November 9 - 12, 2020

                                                         

Here are the plans for this week:

Monday

• Silent reading 
• Podcast, 6 Minutes, continues
• Characterization assignment
• Remembrance Day Activity
• Aboriginal Veterans - Stories of Honour and Heroism

Tuesday

• Over the Top - choose your own adventure
• comprehension questions
• Podcast, 6 Minutes
• Plot Outline
• Remembrance Day Activity
• Aboriginal Veterans continues
• Remembrance Day Anagram activity

Wednesday

• Silent reading
• Podcast, 6 Minutes
• Theme assignment
• Remembrance Day Activity
• Canada Remembers Times

Thursday

• Over the Top continues
• comprehension questions
• Podcast assignments - finish them up
• Researching Dog Tags activity

November 2-6, 2020

   The snow is coming! If you need to talk to me do not hesitate to email me. Ask your child for their marks (found in October Workspace and Readworks)

The students will be working in a new November Workspace. Here are the plans for this week.

Monday

• Silent reading (bring your own book or from the LC)
• Cursive
• Podcast unit begins
• Start 6 Minute podcast
• Start plot outline for podcast
• All Soul's Day assignment

Tuesday

• Silent reading
• Part 4 - Religion
• 6-Minute podcast continues
• plot outline

Wednesday

• Silent reading
• Saint Project starts
• 6-Minute podcast continues
• plot outline

Thursday

• Silent reading
• Saint Project continues
• 6-Minute podcast continues
• plot outline

Friday

• Boggle
• Kindness Diaries
• video and assignment
• Saint Project continues

October 26 - 30, 2020

 

The students did take out books from the Learning Commons last week.  They are due Nov. 5.

The plans for this week:

Monday:

• Start a new reading program, ReadTheory.  Starting The Run series.
• Would You Rather - scan through and be ready to answer with a thorough answer in the next few days
• Religion - Jesus Teaches Us True Piety (p.18-23) and activity

Tuesday

• The Run continues
• Grammar Worksheets
• Read library book, word searches, ...

Wednesday

• The Run continues
• Would You Rather assignment
• Religion - read together, Ben's Prayer Journal
• Meditation through colour

Thursday

• The Run continues
• Would You Rather - Oral component
• Escape Room
• Grammar

Friday

• The Run continues
• Boggle
• Kindness Diaries

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween School Fun!

 Please review the slideshow.

Halloween Fun!

October 19 - 23, 2020

 Progress Reports Information

• I will be doing interviews by phone starting now if you would like.  If you would like to discuss progress, please send me an email and I will call you.  
• As of now, all the students are progressing well.  I have no issues.  They are quickly adapting to grade 7 and the increased workload.  They are using Hapara Workspace well.  Overall, I am quite proud of what they are accomplishing.  It is challenging working independently but they are succeeding.

Here is a link for a  mental health workshop: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LjggSctcVRnH_g41ZE8OUxcu3g8AwemL/view

The plans for this week:

Monday

• Quickwrite and cursive
• Learning to take out books of the LC
• Continue Sermon on the Mount (Student textbook p.8 and 9) and do scenarios
• Continue Point Proof Comment
• Halloween Maker Lab

Tuesday

• Quickwrite
• Continue Sermon on the Mount (activity on p.9)
• Vocabulary
• Continue Halloween Maker Lab

Wednesday

• Silent Reading
• Proofreading
• New Point Proof Comment Paragraph

Thursday

• Silent reading
• Continue Point Proof Comment Paragraph
• Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Friday

• Kindness Diaries
• Escape Room
• Finish outstanding Work

October 13 - 16, 2020

 Happy Thanksgiving

Remember, you can email me (tanya.hertner@ocsb.ca) at any time to ask questions about what is going on in class and how your child is progressing.  

Here are the plans for this week.

Tuesday

• Silent reading/No Red Ink/Cursive
• Finish novel
• Plot Outline
• Halloween Parts of Speech
• Pandemic Playlist Assignment
• Kindness Challenge Assignment

Wednesday

• Grammar of Doom
• Kahoot
• Sinister Synonyms
• Jesus Teaches Us How to be and How to Love (p 6-9)

Thursday

• Quickwrite
• Adjective and Adverbs
• Point Proof Comment - Qs about the novel
• Continue with p 6-9

Friday

• Quickwrite
• Boggle
• Kindness Diaries
• Finish up outstanding work

October 5 - 9, 2020

Reminder:

• bring a pencil, COLOURED pencila and crayons/markers, scissors
• a charged laptop or bring your own charger to class
• a clean mask
• a great work ethic
• This is just an outline. Days and activities might change depending on what is happening.
• Marks are slowly coming back for assignments.  Please check in Hapara Workspace.  If you see an NC, it means the assignment was not completed.

You can still borrow books from the Holy Trinity Learning Commons: 

Borrow a Book Today! or Borrow an ebook or audiobook Today!

 Here are the plans for this week:

Monday

• Cursive
• Chapter 12 - 14 - Don't Stand So Close to Me
• Plot Outline
• Comprehension Questions
• "What Kind of Boat Will You Take" Questionnaires

Tuesday

• Chapter 15 - 16 - Don't Stand So Close to Me
• Plot Outline
• Pandemic Playlist Assignment
• Kindness Project Begins

Wednesday

• Point of View Activities/Assignments
• Continue with Playlist Assignment
• Continue with Kindness Project

Thursday

• Chapter 17 - 18 - Don't Stand So Close to Me (Final Kahoot on Monday!)
• Finish Plot Outline
• Continue with Kindness Project

Friday

• Typing
• Boggle
• Kindness Project needs to be finished
• Kindness Diaries  - video and assignment

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!