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Info for the Week of Nov. 28th through Dec. 2nd

 MATH -Rotations Lesson + Examples *do rotation examples from the booklet *textbook: pp. 299-300 #3, 4, 6b, 7c *Transformations Independent Worksheets *Name That Transformation Worksheet -Transformations Quiz 1 on Wednesday/Thursday (exact date to be discussed in class) *Successive Transformations Lesson SCIENCE -Evidence and Investigation Unit (yourscience6weebly.com website) *Student Booklet + Notes *Being Observant *Being Objective *Remaining Objective -Bean Projects due this Tuesday/Wednesday! DESIGN STUDIES -Plan Drawings due this week -Quiz 2 on Landscaping Design (most likely Tuesday) -start on Perspective Drawings HEALTH/PHYSED -wrestling for the next 2 weeks with Mr. Couper

Info for the week of Nov. 21st through 25th

 NOTE: Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, Nov. 24th and Friday, Nov. 25th (both virtual through Microsoft Teams). There are no classes on Friday, Nov. 25th due to Parent-Teacher Conferences. MATH -continuing with Transformations: Reflections -Tangrams assignment -Rotations SCIENCE -Bean Project (due this week): need beans, red/green lentils, split peas, rice...depending on what color your animal is -starting with new unit: Evidence and Investigation DESIGN STUDIES -working on Plan Drawings (need to include measurements of each piece, details of what plants you will be using, scale...)

Info for the week of Nov. 14th through 18th

 MATH -new unit: Transformations -Translations lesson + practice (don't forget to use prime symbol when labeling the vertices of the translated object/shape) -Reflections lesson SCIENCE -Leaf booklets are due! (check out the Google Classroom for the rubric) -Human uses of the forests (last lesson of the Trees and Forests Unit) -mini quiz on Food webs and chains and Nutrient Cycle -Unit Test on Trees and Forests on November 17th (Thursday) -- study guides/notes are available on Google Classroom LANDSCAPE DESIGN -Plan drawing: use the available PPT slides on Google Classroom for guidance -if you haven't submitted the Analysis drawing + the answers to the questions, make sure you do that this week! NOTE: Any missed assignments/quizzes/tests you will have a chance to write/make up in the next couple of days to avoid missing material when we have parent-teacher conferences (next Thursday, Nov. 24th and Friday, Nov. 25th)

Week of November 7th through 10th Information

NOTE: There are no classes on Friday, Nov. 11th (Remembrance Day) MATH 6 - Patterns and Equations Final Unit Test on Monday, November 7th -Problem Solving Question: Winter Blues (after the test) -New Unit: Transformations -notes and questions on Translations SCIENCE 6 -Leaf Characteristics Notes and Booklet - Leaf Booklet Project (more info in class) -Quick 'quiz' on Food Chains and Webs + Nutrient Cycle (Tuesday, Nov. 8th) -Last topic of Trees and Forests: Human Uses of Forests - Upcoming test next week: Trees and Forests Unit Final Exam on Nov. 17th DESIGN STUDIES 7 -Landscape Design: Design Theory (Elements and Principles of Design) PPT notes -Plan Drawing (after the PPT info): will be due the following week on Monday, Nov. 14th -Analysis Drawings + Questions are DUE! (If not already handed in, these need to be handed in on Monday, Nov. 7th)

Week of October 31st through November 4th Classes Information

October 31st - Halloween: don't forget to dress up (appropriately) or if you're wearing casual, wear orange and black! Activities during HERO and Lunch. Math 6 -drawing the graph of a pattern (lesson 6) -patterns represented in different ways (connections): table, ordered pairs, equation, graph -graphing practice and unit review (Patterns and Equations) in preparation for the unit test -unit test on patterns and equations at the end of the week (Thursday?) - to be determined in class Science 6 -combine all deciduous and coniferous google slides into one presentation: you will use this as a learning resource/study guide (it will be posted on google classroom) -life of a tree + exploring tree rings growth and variations (video on life of a tree, PPT slides on tree rings variations, student booklet for notes) -bark and branch patterns booklet -trees and forests midterm (multiple choice) exam: date to be determined in class on Monday Design 7 -landscape design project: analysis dra...

Info for the Week of Oct. 24th through 27th

  NOTE: There will be no school on Friday, Oct. 28th as it is a non-instructional day. REMINDER: All grade 6 classes will be going on a field trip to Storybook Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 26th (for the morning only) MATH: -practice word problems using a variable and expressions/equations -Quiz on Writing Expressions Using Variables (Word Problem) on Tuesday, Oct. 25th -Battleship Coordinates Game SCIENCE: -Review: parts of a tree (booklet, should be already done from last week) -Deciduous and Coniferous Google Slide Project (more info discussed in class) DESIGN STUDIES 7 -Analysis Drawing (along with answered questions) due on Thursday, Oct. 27th

Recap Info of October 11th through 14th and 17th through 21st

 MATH 6 -writing expressions and writing equations from word problems -isolating a variable in an equation using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division -quiz on isolating a variable using addition and subtraction (Wednesday, Oct. 12th) -quiz on isolating a variable using multiplication and division (Monday, Oct. 17th) -plotting points on a coordinate grid /Cartesian plane: all 4 quadrants -quiz on writing expressions using variables on Monday, Oct. 24th SCIENCE 6 -Nutrient cycle and water cycle (notes done in class, info on weebly website) -Fungus, lichen and conks (notes done in class, info on weebly website) -quiz on food webs and food chains (Friday, Oct. 14th) -parts of a tree booklet + notes (starting on Thursday, Oct. 20th) DESIGN STUDIES -Landscape Architecture Project - Parts I and II: Research, Site Analysis and Analysis Drawing/Plan [follow instructions in the document provided on google classroom, as well as the provided PPT and the landscape architecture boo...