Another great week of learning, students engaged in discussing issues of food security and poverty at the Barns, went to swim class, started coding club and discussed ideas for their company.

Have a great weekend, Remember You are amazing and appreciated in Room 301!

Coding Club - Monday Feb 1
Swim- Friday Feb 5

Business Day: We look forward to seeing all of you taking on a leadership role throughout this venture, as you were participating in a dual role: Young Entrepreneur and Philanthropist.

**Complete Community Walk due Monday

**Role and Responsibility brainstorm ideas (Due Tuesday)

SCIENCE: 

Grade 5:  design a transformation of energy device (select two energy)- sketch out a potential design and describe the two forms of energy (consider these energy forms- sound, light, heat, kinetic, electrical, gravitational, elastic, magnetic)

Grade 6** Informational group video; planning storyboard in class tomorrow  
*** Read the "concept green-home" package tonight. Share ideas in-class tomorrow.

Energy Survey: review and complete for Tuesday

Bowling:  In-class was provided

*  finalize graph 1, analysis, MMMR

PAST  DUE:

MATH: NSN: coming up this week looking at strategies for multiplication and division

5 U2 L3 #1abc 3 4 5 6

6 U2 L9 #1ab 2ab 3 6-10

BUSINESS DAY:  Please complete this short survey Business Day

Business Day: We look forward to seeing all of you taking on a leadership role throughout this venture, as you were participating in a dual role: Young Entrepreneur and Philanthropist.
**Complete the Company Start-Up Ideas template PAST DUE

**Complete Community Walk due Monday

HEATLH:  Review your research and start your 1st draft of your health article

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Canadian Communities Wiki class-time and some at-home time to begin researching information to answer inquiry questions students generated

SCIENCE: 

Grade 5:  design a transformation of energy device (select two energy)- sketch out a potential design and describe the two forms of energy (consider these energy forms- sound, light, heat, kinetic, electrical, gravitational, elastic, magnetic)

Grade 6** Informational group video; planning storyboard in class tomorrow  
*** Read the "concept green-home" package tonight. Share ideas in-class tomorrow.

Energy Survey: review and complete for Tuesday

MATH: NSN: coming up this week looking at strategies for multiplication and division

5 U2 L3 #1abc 3 4 5 6

6 U2 L9 #1ab 2ab 3 6-10

PAST DUE

BUSINESS DAY:  Please complete this short survey Business Day

Business Day: We look forward to seeing all of you taking on a leadership role throughout this venture, as you were participating in a dual role: Young Entrepreneur and Philanthropist.
**Complete the Company Start-Up Ideas template PAST DUE

**Complete Community Walk due Monday

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Canadian Communities Wiki class-time and some at-home time to begin researching information to answer inquiry questions students generated

SCIENCE: 

Grade 5:  design a transformation of energy device (select two energy)- sketch out a potential design and describe the two forms of energy (consider these energy forms- sound, light, heat, kinetic, electrical, gravitational, elastic, magnetic)

Grade 6** Informational group video; planning storyboard in class tomorrow  
*** Read the "concept green-home" package tonight. Share ideas in-class tomorrow.

Energy Survey: review and complete for Tuesday

MATH: NSN: coming up this week looking at strategies for multiplication and division

5 U2 L3 #1abc 3

6 U2 L9 #1ab 2ab 3

PAST DUE

BUSINESS DAY:  Please complete this short survey Business Day

BUSINESS DAY:  finalize survey and idea generating sheet

- Community Walk (Due Monday)

SCIENCE (5):  Finalize your research in your expert groups

PAST DUE: 

ART:  Lino Block- prepare your paper for next week's lino block cravings and printing.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Canadian Communities Wiki - use your time tonight to continue the research process (2-3 jot notes)

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

POETRY- Watch the video on Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speak- In google classroom start to brainstorm ideas to write your first draft.

BUSINESS DAY:  Please complete this short survey Business Day

Another week is finished and as a class community we explored the Canadian Geographic Energy Map and started swimming.

Have a great weekend!

ART:  Lino Block- prepare your paper for next week's lino block cravings and printing.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Canadian Communities Wiki - use your time tonight to continue the research process (2-3 jot notes)

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

POETRY- Watch the video on Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speak- In google classroom start to brainstorm ideas to write your first draft.

