Remote Learning During Covid-19

Homework Due

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Remote Learning occurs when the learner and instructor, or sources of information, are separated by time and distance and therefore cannot meet in a traditional classroom setting. Information is typically transmitted via technology (email, discussion boards, video conference, audio bridge) so that no physical presence in the classroom is required.

 

 

Dear Wonderful Student,

(click here to open this letter from Mrs. Smith)

 

WEEK 1: Monday March 30th

WEEK 2: Monday April 6th

WEEK 3: Tuesday April 14th

WEEK 4: Monday April 20th

WEEK 5: Monday April 27th

WEEK 6: Monday, May 4th

WEEK 7: Monday, May 11th

WEEK 8: Tuesday, May 19th

WEEK 9:  Monday May 25th

WEEK 10:  Monday June 1st (in person Thursday)

WEEK 11: Monday June 8th (in person Thursday)

WEEK 12: Monday June 15th (in person Thursday)  PRO-D Monday

WEEK 13: Monday June 22nd (in person Thursday)

WEEK 14: Monday June 29 (last week of school)!

 

Life looks different for all of us at the moment, and so does your child’s learning experience. The resources [we are working on for the next two weeks] are not intended to be a direct replacement for regular in-class instruction – rather they are designed to be flexible and supportive for families.

During these extraordinary times, your child is unlikely to spend the same number of hours a day on their continued learning as they spent at school.

Please know that everything we are creating is with a view to providing a sense of connection, normalcy, and routine that keeps your child engaged in their own education. We will continue to support families in the very best way we can.

EXCERPT FROM Burnaby schools superintendent

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What am I supposed to do?

 

Do these 4 things…

(Let’s call it the Fab Four)

 

 

 

 

1. Check your Office365 every school morning b4 10am

Every morning, I post messages on Teams.  It’s like our class whiteboard.

 

 

2.  Turn In Your Assignments

Learn how by watching my screen recording…

video (6:09)

Short form: go to Teams, then look for the backpack called Assignments

 

 

3.  Make Yourself a School Day Plan

Example school day:

• start by logging into Office365/Teams/read Smith’s morning messages in Teams
• clock in your attendance daily (sometime between 9:30 and 10am)
• Zoom live classroom meeting 10am daily
• IXL Math = 30 minutes daily (work from A to Z)
• IXL English = finish the assigned week by Friday 3pm
• PE = 30 to 60 minutes daily
• Reading = 60 minutes [e.g. epic!, ReadTheory, independent novel reading]
• Scholastic = 45 to 60 minutes daily [Current Affairs/Socials/Sci/Health/Career/SEL]
• All The Right Type = 15 minutes in one sitting
• Other = 30 to 60 minutes

SCREEN TIME:  3 hours per day should be your maximum time spent looking at a screen in order to complete assigned schoolwork

4.  Check below for new info

 

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NEWS and Gallery Walk

log into Office365/Teams/channel NEWS and Gallery Walk

When students share their work with an authentic audience, they experience positive peer pressure. They want to create something that people will enjoy.

A classroom filled with the work of children is a delight to be in and sends a message to students that their work and their learning are important.

 

 

 

Seven Things That Happen When Students Share Work

Article: Displaying Student Work

8 Reasons Why Students Should Share Their Work

 

 

FRENCH:

• watch the videos on our class website, then take notes, followed by practicing with someone.
• I will create French quizzes online and let you know when to take the French quiz.

 

Week 1: Prepositions (on, in front of, behind, left, right, etc.)    Test is on Thursday, April 8th by 3pm.  Go to Teams / Assignments to open and submit the Assignment

Week 2: Greetings

Week 3 & 4: Foods and ordering in a restaurant

Week 5 & 6:  review and practice

 

 

TYPING

• At home, keep doing the 87 online lessons for All The Right Type.  Use proper fingering.  The goal is 40 wpm.  I have your passwords if you forgot.  I can track your progress.

