-1 Bartering Fair! 

PHE: Today we did a mixer activity in the gym! 

Friday Flex: Today we had our annual holiday assembly and pod Olympics!! 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will do some lessons on urbanization, migration, and demographics in the new year.

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our digestive system unit in the New Year.

Div 6-1 Santas Anonymous Donation Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/div-6-1-santas-anonymous-fundraiser/ 

I want to wish all 6-1 families a very happy winter break!! See you in the New Year! 

Social Studies: Today we had our annual school-wide holiday bingo game! 

ELA: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent reading/math. Following this, students went to the lab to finish off their remaining assignments. Those that finished had the chance to do some holiday themed free writing or games. All criteria are linked below. 

Growth Mindset Letter Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjlqeX3zlNt4X3Iy-YtOHNvqsYUkw1YHpBpi_qsthM4/edit?usp=sharing 

Assignment (make a copy): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hMVzr5zwD8ruDg2x8QYzAoydBAUK7r1XZSGKlWf087M/edit?tab=t.0

Video to Help with Assignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nWMP68DqHE

Article to Help with Assignment: https://www.vitacls.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/volume_4_9.pdf

Persuasive Writing Resource: https://scholarlytraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PERSUASIVE-WRITING.pdf

Holiday Free Writing Prompts: https://www.creativewriting-bg.com/assets/Supplement-Activity-Packet-3.pdf

Math: No lesson today, we will finish off our fraction unit in the New Year.

PHE: No lesson today, we will be doing a wrap-up mixer in the gym tomorrow.

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our digestive system unit in the New Year.

Div 6-1 Santas Anonymous Donation Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/div-6-1-santas-anonymous-fundraiser/ 

Bartering Fair: Please remember 5-10 small items for tomorrow's Great 6-1Bartering Fair! 

Math: Today we continued working through our fraction unit, we will complete the unit review and write the unit test when we return in the New Year. 

Social Studies: Today we continued our "What in the World" booklets, we also looked at some current events. 

Science: Today we reviewed on digestive system from yesterday, following this we did a fun little nervous system activity and made brain hats! 

Digestive System Resource: https://mi01000971.schoolwires.net/cms/lib05/MI01000971/Centricity/Domain/2027/Digestive%20System%20Reading.pdf

Bill Nye Digestion Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPfkb34LZew&pp=ygUZYmlsbCBueWUgZGlnZXN0aXZlIHN5c3RlbdIHCQkpCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D 

ELA: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent reading, following this we did some class decorating and fun chill time as we begin to wind down for the end of term.

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our final PHE lesson of the year on Friday.

Div 6-1 Santas Anonymous Donation Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/div-6-1-santas-anonymous-fundraiser/ 

Bartering Fair: Please remember 5-10 small items for Friday's Great Bartering Fair! 

Science: Today we began our look at the digestive system, we went through the resource linked below and watched a Bill Nye!

Digestive System Resource: https://mi01000971.schoolwires.net/cms/lib05/MI01000971/Centricity/Domain/2027/Digestive%20System%20Reading.pdf

Bill Nye Digestion Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPfkb34LZew&pp=ygUZYmlsbCBueWUgZGlnZXN0aXZlIHN5c3RlbdIHCQkpCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D 

PHE: Today we were back in the gym for our second day of dance!! 

ELA: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent reading/math. Following this, students went to the lab to finish off their remaining assignments. Those that finished had the chance to do some holiday themed free writing. All criteria are linked below. 

Growth Mindset Letter Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjlqeX3zlNt4X3Iy-YtOHNvqsYUkw1YHpBpi_qsthM4/edit?usp=sharing 

Assignment (make a copy): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hMVzr5zwD8ruDg2x8QYzAoydBAUK7r1XZSGKlWf087M/edit?tab=t.0

Video to Help with Assignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nWMP68DqHE

Article to Help with Assignment: https://www.vitacls.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/volume_4_9.pdf

Persuasive Writing Resource: https://scholarlytraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PERSUASIVE-WRITING.pdf

Holiday Free Writing Prompts: https://www.creativewriting-bg.com/assets/Supplement-Activity-Packet-3.pdf

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our lesson on fractions tomorrow. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue our new section of "What in the World" tomorrow.

Div 6-1 Santas Anonymous Donation Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/div-6-1-santas-anonymous-fundraiser/ 

PHE: Today we were in the gym with the other PHE classes, following a brief warm up we began our dance mini-unit, we will be doing this for the next couple classes. 

Math: Today we continued our unit on fractions. We began with a brief warm up on ordering fractions (linked below) then students had time to complete their current section of unit 3. 

Ordering Fractions Sheet: https://math-drills.com/fractions/order_fractions_numberline_0010_001.php

Social Studies: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, we reviewed the material from earlier in this week and began a new section of "What in the World". 

Science: No lesson today, tomorrow we will be completing a lesson on the digestive system. A copy of the resource that we will be using is linked below. 

Digestive System Lesson: https://mi01000971.schoolwires.net/cms/lib05/MI01000971/Centricity/Domain/2027/Digestive%20System%20Reading.pdf

ELA: No lesson today, we will be doing some holiday writing activities this week. 

Div 6-1 Santas Anonymous Donation Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/div-6-1-santas-anonymous-fundraiser/ 

Math: Today began with a little "pop" quiz on comparing fractions, the sheet we used is linked below. Following this, students continued working through their current math section from unit 3. 

Math Drills Comparing Fractions (b): https://math-drills.com/fractions/compare_fractions_to_12ths_002.php

PHE: Today we were back in the mini gym for some epic games! 

Friday Flex: Today we went to the lab to work on some assignments, we finished off our growth mindset letters and began writing our new persuasive writing paragraphs (no criteria, same as cell phone letter but with topic of student's choosing). 

Growth Mindset Letter Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjlqeX3zlNt4X3Iy-YtOHNvqsYUkw1YHpBpi_qsthM4/edit?usp=sharing 

Assignment (make a copy): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hMVzr5zwD8ruDg2x8QYzAoydBAUK7r1XZSGKlWf087M/edit?tab=t.0

Video to Help with Assignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nWMP68DqHE

Article to Help with Assignment: https://www.vitacls.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/volume_4_9.pdf

Persuasive Writing Resource: https://scholarlytraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PERSUASIVE-WRITING.pdf

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue with our topics from this week and start a new "What in the World" next week. 

Science: No lesson today, we will begin our look at the digestive system on Tuesday.

Div 6-1 Santas Anonymous Donation Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/div-6-1-santas-anonymous-fundraiser/ 

Social Studies: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, we did a little follow up lesson from Monday, completed our term 1 core competency reflections, and began working on our class decorating. 

ELA: Today we went to the lab to work on some assignments, we finished off our growth mindset letters and began writing our new persuasive writing paragraphs (no criteria, same as cell phone letter but with topic of student's choosing). 

Growth Mindset Letter Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjlqeX3zlNt4X3Iy-YtOHNvqsYUkw1YHpBpi_qsthM4/edit?usp=sharing 

Assignment (make a copy): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hMVzr5zwD8ruDg2x8QYzAoydBAUK7r1XZSGKlWf087M/edit?tab=t.0

Video to Help with Assignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nWMP68DqHE

Article to Help with Assignment: https://www.vitacls.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/volume_4_9.pdf

Persuasive Writing Resource: https://scholarlytraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PERSUASIVE-WRITING.pdf

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on fractions tomorrow.

PHE: No lesson today, we will be back in the mini gym tomorrow.

Science: No lesson today, though we did finish off our nervous system letters today in the lab.

Div 6-1 Santas Anonymous Donation Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/div-6-1-santas-anonymous-fundraiser/ 

Today we had our immunizations and then went on our field trip, we will return to regular scheduled programming tomorrow. 

Div 6-1 Santas Anonymous Donation Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/div-6-1-santas-anonymous-fundraiser/ 

Science: Today we began working on a new assignment. The students will be writing a "growth mindset letter" to a friend based on their new understanding of the nervous system. The assignment criteria is linked below. 

Growth Mindset Letter Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjlqeX3zlNt4X3Iy-YtOHNvqsYUkw1YHpBpi_qsthM4/edit?usp=sharing 

Assignment (make a copy): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hMVzr5zwD8ruDg2x8QYzAoydBAUK7r1XZSGKlWf087M/edit?tab=t.0

Video to Help with Assignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nWMP68DqHE

Article to Help with Assignment: https://www.vitacls.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/volume_4_9.pdf

PHE: Today's class began with a dynamic warm-up followed by some games in the mini-gym!! 

ELA: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this we did a lesson on persuasive writing. We will be writing a new paragraph this week. 

Persuasive Writing Resource: https://scholarlytraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PERSUASIVE-WRITING.pdf

Math: No lesson today, we will have our next math lesson on Friday.

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue with our same topics from Monday's lesson on Thursday.

PHE: Today we were back in the mini-gym for some epic games! 

Math: Today we began with a warm-up on comparing fractions, following this we continued working through our unit 3 booklets. 

Math Drills Comparing Fractions Warm-Up: https://math-drills.com/fractions/compare_fractions_to_12ths_001.php

Social Studies: Today we began with a 20 minute read/work period. We then started looking at some new topics including migration, rural vs urban living, and general demographics. I've posted all relevant resources below. 

Mobility, Migration, and Culture: https://wilsonopps.weebly.com/uploads/8/7/3/9/8739080/8geo_ch7_unit3_text.pdf

Terms to Know: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SeU5ac0-uWkFLAnSzeWkH19zadnO6t12g6MTJQjJZpA/edit?tab=t.0 

Science: No lesson today, tomorrow the students will be crafting "growth mindset letters" based on their new understanding of the nervous system.

ELA: No lesson today we will continue with our persuasive writing mini-unit tomorrow.

Math: Today we reviewed section 3.4 and then continued working through our fractions unit! 

PHE: Today we were back in the mini gym for some epic games!

Friday Flex: Today we spent a block in the lab finishing off our current assignments and working on our first persuasive writing assignment, criteria for all are linked below. Students who have finished their persuasive writing assignment began writing a new bonus assignment. ALL of these assignments should now be completed, we will be moving on to new material next week. 

Guide to the Nervous System Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/132CZGRR5h-KFidNtMBOstANju9juqXwCvgEkrzlrX9g/edit?tab=t.0

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

Political Biography Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAII9oRmMUWAIhHNZMQfhTvnDlqRi0t93s_G-zOpGlE/edit?usp=sharing

Persuasive Writing Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lzugce3EHw4Kz2ElaEs9zy6h-5Ts7W8ZhREVWiq7o3Q/edit?usp=sharing

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will start looking at some new topics next week including migration, demographics, and urbanization. We will also start a new section of "What in the World".

