Online Learning June 1 - 5

Welcome to our ninth week of online learning. Answer keys are now posted for last week’s assignments where applicable, and this week’s assignments and resources are now posted.

LA (approx. 1 - 1.5 hours)

In addition to the science and social studies LA work, students will do a review of story writing this week. There are three photo prompts. Students will choose one and plan a story to write based on the picture. Their planning will include a word bank with various parts of speech (eg. vivid verbs) and the parts of a story (eg. climax and resolution). The PAT story writing rubric (also the rubric we used during our story writing unit) is posted so students can reference it and see where they think their story falls.

Math (approx. 2.5 hours)

Geometry is continuing. This week students will review the types of triangles, classify regular and irregular polygons, solve problems involving missing side lengths, and calculate perimeters of various shapes. The practice questions are split into two tasks and will be submitted through Google Forms. Relevant tasks are assigned on Mathletics. There is also another online basic facts / computation quiz to complete on Google Forms this week, including a few review questions on integers.

Social Studies (approx. 30 mins, counted as LA time)

The Iroquois Confederacy unit is continuing. There are textbook pages to read and questions to answer about their decision making and the pros and cons of consensus.

Science (approx. 30 mins, counted as LA time)

We are starting the last unit in science for this year: Evidence and Investigation. This week, students are tasked to develop their understanding of unit vocabulary (e.g. evidence, conclusion, infer, witness etc.) and learn about the importance of making detailed observations and inferences based on those details. 

Due dates are set for each Sunday as a way of providing structure and keeping work from piling up and becoming overwhelming, but we understand that work may need to be handed in late for various reasons and we would much rather see the work late than not at all. We are trusting that late work is completed honestly and without the use of the answer keys.

All grade six teachers will continue to be available online during school days and can be reached through stream comments, email, comments on student work, and in the daily Google Meets.

Have a great week!