Hi everyone,
It is hard to believe that we are well into May. The year has truly gone by so fast! I wanted to wish everyone a great 3 day weekend. Please do not forget to:
1) Complete your subtracting integers homework.
2) Complete your grade 6 science Kahoot or grade 7 Gizmo on heat transfer
3) Continue with reading your week 1 book club reading and work on your section summary.
4) Start to conduct research on your geography emergency plans.
The assignment for grade 7 geography can be located on the class website.
EQAO Suggestion
In preparation of EQAO I would highly recommend students review the following math concepts. While I will do my best to provide some review of these concepts prior to the date, we also must still go ahead with new curriculum, so additional study at home will be helpful. Please review
- Volume and surface area of Triangular and Rectangular Prisms
- Perimeter and area of various polygons (parallelograms, rectangles, triangles)
Information and questions can be found at IXL.ca under the grade 6 curriculum
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
May 4th, 2016
Language Question
As we examining newspaper writing through the lens of "fairness and equity in our world", I thought it would be an amazing opportunity for our class to actually put the conversations we have had about creating a fair and equitable world into action. As a class, we will choose a campaign that we can help build from the ground up, that:
1) Raises awareness about an "unfair" issue in our world (child labour, food shortage, dirty water, poverty, homelessness etc).
2) Raises money or awareness for a charity of our choice
3) Collects goods such as food, clothing or other necessities that can be donated to people who are in need,
For tomorrow, I would like each person in our class to brainstorm an idea for an event we can organize as a class in order to create a more fair world.
Tell me:
1) What is your idea?
2) How will this idea create more fairness in our world?
3) What do we need to plan/organize to be able to do what you want to do?
Geography/Social Studies
A reminder that "Pear Island" assignments are due to Mr. Tamblyn during tomorrow's first period. There is also a mapping quiz/test so study hard! Here is a link to the Kahoot study guide and please use the Powerpoint on our classroom site to help you study.
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/e7e31021-6a02-45c2-a0be-7e83c649fbd0
Math
Adding integers- Questions 1-6 for grade 6 students and 1-9 for grade 7 students.
As we examining newspaper writing through the lens of "fairness and equity in our world", I thought it would be an amazing opportunity for our class to actually put the conversations we have had about creating a fair and equitable world into action. As a class, we will choose a campaign that we can help build from the ground up, that:
1) Raises awareness about an "unfair" issue in our world (child labour, food shortage, dirty water, poverty, homelessness etc).
2) Raises money or awareness for a charity of our choice
3) Collects goods such as food, clothing or other necessities that can be donated to people who are in need,
For tomorrow, I would like each person in our class to brainstorm an idea for an event we can organize as a class in order to create a more fair world.
Tell me:
1) What is your idea?
2) How will this idea create more fairness in our world?
3) What do we need to plan/organize to be able to do what you want to do?
Geography/Social Studies
A reminder that "Pear Island" assignments are due to Mr. Tamblyn during tomorrow's first period. There is also a mapping quiz/test so study hard! Here is a link to the Kahoot study guide and please use the Powerpoint on our classroom site to help you study.
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/e7e31021-6a02-45c2-a0be-7e83c649fbd0
Math
Adding integers- Questions 1-6 for grade 6 students and 1-9 for grade 7 students.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
EQAO/Comprehension Work
GRADE 6 and 7 EQAO/Reading Comprehension Practice
As you all know, EQAO is coming up fast! On May 25th, 2016 students in grade 6 will begin writing their assessment. Grade 6 students will be writing for a 3 day period and will have extra time/days to write the test if they happen to be away on one of the writing days. Thank you to those parents who have already informed the office/me about any scheduling conflicts that you might have with EQAO.
In order to make grade 6 students comfortable with what the test will be like, I will be assigning homework over the next 3 weeks that is EQAO specific. Tonight I am assigning 1 reading package including 5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions. We will be taking up the answers to the package tomorrow using EQAO approved exemplars to help guide student learning.
http://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/junior-division/assessment-docs/6e-Lang2-2013.pdf
The link above will take students to the comprehension/EQAO practice I would like them to complete. I only want them to complete reading package part C for tonight. It is entitled "Iceberg Wranglers".
The link below is a link where you (as a student) or parents/guardians can access previous EQAO packages to practice. I would highly recommend that students use these exemplars to help prepare themselves for the upcoming test.
http://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/junior-division
Grade 7 students are expected to complete the reading comprehension package tonight as well. As I explained, this is good practice and great exposure to EQAO formatting that they will have to all deal with in grade 9.