Science: No lesson today we will continue our look at the nervous system next week, we will also be moving on to our next system: the digestive system.

Social Studies: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following, I took the students through a holiday slideshow showcasing a bunch of our upcoming events. We then continued with another mock legal case from the resource linked below. 

Legal Case Studies Resource: https://njsbf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Law-Fair-MT-Exercises-2011.pdf

ELA: Today we spent a block in the lab finishing off our current assignments and working on our first persuasive writing assignment, criteria for all are linked below. Students who have finished their persuasive writing assignment began writing a new bonus assignment.

Guide to the Nervous System Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/132CZGRR5h-KFidNtMBOstANju9juqXwCvgEkrzlrX9g/edit?tab=t.0

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

Political Biography Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAII9oRmMUWAIhHNZMQfhTvnDlqRi0t93s_G-zOpGlE/edit?usp=sharing

Persuasive Writing Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lzugce3EHw4Kz2ElaEs9zy6h-5Ts7W8ZhREVWiq7o3Q/edit?usp=sharing

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on fractions tomorrow.

PHE: No lesson today, we will be back in the mini-gym tomorrow. 

Science: No lesson today, we will have our next science lesson on Tuesday.

Math: Today's class began with a warm up from the resource linked below. We completed pages 1 and 2. Students then had time to continue working on whatever section of unit 3 that they are on. 

Fractions Warm-Up: https://metatutor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/PDFs/Worksheets/Foundation/MIXED-NUMBERS-AND-IMPROPER-FRACTIONS.pdf

Social Studies: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work. Following this, we did some preparation for our persuasive writing assignment. We went through a planning sheet, which I've linked below. The topic for this persuasive writing paragraph is whether or not cellphones belong in schools. 

Persuasive Writing Planning Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tguSzqr2yAxrfBMt0waw-8V5lALW0LY5z_VLbZTGfqQ/edit?usp=sharing

Science: Today we began with the writing of our quiz on the nervous system. Following this, we watched some Bill Nye. 

Bill Nye Cells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T3cADFXdVs&pp=ygUXYmlsbCBueWUgbmVydm91cyBzeXN0ZW0%3D

ELA: Today we spent a block in the lab finishing off our current assignments and working on our first persuasive writing assignment, criteria for all are linked below.

Guide to the Nervous System Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/132CZGRR5h-KFidNtMBOstANju9juqXwCvgEkrzlrX9g/edit?tab=t.0

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

Political Biography Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAII9oRmMUWAIhHNZMQfhTvnDlqRi0t93s_G-zOpGlE/edit?usp=sharing

Persuasive Writing Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lzugce3EHw4Kz2ElaEs9zy6h-5Ts7W8ZhREVWiq7o3Q/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: No lesson today, we will be back in the mini-gym on Friday. 

Science: Today we began preparing for a quick pop quiz that we will be writing tomorrow. I've posted a link to the study guide and the quiz below. 

Nervous System Study Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FQrwL9LnOzbIaZRKldcbxT6a9T0mOdfaB0Zdxu-EusY/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.u0x5j94w34g 

Nervous System Pop Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nk9rjDsCwIMskmCcLc4VGmpnOO3TNiVaGtbyouHmki4/edit?tab=t.0 

PHE: Today we were back in the mini gym for some epic games! 

ELA: Today we continued with our Tuesday "story hour". This time we looked at a very famous Greek Myth Arachne and Athena. I've provided the resources that we used below. 

Arachne and Athena: https://www.stephenhicks.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Arachne-and-Athena.pdf

Arachne and Athena Comprehension Questions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SvOx0l6-2f2VCvMyckTF86w46dEulHyDkrNKSJadWcA/edit?usp=sharing 

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on fractions tomorrow.

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will be looking at some persuasive writing stuff tomorrow, connected to our study of the legal process, we will also be starting to dive in to some more topics from the social studies curriculum. 

PHE: Today we were in the mini-gym for some epic games!! 

Math: Today we began with a warm-up, for this warm-up students were asked to convert mixed numbers into improper fractions. A copy of the warm-up is linked below. Following this, students continued working through their current section of unit 3. We also did a brief lesson on comparing fractions, as this is what section 3.6 looks at. 

Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions Warm-Up: https://math-drills.com/fractions/fractions_convert_mixed_to_improper_001.php

Math Antics Comparing Fractions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNdUJQ_qd4U

Social Studies: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this we look at some more legal case studies from the resource provided below. 

Legal Case Studies Resource: https://njsbf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Law-Fair-MT-Exercises-2011.pdf

Science: No lesson today, we will continue working through our unit on the nervous system this week. 

ELA: No lesson today, we will continue our narrative writing this week, we will also begin looking at our final paragraph form: persuasive. 

Math: Today we began with a review of Wednesday's lesson on mixed numbers and improper fractions. We then completed a warm up sheet on converting improper fractions to mixed numbers (linked below). Students then continued working through their current section of unit 3. 

Math Drills Improper Fractions to Mixed Number Warm-Up: https://math-drills.com/fractions/fractions_convert_improper_to_mixed_001.php

PHE: Today we were in the gym where we completed a mixer activity with the other PHE classes, very fun! 

Friday Flex: Today we were back in the lab working on a variety of assignments. Criteria for all are linked below. 

Guide to the Nervous System Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/132CZGRR5h-KFidNtMBOstANju9juqXwCvgEkrzlrX9g/edit?tab=t.0

Nervous System Slide Template: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OJ7XIEMISDwT5o-omhJZ66mRQGtVHJbamcZ-r0-aew8/edit?usp=sharing

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

Political Biography Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAII9oRmMUWAIhHNZMQfhTvnDlqRi0t93s_G-zOpGlE/edit?usp=sharing

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will be continuing our look at government, law, and politics next week. 

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our look at the nervous system on Tuesday. 

**I would love to see students complete the assignments listed above by the end of this weekend if possible, as well please return field trip forms and money for food orders if applicable** Have a great weekend! 

Social Studies: Today's class began with a 20 minute silent reading/working block. Following this, we looked at legal case studies from the resource below. 

Legal Case Studies Resource: https://njsbf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Law-Fair-MT-Exercises-2011.pdf

ELA: Today we were back in the lab working on a variety of assignments. Criteria for all are linked below. 

Guide to the Nervous System Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/132CZGRR5h-KFidNtMBOstANju9juqXwCvgEkrzlrX9g/edit?tab=t.0

Nervous System Slide Template: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OJ7XIEMISDwT5o-omhJZ66mRQGtVHJbamcZ-r0-aew8/edit?usp=sharing

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

Political Biography Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAII9oRmMUWAIhHNZMQfhTvnDlqRi0t93s_G-zOpGlE/edit?usp=sharing

Math: No lesson today, we will continue with unit 3 tomorrow.

PHE: No lesson today, we will be doing a big mixer activity in the gym tomorrow. 

Science: No lesson today, we will be continuing our unit on the nervous system next Tuesday. 

Math: Today's class began with a review of section 3.3. Following this, I completed a lesson on mixed fractions. I've posted a useful resource video below for student review. 

Math Antics Mixed Numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2oP6FZ6HA&pp=ygUZbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgbWl4ZWQgbnVtYmVycw%3D%3D

Social Studies: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent reading/working. Following this, we finished off and reviewed our "What in the World" booklets. We then looked at some current events. 

Science: Today we read through some notes on the nervous system using the resource below. Please note that we went through pages 1-7. 

Nervous System Notes Resource: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b7220d270e802ee65e103b0/t/5c1659861ae6cf467788bb8c/1544968601492/The+Nervous+System.pdf

ELA: Today we were back in the lab working on a variety of assignments. Criteria for all are linked below. 

Guide to the Nervous System Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/132CZGRR5h-KFidNtMBOstANju9juqXwCvgEkrzlrX9g/edit?tab=t.0

Nervous System Slide Template: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OJ7XIEMISDwT5o-omhJZ66mRQGtVHJbamcZ-r0-aew8/edit?usp=sharing

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

Political Biography Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAII9oRmMUWAIhHNZMQfhTvnDlqRi0t93s_G-zOpGlE/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Friday.

Science: Today we went to the lab to work on an assignment based on the nervous system. Students will be researching the nervous system and creating a PPT presentation. A copy of the assignment criteria is linked below. 

Guide to the Nervous System Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/132CZGRR5h-KFidNtMBOstANju9juqXwCvgEkrzlrX9g/edit?tab=t.0

Nervous System Slide Template: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OJ7XIEMISDwT5o-omhJZ66mRQGtVHJbamcZ-r0-aew8/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: Today we were back outside for some epic games! 

ELA: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, we read through and analyzed a short story. The story is linked below. 

Priscilla and the Wimps Story PDF: https://mrjost.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/8/8/12884680/priscilla_and_the_wimps.pdf

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will be back in the lab tomorrow to finish off our narratives from ELA as well as work on our political figure biography assignments. Criteria for all 3 are linked below. We will also be finishing off our "What in the World" booklets tomorrow. 

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

Political Biography Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAII9oRmMUWAIhHNZMQfhTvnDlqRi0t93s_G-zOpGlE/edit?usp=sharing

Math: No lesson today, a reminder that I have asked students to have all of section 3.3 completed for Wednesday morning. 

PHE: Today we were back outside for some epic games!

Math: Today we continued with unit 3, we spent some time working on 3.3, I have asked the students to have this section completed for Wednesday's class. Our next section is on mixed numbers, I've provided a link to a useful video below. We will review section 3.3 on Wednesday. 

Math Antics Mixed Numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2oP6FZ6HA&pp=ygUZbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgbWl4ZWQgbnVtYmVycw%3D%3D

Social Studies: Today we were back in the computer lab to finish off our narrative writing assignments, students who have completed both began working on our next social studies assignment. This new assignment is a biography of a famous political leader. Criteria for all are linked below. We will finish off our "What in the World" booklets on Wednesday. 

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

Political Biography Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAII9oRmMUWAIhHNZMQfhTvnDlqRi0t93s_G-zOpGlE/edit?usp=sharing

Science: No lesson today, tomorrow we will be starting a new assignment on the nervous system. The criteria for this assignment is linked below.

Guide to the Nervous System Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/132CZGRR5h-KFidNtMBOstANju9juqXwCvgEkrzlrX9g/edit?tab=t.0

ELA: No lesson today, tomorrow we will be reading and analyzing a short story entitled "Priscilla and the Wimps". A copy of the story is linked below. 