 

 

 

READING

• independent novel reading (10 points per week). Make your own quiz.
• Scholastic magazine articles (daily). link is here
• epic! online books (use Parent Login and go to your epic! mailbox for assignments).  I can track you!
• read theory (log in and work at your own pace for reading comprehension exercises).  I can track you!
• audible  audible.com   All stories are FREE to listen for as long as schools are closed

 

Independent novel Reading

• Read novels from the green list and earn at least 10 points per week.  For book list and assessment see their black duotang and our class website–subject– Reading.
• Design your own quiz for the novel after you read it.  T or F, multiple choice.  Come up with 20 questions.  Remember to have the answers separately.  Type your own quiz using Office 365 and put your quiz in the Reading Folder to share with me.
• I will try and learn how to create fillable pages online and then post it into your Reading folder on Office365.  You should have your Black duotang at home anyways.
• You may read a novel not on the list since there is no paper quiz using my files at school. One teacher-mom recommends the novel Restart by Korman (a bully lost his memory).

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SCHOLASTIC

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

Each day has 4 activities.  You may read about all four.
Submit 1 activity out of the 4 (short or long submission; you decide how much you want to learn about it)
You should find activities at the bottom of the article.

Pick one bullet (this example has an extra choice Write About It!)

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Scholastic Week of April 20 (Do day 1-5)

Scholastic Week of April 27 (Do day 6, 7, 8)

Scholastic Week of May 4 (Do day 9, 10, 11)

Scholastic Week of May 11 (Do day 12)

Scholastic Week of May 19th (Do day 13, 14)

Scholastic Week of May 25th (Do day 15)

Scholastic Week of June 1st (Do day 16, 17)

Scholastic Week of June 8th (Do day 18)

Scholastic Week of June 15th (Do day 19, 20)

THE END

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You may jump ahead : )
But you can’t submit until the due date.

You have to submit using the backpack.

 

Learn how by watching my video:  video/HowToDoScholastic

 

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epic! Books

video on how to turn in Assignments

Assignment details are in Office365/Teams/backpack Assignments

 

Due Tuesday, May 19th.  Victoria Day. Read the book. Take the Quiz of 20 questions.

Due Friday, May 15th.  12 Tips for Managing Stress and Anxiety.  Read the book. Do the Word fillable doc.

Due Thursday, May 7th.  Mother’s Day gift… read book, take Quiz, then watch 3 videos…Origami gift box with cover  8:31 / How to make an origami rose (Part 1)  13:55 / How to make an origami rose (Part 2)  18:58

Due Thursday, April 16th.  How To Make a Paper Flick Football (video) + 5 questions.  See backpack Assignment in Office365/Teams

Due Wednesday, April 15th.  12 Ways to Prevent Disease.  See backpack Assignment in Office365/Teams.

Due Wednesday, April 8th.  Biography: Mae Jemison. See backpack Assignment in Office365/Teams. Answer the 7 writing prompts on page 30

 

   

 

*epic! Books

click here for preview

For ages 12 and under.  Free till end of June due to Covid-19 school closures!

• I sent an epic! books invite by Email on Wed March 30th to each student’s Email address.   pupil#@edu.burnabyschools.ca
•  check your Office365 Outlook student e-mail for the epic! invite to sign up for FREE until June 30.  Sign up using your @edu.burnabyschools.ca e-mail given to you by the school. 
• During the FREE school closure time, you will have to log in as a parent
• Class code won’t work under this temporarily free program.
• I will be able to track student’s reading.

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• Improve your reading comprehension.  It’s FREE.
• Personalized reading comprehension exercises for K-12 and ELL students.
• go to Office365 for how sign up for ReadTheory.  Look for Teams.  Look for the purple backpack in Assignments. Open View assignment.  Below is a screenshot.

 

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MATH

https://ca.ixl.com/standards/british-columbia/math

click here for parent letter on how to log in (I signed my class up for a free 90 days trial for IXL).

