Good morning everyone!
We will begin the day on Discord in the Grade 6 General Meeting room at 8:45am where we will review how our day will run today.
Remember to update your parents about all we are discussing during our inquiry unit. They are the most important ‘trusted adults’ in your lives.
A few messages from SJA:
Daily Challenge – Choose 2 of these, you have 7 seconds to do each one. Don’t forget to send Mr. Neal a video of you doing your choices! sneal@stjudesacademy.com
· Touch your feet with your elbow
· Dance like a Ballerina in a ballet
· Count to 10 in a language other than English.
And don’t forget about the Spelling Bee today!
And also, don’t forget that Track & Field is taking place next week during gym classes!
Coding: Join Zoom Meeting
Zoom information on ManageBac
Morning Announcements:
· Announcements
· Lower School assemblies take place every Tuesday & Thursday on Zoom at 8:45 (Monday/Wednesday/Friday on Grade 6 server)
· Top 3 spellers from Grade 1 – 6 go to inter-school contest today at 10:00 am! Good luck. Contestants are to join 30 minutes before start time.
· Integers Unit test today
· Our class anthology will need the following items: 100-word story, illustration of 100-word story, quote and sentence (due dates TBA)
· Virtual Track & Field next week
· After school programs today: Coding 4 – 5 (information on ManageBac & blog)
· Daily Challenge – 7 second challenges!
Time
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Place to Be
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Class Information
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9:00 – 10:10
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Grade 6 Discord Server
Join ‘mr_contes_class’ voice channel
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Inquiry into Math: Integers
Students will write final unit test for Unit 9: Integers.
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10:10-TBD
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Zoom
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French with Mme. Stella. Zoom link will be provided.
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TBD – 11:00
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Zoom
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Students will go to watch the Grades 1 – 6 Spelling Bee. Zoom link to be provided.
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11:00 – 12:00
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Lunch Break – Take a break from your devices
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12:00 – 1:40
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Zoom
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Inquiry into My Digital Footprint
Learning Goal: Students learn to only accept ‘friends’ on their social networking sites that they already know in real life (Part 1)
Begin by asking students about the kinds of things they post online. “What are some of the things you talk about with your friends online? If you have a profile, what kind of personal information do you have on it? Who is on your friends list? Have your parents seen your page? What are some of your screen names?”
Ask students to download the ‘Post-to-be-Private’ worksheet from ManageBac. Share your screen with students. Tell them you will display a profile from a social networking site that is set to private – these are displayed on their worksheets. Have students read the shared profile. Allow time for students to decide whether to accept this person as a “friend” on their own profile. They write down why they would or would not befriend this person on their worksheet.
Students watch ‘Post-to-be-Private’ and discuss what happens in the video. “What information about Allie does Slick find on her profile? What would you do differently if you were in Allie’s situation? How can Allie better protect herself online in the future?”
Students record their answers to these questions directly on their worksheet.
Part 2 if there is time:
Learning Goal: Students learn to only accept ‘friends’ on their social networking sites that they already know in real life. (This lesson is posted over two days to allow for spelling bee interruptions)
Review with students what was covered in the last class. Students will need their ‘Post-to-be-Private’ worksheet that they downloaded yesterday. Continue the conversation by asking, “What are some positive aspects of social networking sites? What is friending? Why do people want to build up their friends list? What rules should be followed when adding ‘friends’ on social networking sites. Students record their thinking and the ideas of others on the worksheet. Discuss as a class the risks and guidelines that can be set when accepting someone as an online friend. Make sure students understand that they must know people in real life in order to accept them as an online friend.
Return to the online profiles that the lesson began with yesterday. Reveal each accepted and not accepted new friend’s actual identity. Allow students to discuss what they see.
Divide students into groups of 3 or 4. Instruct students to download Things You Might Post Online from ManageBac. Have students draw an “X” next to anything that is not okay to post online and discuss why it is inappropriate to post. Have groups share their answers. Have students suggest ways they can avoid these mistakes and maintain their privacy on the Internet. Worksheets are uploaded to ManageBac by 8 p.m. on Friday evening.
Students then write a persuasive letter to help a fictional friend realise the potential dangers of using social networking sites.
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2:30 – 3:00
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Lunch Break – Take a break from your devices
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2:20 – 3:00
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Grade 6 Discord Server
Join ‘mr_contes_class’ voice channel
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Novel Study
Learning Goal: Students will consider the points of view of characters in the text.
Students meet in groups to discuss their responses to Chapter 5 questions. Students are then assigned to read Chapter 6, answer discussion questions, and participate in activities. Today’s activity is a journal entry from the point of view of one of the characters.
Any incomplete work must be completed as homework.
Students may choose to join a breakout room where students read silently, or they may choose to join a breakout room where students take turn reading aloud.
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3:00 – 3:30
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Grade 6 Discord Server
Join ‘mr_contes_class’ voice channel
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100-Word Story
Students will work on the good copy of their 100-word story to be submitted by the end of class.
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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. It is an expectation that students are reading between 30 and 60 minutes per day.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out so I can clarify and assist.
Steven Conte