Priscilla and the Wimps Story PDF: https://mrjost.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/8/8/12884680/priscilla_and_the_wimps.pdf

Social Studies: Today we did a quick overview of some current events, we then completed the rest of our "What in the World" booklets. We will continue with our law and government unit next week. 

ELA: Today we began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this we went to the lab to finish off our two narrative writing assignments. Criteria for both are linked below. 

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: No lesson today, we will be back outside for PHE on Monday.

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on fractions on Monday. 

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our look at the nervous system on Tuesday.

Math: Today we continued our unit on fractions. We began with a review of section 3.2 and a follow up lesson on simplifying fractions. Students then continued working on whatever section of unit 3 that they are on. 

Social Studies: Today we began a new section of "What in the World". This new section looks at whales in captivity as well as the rising price of gold around the world. We also looked at some current event topics. 

Science: Today we continued our look at the nervous system, we completed the booklets that we started yesterday and also completed some additional notes on the brain. We also watched a video, which I've provided a link to below. 

The Nervous System Part 2: https://learning.burnabyschools.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Science-6-Oct26-30_Nervous-System-Part-2.pdf

Kid's Health Brain Notes: https://kidshealth.org/classroom/6to8/body/systems/nervous_system.pdf 

Operation Ouch Brilliant Brains Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUCcsMmZVec&pp=ygUdb3BlcmF0aW9uIG91Y2ggbmVydm91cyBzeXN0ZW0%3D

ELA:  Today we began with a 20 minute read/work period. We then went to the lab to work on our narrative assignments. I have asked students to have their first narrative assignment complete, many students are now working on their second narrative assignment. Resources are linked below. 

Narrative Writing Assignment #1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment #2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: No PHE lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Monday.

Science: Today we continued our look at the nervous system. We began with a review of our lesson from last week, we then completed part 2 of the resource that we started last Wednesday. We then completed some notes on the brain. All resources are linked below. 

The Nervous System Part 1: https://learning.burnabyschools.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Science-6-Oct19-22_Nervous-System-Part-1.pdf

The Nervous System Part 2: https://learning.burnabyschools.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Science-6-Oct26-30_Nervous-System-Part-2.pdf

Kid's Health Brain Notes: https://kidshealth.org/classroom/6to8/body/systems/nervous_system.pdf 

PHE: Today we were back outside for some epic games! 

ELA: Today we spent a block in the computer lab finishing our narratives, those were have finished started working on our next writing assignment. Both criteria are linked below. 

Narrative Writing Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Gone Camping Narrative Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UoKzvZ8W61HSf9p1lAKkIuskWJVGloxtRbDMVKWb62E/edit?usp=sharing

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our lesson on fractions tomorrow. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue our new "What in the World" section as well as our unit on government tomorrow.

PHE: Today we went outside for some epic games! 

Math: Today we continued our fractions unit. We began by reviewing what we have learned so far this unit, as well as a new lesson on simplifying fractions. We then completed a warm up sheet, which I have provided a link to below. Students then continued working on whatever section of unit 3 that they are on. 

Simplifying Fractions Warm Up: https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/math/grade-5-simplifying-fractions-a.pdf

Math Antics Simplifying Fractions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtBUQH8Tkqc&pp=ygUhbWF0aCBhbnRpY3Mgc2ltcGxpZnlpbmcgZnJhY3Rpb25z

Social Studies: Today we continued our look at law and government. The class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, we continued looking at the roots of English Common Law and how it compares to First Nations Law. We also began working on a shortened version of a new "What in the World" booklet.

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our look at the nervous system tomorrow.

ELA: No lesson today, we will continue our narrative writing activities tomorrow.

Math: Today's math class began with a review of section 3.1. Following this, we reviewed how to solve equivalent fractions. Students then continued working on 3.2 and 3.3. 

PHE: Today we were in the big gym, we completed another edition of the beep test followed by a mixer with the other PHE classes. We will back outside on Monday!

Friday Flex: Today the students were in the LC to work on their narrative paragraphs, those who have finished had time to do something productive on the computers or just play a board game.

Elements of a Narrative: https://www.lewisu.edu/writingcenter/pdf/NarrativeElements.pdf 

Narrative Writing Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on government and "law" on Monday.

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on the nervous system on Tuesday.

ELA: No lesson today, we will continue our narrative writing mini-unit next week.

Social Studies: Today we continued our look at government and the law, we reviewed our "rules" worksheet that we completed yesterday, and looked at the origin of our judicial and governmental systems, I've posted the resource booklet that we are using in class below. 

Government, Law, and Justice Booklet PDF: https://mypita.ca/uploads/1/2/8/1/12817523/grade_5_framework_v7.pdf

ELA: Today we completed the narrative writing lesson that I wanted to start yesterday. We went over plot points, and narrative structure using the resource below. We then went to the south lab to begin writing our stories. 

Elements of a Narrative: https://www.lewisu.edu/writingcenter/pdf/NarrativeElements.pdf 

Narrative Writing Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on fractions tomorrow. A reminder that I have asked all students to have all three levels of section 3.1 completed for class tomorrow.

PHE: No lesson today, tomorrow we will be doing the beep test as well as a mixer activity in the gym tomorrow. 

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our look at the nervous system on Tuesday.

Math: Today we continued our unit on fractions, we began with a review lesson from Monday. Students then had time to work on 3.1. The next section 3.2 deals with equivalent fractions, I've posted some helpful resources below for reference. I have asked students to have all 3 levels of section 3.1 completed for Friday's class. 

Equivalent Fractions with Mr. J: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZ2QGZBH6M&t=1s&pp=ygUUZXF1aXZhbGVudCBmcmFjdGlvbnM%3D

How to Find Equivalent Fractions: https://byjus.com/maths/equivalent-fractions/

Social Studies: Today we continued our booklets from Monday, I also took the students through a more detailed PPT presentation on the Canadian government. All resources are linked below. 

Government Lesson Resource: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10HdFkW87YeBXFcOo5d-NUTnLKDrZlFpJDzlnf9HJ4Hw/edit?usp=sharing

Canadian Government Slide Show: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1s7-TKfkxi_alYd1ejVZg6NcThiaUtVCICJ56tZBTFr8/edit?usp=sharing

Science: Today we began our look at the nervous system, which is the first system we will study. I began with a lesson on the difference between cells, tissues, organs, and systems. We then went through the resource linked below.

The Brain Resource: https://learning.burnabyschools.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Science-6-Oct19-22_Nervous-System-Part-1.pdf 

Body System Slides (for those interested): https://www.bisdtx.org/cms/lib/TX02218757/Centricity/Domain/2450/HumanBodySystems.pdf

ELA: Today's class began with a 20 minute silent read/work block. Following this, we continued our look at idioms Unfortunately, the resource link below that I used for the idioms resource no longer works. I also did a lesson on narrative writing, tomorrow we will begin working on our first narrative writing assignment. 

Idioms Resource: https://academic-englishuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/idioms-AEUK.pdf\

Elements of a Narrative: https://www.lewisu.edu/writingcenter/pdf/NarrativeElements.pdf 

Narrative Writing Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA5NEwOWjVyNb_uwxyIP_JzKnu6iWWmYflJBDCJSqNg/edit?usp=sharing 

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Friday.

PHE: Today we had our Remembrance Day Assembly in place of PHE. 

Math: Today was the first day of our fractions unit, students who were absent on Friday had a chance to write the Unit 2 Test, the tests will be marked and returned to the students as soon as possible.

Math Antics Fractions are Parts Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA9XLJpQp3c&pp=ygUgbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgZnJhY3Rpb25zIGFyZSBwYXJ0d3M%3D

Social Studies: Today's lesson began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, we continued our look at different forms of government using the resource linked below. 

Government Lesson Resource: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10HdFkW87YeBXFcOo5d-NUTnLKDrZlFpJDzlnf9HJ4Hw/edit?usp=sharing

Science: No lesson today, we will begin our next unit on body systems on Wednesday.

ELA: No lesson today, we will begin our narrative writing mini-unit on Wednesday. 

**A reminder there is no school tomorrow due to Remembrance Day Stat**

Math: Today we wrote our unit 2 test. We then began unit 3, which looks at fractions. 

Math Antics Fractions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA9XLJpQp3c&pp=ygUVbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgZnJhY3Rpb25z

Social Studies (block 2 & 3): Today we did a lesson on one of my favourite topics, the Code of Hammurabi, we learned how the first set of what we would call modern laws were created, and how they impact us today. We will continue looking at ancient legal systems to better understand modern government society. During block 3 we did some Remembrance Day Activities in preparation for Monday's Remembrance Day Assembly. 

Code of Hammurabi Readers Theater: https://cdnsm5-ss14.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_142278/File/Becky%20Carson/Hammurabi%27s%20Code%20Readers%27%20Theaters.pdf

Code of Hammurabi Laws: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5097fe39e4b0c49016e4c58b/t/61e086d18b7a2d7b2549f70e/1642104529858/Code-Hammurabi_2022.pdf

The History of Us Episode 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-sTWJkmqpM

ELA: No lesson today, though students did have time in the LC to finish off the two assignments linked below. 

Government Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DX_1wMGs0GBN9ONge7enZxeiQMKahHltZn__JlN-dXA/edit?usp=sharing 

Descriptive Writing with Metaphor, Simile, and Personification: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JZI1OPb0hZZeeR3jvYf0MWOA6IAMw8Oli1MhAf5pX3A/edit?tab=t.0 

Science: No lesson today, we will begin our unit on human body systems next Wednesday.

PHE: No lesson today. We will have no PHE on Monday or Tuesday due to our Remembrance Day Assembly and the statutory holiday. 

Social Studies: Today we wrote our forms of government quiz and our literary terms quiz! Copies of both are linked below. The quizzes have already been marked and returned to the students. 

ELA Literary Terms Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eoGbrwwXf7ly4UCBbAyuqskT4QwKJ3vSxQ8ZQnwNAAc/edit?usp=sharing

Forms of Government Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yL5OX2iyKu7oF7TbsynsM-T8-cLdUm43IMwM_q3u4hs/edit?usp=sharing

ELA: Today's block began with a 20 minute read/work block. Following this, we went to the LC to work on our two current assignments! Criteria for both are linked below. Students who have finished both assignments had some constructive free time. 

