Good morning everyone!
We had another successful online learning day yesterday.
You will begin today’s class with Mme. Stella on the Grade 6 Discord Server. Be ready for class to start at 9 a.m. It is best to login at least 5 minutes earlier to deal with technical difficulties. If Mme. Stella is not there, she may be experiencing Wi-Fi issues. Please be patient. We will follow our daily schedule as closely as possible.
During the exhibition process, specialist teachers (Mr. Orr, Mr. Oliver, Mme. Stella) with help facilitate learning for each of the exhibition groups during their scheduled class times. A quick message from Mr. Oliver regarding instruments: Please make sure to clean your instrument thoroughly before using it. You can find detailed instructions by going to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl93cyWnxvA&list=PLBB340E3D47C8B506
Time
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Location
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Topic
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9:00 – 9:30
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Grade 6 Discord Server
French Discord Group
(meet in mme_stellas_french_class VOICE and TEXT channels)
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· Mme. Stella will teach a French language lesson at this time.
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Bonjour mes amis de
6ième année!
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Aujourd’hui c’est vendredi,
le 27 mars 2020
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I’m so happy that we
could maintain our connection through Discord. I will recommend you watch
this video; it will help to keep the exposure to the French language, and
also learn about some precautions to stay away from viruses.
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Your teacher will
send you a worksheet to practice “Le Passé Composé”
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Faites attention à
vous!🌈
“S’en sortir, sans sortir”🌈
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9:30 – 10:30
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Class Discord Group
(meet in mr_contes_class VOICE and TEXT channels)
‘Exhibition Planner’ Section 8. b) via Google Docs by exhibition groups
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· Attend Ms. Hayward’s workshop on MLA Citations
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Learning Goal #1:
Understand how to correctly cite your
sources using MLA formatting for ‘in-text citations’ and on your ‘Sources
Cited’ page.
· Take notes about the workshop in section 8. b) of your exhibition planner.
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10:30 – 11:00
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Class Discord Group
(meet in mr_contes_class VOICE and TEXT channels)
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· Technical Difficulties
· Attendance
· Announcements
· Blogs will be discontinued soon. We will be using ManageBac moving forward. More information coming next week.
· Discord use will continue.
· We will try using Zoom soon. More information coming soon.
· We will continue using Google Docs
· General Discussion (Catch-up, Pandemic and our new way of life)
· Reflection on how the day went yesterday.
· How was everyone’s first mentor meeting?
· What support do you feel your teachers and mentors can provide to you?
· What new things did you learn about your topic?
· Did you complete research for your first line of inquiry?
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11:00 – 12:00
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Recess & Lunch
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12:00 – 1:40
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Class Discord Group
(meet in mr_contes_class VOICE and TEXT channels)
Exhibition Breakout Groups via Discord
‘Exhibition Planner’ Section 9 via Google Docs by exhibition groups
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· Today’s Learning Goal #2: Produce 1 ½ pages of typed research notes that meet the criteria we discuss.
· We will look at the next steps in the exhibition planner (via live stream) – Section 9research and note taking:
· Once this is done, we will have breakout groups to allow individual groups and students to begin their research. Try to be quiet in your groups as you do this work. Use the curated database on our library blog as their source. Make a note of the source of your information using MLA formatting in the Research Organizer that is in your exhibition planner You will also record all your notes in this organizer.
· I will be meeting with individual exhibition groups.
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1:40 – 2:20
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Recess & Lunch
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2:20 – 3:30
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Class Discord Group (meet in mr_contes_class VOICE and TEXT channels)
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· Housekeeping Items:
· Ensure all items in Exhibition Schedule checklist that should be checked are checked.
· Ensure mentor meeting minutes are filled out for first mentor meeting.
· Complete 2nd journal entry for homework by reflecting on the first week of exhibition in your journal (via Google Docs)
· Math lesson – Lesson 8.2.
· Mr. Conte to take up answers from yesterday’s homework.
· Mr. Conte will review yesterday's lesson on estimating percents and students will complete an additional worksheet to review concepts from 8.1 & 8.2
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Remember to visit Ms. Hayward’s library blog for more information about researching. Below you will find the databases she spoke about yesterday morning’s workshop.
Title
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URL
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Global Issues In Context
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Gale Canada In Context
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Academic OneFile
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Work that is not completed during class time will need to be completed as homework. Students should put more focus into reading at this time as well ensuring they are reading for a minimum of 30 minutes per day.
Homework:
· Journal entry # 2
· Continue to practice converting between fractions, decimals, and percents and estimating/calculating percents
· Continue to discuss topics with your family and read more about them
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out so I can clarify and assist.
Steven Conte