IXL is a great website to help yourself learn, build, and grow your confidence in Math.

I suggest working independently and going at your own pace, starting from the beginning of GRADE 6.   If it is too difficult, go backwards to an earlier grade.  It is important to know the basics before you can move ahead a grade.  Behave as if this is our daily math practice with the blue sheets.

How will I know you have done it? I can track you! So can your parent(s).

Enjoy…it looks like fun!

100:  How does the IXL SmartScore 100 work?  click here

80 is good, 90 is considered excellent, and 100 is mastered.

I suggest aiming for mastery before going onto the next skill.

 

WANT MORE MATH?  Go to our class website under Subjects, Math.  Here is a shortcut to get there… subject is Math

 

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ENGLISH

https://ca.ixl.com/ela/grade-6

click here for parent letter on how to log in (I signed my class up for a free 90 days trial for IXL).

IXL is a great website to help yourself learn, build, and grow your confidence in English.

How will I know you did it?  I can track you. So can your parent(s).

Start with grade 6; if you finish grade 6, you may also do grade 7 if you feel so inclined

Week 1:  Adjectives and adverbs

Week 2:  Greek and Latin roots

Week 3:  Contractions + punctuation, capitalization, and formatting

Week 4:  Common errors + Literary devices

Week 5:  Prefixes and suffixes + Author’s Purpose

Week 6: Word Relationships and Usage

ELL students, please go here if you are ELL and choose a beginning grade.

This is sections E, H, I, J, K, M, N, O, P in IXL English Grade 6.

 

100:  How does the IXL SmartScore 100 work?  click here

80 is good, 90 is considered excellent, and 100 is mastered.

I suggest aiming for mastery before going onto the next skill.

 

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SCIENCE

• We will spend Term 3 learning about climate change.
• stay tuned

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SOCIAL STUDIES

• stay tuned

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

• • watch videos about the coronavirus (CBC News Kids)
  • news for ages   
  • proper hygiene during Coronavirus click here (Health Canada)
  • Write a journal entry using the sentence starters below (due Fri April 24)

 I agree/disagree because…  I predict…  I have a question about…  I wonder…  This reminds me of…  I want to know more about…  I found evidence to support my idea that …

What is COVID-19? levelled reading

Level 1 Reading Together    pdf What Is COVID-19 – Level 1 – Free eBook

Level 2 Reading With Help   pdf What Is COVID-19 – Level 2 – Free eBook

Level 4 Fluent Reader          pdf What Is COVID-19 – Level 4 – Free eBook

Here is what you are expected to be thinking about:

•  5 things in this book I already knew about Covid-19 are…
•  3 things I learned from this book are…
•  I would like to know more about…

 

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PE

• Alphabet Fitness – Watch this video and try each exercise with Coach Dan. Open the Alphabet Fitness PDF document. Spell your school name, your name, or any word!
• log onto epic Books.  I put some PE books into your mailbox (e.g. yoga).
• PE With Joe FREE home workouts Mon-Fri / 30 minutes per day / happens each week (Mr. Milloy recommended this great site).

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ART

• coming soon
• you will have to take a picture of your artwork and send it to me using Office365 (I will want to see your progress ~ beginning, middle, end, so 3 pics).
• it will likely be pencil and paper artwork
• I suggest purchasing artist sketching pencils, and an art sketchbook (medium)
  

  Art sketching/drawing pencils

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BAND (with Ms. Lucy Chang)

The band teacher has created a blog for her Band students.  If you are in Band, click here

 

 

MUSIC (with Ms. Lea)

The music teacher has created a blog for her music students.

http://sd41blogs.ca/leaj/

 

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ZOOM

• The B.C. government has paid to get a Canadian license for Zoom, an increasingly popular video-conferencing tool, to support virtual learning for students in kindergarten through Grade 12 during the COVID-19 outbreak.
• The ministry said teachers should be getting a set of instructions and access to Zoom through their school districts this month.
• read the news about Zoom