Other Work
Geography/Social Studies/Mapping Test- Grade 6 and 7- Thursday
Begin reading week 1 portion of new book club book
Math- Integers questions from in class. Due tomorrow.
As you all know, EQAO is coming up fast! On May 25th, 2016 students in grade 6 will begin writing their assessment. Grade 6 students will be writing for a 3 day period and will have extra time/days to write the test if they happen to be away on one of the writing days. Thank you to those parents who have already informed the office/me about any scheduling conflicts that you might have with EQAO.
In order to make grade 6 students comfortable with what the test will be like, I will be assigning homework over the next 3 weeks that is EQAO specific. Tonight I am assigning 1 reading package including 5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions. We will be taking up the answers to the package tomorrow using EQAO approved exemplars to help guide student learning.
http://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/junior-division/assessment-docs/6e-Lang2-2013.pdf
The link above will take students to the comprehension/EQAO practice I would like them to complete. I only want them to complete reading package part C for tonight. It is entitled "Iceberg Wranglers".
The link below is a link where you (as a student) or parents/guardians can access previous EQAO packages to practice. I would highly recommend that students use these exemplars to help prepare themselves for the upcoming test.
http://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/junior-division
Grade 7 students are expected to complete the reading comprehension package tonight as well. As I explained, this is good practice and great exposure to EQAO formatting that they will have to all deal with in grade 9.
Other Work
Geography/Social Studies/Mapping Test- Grade 6 and 7- Thursday
Begin reading week 1 portion of new book club book
Math- Integers questions from in class. Due tomorrow.
Monday, April 25, 2016
Language of Probability
Thought I would post some helpful information in regards to the language of probability. Please remember to complete questions 1-5 of your homework!
Also, do not forget that you should be continuing to work on both your book talks and "Pear Island" assignment.
Language of Probability
In day to day life there are also many other places where the language of probability is also used.
- The chance of rain today is 75%.
- A medication has an effectiveness of 90%
- 4 in 5 people agree that a particular brand of toothpaste is more effective than another.
- Most likely the supermarket would have the brand of milk I want to purchase.
A probability continuum is one way to visualise the scale of likelihoods.
- CERTAIN is when something will definitely occur. We assign a value of 1, or 100% to the probability of certain. For example, if I were to roll a standard dice, it is certain that I will roll a number less than 10.
- IMPOSSIBLE is when something can not occur. We assign a value of 0, or 0% to the probability of impossible. For example, if I were draw a card from a standard pack of playing cards, it is impossible that I would pull out a card with a 27 on it!
- Exactly half way along this continuum, we find the value of 1/2, or 50%. We call this EVEN CHANCE, or EQUALLY LIKELY. For example, if I were toss a fair coin I could get a head or a tail. Both of these have an even chance of occuring.
- Anywhere between impossible and even chance (values between 0 and 50%) we call not likely, or unlikely.
- Anywhere between even chance and certain (values between 50% and 100%) we call likely.
- Between impossible or unlikely (0-25%) would be considered very unlikely
- Between 75-99.99% would be probable/very/highly likely
Experimental probability
Example: Travel Survey
92 people were asked how they got to work:
- 35 used a car
- 42 took public transport
- 8 rode a bicycle
- 7 walked
The Relative Frequencies (to 2 decimal places) are:
- Car: 35/92 = 0.38=38% of people responded they got to work by car.
- Public Transport: 42/92 = 0.46=46%
- Bicycle: 8/92 = 0.09=9%
- Walking: 7/92 = 0.08=8%
0.38+0.46+0.09+0.08 = 1.01
(It would be exactly 1 if we had used perfect accuracy),
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Earth Day and Reminders
Earth Day
Our school will be participating in Earth Day celebrations and activities tomorrow afternoon. Activities will begin at 1:30 and include an assembly followed by a school cleanup. Please remember to wear green in support of our environmental protection goals.
Other Reminders
Math
Tree diagram worksheet, all odd questions (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Science
Grade 7 science questions on energy transfer, 1-3- due on Monday
Language
Book talk presentations begin on Monday for grade 7's and Wednesday for grade 6's. Students are being given a minimum of 50 minutes each day in class to work on their assignments and are also expected to work on their assignments at home. In order to accommodate for the time students are putting into this, I am attempting to minimize homework in other subject areas when possible so that students can focus on the completion of this fun yet challenging task.
Our school will be participating in Earth Day celebrations and activities tomorrow afternoon. Activities will begin at 1:30 and include an assembly followed by a school cleanup. Please remember to wear green in support of our environmental protection goals.
