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I Am From Poetry

9/29/2016

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The beginning of the school year is always a busy and hectic time as well as an exciting time. We are all getting to know new people, and sharing information about ourselves. 

One of the first assignments of the year was a poem that describes some of what is important to each student, about their family, ancestry, and their personal identity.

Check out the final products on display!
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Conductor or Insulator?

9/29/2016

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This was our first opportunity to work on setting up basic series circuits to test what materials would be considered conductors and insulators of electricity by lighting up a bulb. How could what we learn about these materials, help us with our Electricity Game Project?
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Week of Inspirational Math

9/29/2016

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As a class we have been watching some of the Math Videos and completing some of their math activities from the Week of Inspirational Math at www.youcubed.org/ It talks about the different ways that we can think about our learning of mathematics and has us working in partners to try and solve math problems that are designed to have multiple entry points. Then we all have a chance to see what everyone else came up with. 

Check out some of our work on the problem of Four 4's. Using only Four 4's, and various operations (+, -, x, /, square root, etc.) try to find an equation that will give you every answer from 1 to 20. 
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CS First and Coding in the Classroom

9/23/2016

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For the people who were at bus patrol training and want to try this out on their own, or those who were in class and can't remember the website, here is the information for getting to the websites. Read everythign first, then start following the instructions step by step. Good luck!

STEP 1:
The first website you want to visit is: 
http://cs-first.com 
DO NOT sign in. I would like you to scroll down to under the sign in screen and use a join code. The join code for our class is moon49.
It will ask is 55 Upper Canada (select YES).  It will ask Storytelling (select YES).
The website will give you a username and password, You need to write these down in a safe location (probably in your planner somewhere easy to find so that you have it when you are at home and at school).
You are going to select the Storytelling module/icon first. It is a green circle with a pencil inside of it.


STEP 2:
The second website that you are going to visit is: http://scratch.mit.edu 
You must sign in with the USERNAME and PASSWORD that you just got from the last website. The username will start with CS followed by numbers. You are NOT signed into you Scratch account unless you USERNAME is in the top right hand corner of the screen. (Mine is loseyk because I am a teacher).
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There are a series of videos that walk you through the different steps. Try NOT to jump ahead as it sometimes will cause problems. Watch a video, Try what they ask you to, then watch the next video. There are add on's at the end of each section that let you experiment with different things (ex. adding sound effects, etc.)

Good luck, and have fun!
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Art: Exploding Shapes

9/10/2016

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Our first art lesson of the year!  Working with geometric shapes and perspective (a vanishing point). Check it out. Do you think you could do the same style of art?
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Newspaper Design Challenge!

9/10/2016

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Getting to know each other can be fun, especially when you are attempting a newspaper tower challenge!
Students were each given a stack of newspaper, 1 metre of masking tape and about 20 minutes. It had to be free-standing, able to withstand a wind created by a fanned paper, and use only the materials provided. They had 5 minutes to develop a plan and get themselves organized. Here they are in action!
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The tallest winning tower ended up being 52 cm tall, and withstood the wind created by a fanned paper.

Congratulations, Raptors!

Let us know what you think!   
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Check Out Our Classroom!

9/10/2016

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Take a sneak peek at Portable 6 this year!
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Let us know what you think!
​K. Losey
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A Math Lesson and Discussion...

9/10/2016

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How do you "see" or visualize a series of dots without counting them?
​Check out these variations...
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Welcome to Grade 6!

9/10/2016

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Congratulations on finishing your first week of Grade 6!

This week involved a lot of getting to know each other activities, such as:
  • Find Someone Who (a scavenger hunt with other people)
  • Class Bingo (try to get an many Bingo's as you can, and then fill your card!)
  • Two Truths and a Lie (guess which is the lie!)

We also had several assemblies this week where we learned a lot about the expectations at Ryerson P.S., such as:
  • we need to use and practice our 4S lines (Straight, Silent. Still. Safe.)4
  • we need to Respect Others and Act Responsibly (ROAR)
  • we need to remain seated during eating times, and Respect Others and Act Responsibly, even when there is not a teacher around
  • we need to demonstrate good sportsmanship on the playground at nutrition breaks, and encourage others, 
We also had several class discussions on a variety of topics, such as:
  • talking about what we like and don't like about group work 
  • what science unit would be the most fun to do first (Electricity!)
  • which read aloud we are most interested in (We All Fall Down by Eric Walters).
How was your first week at school? What were some of your highlights? 

Let us know!
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