Government Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DX_1wMGs0GBN9ONge7enZxeiQMKahHltZn__JlN-dXA/edit?usp=sharing 

Descriptive Writing with Metaphor, Simile, and Personification: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JZI1OPb0hZZeeR3jvYf0MWOA6IAMw8Oli1MhAf5pX3A/edit?tab=t.0 

Math: No lesson today, a reminder that we have our unit 2 test tomorrow. I've provided a link to a great practice quiz for students to practice!!

Multiples, Divisibility, Factors, Primes and Composites Practice Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xuz-11XVgaHM2RpNY1c8bqVmkw6IiqR0nzy3UnzZ9FQ/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Monday. 

Science: No lesson today, we will begin our new science unit on Tuesday, this unit will look at systems in the human body. 

Math: Today students worked on their unit review, as we have the unit test on Friday morning. We reviewed the first two levels and also went over some examples from the quiz. I've posted a very helpful PRACTICE QUIZ below. 

Multiples, Divisibility, Factors, Primes and Composites Practice Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xuz-11XVgaHM2RpNY1c8bqVmkw6IiqR0nzy3UnzZ9FQ/edit?usp=sharing

Social Studies: Today we continued our look and government and politics. We began with a lesson the difference between politics and government, and we also completed a questionnaire to see where we are on the political spectrum. Following this, we looked at yesterdays mayoral election in New York. 

The Political Spectrum: https://civix.ca/resources/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Backgrounder-Lesson-2-The-Political-Spectrum.pdf

Where am I on the Political Spectrum: https://studentvote.ca/pei2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1.1-1.pdf

Political Spectrum Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJA3EhyVPc0&pp=ygUccG9saXRpY2FsIHNwZWN0cnVtIGV4cGxhaW5lZA%3D%3D

Mayoral Race in New York Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljPiFfmjUc&pp=ygUVYmJjIG1heW9yIGluIG5ldyB5b3Jr

Science: Today we had a lab block to finish off our government research assignments and continue working on our new descriptive paragraph assignment, criteria for both are linked below. 

Government Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DX_1wMGs0GBN9ONge7enZxeiQMKahHltZn__JlN-dXA/edit?usp=sharing 

Descriptive Writing with Metaphor, Simile, and Personification: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JZI1OPb0hZZeeR3jvYf0MWOA6IAMw8Oli1MhAf5pX3A/edit?tab=t.0 

ELA: Today's class began with a 20 minute silent reading/work period. Following this, we previewed the two quizzes that we will be writing tomorrow afternoon, copies of the quiz are both linked below. 

ELA Literary Terms Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eoGbrwwXf7ly4UCBbAyuqskT4QwKJ3vSxQ8ZQnwNAAc/edit?usp=sharing

Forms of Government Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yL5OX2iyKu7oF7TbsynsM-T8-cLdUm43IMwM_q3u4hs/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: No lesson today, we won't have our next PHE lesson until next Monday as Friday is a homeroom based day.

**Below are copies of the quizzes that we will be writing tomorrow**

Forms of Government Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yL5OX2iyKu7oF7TbsynsM-T8-cLdUm43IMwM_q3u4hs/edit?usp=sharing

Literary Terms Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eoGbrwwXf7ly4UCBbAyuqskT4QwKJ3vSxQ8ZQnwNAAc/edit?usp=sharing

Science: Today we took a look at how gravity works. We will return to this topic later when we study Newton and forces of motion. The resource that we used in class is linked below. We also watched an episode of Cosmos that looks at Isaac Newton and his discoveries in more detail. 

Newton Gravity Lesson: https://learning.burnabyschools.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Science-5-Feb-8-12_Gravity.pdf

Cosmos Episode 3: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9a4w6q

PHE: Today we were back in the big gym for some epic games!! 

ELA: Today the students were back in the lab to continue working on their forms of government assignment from Social Studies, a copy of the assignment criteria is linked below. Students who have finished had the chance to begin working on our next writing assignment. A copy of that criteria is also linked below. 

Government Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DX_1wMGs0GBN9ONge7enZxeiQMKahHltZn__JlN-dXA/edit?usp=sharing 

Descriptive Writing with Metaphor, Simile, and Personification: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JZI1OPb0hZZeeR3jvYf0MWOA6IAMw8Oli1MhAf5pX3A/edit?tab=t.0 

Math: No lesson today, we will plan to finish off the unit review tomorrow morning and we will plan to write the unit 2 test on Friday morning. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, though we did have time to work on our government assignments during ELA.

**We will have two quizzes on Thursday, one in ELA and one in Social Studies, I will be changing the answer options around, but the questions will remain the same....please see them below** Students will have time to review on Wednesday. 

ELA Literary Terms Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eoGbrwwXf7ly4UCBbAyuqskT4QwKJ3vSxQ8ZQnwNAAc/edit?usp=sharing

Forms of Government Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yL5OX2iyKu7oF7TbsynsM-T8-cLdUm43IMwM_q3u4hs/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: Today we were back in the big gym for some epic games, this is our last week in the big gym for this rotation. 

Math: Today we continued unit 2, I took the students through section 2.4 and did a lesson on prime and composite numbers, prime factorization, and how to use prime factorization to find the LCM and GCF of two or more numbers. Ideally, we will finish unit 2 this week and then we will prepare to write the unit quiz.

Social Studies: Today we continued our government unit, we began with a review of the different types of government, we then went to the computer lab to work on a new quick research assignment. All resources are linked below. I have told the students that as of the end of today's work block the country research project is now OVERDUE. 

Forms of Government Resource: https://www.cobw.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/typesofgovernmentreadingandworksheets.pdf

Government Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DX_1wMGs0GBN9ONge7enZxeiQMKahHltZn__JlN-dXA/edit?usp=sharing 

Social Studies Country Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJWqqsJs-DLCRKQgFkjUNX-e1hexW7v3Gvzd9KRXHqs/edit?tab=t.0 

Science: No lesson today, we will do one more lesson on gravity tomorrow and then we will begin our next science unit. 

ELA: No lesson today, we will have a quiz on figurative language later this week (terms linked below), and we will also begin our next writing assignment. 

Literary Terms Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vIG5f1jQOaYtN_R0am3snrOa6iL-O6PAjq_J3jGSxV4/edit?usp=sharing

Math: Today we began by reviewing section 2.3. Following this, we went to the computer lab. During this time students could work on finishing their country projects, those that have completed the assignment had some free time! The country assignment will be due early next week, so hopefully students are close to completing it! 

Social Studies Country Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJWqqsJs-DLCRKQgFkjUNX-e1hexW7v3Gvzd9KRXHqs/edit?tab=t.0 

PHE: Today we did an exciting mixer in the gym!!! 

Friday Flex: Today we had the epic Halloween Howl!!

Science: No lesson today, we will do one more space related lesson on Tuesday, and then we will be moving on to our next unit. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue our look at different forms of government next week.

ELA: No lesson today, next week we will have a quiz on our figurative language sheets, we will also begin working on a new writing assignment.

Social Studies: Today we completed our worksheet from earlier this week, we then looked at political parties and the left-right wing spectrum. Resources are linked below. 

Forms of Government Resource: https://www.cobw.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/typesofgovernmentreadingandworksheets.pdf

Civix "The Political Spectrum": https://civix.ca/resources/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Backgrounder-Lesson-2-The-Political-Spectrum.pdf

ELA: Today's class began with a 20 minute silent read/work period. Following this, we did a little "story time" with some comprehension questions. All resources are linked below. 

Emperors New Clothes Story: https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/storiespdf/the-emperors-new-clothes.pdf 

Emperors New Clothes Comp Questions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gsJe2AFyAckoksFjgi6096XPZSbe5nbJADQNubx-R1Y/edit?tab=t.0 

Math: No lesson today, we will continue unit 2 tomorrow.

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson tomorrow.

Science: No lesson today, we will start a new science unit on Tuesday! 

Math: Today we began with a factoring warm-up (linked below). We then continued working through our unit 2 booklets. 

Factoring Warm Up: https://math-drills.com/numbersense/all_factors_004050_001.php

Social Studies: Today we continued working through our different forms of government sheet from Monday, a copy of the resource is linked below. 

Forms of Government Resource: https://www.cobw.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/typesofgovernmentreadingandworksheets.pdf

Science: Today we continued our look at "life in space". First we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of space travel (linked below). Following this, we watched an awesome documentary from National Geographic on the ISS.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Space Travel Resource: https://www.wrschool.net/cms/lib/AZ02214740/Centricity/Domain/1613/SOAPBOXIE%20Advantages%20and%20Disadvantages%20of%20Space%20Exploration%20PDF.pdf

National Geography ISS Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei-TcECJVXU

ELA: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, we did a little metaphor/simile quiz. Next, we looked at some new literary terms. All resources are linked below. 

Simile & Metaphor "Quiz": https://hclangarts8.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/3/2/25322002/is_it_metaphor_or_simile.pdf

Literary Terms Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q_X_SnYSamnipFWCVN5bMeXUXKGOOmOCfozXknexXb8/edit?tab=t.0

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Friday.

ELA/Social Studies: Today we had a block in the computer lab to work on our country assignments!! We will do some simile and metaphor work tomorrow, as well as continue our look at some additional literary terms. 

Social Studies Country Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJWqqsJs-DLCRKQgFkjUNX-e1hexW7v3Gvzd9KRXHqs/edit?tab=t.0 

Simile & Metaphor "Quiz": https://hclangarts8.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/3/2/25322002/is_it_metaphor_or_simile.pdf

PHE: Today we were back in the big gym for some epic games! 

Science: The focus of today's lesson was life in space, we began with a 20 minute silent read/work block. We followed that by reading through the resource linked below as a class. We then watched a short video about life on the ISS.

Life in Space Notes: https://cmvandam.weebly.com/uploads/3/7/9/6/37969401/raz_ly30_lifeinspace_clr.pdf 

Life on the ISS Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y04Zic1-r4&t=484s&pp=ygUcbGlmZSBhcyBhbiBhc3Ryb25hdXQgZXBpc29kZQ%3D%3D

ISS Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkM_04Ch76E

Math: No lesson today, we will continue unit two tomorrow.

Social Studies: No lesson today, though students did have time to work on their country projects this morning. We will continue our look at different types of governments tomorrow. 

PHE: Today we were back in the big gym for some epic games!! 

Math: Today we began by reviewing section 2.2 as a class. Following this we continued working through our unit 2 booklets. To finish, we did another round of 100's multiplication facts (linked below).

Math Drills 100 Facts (c): https://math-drills.com/multiplication/multiplication_facts_to_100_no01_003.1613652208.pdf 

Social Studies: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, the students submitted their "What in the World" booklets. Following this, we began our new unit on government using the resource linked below.

