Ask Emily Letter

http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/puberty.html

http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/grow/

http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/talk/
http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/boys-puberty.html

Business Letter- Format

http://cdn.scope.scholastic.com/sites/default/files/SCOPE-090115-Nonfiction-LetterWriting.pdf

Decimal Practice

Rounding:

http://www.math-play.com/rounding-decimals-game-1/rounding-decimals-game.html

http://www.math-play.com/baseball-math-rounding-decimals/rounding-decimals.html

http://www.math-play.com/Changing-Fractions-and-Decimals-to-Percents/changing-fractions-and-decimals-to-percents-millionaire.html

http://www.math-play.com/Fractions-Decimals-Percents-Jeopardy/fractions-decimals-percents-jeopardy.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/decimals/scooterQuestDecRound.htm

http://www.aaamath.com/est-dec-round.htm

Adding and Subtracting: 

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html?goLesson=7 https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/decimals/adding_decimals/v/adding-decimals

http://www.math-play.com/soccer-math-adding-decimals-game/adding-decimals-game.html

http://www.math-play.com/subtracting-decimals-game/subtracting-decimals-game.html

http://www.math-play.com/baseball-math-adding-decimals/adding-decimals.html

http://www.math-play.com/baseball-math-subtracting-decimals/subtracting-decimals.html

http://www.math-play.com/adding-decimals-game.html

http://www.math-play.com/subtracting-decimals-game.html

http://mrnussbaum.com/hotel/

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-5/add-and-subtract-decimal-numbers

Working Ahead: Multiplying and Dividing 

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/decimals-percents/division-of-decimals.htm

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/decimals-percents/mult-of-decimals.htm

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5/multiply-a-decimal-by-a-power-of-ten

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_multiplydecimals.html

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_dividedecimals.html

http://www.mathsisfun.com/multiplying-decimals.html

http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/02-decimals/08-decimals-multiplying-02.htm

http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/02-decimals/decimals-cruncher-multiplication.htm

http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/02-decimals/10-decimals-dividing-by-decimal-01.htm

http://www.aaamath.com/dec54ax2.htm

http://www.aaamath.com/dec66qx2.htm

http://math6.nelson.com/studentcentre/studtryout.html#ch9

http://www.math-play.com/multiplying-decimals-game.html

http://www.funbrain.com/football/

http://www.quia.com/cb/95593.html

http://www.nelsonk8math.com/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch9_les2.htm

Instrument Selection

https://docs.google.com/a/gapps.yrdsb.ca/forms/d/13j8KPr5jmppuiQ2LiXu0y1W8CoJFbBqHfLqtBpP-x5M/viewform?c=0&w=1

Source: www.funeducationalapps.com

Flight Video for Wednesday

1. assess the societal and environmental impacts of flying devices that make use of properties of air;

2. investigate ways in which flying devices make use of properties of air;

3. explain ways in which properties of air can be applied to the principles of flight and flying devices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_RZR-fEafU

Learning Partners Activity- From Mrs. Cooper

http://www.fun-facts.org.uk/earth/pollution.htm - pollution

http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/Deforestation-Facts-for-Kids - deforestation

http://www.activewild.com/what-is-deforestation-for-kids-information-and-facts/ - deforestation

http://www.eschooltoday.com/overfishing/impact-of-overfishing.html - overfishing

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/17859-the-kids-guide-to-global-warming - global warming

http://www.eschooltoday.com/climate-change/Introduction-to-climate-change-for-children.html - global warming/climate change

http://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/climate-change.html - climate change

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-poverty-education-lessons - poverty

https://wellspringfs.org/blog/14-ways-effectively-explain-homelessness-and-poverty-your-child - poverty 

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/global-issues-poverty.html - poverty

http://www.kidsgoglobal.net/the-issues/water - water access

http://www.kidsgoglobal.net/the-issues/education/ - education

http://www.alliantenergykids.com/EnergyandTheEnvironment/SavingEnergy/022390 - saving energy

http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/what-is-electricity/ - electricity

