Parent(s)/Guardians(s): 

• Please ask your child to give you a tour of their poetry blog and voicethreads.  Ask them to share their contributions to offering descriptive feedback to peers using text/audio/video.

POETRY: Spoken Word poetry workshop reflection PAST DUE.  Please ensure that you have offered descriptive feedback and shared a favourite passage from a peers poem in Voicethread.  View/listen to examples shared by other students on the Journey Poem.

WRITING:  Refer to Tavares' blog for suggestions in writing a book recommendation and the book cover re-design; you also have this information in your writing folder.

• Book Recommendation/Review PAST DUE (Finalize rough copy and Upload to your Student Blog)

• Book Cover Re-Design: scanned and uploaded onto your Student Blog. Begin to analyze the book cover using the media triangle guiding questions.

MATH: Bowling Project, type up the analysis of the graphs using the feedback provided to bump up your responses (individual / team / 301 vs 308 / boys vs girls); create graphs using Excel spreadsheet.

SCIENCE:  Energy/Electricity wiki.  Green home building materials list and bring in materials for Monday.  Build day is Tuesday February 5th throughout the morning.

Thank you for another dynamic week!  I can't wait to see what next week brings  :o)

POETRY: Spoken Word poetry workshop reflection due tomorrow

WRITING:  Refer to Tavares' blog for suggestions in writing a book recommendation and the book cover re-design; you also have this information in your writing folder.

• Book Recommendation/Review due tomorrow           

*  Finalize rough copy

*  Upload to your Student Blog

• Book Cover Re-Design: consider the opportunity of being approached by a publishing company to re-design a book cover.  Use the feedback shared today to bump up your book cover design.  Final copy due tomorrow.

MATH: Bowling Project, bump up and reflect/respond to the feedback provided.

SCIENCE:  Energy/Electricity wiki.  Green home building materials list

A special thanks to Tanya who is a local spoken word artist for joining us this week  :o)

WRITING: 

• Book Recommendation/Review due Friday February 1st

*  Review book review in the newspaper, magazine, or online

    Review the following book review as examples: 

Hobbit
Percy Jackson

           

*  Finalize rough copy

*  Upload to your Student Blog

• Book Cover Re-Design: consider the opportunity of being approached by a publishing company to re-design a book cover.  Use the feedback shared today to bump up your book cover design.  Final copy due this Friday.

MATH: Entrance Pass for tomorrow revisit the math sheets handed back today, bump up and reflect/respond to the feedback provided.

SCIENCE:  Energy/Electricity wiki.  Green home building groups material needs.

Joining us for three half-days this week: Tanya is a local spoken word artist who recently represented Toronto at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Saskatoon and brought home the bronze medal with her poetry team.

POETRY: finalize the free write poem from the poetry workshop this morning and be prepared to take it from "page to stage"

WRITING: 

• Book Recommendation/Review due Friday February 1st

*  Review book review in the newspaper, magazine, or online

    Review the following book review as examples: 

Hobbit
Percy Jackson

           

*  Finalize rough copy

*  Upload to your Student Blog

• Book Cover Re-Design: based on the examples shared today in class, consider the opportunity of being approached by a publishing company to re-design a book cover.  Draft due tomorrow.

MATH: Entrance Pass for tomorrow focussing on graphing/evaluating

SCIENCE:  Energy/Electricity wiki.  Green home building groups material needs.

Joining us for three half-days this week: Tanya is a local spoken word artist who recently represented Toronto at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Saskatoon and brought home the bronze medal with her poetry team.

WRITING: Entrance Pass for tomorrow; writing an announcement

POETRY: 

• once your Journey poem is uploaded onto voicethread, recite your poem using 'audio' or 'webcam/video'
• provide written descriptive feedback (a star and a wish) to the assigned Journey poem written by your peers; record your favourite passage from their poem and explain why

MATH: Entrance Pass for tomorrow focussing on fractions

SCIENCE:  Energy/Electricity wiki.  Green home building groups material needs.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Heritage & Citizenship Wiki, focussing on the social, physical and government needs of First Nations groups before explorers/european contact.  PAST DUE

Joining us for three half-days next week: Tanya is a local spoken word artist who recently represented Toronto at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Saskatoon and brought home the bronze medal with her poetry team.

POETRY: 

• once your Journey poem is uploaded onto voicethread, recite your poem using 'audio' or 'webcam/video'
• provide written descriptive feedback (a star and a wish) to the assigned Journey poem written by your peers; record your favourite passage from their poem and explain why
•  upload your finalized poems into your student poetry blog.  This will act as a portfolio of your published piece.  Refer to Tavares Poetry Blog for entry ideas.  DUE Monday January 28th.

MATH: Entrance Pass for Monday January 28th focussing on number sense and numeration

SCIENCE:  

Energy/Electricity wiki.  Students have been organized into the green home building groups.

SOCIAL STUDIES: 

• Heritage & Citizenship Wiki, focussing on the social, physical and government needs of First Nations groups before explorers/european contact.  POSTPONED Research due Monday January 28th

READING: upload your finalized poems into your student poetry blog.  This will act as a portfolio of your published piece.  Refer to Tavares Poetry Blog for entry ideas.  DUE Monday January 28th.

PAST DUE: type up your book recommendation in your student blog.  

SCIENCE:  

Energy/Electricity wiki.  Students have been organized into the green home building groups. They are encouraged to complete their draft of floor plan design for tomorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES: 

• Heritage & Citizenship Wiki, focussing on the social, physical and government needs of First Nations groups before explorers/european contact.  Research due Thursday January 24th

Swim:  Please come prepared for tomorrow as it is our last swimming session at Winona.