Forms of Government Resource: https://www.cobw.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/typesofgovernmentreadingandworksheets.pdf

Science: No lesson today, tomorrow we will be looking at life in space using the resource linked below. 

Life in Space: https://cmvandam.weebly.com/uploads/3/7/9/6/37969401/raz_ly30_lifeinspace_clr.pdf

ELA: No lesson today, tomorrow we will be reviewing similes and metaphors and continuing our study of other literary terms. If students want to prepare early they can look at the document below.

Simile & Metaphor "Quiz": https://hclangarts8.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/3/2/25322002/is_it_metaphor_or_simile.pdf

Social Studies: Today began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, we wrote our space/moon quiz (linked below). 

Space Race/The Moon Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/185bPlUagMGY_e5U9mR0KxJI9F9JPY0W9ZeHXg5RWbfs/edit?tab=t.0

ELA/Thursday Flex Block: Today we went to the LC to work on our country projects. The criteria for the assignment is linked below. Students had some free time at the end to celebrate a great week!

Social Studies Country Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJWqqsJs-DLCRKQgFkjUNX-e1hexW7v3Gvzd9KRXHqs/edit?tab=t.0 

Math: No lesson today, we will continue unit 2 on Monday.

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our space unit on Tuesday. 

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Monday.

**A reminder that there is no school tomorrow (for the students)**

Math/Social Studies/Science: Today we were away at our Observatory field trip! No lessons! A copy of the quiz that we will write tomorrow is posted below. 

Space Race/The Moon Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/185bPlUagMGY_e5U9mR0KxJI9F9JPY0W9ZeHXg5RWbfs/edit?tab=t.0

ELA: Today we were back in the lab to work on our country projects, most students are now done their fall descriptive writing. Assignment criteria are linked below. 

Fall Descriptive Writing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL0UhXZqlQjRBNYsRsgzRMLmDcl5LKpJas4KfffwMFo/edit?usp=sharing 

Social Studies Country Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJWqqsJs-DLCRKQgFkjUNX-e1hexW7v3Gvzd9KRXHqs/edit?tab=t.0 

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Monday. A reminder that Friday is a Pro-D Day! 

Science: Today we reviewed our moon and space race notes in anticipation for our next little science quiz (planned to be written on Thursday start of block 4). We then did a lesson on the life cycle of a star. All resources are linked below. 

Moon Notes (guided quiz, just for notes purposes): https://www.clcnwi.com/file_download/inline/f63514ae-dc52-4227-9bd5-5701f16b58ec

Space Race Resource: http://sshoneycutt.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/116588964/The-Space-Race.pdf

Lifecycle of a Star Resource: https://coatesj.weebly.com/uploads/6/1/0/2/61028649/gr6_worksheet_life_cycle_of_a_star.pdf

Brian Cox Life of a Star Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YIDzCbdN0U 

PHE: Today we were back in the big gym for some epic games! 

ELA: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent reading/working. Following this, we completed a review of metaphor, personification, and simile. Students then completed page 5 and 6 of the resource linked below. 

Simile, Metaphor, Personification Resource: https://www.literacymn.org/sites/default/files/learning_center_docs/metaphors_and_similes.pdf

Math: No lesson today, we will review section 2.2 tomorrow morning before heading out for our field trip.

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will have our next Social Studies lesson on Thursday due to our field trip tomorrow. 

PHE: Today we began our three week rotation in the big gym. Today we began with a dynamic warm up followed by some epic games!!

Math: Today we began class with a little warm up game of "war" using playing cards. This is to help students memorize their timetables up to 12! Following this, we continued working through unit 2. 

Social Studies: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, we finished off and submitted our "What in the World" booklets. Students will have more time to work on their country research projects later this week.

Science: No lesson today, tomorrow we will begin preparing for our next quiz, this quiz will focus on the Moon and the Space Race. Quiz questions will be based on the resources linked below. We will also be doing a lesson on the life cycle of stars (linked below).

Moon Notes (guided quiz, just for notes purposes): https://www.clcnwi.com/file_download/inline/f63514ae-dc52-4227-9bd5-5701f16b58ec

Space Race Resource: http://sshoneycutt.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/116588964/The-Space-Race.pdf

Lifecycle of a Star Resource: https://coatesj.weebly.com/uploads/6/1/0/2/61028649/gr6_worksheet_life_cycle_of_a_star.pdf

ELA: No lesson today, tomorrow we will continue looking at some figurative language terms and working on our descriptive writing. 

**Please return field trip forms and immunization forms ASAP**

Math: Today we began with our second multiplication facts warm up. A copy of the warm up is linked below. Following this, we continued working through our unit 2 booklets. 

Multiplication Facts 100's (b): https://math-drills.com/multiplication/multiplication_facts_to_144_no01_002.php

PHE: In place of PHE, today we had a presentation from one of my favourite childhood authors Kenneth Oppel. We will be reading one of his books Silverwing later this year, so this was a great opportunity for the kids!! 

Friday Flex: Today's Friday Flex block began with the writing of our "Know Your Space Objects" vocabulary quiz. Following this, we went to the LC to work on the assignments that I have listed below. 

Fall Descriptive Writing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL0UhXZqlQjRBNYsRsgzRMLmDcl5LKpJas4KfffwMFo/edit?usp=sharing 

Social Studies Country Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJWqqsJs-DLCRKQgFkjUNX-e1hexW7v3Gvzd9KRXHqs/edit?tab=t.0 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will finish off our "What in the World" booklets on Monday.

 Science: No lesson today, we will continue our space unit on Tuesday.

Social Studies/ELA: Today we had two blocks in the computer lab to work on various assignments. Students had time to finish their "Know Your Space Objects" and "Fall Descriptive Writing" paragraphs. Ideally both of these assignments should now be completed. Following this, students who have completed both assignments had time to work on their country research project. Criteria for all three assignments are linked below in order of when they are due. 

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

Fall Descriptive Writing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL0UhXZqlQjRBNYsRsgzRMLmDcl5LKpJas4KfffwMFo/edit?usp=sharing 

Social Studies Country Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJWqqsJs-DLCRKQgFkjUNX-e1hexW7v3Gvzd9KRXHqs/edit?tab=t.0 

Math: No lesson today, we will do some multiplication practice tomorrow as well as continue working through unit 2. 

Science: No lesson today, but we will be writing our "Know Your Space Objects" quiz tomorrow at the start of Friday Flex. 

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson tomorrow.

**PLEASE NOTE INTERIM REPORT CARDS AND GRADE 6 IMMUNIZATION FORMS WILL BE SENT HOME TODAY**

Math: Today we began with a basic multiplication fact warm up, a copy of the warm up is linked below. We then continued with unit 2, we reviewed section 2.1, and then continued working through sections 2.2 and 2.3. I've linked some relevant resources below. 

Multiplication Facts 100's (a): https://math-drills.com/multiplication/multiplication_facts_to_144_no01_001.php

Factors Chart: https://pittsburgusd.net/documents/Employee-Essentials/Resources-for-Educators/Elementary-Teacher-Resources/Math-Files-K-5th-Grade/Factor-Chart_noprimes.pdf

Divisibility Rules:https://unsocialized.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/divisibility-rules-and-worksheet.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoqWS11ju-naKXgXyzUWVH3MzB-Y2DJxpyxSnv2GfQBVq8bkkRGR

Math Antics Factoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NvLtTwnUHs&pp=ygUVbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgZmFjdG9yaW5n

Science: Today we began with a review of the "Know Your Space Objects" quiz study guide. Please note that we will be writing the quiz on Friday during the start of block 4. Following this, we looked at WSANEC moons as part of our study of the moon (continuing from yesterday). Please note that the "Know Your Space Objects" assignment is now overdue. 

WSANEC Moon Resource: https://wcln.ca/_LOR/course_files/math04/sd71__saanich_moons.pdf

Know Your Space Objects Terms Quiz Study Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r9PozKJddwfIXkEzSdQZ3lEblWzcsF9BCEPziT3iNcY/edit?tab=t.0

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

Social Studies: Today we had a block in the computer lab to finish our Fall descriptive writing assignments, those students who have finished got the chance to get a head start on our new social studies assignment, which is a country research project. Criteria for both are linked below. Please note that the "Know Your Space Objects" assignment is now OVERDUE. 

Fall Descriptive Writing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL0UhXZqlQjRBNYsRsgzRMLmDcl5LKpJas4KfffwMFo/edit?usp=sharing 

Social Studies Country Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJWqqsJs-DLCRKQgFkjUNX-e1hexW7v3Gvzd9KRXHqs/edit?tab=t.0 

ELA: Today began with a 20 minute read/work/study period. Following this, we continued working on our "What in the World" booklets, our goal is to finish these booklets by end of the week.

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Friday. During this block we will have famous author Kenneth Oppel visiting our school.

Science: Today we took a look at the moon, students were also given their terms quiz study guide. The terms on this sheet are the same terms from the "Know Your Space Objects" assignment, which is now overdue. The resources that we used in class are linked below. The "KNOW YOUR SPACE OBJECTS" quiz will be written at the start of Friday Flex block this week, it will be identical to the sheet linked below, just in a different order. 

Moon Notes (guided quiz, just for notes purposes): https://www.clcnwi.com/file_download/inline/f63514ae-dc52-4227-9bd5-5701f16b58ec

Bill Nye Moon Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3iXRTp8J_4&pp=ygUVYmlsbCBueWUgbW9vbiBlcGlzb2Rl

Know Your Space Objects Terms Quiz Study Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r9PozKJddwfIXkEzSdQZ3lEblWzcsF9BCEPziT3iNcY/edit?tab=t.0

PHE: Today we were back on the black top for some epic games! 

ELA: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work period. Following this, we did a lesson on descriptive writing, including a look at some literary terms. Please see the relevant resources below. 

Simile, Metaphor, and Personification Sheet: https://www.literacymn.org/sites/default/files/learning_center_docs/metaphors_and_similes.pdf

Literary Terms Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vcF3T_1gCwTJYexaAgxoHBXZRKJj72-u1BQVRckoufE/edit?usp=sharing

Middle School Literary Terms List: https://teachingenglishlanguagearts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Literary-Terms-for-Middle-School-Students.pdf

How to Write Descriptively Ted-ED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoRzTtwgP4&pp=ygUkd3JpdGluZyBkZXNjcmlwdGl2ZSBwYXJhZ3JhcGggdGVkIGVk 

Math: No lesson today, we will continue unit 2 tomorrow on multiples, factors, and divisibility.

