April 14, 2020
Good Morning Students of Division #1 and Parents,
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend and enjoyed some time with your families. Thank you all for your patience as we move forward on this learning journey. What we are all experiencing requires us to be patient, flexible and understanding of each other as we try to stay connected while practicing social distancing. Having now spoken with most families, I understand the need for me to be flexible in my planning of lessons, but I also want to engage my learners in lessons that will develop their critically thinking brain and hopefully be enjoyable at the same time. This may look or feel a little different as I explore online resources for us to use. I will be creating a resource page on my blog with links and places to check out. I will add this to Teams as well for students who are accessing Teams daily.
Please note that I can see in Teams who has or who has not accessed, viewed or turned in an assignment, so this week is important that all my students check into Teams and in particular respond to the assignment labeled “Blog folios and Office 365”, a quick response to show me you are in and understand how to turn in an assignment. Remember to click the words turn in.
I have signed our class up for Epic Books and an emailed invitation should have been sent to parent emails last week with directions for signing in to my class on Epic Books. Please make sure you have done this, as an assignment has been posted in Teams. I will continue to look for another platform for reading novels, as we have a class of avid readers. (Please see Ms. Araujo’s blog for other options you can access for on line books)
As students will be online in this new way of learning, please see attachment to the email or link in my blog post from the Burnaby School district outlining Digital Responsibility and Guidelines for students.
We will continue to take this day by day, but please reach out to me (students and parents) and let me know how things are going. It is my plan to move students forward in their learning while not overwhelming them at the same time. I will follow the district guidelines as laid out in an email that you will all be getting from the school district this week. I will be available throughout the day, so send me an email and I will do my best to answer as quickly as possible. I know many of you are also working from home throughout the day and devices are being shared and flexibility in these situations is important.
Week #1 April 14-17 Assignments:
- These will also be posted in Teams for students to write their responses and please remember to click turn in.
- Please encourage students to read daily for 30 minutes, including any of the following – newspapers, articles, magazines, novels, and graphic novels.
- Please encourage students to engage in daily physical activity (can include: yoga, dance, nature walks, running, biking, scooting etc.)
- Students will need to create a space to do their online learning/school work/reading by making sure they also have materials like pens, pencils, paper, eraser, calculators and basic art supplies – this will help with creating a schedule to get through our days togethers
GRADES 6-7 SUGGESTED LEARNING FRAMEWORK (From Burnaby School District)
| Approximate Time Per Day | Area of Learning | Learning Experience Examples
Ms. Borgenstrom Assignments this week April 14-17 (Students see Teams for full assignment details-should be posted by the end of the day thank-you. Remember these are assignments for the week plan your time according-your second assignment.) |
| 40 minutes | SEL and Connection | 1. Create a plan for wellness and follow it (this is more than just physical exercise, but ways in which you will take care of yourself, calm yourself.) -think about our many class meeting conversations with Ms. Ball
2. Create a schedule for your week that includes when you will work on class assignments, read, follow your wellness plan, do some daily physical activity and spend time with your family, have meals and snacks.
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| 40 minutes | Literacy | 3. Daily Reading 30 minute (own book or check out Epic books)
4. Journal writing/quick write – One question per day ( I am looking for details -read assignment in teams) 4 questions = 4 paragraphs due Friday Question for Tuesday – What does social distancing mean to you?
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| 40 minutes | Numeracy | 5. Math Games – play a math card game with a family member to work on learning your math multiplication facts – let me know what game you played
Ms. Binn’s will teach grade 6 math and Ms. Borgenstrom will teach grade 7 math and teams will be set up for this. |
| Flexible Time frame | Flexible Learning | Flexible learning time could be – Social Studies, Science, STEAM challenges, Painting, Experiments, Music, ADST: cooking, sewing activities, Outdoor Activities,
6. This week it will be a career projects – using Epic Books (Money Sense/Consumer Sense) – See assignment in Teams for details 7. There are two assignments for socials studies that were posted before spring break related to our pipeline debate that are currently over due – please read Teams post and or send me a question, via email. |
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