Review Fractions — Wednesday March 13

Pick a Fractions package option below.

You and your Brain Buddy need a lined piece of paper each.

Option A Scroll to page 6. Review converting mixed fractions into improper fractions and so on. If you get to page 13, you do have to ensure that both denominators are same before adding and subtracting them.

Option B Start by simplifying fractions on page 4.

 

Chezhiyan, you can enjoy this dad joke:

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Stay connected during winter break!

life is a mood — Adventure Time S7E14

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Optional homework extensions if you’re interested in some work over the break:

  1. Math — you can find the math textbooks here 
  2. Language Arts – writing workbookgrammar
  3. Journal prompts  1  or  2

Science Secret Agents

Optional Reflection Questions

  • How did this activity help you to review the Nervous System?
  • How did you use communication during this activity?
  • What was a challenge? How did your group overcome it?
  • What was your secret code name?
  • Metacognition question: why do you think Mr. M and Ms. Cheng dressed up for this activity?

Group Challenge

Reflection Questions:

  • What core competencies did you use during this activity? (Communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creative thinking, social responsibility)
  • Use metacognition and think about your own thinking: How did your group come up with this idea?
  • How did you participate in this activity? How did your group communicate to figure out group roles?
  • What was a challenge your group ran into, and how did you solve it?

Purposeful Play

Reflection questions at home

  • Who were the classmates you played with?
  • How did you use any of our past Value of the Weeks (being inclusive, taking initiative, team player, self-regulation, being kind)?
  • What was one new thing you learned about a classmate you didn’t know well?

Wrong Answers only: Game 

Practice Commenting: Oct 11, 2023

Instructions on How to Comment on the Blog!

  • Find the post that you want to comment on
  • Click on “_____ comments” next to the date under the title of the blog
  • Scroll down to the bottom
  • Write your comment in full sentences
  • Include your first name only, and you can choose to write your real email or make up an email (this won’t be seen by anyone)
  • Press post comment

Please make sure that you are practicing digital citizenship by:

  • Making sure your comment is school-appropriate, kind, and can be used in actual classroom discussions
  • Using full sentences, and editing your comment for any spelling mistakes, punctuation, and grammar before posting

If your post does not follow the guidelines above, it will not be approved and it will not be published for everyone to see!

Cards and Castles

Discussion Questions at home:

  • What is a team player?
  • How did you show qualities of a team player this week? How were you a team player in this activity?

Fundamental Attribution Error Discussion Questions:

Use these photos to discuss the internal, external and personal factors

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Unit of Inquiry: Who are we?

Essential Questions so far:

  • How does the amygdala react to threats?
  • How does the fight/flight/freeze response affect our hippocampus and amygdala?
  • What is the general function of each hemisphere of our brain? Is it a myth?
  • How can we express ourselves through cinquains and haikus?
  • How can we add adjectives to nouns and extend our sentences?
  • How we can use imagery to describe our surroundings?

Extension practice questions at home:

  •  We practiced adding adjectives to nouns, and extending sentences. You can practice at home using the following sentence stems:
    • The dog barked at the tree.
    • The firefighter brought a ladder.
    • The school had a playground.
  • For math, you can access the Grade 6 math textbook here. The Grade 5 textbook is linked here. We are working on patterns and will start equations next week

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