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will be finishing off our "What in the World" booklets as well as starting a new country research assignment this week. 

Math: Today we continued with unit two. To begin, we did a review lesson on factoring, and completed and marked a corresponding worksheet (linked below). Students then had time to work on section 2.1 or whatever section of the unit they are currently working on. 

Math Drills Factoring Sheet: https://math-drills.com/numbersense/all_factors_004050_001.php

PHE: Today's class began with a dynamic warm-up. Following this, we completed our first edition of the beep test. To finish we completed a big mixer game with the other PHE classes. 

Friday Flex: Today we had a block in the LC to work on our two major assignments, students should now be essentially finished their "Know Your Space Objects" assignments, we will have a bit more time to finish our descriptive paragraphs next week. Criteria for both assignments are linked below. 

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

Fall Descriptive Writing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL0UhXZqlQjRBNYsRsgzRMLmDcl5LKpJas4KfffwMFo/edit?usp=sharing 

Science: No lesson today, though we did have time to work on our "Know Your Space Objects" assignment today during Friday Flex block, which is now overdue. Next week, we will look at the moon before doing some studying for a quiz which will cover the last couple weeks of lessons. 

ELA: No lesson today, we will be looking at literary terms next week as well as how to improve our descriptive writing. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will finish off our "What in the World" booklets next week, we will then begin working on a country research project. Students will also have the chance to write an optional quiz on European geography.

Social Studies: Today we discussed some European geography as well as some current events, students then had time to work on their "What in the World" booklets. On Tuesday we will do an optional European geography quiz, if students can get 35/47 countries or higher they will receieve a "lucrative" prize! 

Why is Trump at War with Venezuela?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIpgOGWc7Ug

Labelled Map of Europe: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Europe-countries-labeled-portrait-v1.1.pdf

ELA: Today we had a block in the lab to work on our two major assignments. Criteria for both are linked below. 

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

Fall Descriptive Writing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL0UhXZqlQjRBNYsRsgzRMLmDcl5LKpJas4KfffwMFo/edit?usp=sharing 

Math: No lesson today, we will continue unit 2 tomorrow. 

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson tomorrow. We will be doing the beep test and having a mixer in the gym. 

Science: No lesson today, we will have a lesson on the moon next week. Students are also expected to have their "Know your Space Objects" finished by the end of Friday Flex block tomorrow. 

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

**PLEASE NOTE THAT FIELD TRIP FORMS FOR OUR TRIP TO THE OBSERVATORY HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT, THE FIELD TRIP WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22ND**

Math: Today we continued unit 2. I took the students through a brief review lesson from Monday, they then had time to continue working on section 2.1. I've posted some valuable resources below. 

Factors Chart: https://pittsburgusd.net/documents/Employee-Essentials/Resources-for-Educators/Elementary-Teacher-Resources/Math-Files-K-5th-Grade/Factor-Chart_noprimes.pdf

Divisibility Rules:https://unsocialized.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/divisibility-rules-and-worksheet.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoqWS11ju-naKXgXyzUWVH3MzB-Y2DJxpyxSnv2GfQBVq8bkkRGR

Math Antics Factoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NvLtTwnUHs&pp=ygUVbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgZmFjdG9yaW5n

Science/ELA: Today the students had a block in the lab to finish off their "Know your Space Objects" assignments, students who have completed this assignment began working on their Fall descriptive writing paragraphs. Criteria for both are written below. 

Space Race Resource: http://sshoneycutt.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/116588964/The-Space-Race.pdf

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

Fall Descriptive Writing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL0UhXZqlQjRBNYsRsgzRMLmDcl5LKpJas4KfffwMFo/edit?usp=sharing 

Science: Today we began by reviewing the second page of our space race sheet from yesterday. We then went back to the computer lab to continue our assignments from block 2. We will continue with a lesson on the moon next week. 

Space Race Resource: http://sshoneycutt.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/116588964/The-Space-Race.pdf

Social Studies: Today began with a 20 minute read/work period. We then continued working through our "What in the World" booklets. We are busy working through these booklets so we will likely postpone the European geography "quiz"...stay tuned! 

PHE: No lesson today, we will be doing the beep test on Friday with the other PHE classes.

Science: Today we took a pause from working on our assignments to do a lesson on the space race, a copy of the assignment criteria along with the resource used in today's class are linked below. Students should be getting close to finishing their space assignments.  

Space Race Resource: http://sshoneycutt.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/116588964/The-Space-Race.pdf

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

PHE: Today we were back in the forest for some epic games! 

ELA: Today began with a little overview of the Israeli/Palestine conflict on the two year anniversary. We watched some news coverage and discussed some of the surrounding issues. Following this, the students spent some time planning for their Fall descriptive writing.

Fall Descriptive Writing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL0UhXZqlQjRBNYsRsgzRMLmDcl5LKpJas4KfffwMFo/edit?tab=t.0 

Davidson Literary Devices: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vcF3T_1gCwTJYexaAgxoHBXZRKJj72-u1BQVRckoufE/edit?usp=sharing

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on divisibility, factors, and multiples tomorrow. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue our "What in the World" booklets tomorrow. 

PHE: Today we were back on the black top for some epic games!

Math: Today we began unit 2, students who have not yet written the unit 1 math test had the chance to do. For the rest of the class, we began with a quick lesson on what factors and multiples are, as well as basic divisibility rules. We then began working on section 2.1. I've posted some valuable cheat sheets below. 

Factors Chart: https://pittsburgusd.net/documents/Employee-Essentials/Resources-for-Educators/Elementary-Teacher-Resources/Math-Files-K-5th-Grade/Factor-Chart_noprimes.pdf

Divisibility Rules:https://unsocialized.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/divisibility-rules-and-worksheet.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoqWS11ju-naKXgXyzUWVH3MzB-Y2DJxpyxSnv2GfQBVq8bkkRGR

Math Antics Factoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NvLtTwnUHs&pp=ygUVbWF0aCBhbnRpY3MgZmFjdG9yaW5n

Social Studies: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent reading/working. We then continued working through our "What in the World" current events booklets. We will have a little quiz on Thursday on Europe geography, it will be a bit easier than the other quizzes, I will go over the format with the students today.

Science: No lesson today, we will have a lesson the space race tomorrow. 

ELA: No lesson today, tomorrow we will start our look at descriptive writing. All expository paragraphs were marked and returned to students last week. 

Math: Today we wrote our unit 1 math quiz, we will start unit 2 on Monday. Our new unit looks at factors, multiples, and divisibility rules. I have already marked and returned the quizzes to the students so please check in with them to see how they did! 

PHE: Today we were back on the black top for some epic games!! 

Friday Flex: Today students had a block in the LC to work on their "Know your Space Objects" assignments, and to check out/return some books! 

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will finish off our "What in the World" booklets next week, we will also be starting our work on our country research projects. 

Science: No lesson today, though students did have time to work on their space objects google slides assignment during Friday Flex.

ELA: No lesson today, we will get into some descriptive writing activities next week.

**I want to wish all 6-1 families a very happy weekend!** 

Social Studies/Science: Today began with a 20 minute silent reading period where students could work on their "What in the World" booklets. Following this, we watched the second episode of Cosmos. I've provided a link to the video below. 

Cosmos Episode 2: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9a4w6o

ELA/Science: This afternoon we went to the south lab, during this time students worked on their "Know Your Space Objects Assignment". A copy of the criteria is linked below. 

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

Math: No lesson today, we will be writing our unit test tomorrow during block 1. I've posted a link to a valuable practice quiz below. 

Place Value Check-In Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Mi5DDeXls1QrwxPffk1E9VVfTzyPYkJN57gxGofhcg/edit?usp=sharing 

PHE: No lesson today, tomorrow we will have our next PHE lesson tomorrow. 

Science: No lesson today, though we did have time to work on our "Know your Space Objects" assignment today during ELA. The assignment criteria is linked below ELA.

Math: Today we did our final review for our unit 1 math test, we will write the unit 1 math test on Friday morning during block 1. I have posted a copy of the practice quiz that we did last week, the unit quiz will have very similar quetions.

Place Value Check-In Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Mi5DDeXls1QrwxPffk1E9VVfTzyPYkJN57gxGofhcg/edit?usp=sharing 

Social Studies: Today we continued our look at European geography. Following a brief review of the regions we did some reading comprehension questions using the first two sections from the website linked below, we will continue working on our "What in the World" booklets this afternoon. 

European Geography Resource: https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/topics/socialstudies/europe.html

Science: Today the students had time to begin working on their next science assignment, this assignment is a PowerPoint on different objects/phenomena found in space. The criteria is linked below, we will have a few blocks in the lab to complete this assignment. 

Know your Space Objects PowerPoint Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWCvYsr59HXrSnx_rbg0bRgk7ZtI2AJPKYrCsk-5g5E/edit?tab=t.0

ELA: Today's class began with a 20 minute read/work/study period. Following this, we did a quick review of some paragraph writing tips followed by some more work on our "What in the World" booklets. 

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Friday.

**I want to wish all 6-1 families a very happy October, there are lots of fun things going on this month here at Bayside**

PHE: Today we began our new rotation on the black top, we began with some warm up games followed by some California kickball! 

Math: We are now approaching the end of unit 1, we did a quick lesson on scientific notation and then the students had time to work on their unit reviews. As of now, we will plan to write the unit test on Friday during block 1!  

Math Antics Scientific Notation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXkewQ7WEdI

Social Studies: Today we continued our look at global geography, we also began working on one of my favourite resources "What in the World". This resource comes out every couple of months and looks at current events around the globe. Our next region for our global geography unit is Europe, I've posted a map below. 

Europe Map List: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Europe-countries-numbered-blank.pdf

Europe Capitals and Countries Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iKObc8sCMg

Science: No lesson today, we will have our next science lesson on Wednesday.

ELA: No lesson today, we will have our next English lesson on Wednesday.

Math: Today we did some Orange Shirt Day related activities, I did a brief lesson on the history of the day as well as the history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and the ways in which colonialism has affected them. This was followed by a small craft activity as part of a school-wide art project. We will have our Orange Shirt Day assembly on Monday during block 1. 

PHE: Today we began with a dynamic warm-up called Loonie finder. Following this, we were back in the mini-gym for some games! 

Friday Flex: Today we began flex block by writing our solar system quiz, any extra time was spent in the computer lab putting our finishing touches on our assignments. The expository paragraph is now overdue, students will have more time to finish their planet assignments next week. A copy of the solar system quiz can also be found below.