Encyclopedia Britannica

PebbleGo

Kids InfoBits

http://www.kidsgoglobal.net/  - global issues

http://pbskids.org/wildkratts/videos/  a link for wild kratt videos

https://www.bringbackthebees.ca/# - bees issues

http://www.kiddle.co/ - kids search engine

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-12/documents/pest-impact-hsstaff.pdf - article about pesticide facts related to children

https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks/polar-bears/ - polar bear information

http://meetthegreens.pbskids.org/features/carbon-calculator.html - carbon foot print calculator (you need to create a login)

http://www.ducksters.com/science/environment/global_warming.php - global warming (the bottom of the page there is other suggestions that are useful)

http://www.earthrangers.com/wildwire/take-action/tap-or-bottled-you-decide/ - water bottles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdfMkr1pXrM - the importance of bees

EQAO Takeup (broken projector)

http://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/junior-division/assessment-docs/g6-math-answer-key-2015.pdf

http://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/junior-division/assessment-docs/G6-math-scoring-guide-2015.pdf

HDI Index

http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries

http://worldmap.canadiangeographic.ca/

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter/events/2014/july/HDR2014.html

http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr_2015_statistical_annex.pdf

http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/HDI

TVO Kids Videos- EQAO Review

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/addingfractions

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/addingnumbersdecimals

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/areaparallelogram

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/constructingequilateraltriangle

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/eqaobedmas

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/figuringoutpercent

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/multiplyinganddividingdecimals

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/probability       

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/plottingdatalinegraph

http://homeworkzone.tvokids.com/videos/whatratioandhowitused

BHES "10 for 10" Sale Results...

$6886.30! Our best Bake Sale ever

Measurement Test Review

- Measure and calculate perimeter

- Estimate, measure, and calculate area

- Explore how the areas of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles are related

- develop formulas for the area of a parallelogram and area of a triangle

- develop formulas for the volume and surface area of a triangular prism

- sketch polygons, given perimeter and area measurements 

http://www.nelsonk8math.com/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch8_les4.htm

http://www.nelsonk8math.com/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch8_les6.htm

http://www.nelsonk8math.com/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch8_les1.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch08/ch8_08.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch08/ch8_09.htm

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/perimeter

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/area-of-compound-figures

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/area-and-perimeter-of-irregular-figures

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/area-and-perimeter-word-problems

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/rectangles-relationship-between-perimeter-and-area

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/compare-area-and-perimeter-of-two-figures

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/volume-and-surface-area-of-triangular-prisms

http://staff.argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math9/strand3/rectangle_area_per.htm

http://www.mathplayground.com/area_perimeter.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_2qzCAcrJs

3 Group Lesson

Group 1: With Ms. G

- Access blog

- Watch videos

- Do EQAO questions

- Make popcorn for Bake Sale

- Textbook work is homework: 364-365 # 1-5; 8-9 

Group 2: With Ms. R

- Access blog

- Watch videos

- Do textbook work: 364-365 # 1-5; 8-9

Group 3: With me…

Video links... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hr1MqJXrFc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw7NAquWuTs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZHXzB28Kxc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkb6W4qEVck

Self-Directed Math

Review:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGLWKWcg0Vo

http://vimeo.com/56881131

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/measurement/area-parallelogram.htm

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/measurement/area-irregular-figures.htm

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/measurement/area-triangle.htm

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/measurement/perimeter.htm

Activities:

http://www.math6.nelson.com/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch8_les2.htm

http://www.math6.nelson.com/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch8_les4.htm

http://www.math6.nelson.com/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch8_les6.htm

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=108

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/area-of-triangles

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/area-and-perimeter-word-problems

https://www.ixl.com/math/geometry/area-of-parallelograms-and-triangles

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-07-829631-5&chapter=14&lesson=1&headerFile=4&state=na

http://www.mrmaisonet.com/index.php?/Area-Quizzes/Area-Of-A-Parallelogram-Quiz.html

http://www.mrmaisonet.com/index.php?/Area-Quizzes/Area-Of-A-Triangle.html

http://www.mrmaisonet.com/index.php?/Area-Quizzes/Area-Of-Rectangles.html

https://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3567

https://www.studyladder.ca/games/activity/area-of-parallelograms-13140

http://splash.abc.net.au/res/i/L145/index.html

POTW Archive:

http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/potw.php

Country Research Websites- Olympic Suit Design Project

Time for Kids: http://www.timeforkids.com/around-the-world

Nat Geo Travel: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/

Nat Geo Kids: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Global Trek: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/