BUSINESS DAY:  Thank you Wil for joining us today.  Please complete this short survey Business Day

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Canadian Communities Wiki - use your time tonight to continue the research process (2-3 jot notes)

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

POETRY- Watch the video on Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speak- In google classroom start to brainstorm ideas to write your first draft.

Business Day:  Thank you Wil for joining us today.  Please complete this short survey Business Day

SWIM- Tomorrow is our first swim session please come with all equipment needed:

- swim suit

- towel

- googles

- hair tie 

- no jewellery 

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Canadian Communities Wiki - use your time tonight to continue the research process (2-3 jot notes)

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

POETRY- Watch the video on Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speak- In google classroom start to brainstorm ideas to write your first draft.

Business Day:  Thank you Wil for joining us today.  Please complete this short survey Business Day

SWIM form (PAST DUE)

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Canadian Communities Wiki groups generated 2-3 inquiry questions; tonight look for 2 potential websites (for research notes tomorrow) 

POETRY- Watch the video on Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speak- In google classroom start to brainstorm ideas to write your first draft.

Business Day:  Thank you Wil for joining us today.  Please complete this short survey Business Day

Catch-Up Night

MATH: Data Management: Bowling Project we will be completing the planning stages of this project over the next few days in-class. Some at-home time may be needed.

Finalize the following parts of the assignment:
- Individual Frame Scores
- Team Total Score
- Class 
- Girls vs Boys
            
SCIENCE: Capstone eBooks on electricity; visit Energy Quest for various forms of energy
More links in Link to Learning Grade 5/6 Science

Electricity Unit. REFER to the Big Idea questions Grade 6 OUTLINE; class time provided and at-home will be useful to support group members. Impact Groups compare & contrast forms of electricity and discuss human usage impact on the environment 

SWIM form (PAST DUE)

MATH: Data Management: Bowling Project we will be completing the planning stages of this project over the next few days in-class. Some at-home time may be needed.

Finalize the following parts of the assignment:
- Individual Frame Scores
- Team Total Score
- Class 
- Girls vs Boys

POETRY:  Finalize and send out invites to get feedback then implement feedback so that you are prepared for Monday to edit with teacher.
            
SCIENCE: Capstone eBooks on electricity; visit Energy Quest for various forms of energy
More links in Link to Learning Grade 5/6 Science

Electricity Unit. REFER to the Big Idea questions Grade 6 OUTLINE; class time provided and at-home will be useful to support group members. Impact Groups compare & contrast forms of electricity and discuss human usage impact on the environment 

SWIM form (PAST DUE)

MATH: Data Management: Bowling Project we will be completing the planning stages of this project over the next few days in-class. Some at-home time may be needed.

- Class Graph, Analysis, Calculation (MMMR)

LETTER:  Now that you have receive feedback from 3 students, implement feedback using the success criteria

SCIENCE:  review your expert research notes and ensure that you are clear on the big idea to ensure you are able to share in your impact groups tomorrow.
            
SWIM form (PAST DUE)

MATH: Data Management: Bowling Project we will be completing the planning stages of this project over the next few days in-class. Some at-home time may be needed.

- Class Graph, Analysis, Calculation (MMMR)

SCIENCE:  review your expert research notes and ensure that you are clear on the big idea to ensure you are able to share in your impact groups tomorrow.
           
SWIM form (PAST DUE)

Today was an amazing day supporting the Leafs at their outdoor practice and showing our Toronto pride at Dieppe Park Arena.  Thank you to all parents for coming out today and supporting our classroom.

MATH:  Finish coming graph 2, the analysis and calculations

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Continuity and Change (watch video, finalize identifying elements of continuity and change, and finish rating scale)

SCIENCE:  review your expert research notes and ensure that you are clear on the big idea to ensure you are able to share in your impact groups tomorrow.

The first week on January was an exciting week filled with lots of learning and fun.  Each you can in with a renewed sense of being a member of a collaborative and caring community.  

FIELD TRIP:  Come dressed for the appropriately (snow pants, winter jackets, winter gloves/mittens, hats and whatever else is needed to keep you warm).  Remember to bring a lunch.

MATH:  We have launched our new Data Management Unit.  Students will be using their Bowling scores as a way to organize, create, and interpret the data while into making reasonable conclusions.  

