Monday, June 8th, Day 4

Good morning everyone!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend out in the sun! It was such a gorgeous time to be outside – I even got out for a bit and got this beautiful picture of a river near my house.

A few messages from SJA:

Daily Challenge – Since you all seemed to like the fun of choosing your events, we’re going to give you 7 more challenges, and you need to do 4 of them. 

This week we’re offering 3 prizes: A video game of your choice for 1st place (max $50, must be able to order on Amazon), a $25 Indigo gift card for 2^nd place and a $10 Indigo gift card for 3^rd place.

Here are your 7 choices, remember to do 4 of them and email them to Mr. Neal (sneal@stjudesacademy.com or send via wetransfer.com if they’re too big to email):

1.     Time for a bug hunt! Borrow your parent’s cell phone (with their permission of course!) and get out into nature, find at least 5 different bugs. Bonus points if you can name them all!

2.     No one did this one last week, so we’re posting it again: Wednesday is supposed to be a rainy day, so ut on your rain gear and go jump in some puddles!  Extra points to the student who makes the biggest splash!

3.     Take a book outside and spend 15 minutes reading under a tree. Make sure Mom or Dad takes a picture of you!

4.     Pay it forward: Take a video of you singing “You Are My Sunshine” to an elderly neighbour (from a safe distance of course!)

5.     With your parent’s help, bake some cookies!  Take a few pictures of you baking, and at least one of you enjoying the results.

6.     Draw a picture of the #1 thing you’re hoping to do this summer.

7.     Take a box, set it at least 2 meters away from you, and throw a ball into it – let’s see you get 3 in a row.

That’s it for this week – enjoy the challenges and good luck to everyone!

There are no afterschool programs today.

Morning Announcements:

·       Announcements

·      Lower School assemblies every Tuesday and Thursday on Zoom at 8:45 – the winners of the Daily Challenge will be announced tomorrow

·      Grade 6 morning announcements on Discord at 8:45 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays

·      Reflective – this month’s learner profile attribute. Who is an excellent example of a reflective learner in your class? Email you nomination to your teacher NOW. Provide a reason for your nomination.

·      Bridge-to-Terabithia art project due by 9 am this morning – include your reflection where you describe the media you used (clay only, paint only, art and clay) and the elements and principles of design you used

·      Parent-Teacher Conferences, this week Monday to Thursday  

·      SJA Imaginarium, June 24^th – June 30^th

·      JK – Grade 11 Promotion Ceremonies on Wednesday, June 24^th

·      Grade 6 PYP Graduation Ceremony at 9 am on Thursday, June 25^th

·      Fun Awards, Friday, June 26^th

·      House Cup Assembly, Friday, June 26^th

·      After-School Online Programs Today: - no program

·      Daily Challenge

Time	Place to Be	Class Information
9:00 – 9:40	Grade 6 Discord Server Join ‘mr_contes_class’ voice channel	Inquiry into Math Learning Goal: Students will learn how to use a variable in an algebraic expression, as well as how to write and describe algebraic expressions. Teacher will review lesson 10.3 on PDF. Students will work on homework questions 1 – 4. Success Criteria: I can… ·       Explain what a variable is used for in math ·       Explain why we use variables ·       Assign a variable to represent a value ·       Write an expression using a variable ·       Describe an expression with a variable
9:40 – 10:10	Zoom	Gym with Mr. Orr. Zoom link will be provided.
10:10-11:00	Zoom	French with Mme. Stella. Zoom link will be provided.
11:00 – 12:00	Lunch Break – Take a break from your devices
12:00 – 1:40	Zoom	Inquiry into My Digital Footprint Review the different parts to the final project.  Students will inform their teacher of the following decisions they have made: ·      the topic (mature options must be approved by parents),  ·      who they work with (groups of 1-4 are allowed),  ·      how many options they want to take on (presentation/activity/skit/all) In-class presentations will take place June 15 – 17. Students will be evaluated at this time. Presentations to other classes will take place on June 18 & 19. Today’s goals are to: Begin background research. The final research should be comprised of two pages of typed jot notes (Times New Roman font size 12) Begin the planning of their presentation/skit/activities Remind students to focus on responsibility & perspective in their presentation/skit/activity. For example: Perspective – What are the different points of view? Online privacy: When children are online, do they think about people who prowl the internet for personal information to misuse? How would someone misuse someone else’s personal information? What have they got to gain? Digital ethics: What are the rules people should use when using the internet? What are the rules that govern our society? Why are these rules necessary? Cyberbullying: What does it feel like to be a cyberbully? What are the motives of a cyberbully? What do they get out of this? What does cyberbullying look like? What does it feel like to be cyberbullied?  Responsibility – What is my responsibility? Online Privacy – What are some of the common mistakes do children make when it comes to online privacy? What should children know about online privacy? What steps can and should children take to protect their personal information? Cyberbullying – Why do children need to be educated about the cyberbullying? Why was this not an issue when your parents were children? What are ways that children can deal with cyberbullies? ATL Skills – metacognition. Explain to students that metacognition is about thinking/analysing your thinking. AS they prepare to teach younger students these lessons, they need to think about how they learn and what teaching methods are most effective to helping them understand and learn. As a class, have students share teaching moments and methods that were effective for them. Students should consider their own and each other’s learning styles and use these ideas to design their lesson.
2:30 – 3:00	Lunch Break – Take a break from your devices
2:20 – 3:30	Grade 6 Discord Server Join ‘mr_contes_class’ voice channel	Novel Study Meet as a whole class to discuss their responses to Chapter 10 questions. Students are then assigned to read Chapter 11, answer discussion questions, and participate in activities. Today’s activity is a Point of View. Students imagine what a conversation between Jess’s mother and father may have sounded like. 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 turns reading aloud.

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