Monday, December 5, 2011

Math for Monday, December 5, 2011

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Holiday Help

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Language for Friday, December 2, 2011

Bell Work:  Savvygram

Spelling:  This is your last day to complete your spelling assignments!

TEDX6

  • Mini conferences with Mr. Monahan
  • Writing your transcript
  • Working on your audio-visual presentation

If time permits:  Out of my Mind

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

First Nations Test

The First Nations Test will be Wednesday, December 14, 2011.  Good luck! 

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Math for Thursday, December 1, 2011

It’s time to start a new unit!  Unit four is all about decimals. You will learn how large numbers can be represented using decimals (Ex.  Sidney Crosby earns about 8.75 million dollars per year) and how decimals can be used to represent parts of whole numbers (Ex.  $8.64 is 8 whole dollars and 64 hundredths of a dollar – or cents). 

Tip:  What I would suggest if you have trouble with decimals is that you think of the decimal you are looking at as if it was money.  If I owed you 8.87 cents, you wouldn’t let me give you just $5.95 would you?

Take some time to consider the unit introduction on pages 112 and 113.  Check out the Learning Goals on the bottom left of the page.  Make sure you understand what each expectation means and the language used.  The information on page 113 might be more familiar to you if you think of computer memory.

Power

Memory (approximate)

1 kW = 1000 Watts 1 kb (kilobyte) = 1000 bytes
1 MW = 1 000 000 Watts 1 Mb (megabyte) = 1 000 000 bytes
1 GW = 1 000 000 000 Watts 1 Gb (gigabyte) = 1 000 000 000 bytes
  1 Tb (terabyte) = 1 000 000 000 000 bytes

Pre-assessment:  Try this short quiz to see how much you already know about decimals.

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Language for Thursday, December 1, 2011

When writing  the transcript of your TED talk, make sure that you pay attention to writing paragraphs properly.  This is expected in all your writing, but it is one of the areas of focus for your assessment on this task.  Writing your paragraphs properly will also help with the pace when you deliver your talk to the class.  It will help you take a “break” between big ideas.

Guidelines for Paragraphs

  • You should start a new paragraph when:
    • When you begin a new idea or point. New ideas should always start in new paragraphs. If you have an extended idea that spans multiple paragraphs, each new point within that idea should have its own paragraph.
    • To contrast information or ideas. Separate paragraphs can serve to contrast sides in a debate, different points in an argument, or any other difference.
    • When your readers need a pause. Breaks in paragraphs function as a short "break" for your readers—adding these in will help your writing more readable. You would create a break if the paragraph becomes too long or the information is complex.
    • When you are ending your introduction or starting your conclusion. Your introduction and conclusion should always be in a new paragraph. Some introductions and conclusions have multiple paragraphs depending on their content, length, and the writer's purpose.
    • When there is dialogue (speech) from a new speaker. If you have dialogue or speech between two or more different individuals in your writing, you should start a new paragraph for each speaker.
  • Other Paragraph Guidelines
    • Put only one main idea per paragraph.
    • Aim for three to five or more sentences per paragraph.
    • Separate paragraphs with a “hard carriage return” – looks like one space between paragraphs.
  • Example from our class blog.  The first paragraph below talks about the times that I planned to be available for Parent-Teacher Interview.  When I began writing about the fact that the times might not fit everyone’s schedules, I began a new paragraph that also included instructions for what to do if that was the case.

Requests for Parent Teacher interview times have been sent home and many students have already returned their forms.  I will be available  between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm and from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Thursday, November 24.  I will also be available on Friday, November 25th between 8:00 am and 11:30 am.  I will not be available on Friday afternoon.

If these times don’t fit your schedule, please contact me and let me know so that we can set up a different time.  Confirmation of times will be sent home with your child’s progress report on November 23rd, but if the time you have selected doesn’t work I will contact you as soon as I see a conflict (so far, everyone has been accommodated).

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Language for Thursday, December 1, 2011

Bell Work

Rewrite the examples correctly below on paper so that you can use the document camera to share them.

  • some insects travel south in winter monarch butterflys will go 4000 km for warmth they now exactly when to turn around and hed north agin
  • don’t open the gate mr rogers dogs will get out and run away

Out of My Mind

I would like a few (3 – 5) volunteers to share their blog responses to yesterday’s reading.  You were asked:

Imagine that you were in Melody’s position (i.e. couldn’t speak or use sign language) and you received a computer that allowed you to talk. What is the first paragraph that you would write to your parents? What is the first paragraph that you would write to your classmates?

Spelling City

Many of you are not yet complete the two lists that are due on Friday! 

Many of you will also recall that this was discussed during your parent-teacher interview.  There are two reasons to be working on this task:

  1. It will help improve your spelling – if you actually do the practice and complete the activities to build your vocabulary.  If you don’t work at it, there’s no improvement.
  2. It shows that you can take initiative and be responsible for your own learning.  You’ve had two weeks to get to it!

SO GET TO IT!

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