Good morning/afternoon everyone. 

Today I have a few things for you to do and explore.  First, I hope that you will establish a space in your home that you can do “school.”  It should be a space where you are not completely isolated and that your support/parent has easy access to you.  Your bedrooms are probably not the ideal place.

I know that your school supplies are probably at school but hopefully you can pull together some supplies – most importantly paper and pencils/erasers.  Coloured pencils, a fine liner and something to use as a diary would be good too.

Think about balancing your screen time and activities without screens.  I know many of you have been playing a lot of video games.  Think, that during the week, school is in and other than for school use, you should be off your screens.

Today is explore day.  I have set up a math group on Prodigy. Please check your Microsoft 365 e-mail account for instructions on how to set up your prodigy account. I have sent you instructions and a class code that you will need to register.

Go to WWW.prodigygame.com/welcome.  Enter the class code then follow the instructions.  Spend some time exploring the site.  I would start with concepts you have already learned in order to do some review. 

Go to https://learning.burnabyschools.ca/grade6/7 and choose one or two of the suggested activities to do today and tomorrow. 

I will be setting up groups so that we can conference more easily on Microsoft 365.  30 is too many, and it is hard for everyone to have a voice.  More info to come.  If you need to talk to me, use my e-mail to communicate this, and I’ll set up a chat.

Have a great day.  Gratitude is good medicine for whatever ails you so take some time to think about something you are grateful for.

Miss you,

Ms. Arden