In class time provided for all activities below:

Bowling:  finalize your analysis in Google Classrom

GOOGLE CLASSROOM:  

- Thank you letter- first draft

- 40 seconds in a year

- Bowling analysis

SWIM FORMS:  Due Wednesday January 13

PAST DUE:

ONE MORE DEGREE OF EFFORT:  Watch the video on Google Classroom and use it as inspiration to reflect for the upcoming New Year!- Due Friday

SCIENCE: students have been assigned a research topic for our 

Energy/Electricity Unit. REFER to the Big Idea questions Grade 5/6 OUTLINE; student generated guiding questions to research and describe the transformation from raw form to electricity. Groups will reorganized from their expert group and be jigsawed into home groups later this week. Class time provided and at-home will be useful to support group members.

MATH:  We have launched our new Data Management Unit.  Students will be using their Bowling scores as a way to organize, create, and interpret the data while into making reasonable conclusions.  

Bowling:  Finalize your analysis for Graph 1

ONE MORE DEGREE OF EFFORT:  Watch the video on Google Classroom and use it as inspiration to reflect for the upcoming New Year!- Due Friday

SCIENCE: students have been assigned a research topic for our 

Energy/Electricity Unit. REFER to the Big Idea questions Grade 5/6 OUTLINE; student generated guiding questions to research and describe the transformation from raw form to electricity. Groups will reorganized from their expert group and be jigsawed into home groups later this week. Class time provided and at-home will be useful to support group members.

GOOGLE CLASSROOM:  

- Thank you letter- first draft

- 40 seconds in a year

- One more degree of effort

PERMISSION FORM:  Bring in form and money DUE Friday

PARENTS NOTE: 
* Extended French Forms were sent home before the holidays.  The due date is the end of the month. Please submit to the office as they are date-stamped.
** Over the next few weeks, flyers will be sent home from various middle schools as your child will transition from Grade 6 to Grade 7.  It is important that your child share this information with you so that you have the opportunity to visit schools, attend information nights and connect with the school that will best support your child's continued learning.

MATH:  We have launched our new Data Management Unit.  Students will be using their Bowling scores as a way to organize, create, and interpret the data while into making reasonable conclusions.  

5-U5 L2 #1 2 4 Reflect

6-U6 L2 #1 2 5 Reflect

Padlet- What do you think you know about Data Management.  Why might you want to organize information?  How might this information help you? Share an example

ONE MORE DEGREE OF EFFORT:  Watch the video on Google Classroom and use it as inspiration to reflect for the upcoming New Year!- Due Friday

SCIENCE: students have been assigned a research topic for our 

Energy/Electricity Unit. REFER to the Big Idea questions Grade 5/6 OUTLINE; student generated guiding questions to research and describe the transformation from raw form to electricity. Groups will reorganized from their expert group and be jigsawed into home groups later this week. Class time provided and at-home will be useful to support group members.

GOOGLE CLASSROOM:  

- Thank you letter- first draft

PARENTS NOTE: 
* Extended French Forms were sent home before the holidays.  The due date is the end of the month. Please submit to the office as they are date-stamped.
** Over the next few weeks, flyers will be sent home from various middle schools as your child will transition from Grade 6 to Grade 7.  It is important that your child share this information with you so that you have the opportunity to visit schools, attend information nights and connect with the school that will best support your child's continued learning.

Welcome back and Happy New Year to all the families in Room 301.

MATH:  We have launched our new Data Management Unit.  Students will be using their Bowling scores as a way to organize, create, and interpret the data while into making reasonable conclusions.  

5-U5 L1 #1 2 4 Reflect

6-U6 L1 #1 2 5 Reflect

Padlet- What do you think you know about Data Management.  Why might you want to organize information?  How might this information help you? Share an example

ONE MORE DEGREE OF EFFORT:  Watch the video on Google Classroom and use it as inspiration to reflect for the upcoming New Year!

SCIENCE: students have been assigned a research topic for our 

Energy/Electricity Unit. REFER to the Big Idea questions Grade 5/6 OUTLINE; student generated guiding questions to research and describe the transformation from raw form to electricity. Groups will reorganized from their expert group and be jigsawed into home groups later this week. Class time provided and at-home will be useful to support group members.

SOCIAL STUDIES: What is History? in-class discussions

PARENTS NOTE: 

* Extended French Forms were sent home before the holidays.  The due date is the end of the month. Please submit to the office as they are date-stamped.
** Over the next few weeks, flyers will be sent home from various middle schools as your child will transition from Grade 6 to Grade 7.  It is important that your child share this information with you so that you have the opportunity to visit schools, attend information nights and connect with the school that will best support your child's continued learning.