Monday, January 13, 2020

Week of January 13 - 17, 2020.

Thursday HW
6A Notes:  This is homework for the grade 6 class I teach.
1.  20 minutes of reading.
2.  Week Four of "Holes" reading and vocabulary work.  The quiz for this section will be on Tuesday, January 21.
3.  Gather props, subject to teacher approval, for Holes role play activity.  Students are constructing a script in class this week and lines should be memorized.  We will present early next week, beginning on Tuesday, January 21.
4.  Data management quiz on Unit 5, Lessons 1,2,4, and 5 on Thursday, January 23.

8F Notes: This is homework for the grade 8 class I teach.
a)  20 minutes of reading.
b)  Short Story assignment group work due at end of period on Tuesday, January 21, on a Bristol board sheet (which I will provide).  This is a group assignment that we used class time for.  The instructions are in the Google Classroom.  We start presentations on Wednesday January 22.


Wednesday HW
6A Notes:  This is homework for the grade 6 class I teach.
1.  20 minutes of reading.
2.  Week Four of "Holes" reading and vocabulary work.  The quiz for this section will be on Tuesday, January 21.
3.  Gather props, subject to teacher approval, for Holes role play activity.  Students are constructing a script in class this week and lines should be memorized.  We will present early next week.
4.  Think about an interesting topic choice for a survey.  We should avoid variations on "What's your favourite..." and every question should include a final choice that asks
 "Other (please specify: ______:").
5.  MMS pages 72-73.
6.  Hana's Suitcase copies were handed out today.

8F Notes: This is homework for the grade 8 class I teach.
a)  20 minutes of reading.
b)  Short Story assignment group work due on Tuesday, January 21, on a Bristol board sheet (which I will provide).  This is a group assignment that we used class time for.  The instructions are in the Google Classroom.

Tuesday HW
6A Notes:  This is homework for the grade 6 class I teach.
1.  20 minutes of reading.
2.  Week Four of "Holes" reading and vocabulary work.
3.  In preparation for the TDSB One Book event with "Hana's Suitcase", students received a copy of the book today.  We will be using them in class.

8F Notes: This is homework for the grade 8 class I teach.
a)  20 minutes of reading.
b)  Short Story assignment group work due on Monday, January 20, on a Bristol board sheet (which I will provide).  This is a group assignment that we used class time for.  The instructions are in the Google Classroom.

Monday HW
6A Notes:  This is homework for the grade 6 class I teach.
1.  20 minutes of reading.
2.  Week Four of "Holes" reading and vocabulary work.
3.  Mean, Median and Mode 3.0 in-class assessment.  Students can use the two corrected practice pages done last week as study material.
4.  In preparation for the TDSB One Book event with "Hana's Suitcase", please make a list of (5) five important facts about Auschwitz and at least (1) one question you have about it.  A good place to start is at auschwitz.org, where you can choose the English version of the site and learn a bit about the history of this place.

8F Notes: This is homework for the grade 8 class I teach.
a)  20 minutes of reading.
b)  Short Story assignment group work due on Monday, January 20, on a Bristol board sheet (which I will provide).  This is a group assignment that we used class time for.  The instructions are in the Google Classroom.