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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 cla...

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

Week of March 13th through 17th

 Happy Pi Day on Tuesday, March 14th! 3.141592... MATH 6 -worksheets and exambank practice of Decimals Unit -Tuesday, March 14th: Pi Day Activities (discussed in class) -finishing off Unit 2: Lessons 8 and 9 (What is an Integer: pp. 74-77, Comparing and Ordering Integers: pp. 78-81) -upcoming next week: Numbers and Decimals Unit Test (Units 2 and 3 in the texbook) - Monday, March 20th SCIENCE 6 -teaching the concepts for the first 4 topics (The Sun, The Planets, Rotation vs. Revolution and Day and Night topics that students already submitted their Digital Book slides for) -feedback provided on the submitted slides -the next topics will be coming up next week DESIGN 7 -researching and creating Environmental Stewardship games -continuing with Intro to Landscape Design PPT slides and notes

Classes Info for the Week of March 6th through March 9th

 NOTE/REMINDER: There are no classes on Friday, March 10th due to Parent-Teacher Conferences. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be on Thursday, March 9th from 4:30pm to 8pm and Friday, March 10th from 8:30am to 2pm. If you haven't booked yet, please do so this week! Math 6 -lessons 3 (multiplying decimals greater than 1 by whole numbers) and 4 (multiplying decimals less than 1 by whole numbers) -textbook practice questions: pp. 97-98 #1-14; pp. 101-102 #1-8 - Quiz (on lessons 1-4 of decimal unit) on Wednesday, March 8th Science 6 - working on Sky Science Digital Book slides (The Sun, The Planets, Revolution vs. Rotation, Day and Night): due on Thursday, March 9th -check science google classroom for more info (and requirements) on the above Design Studies 7 -landscape architecture booklet - Quiz on Intro to Landscape and Landscape Design (consider the notes from the PPT slides) on Wednesday, March 8th -Project #1 on Native Plants handed back

Classes Info for the Week of Feb. 27th through March 3rd

 TELUS SPARK FIELD TRIP ON TUESDAY! :) Math 6 -Decimals Unit: place values, converting between standard, expanded and word forms, estimating products and quotients [Unit 3: Lessons 1 and 2 in textbook] -Practice Questions: pp. 90-91 #1-10; p. 94 #1, 2, 4ab, 5bc, 7 Science 6 -Sky Science Digital Book, Ongoing Project (topics to be completed so far: The Sun, The Planets, Revolution vs. Rotation, Day and Night) -info on what's required for every topic and slide is found on Science Google Classroom - First 4 topics are due by Thursday, March 9th [upload the slides into the Sky Science Digital Book Assignment folder on Google Classroom] Design Studies 7 -notes from the Intro to Landscape and Landscape Design PPT slides -continue with Landscape Architecture Activity Book - Quiz on Intro to Landscape on Wednesday, March 9th