Other Reminders
Math
Tree diagram worksheet, all odd questions (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Science
Grade 7 science questions on energy transfer, 1-3- due on Monday
Language
Book talk presentations begin on Monday for grade 7's and Wednesday for grade 6's. Students are being given a minimum of 50 minutes each day in class to work on their assignments and are also expected to work on their assignments at home. In order to accommodate for the time students are putting into this, I am attempting to minimize homework in other subject areas when possible so that students can focus on the completion of this fun yet challenging task.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Weekend Update
Happy weekend everybody! It was another week full of work and fun. I wanted to remind you all to make sure you complete your math homework (questions 1, 4-7, 11 and 12 of your rate worksheet) and to continue to work on your book talk presentations. You should all be at the point where you are working through your first graphic organizer. This will give you the time you need next week to plan and complete the presentation/creative component of your assignment. As I mentioned, please complete at least one full section of your graphic organizer for Monday.
Next week, we will be working hard to complete our health PSA's and will be working full throttle to complete our assembly skits and presentation. Thank you all for your thoughtfulness and enthusiasm in getting ready to host the character assembly. What we have come up with is meaningful and we should be excited to present our ideas on what fairness is with the school.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Important Announcements
Cadence- Four Men, Four Microphones
On Wednesday,April 13th, 2016, the musical group Cadence will be coming to our school as part of our school arts' program. Cadence is an Acapella music group meaning that all sounds they produce are created through voice. They will be here from about 9:00 am to 10:00 am. Here is brief video of what you might see and hear.
Music for Class
As promised, please listen to "Royal Crown March" located at this link. Use it to practice line 3 of the song prior to coming to class on Thursday
http://www.brucepearsonmusic.com/repertoire/collections/firstperf.shtml
Our Biography Book Talk Presentations
At this point in our project students should be close to finishing their biographies. Reading should be getting done both during class time and at home. As I stated prior, all students will get 5 full literacy blocks to work on reading their book and putting together their assignments.
Specifically for their summary, I have explained to students that it is very difficult to summarize a large amount of text at a time (for example, 100 pages) but easier if summarizing is done on a chapter to chapter basis. All students should track important information they find in their books as they read; not after they read. That will help them create a summary (not a recount) of their biography and the person they read about. Chunking their summary will allow for students to not have to re-read as much to identify important points.
Grade 6 students will have Wednesday to next Tuesday to get their assignment completed, while grade 7's will have the rest of this week. The reason for the difference in due date is because grade 6 students are working on EQAO related tasks today (Monday) and tomorrow which will take up most of their literacy time.
Math
There is math homework tonight on ratios for both grade 6 and 7 students. Complete question 2-6
There will be a quiz on Thursday of this week. Grade 6's will be quizzed on:
1) multiplying decimals
2) dividing decimals
3) Converting between decimals, fractions and percentages
Grade 7s will be quizzed on:
1) Converting between decimals, fractions and percentages
2) Multiplying Fractions
3) BEDMAS/Order of Operations with fractions
On Wednesday,April 13th, 2016, the musical group Cadence will be coming to our school as part of our school arts' program. Cadence is an Acapella music group meaning that all sounds they produce are created through voice. They will be here from about 9:00 am to 10:00 am. Here is brief video of what you might see and hear.
Music for Class
As promised, please listen to "Royal Crown March" located at this link. Use it to practice line 3 of the song prior to coming to class on Thursday
http://www.brucepearsonmusic.com/repertoire/collections/firstperf.shtml
Our Biography Book Talk Presentations
At this point in our project students should be close to finishing their biographies. Reading should be getting done both during class time and at home. As I stated prior, all students will get 5 full literacy blocks to work on reading their book and putting together their assignments.
Specifically for their summary, I have explained to students that it is very difficult to summarize a large amount of text at a time (for example, 100 pages) but easier if summarizing is done on a chapter to chapter basis. All students should track important information they find in their books as they read; not after they read. That will help them create a summary (not a recount) of their biography and the person they read about. Chunking their summary will allow for students to not have to re-read as much to identify important points.
Grade 6 students will have Wednesday to next Tuesday to get their assignment completed, while grade 7's will have the rest of this week. The reason for the difference in due date is because grade 6 students are working on EQAO related tasks today (Monday) and tomorrow which will take up most of their literacy time.
Math
There is math homework tonight on ratios for both grade 6 and 7 students. Complete question 2-6
There will be a quiz on Thursday of this week. Grade 6's will be quizzed on:
1) multiplying decimals
2) dividing decimals
3) Converting between decimals, fractions and percentages
Grade 7s will be quizzed on:
1) Converting between decimals, fractions and percentages
2) Multiplying Fractions
3) BEDMAS/Order of Operations with fractions
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