Expository Paragraph Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9rm5UMhyINzkHHhXam2Ye6D09fewHlcnmQxLcd2vIY/edit?tab=t.0

Planet Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CaZffGKu8-1dB2sXTUWKp0EVtknPSYpnDYY19qyywbw/edit?usp=sharing

Solar System Quiz Study Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17xxVDqJNxhlGQC7caCm588n0q1Y2hEkY-1_Cm7leYVg/edit?usp=sharing

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue looking at global geography on Monday.

Science: No lesson today, though we did write our solar system quiz today during Friday Flex. 

ELA: No lesson today, expository paragraphs are now overdue! 

Social Studies: Today we had a fire/earthquake drill, we also wrote our quiz on central and south American geography. The sheets we used for our quizzes are linked below and well as some AWESOME practice quizzes. 

Central America Labelled: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Central-America-countries-labeled.pdf

South America Labelled: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/South-America-countries-labeled.pdf

Central America Quiz: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1448/central-american-countries

South America Quiz: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/22274/countries-of-south-america-quiz

ELA: Today we began with 20 minutes of silent reading/work. Following this, we went to the lab for our FINAL block of work on the two assignments linked below, please check in with your student to see how they are doing with these. If students aren't close to completing both of these then ideally they should spend some time this weekend wrapping them up. 

Expository Paragraph Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9rm5UMhyINzkHHhXam2Ye6D09fewHlcnmQxLcd2vIY/edit?tab=t.0

Planet Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CaZffGKu8-1dB2sXTUWKp0EVtknPSYpnDYY19qyywbw/edit?usp=sharing

Math: No lesson today, we will be doing some Orange Shirt Day related activities tomorrow morning as well as some math from unit 1. 

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson tomorrow.

Science: No lesson today, we will write our solar system quiz tomorrow during Friday Flex. A copy of the quiz can be found below. 

Solar System Quiz Study Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17xxVDqJNxhlGQC7caCm588n0q1Y2hEkY-1_Cm7leYVg/edit?usp=sharing

Math: Today we continued working through our place value unit. To start, we did a practice quiz for a near end of unit check-in. I did collect this quiz for marks just to check-in with how students are doing. A copy of the practice quiz we completed is linked below. Once students are done the unit review we will write the official unit quiz. 

Place Value Check-In Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Mi5DDeXls1QrwxPffk1E9VVfTzyPYkJN57gxGofhcg/edit?usp=sharing

Social Studies: Today we had a block in the computer lab to finish off our expository paragraphs and planet assignments. Criteria for both are linked below. Students who are finished had time to practice their geography using the links below.  

Expository Paragraph Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9rm5UMhyINzkHHhXam2Ye6D09fewHlcnmQxLcd2vIY/edit?tab=t.0

Planet Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CaZffGKu8-1dB2sXTUWKp0EVtknPSYpnDYY19qyywbw/edit?usp=sharing

Central America Quiz: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1448/central-american-countries

South America Quiz: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/22274/countries-of-south-america-quiz

Science: Today we watched the first episode of an amazing documentary "Cosmos". I've provided a link to the episode below. We will write our solar system quiz on Friday during Friday Flex (block 4). A copy of the test can be found below. 

Cosmos Episode 1: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35e2io

Solar System Quiz Study Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17xxVDqJNxhlGQC7caCm588n0q1Y2hEkY-1_Cm7leYVg/edit?usp=sharing

ELA: No lesson today, instead we completed our school-wide Terry Fox Run! 

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Friday.

Science: Today we reviewed the answers to our upcoming solar system quiz, the quiz will look essentially identical to the link found below. We will likely write the quiz during this weeks Friday Flex block. We then went to the lab to work on our assignments from last week, all criteria are linked below. 

Solar System Quiz Study Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17xxVDqJNxhlGQC7caCm588n0q1Y2hEkY-1_Cm7leYVg/edit?usp=sharing

Expository Paragraph Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9rm5UMhyINzkHHhXam2Ye6D09fewHlcnmQxLcd2vIY/edit?tab=t.0

Planet Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CaZffGKu8-1dB2sXTUWKp0EVtknPSYpnDYY19qyywbw/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: Today we went down to a local wooded area for some forest games! 

ELA: We began today's class with a 20 minute silent read/work period. Following this, we reviewed the Latin geography resource from last week, which is linked below. we then began looking at "parts of speech" including nouns, adverbs, adjectives, etc. We began working through the resource linked below, we won't complete every page, but this is a good review resource.

Parts of Speech Unit PDF: https://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/gramgo/etext/g1-speech.pdf

Latin America Unit PDF: https://hendersonms.dekalb.k12.ga.us/Downloads/Glen%20Manual%20Bigger%20Print%20Part%202%20.pdf

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on place value and rounding tomorrow. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will have our next geography quiz on Thursday! The quiz will be on Central America and South America. Study guides can be found below. 

Central America Labelled: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Central-America-countries-labeled.pdf

South America Labelled: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/South-America-countries-labeled.pdf

Math: Today we continued our unit on place value, we began with a warm up on rounding which I have put a link to below, we then continued working through unit 1. We are nearing the conclusion of unit 1, after writing the unit quiz we will move to our next unit on divisibility, multiples, and factors. 

Rounding Warm Up: https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/math/grade-5-mixed-rounding-large-numbers-a.pdf

PHE: Today we did a group game of capture the rugby ball on the field with two other PHE classes, lots of fun! 

Friday Flex: For this weeks Friday Flex block we spent a block in the LC to work on our current assignments, all criteria are linked below. Ideally, students should be close to finishing their expository paragraphs, we will have time next week to work on our planet assignments. 

Provinces and Territories Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2JwVplvNX-GY34RiRtkJfPRj3xLPWI5RCpjOTCqxPo/edit?usp=sharing

Expository Paragraph Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9rm5UMhyINzkHHhXam2Ye6D09fewHlcnmQxLcd2vIY/edit?tab=t.0

Planet Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CaZffGKu8-1dB2sXTUWKp0EVtknPSYpnDYY19qyywbw/edit?usp=sharing

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our space unit on Tuesday. 

ELA: No lesson today, we will continue our paragraph writing next week.

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will have our next social studies lesson on Wednesday. 

**A reminder that Monday is a Pro-D Day! We will be back in action on Tuesday!!**

Social Studies: Today we continued our unit on global geography. To begin, we reviewed the geography of Central America and South America. We then completed some sheets from the resource below to cement some basic understanding of the area. 

Latin America Unit PDF: https://hendersonms.dekalb.k12.ga.us/Downloads/Glen%20Manual%20Bigger%20Print%20Part%202%20.pdf

All About South America Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4iwEMbal24

ELA: Today's class began with 20 minutes of silent reading/working. Following this, I took the students through a lesson on formatting assignments and the do's and don'ts of successful assignment completion at the middle school level. 

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit place value tomorrow morning. 

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson tomorrow. 

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our space unit on Tuesday.

**I am looking forward to meeting many 6-1 families tonight at Bayside from 5:00-7:00 PM**

If students have any time at home where they want to complete school work they can work on any of the following:

Provinces and Territories Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2JwVplvNX-GY34RiRtkJfPRj3xLPWI5RCpjOTCqxPo/edit?usp=sharing

Expository Paragraph Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9rm5UMhyINzkHHhXam2Ye6D09fewHlcnmQxLcd2vIY/edit?tab=t.0

Planet Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CaZffGKu8-1dB2sXTUWKp0EVtknPSYpnDYY19qyywbw/edit?usp=sharing

Math: Today we spent the first part of class reviewing section 1.2. We then began a lesson on rounding numbers, students then continued working on whatever section of unit 1 that they are on. I've posted some valuable resources below. 

Math Antics Rounding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd-E18EqSVk

Rounding Practice Worksheet: https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/math/grade-5-mixed-rounding-4or5-digit-a.pdf

Rounding How-To Guide: https://www.mathsisfun.com/rounding-numbers.html

Social Studies: Today we wrote our first geography quiz, we then marked them as a class so students already know how they did. We then continued our look at the geography of Central America. I also took the students through a geographic "tour" of South America. All resources are linked below. 

Central America Blank Map: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Central-America-countries-blank.pdf

South America Map: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/South-America-countries-numbered-blank.pdf

Science: Today we spent a block in the LC. Students had time to work on their provinces and territories assignment, as well as their expository paragraphs. Students who are working ahead had time to start on their new science assignment. All assignment criteria are linked below. During this time we also completed the speaking component of the DLA. 

Provinces and Territories Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2JwVplvNX-GY34RiRtkJfPRj3xLPWI5RCpjOTCqxPo/edit?usp=sharing

Expository Paragraph Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9rm5UMhyINzkHHhXam2Ye6D09fewHlcnmQxLcd2vIY/edit?tab=t.0

Planet Research Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CaZffGKu8-1dB2sXTUWKp0EVtknPSYpnDYY19qyywbw/edit?usp=sharing

ELA: Today we spent some time in the computer lab. During this time, students were tasked with finishing their province and territories research assignment as well as starting to work on their expository paragraph good copies. Assignment links can be found below. **Please note that the provinces and territories assignment is now overdue**

Provinces and Territories Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2JwVplvNX-GY34RiRtkJfPRj3xLPWI5RCpjOTCqxPo/edit?usp=sharing

Expository Paragraph Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9rm5UMhyINzkHHhXam2Ye6D09fewHlcnmQxLcd2vIY/edit?tab=t.0

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Friday.

Science: Today we continued our unit on space. Specifically, we continued looking at the planets in our solar system. We reviewed lots of the information from previous lessons, after which students were given a study guide for our solar system quiz. All answers to the study guide can be found in the planet booklet which is also linked below. 

Planets Resource: https://www.somersetriverside.com/ourpages/auto/2018/8/29/34826984/Planets%20Worksheets.pdf

Solar System Quiz Study Guide:https://docs.google.com/document/d/17xxVDqJNxhlGQC7caCm588n0q1Y2hEkY-1_Cm7leYVg/edit?usp=sharing

PHE: Today we were back in the mini gym, we began with a dynamic warm up followed by some exciting games in the mini gym. Weather permitting, on Friday we will do a large group game of capture the flag. 

ELA: Today we spent some time in the computer lab. During this time, students were tasked with finishing their province and territories research assignment as well as starting to work on their expository paragraph good copies. Assignment links can be found below. 

Provinces and Territories Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2JwVplvNX-GY34RiRtkJfPRj3xLPWI5RCpjOTCqxPo/edit?usp=sharing

Expository Paragraph Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B9rm5UMhyINzkHHhXam2Ye6D09fewHlcnmQxLcd2vIY/edit?tab=t.0

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on place value tomorrow during block 1. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will have our geography quiz on the continents and Canadian geography tomorrow. The resources needed to study are linked below. 

