Online Learning June 8 - 12

Welcome to our tenth week of online learning. Starting this week we are reducing the afternoon Meet times due to a lack of participation. Mr. Shackelton will be hosting the Monday afternoon meeting at 12:30pm and Mr. Mueller will be hosting the Wednesday afternoon meeting at 1:30pm. We continue to check our classroom streams and answer questions about assignments. The morning Meet time remains unchanged. Daily Meets take place from 8:30-9:30am.

Answer keys are now posted for last week’s assignments where applicable, and this week’s assignments and resources are now posted.

LA (fully integrated into science and social studies)

This week students will be applying their literacy skills while continuing work in the final social studies and science units, so no assignments are posted in the LA classroom. Once again there is a question for students to answer confirming they understand that they need to check the science and social studies classrooms to access the work for this week. This shows us who is paying attention to what is posted.

Math (approx. 2.5 hours)

In our final week on geometry, students will work on triangles, quadrilaterals, and angles. This week students will learn about and refine skills in identifying different types of angles, naming triangles (by side and angle), calculating area and perimeter of 2-D shapes (e.g. triangles) and also learn how to calculate the volume of 3-d shapes (rectangular prisms). It is recommended to follow the steps on the Week 10 Geometry document for a linear progression of tasks. Mr. Mueller has made two videos explaining the concepts. The links are embedded in the document. Please ensure students watch them! New Mathletics tasks have been assigned for practice. Lastly, there is a Google Form about all the concepts taught in the past 3 weeks in geometry for students to test their skills. 

Social Studies (approx. 1.5 - 1.75 hours, counted as LA time)

The Iroquois Confederacy unit is continuing. There are textbook pages to read and questions to answer about their decision making. Remember to answer in full sentences. 

Science (approx. 30 - 45 mins, counted as LA time)

This week, students are tasked to develop their understanding of the types and patterns on fingerprints in the Evidence and Investigation unit. There is a slideshow, two short videos and a Google document with questions that need to be submitted.

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 (see updated Meet schedule below).

Have a great week!