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Info for the Week of May 1st through 4th

NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO CLASSES ON FRIDAY, MAY 5TH. IT'S A NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAY. REMINDER FOR GRADE 6 SCIENCE CLASSES: The Forms and $18 for Mad Science Workshops need to be submitted by Tuesday, May 2nd THE LATEST. If you haven't brought a signed form or $18 (can be paid online or cash/cheque), please make sure you do so. MATH 6 -Unit 5 Review (Fractions, Ratios and Percents): done in class on Monday, May 1st -Unit 5 Test will be on Tuesday, May 2nd -New Unit: Unit 4 - Angles SCIENCE 6 -Air and Aerodynamics: Booklet 1 Properties of Air -activities/demos done in class to demonstrate properties of air; videos related to those demos will be also posted on Google Classroom DESIGN 7 -finish Plan and Perspective Drawings -next: Technical Drawings (discussed in class, but also available on Google Classroom - PPT Intro to Landscape) -upcoming: research and find out what plants/flowers we can use to plant in front of the school for the rock garden and find out the cost to buy)

Classes Info for the Week of April 24th through 28th

REMINDER: Forms and money ($18) need to be submitted by May 1st for the Mad Science Workshops (part of the Air and Aerodynamics science curriculum); payments can be made online or by cash/cheque  MATH 6 -review of Equivalent Ratios topic (a few questions from textbook done in class) -Lesson 7: Exploring Percents (textbook pp. 186-187); practice questions: pp. 188-189 -->main idea: 4 different ways of expressing/comparing parts-to-whole -worksheets for practicing percents (conversions between percents, fractions, decimals and ratios) SCIENCE 6 -Sky Science Unit Test on Tuesday, April 25th -New Unit: Air and Aerodynamics (refer to the weebly website) -Sketchnoting (videos and slides): how to make study guides using sketch notes [you will be marked on this for the unit of Air and Aerodynamics] -Properties of Air + Activities/Experiments -YouTube video on Exploring Air and Air Pressure HEALTH 6 -starting the Sexual Health topics (those who are exempt will not be remaining in the classro

The Week of April 11th through 14th

 NOTE: NO CLASSES ON MONDAY, APRIL 10TH MATH 6 -Lesson 3: Comparing Fractions (using lowest common denominator and a number line) -Review of Lessons 1-3  -Quiz 1 on Fractions (Lessons 1-3) on Thursday, April 13th -Lesson 4: Exploring Rations (textbook: pp. 176-179) SCIENCE 6 -finishing up Topic 7 (Constellations) and Topic 8 (topic of your choice) for the Sky Science Digital Book [due by the end of the day Tuesday, April 11th] -Lessons on Moon Phases and Asteroids, Meteoroids, Comets -Quiz on Moon Phases on Thursday, April 13th? (TBD in class) -upcoming next week: Unit Test on Sky Science (date to be determined this week) DESIGN 7 -continue with Landscaping Project (Site Analysis, Analysis Drawings, Plan Drawings)

The Week of April 3rd through 6th

 REMINDER: This week is a short week (no classes on Friday, April 7th -- Easter Long Weekend) MATH 6 -starting Unit 5: Fractions, Ratios and Percents -Lesson 1: Mixed Numbers (textbook: pp. 162-165) -Lesson 2: Converting Between Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions (textbook: pp. 166-169) -Lesson 3: Comparing Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions (textbook: pp. 171-175) -upcoming next week: Quiz 1 on Proper and Improper Fractions (Lessons 1-3) -- date TBA SCIENCE 6 -finish notes on: the Jovian Planets, Rotation and Revolution, The Seasons (Night and Day) -Quizzes on Planets and Day and Night (Seasons) on Thursday, April 5th -Moon Phases -Sky Science Vocabulary Part I (also available on Science Google Classroom) -continuation of Digital Book Project (last couple of topics: Solar and Lunar Eclipse, Constellations) DESIGN STUDIES 7 -begin the project proposal of Landscape Design (around school grounds) -1st stage: Analysis Drawing