Continents and Oceans: https://www.educationworld.com/sites/default/files/continents-and-oceans.pdf

Canada Map: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Canada-provs-numbered-labeled.pdf

PHE: Today we were back in the mini-gym! We began with a dynamic warm up and community lap followed by a mini sport tournament in the mini gym.

Math: In place of math, today we had our orientation in the LC. Students learned about how to use the learning commons, got to check out some books, and received their social studies textbooks. We will have our next math lesson on Wednesday.

Social Studies: Today we began with a 20 minute silent read/work period. We then continued our intro unit on global geography, we will write our first geography quiz on Wednesday, and it will be identical to the first two sheets linked below. We also moved on to our next section which is central America, the maps and resource that we used are linked below for student reference. 

Continents and Oceans: https://www.educationworld.com/sites/default/files/continents-and-oceans.pdf

Canada Map: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Canada-provs-blank.pdf

Central America Blank Map: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Central-America-countries-blank.pdf

Maps of the World Website Resource: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/printable-maps.php#Central%20America

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our look at the solar system tomorrow. 

ELA: No lesson today, tomorrow we will begin working on our expository paragraphs in the lab.

Math: Today we continued our unit on place value. Most students are working on section 1.2. I also distributed the resource linked below to students who have been working ahead.

Place Value Booklet: https://knowsleylane.knowsley.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/t-pa-142-year-6-maths-assessment-number-and-place-value_ver_1.pdf

PHE: Today we were back in the mini-gym for some games! We began class with a group warm-up with the other PHE classes. We then played some mini gym handball and soccer. 

Friday Flex: Today students had a block in the computer lab to finish off their Canadian Provinces and Territories assignment, students who have finished could start writing their expository paragraph drafts. 

Provinces and Territories Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2JwVplvNX-GY34RiRtkJfPRj3xLPWI5RCpjOTCqxPo/edit?usp=sharing

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue our geography unit on Monday. Students can use the resources linked below to prepare for our first geography "quiz" which will take place next week. 

Continents and Oceans: https://www.educationworld.com/sites/default/files/continents-and-oceans.pdf

Canada Map: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Canada-provs-blank.pdf

ELA: No lesson today, we will continue our expository paragraph writing on Tuesday, we will also do our LC orientation on Monday.

Science: No lesson today, we will continue our space unit on Tuesday.

Social Studies: Today we did our first fire drill of the year, we then had a quick history lesson on 9/11 and the implications of that event. Students will have time in the computer lab to continue working on their provinces and territories research assignment this afternoon. 

ELA: Today we were back in the south lab, students continued to work on their provinces and territories research assignment. Those who finished began working on their expository paragraph drafts. We will hopefully finish our provinces and territories assignment tomorrow afternoon.

Provinces and Territories Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2JwVplvNX-GY34RiRtkJfPRj3xLPWI5RCpjOTCqxPo/edit?usp=sharing

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our unit on place value tomorrow. 

Science: No lesson today, we will have our next science lesson on Tuesday.

PHE: No lesson today, we will be back in the mini-gym tomorrow.

Math: Today we continued with our unit on place review, we reviewed the second side of the worksheet that we completed on Monday, and also reviewed part of section 1.1. Students continued working through the unit with some students working on 1.1, some on 1.2, and some even began working on 1.3. 

Social Studies: To start today's lesson we reviewed our lesson from Monday, students then went to the lab to begin their first "assignment"...this is a basic research assignment where they will be using the internet to research some basic facts about the provinces and territories. A copy of the assignment is linked below. 

Provinces and Territories Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d2JwVplvNX-GY34RiRtkJfPRj3xLPWI5RCpjOTCqxPo/edit?usp=sharing

Science: Today we continued our unit on space, we continued going through our research packets on the planets, and also began looking at other space objects such as asteroids, meteors, and meteorites. All resources are linked below. 

Planets Resource: https://www.somersetriverside.com/ourpages/auto/2018/8/29/34826984/Planets%20Worksheets.pdf

Asteroids, Meteors, and Meteorites Resource: https://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Asteroids-and-Meteors-PDF-Printable-Worksheet.pdf

ELA: Today we began our paragraph writing unit, this will be our main focus for term 1. We will be looking at expository, descriptive, narrative, and persuasive writing. The intro resource is linked below. 

Grammar on the Go Paragraph Writing: https://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/gramgo/etext/g4-paragraphs.pdf

PHE: No lesson today, we will have our next PHE lesson on Friday. 

Science: Today we began our unit on space. To start, our focus will be on the planets in our solar system. I've posted the resource we are using in class below, as well as some videos that we watched. 

Planets Resource: https://www.somersetriverside.com/ourpages/auto/2018/8/29/34826984/Planets%20Worksheets.pdf

Our Solar System 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=libKVRa01L8&t=1s

Dr. Binocs Solar System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w36yxLgwUOc

PHE: Today we were back in the mini-gym. We began with a warm-up, followed by some crazy handball! 

ELA: Today we completed the written component of the fall district literacy assessment, this is a useful tool to determine where students are at to begin the school year. There is also a speaking component that we will complete in the near future.

Math: No lesson today, we will continue our place value unit tomorrow. 

Social Studies: No lesson today, we will continue with our intro geography unit tomorrow.

PHE: Today we began our 3 week unit in the mini-gym. We began with a dynamic warm up as well as a tour of our community run route that we use for warm ups and the occasional run day. Following this, we played some mini gym games like team ball tag and gaga ball, we will play some crazy handball tomorrow. 

Math: Today we continued our unit on place value, we reviewed the lesson from Friday and then completed a warm-up sheet, which is linked below. Students then continued working through section 1.1. Some students who finished early began working on section 1.2. I also showed the students a video on rounding, a skill they will need for upcoming sections this unit. 

Place Value Worksheets (we did page 5-6): https://www.pearlk12.com/cms/lib/MS01810570/Centricity/Domain/168/FormsofNumbersCommonCore.pdf

Math Antics Place Value: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Qf0qSSJFI

Math Antics Rounding Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd-E18EqSVk

Social Studies: Today we began looking at some global geography. To start, I took the students through a virtual tour of the planet on google earth. We then began looking at the continents and oceans, followed by an in-depth look at Canadian geography. The resources that we used in class are linked below. 

Continents and Oceans: https://www.educationworld.com/sites/default/files/continents-and-oceans.pdf

Canada Map: https://lizardpoint.com/geography/pdf/Canada-provs-blank.pdf

Science: No lesson today, we will begin looking at the solar system tomorrow. 

ELA: No lesson today, we will get into some basics of paragraph writing tomorrow. We will also complete the Fall district literacy assessment written component. 

Math: Today we began our unit on place value, we started with a lesson on the board, followed by a review video which I've linked below. We did a quick practice sheet, and then began working on section 1.1 of unit 1. 

Math Antics Place Value: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Qf0qSSJFI

Math Drills Place Value Worksheet (no decimal): https://math-drills.com/placevalueworksheets/identify_place_9999999_us_001.php

Math Drills Place Value Chart: https://math-drills.com/placevalueworksheets/decimal_place_value_chart_hundredmillions_millionths.php

PHE: Today was our introduction to PHE, the kids were sorted into their classes. We then began going over the rules and guidelines of PHE (physical health education) and then finished with a mixer game! 

Friday Flex: Today we spent more time in the computer lab organizing our google drives, and mastering our log-in's. Students then had time to write a practice paragraph to ensure that they know how to share documents...we then finished with a fun quiz game! 

Social Studies: No lesson today, on Monday we will start completing some intro lessons on global geography. This will help students grasp some of the important concepts that we go over later in social studies 6.

Science: No lesson today, we will begin our unit on space on Tuesday.

ELA: No lesson today, we will begin our ELA course on Tuesday. For the first term we will be focussing on paragraph writing. Specifically, we will be looking at expository writing, descriptive writing, persuasive writing, and narrative writing.

Today is our final homeroom based day, we will start our PHE and FAAS courses tomorrow as well as our normal academic schedule.

Block 1: This morning we began with the famous West Pod Carousel. For this activity, the students move as a group through each classroom in the west pod, this is a great chance to get to know all the other teachers in the pod.

Block 2: For block 2, I took the students through the curriculums of each of the four core academic subjects (math, ELA, social studies, and science). We also spent time organizing our school supplies so that the students are ready to begin their academic learning tomorrow. I've provided a link to the course curriculums below. 

Grade 6 Curriculums

English/ELA: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/english-language-arts/6/core

Social Studies: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/6/core

Science: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/science/6/core

Math: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/mathematics/6/core

Block 3: Today we did some mixer activities in the gym with Mr. Steven's class, we did a dynamic warm up followed by some team building challenges, we then finished with a fun game of dodgeball! 

Block 4: Today I took the students to the computer lab to get them set up for the year, we went over how to log in, how to bookmark tabs, as well as how to access google drive. It is VERY important that students know how to access google drive from home, I've posted instructions below, they are also on the front page of my website. 

Signing in to Google Drive from home

• Username: studentnumber@saanichlearns.ca

• Password: same as at school

• This will open up a new page/portal where students log in just like at school (student number and password)

• If you need your password reset, please contact me ASAP. 

Today and tomorrow are both homeroom based days, we will start our PHE and FAAS courses on Friday as well as our normal academic schedule.

Block 1: Today we began the day with some name games and get to know you activities. I also distributed bus passes to the students who have ordered them. The students then spent some time designing their name tags for their desks as well as organizing their school supplies. 

Block 2: At the start of the block we had our grade 6 assembly where our school admin took the students through our school rules and expectations, the students also had time to ask any questions that they wanted. I then distributed the locks for the lockers and students had time to practice, those that they mastered the lock had a chance to load up their lockers with their belongings. 

How to Open an Arbus Lock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vx_S27ghKA

Block 3: For this block, I took the students down to the mini-gym for some physical activity. We continued with some team building and name games, and then just played some PE games for fun! 

Block 4: For the last block of the day, we spent time finishing our name tags, mastering our locks, and working on our "hoodies". The hoodies are a paper cut out that the students design and fill with information about themselves, these will be displayed in our classroom on the wall! 

Today we met for the first time as a class, I took the students on a quick tour of the building and went over some basic expectations and routines. Tomorrow, the students will need their school supplies, and ideally proper footwear for a few fun activities that we will be doing!!

Looking forward to a great year!!

Cheers, Ryan