Geography for Kids: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/geography.html

World Travel Guide: http://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/

BBC Country Profiles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

Country Reports: http://www.countryreports.org/

Kid Info Geography: http://www.kidinfo.com/geography/the_world.html

World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Geo Quiz- Review

We are learning to:

- identify and apply transformations

- identify congruent figures

- identify and create similar figures

- construct designs and figures with more than one line of symmetry

- identify the order of rotational symmetry of figures

- relate tiling patterns to transformations (not on the quiz… test only) 

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/symmetry

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/translations-graph-the-image

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/rotations-graph-the-image

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?id=193

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch05/ch05_1.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch05/ch05_2.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch05/ch05_3.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch05/ch05_4.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch05/ch05_5.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch05/ch05_6.htm

http://www.nelson.com/school/elementary/mathK8/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch14_les3.htm

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/cmp2/active_math/site/Grade6/tessellations/

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0&ID1=AB.MATH.JR.SHAP&ID2=AB.MATH.JR.SHAP.TRAN&lesson=html/object_interactives/transformations/use_it.html

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/GT4/Lrotate.htm

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/GT1/Lreflect.htm

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/GT2/Ltrans.htm

http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/transformation-games.html

http://www.flashymaths.co.uk/swf/rsymmetry.swf 

Arts Night- Thursday, May 5th. More to come.

A few more from ND South

Lab Station 2

http://www.kidsciencechallenge.com/year-four/mm.php

http://www.kidsciencechallenge.com/year-four/mm_game.php

https://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMQ8F1DU8E_LifeinSpace_0.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5uC_A3L4M0

http://www.kitchen.menu4mars.net/research-missions/mission-1/

Source: BBC

Space Chart websites

http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/Livinginspace.html

http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/life/08.html

ND South Holiday Drive Photos :)

A Bank NOTE-able Canadian Woman

“On 8 March 2016, International Women’s Day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Finance Bill Morneau announced that a new polymer bank note featuring an iconic Canadian woman will be issued in late 2018.The Bank of Canada is inviting the public to nominate women from Canada’s past who are deserving of this recognition”. 

Your SAJ with 5 names is due on Tuesday, March 22.

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknoteable/

EQAO Prep

EQAO practice is here: 

http://www.eqao.com/en/assessments/junior-division/Pages/example-assessment-materials-2015.aspx

Ad Versus Reality:

• an awareness of the different techniques used to enhance the appearance of foods in ads
• an awareness of the format and structure of food ads
• an understanding of your own reactions, as consumers, to these advertisements

Image: from news.com.au

• At least 1 photo of an ad of your selected food item- analyze what techniques you think were used
• At least 1 photo of your just-purchased menu item with analysis
• Photos of your styled food
• 1 side-by-side comparison slide
• Additional analysis slides of process, challenges, roles, conclusion, etc 

Math Quiz: February 25

I can:

- express fractions in simplest form

- explore percents

- relate percents to fractions and decimals

- estimate and calculate percents

- use ratios for part-to-part and part-to-whole comparisons

- explore rates, equivalent ratios

http://www.aaamath.com/fra.htm

http://www.aaamath.com/rat.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/reduce_fractions_shoot.htm

http://www.mathplayground.com/percent01.html

http://www.quia.com/cc/46.html

http://www.quia.com/mc/46.html

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5/add-and-subtract-mixed-numbers-word-problems

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/estimate-sums-and-differences-of-mixed-numbers

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/equivalent-ratios

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/ratio-stadium/ratio-stadium.html

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/practice/6/ep6_06.html

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/ratio-tables

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/write-a-ratio-to-describe-objects-in-a-picture

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/unit-rates-and-equivalent-rates

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/what-percentage-is-illustrated

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/convert-between-percents-fractions-and-decimals

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/compare-percents-to-each-other-and-to-fractions

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/find-what-percent-one-number-is-of-another-word-problems

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/find-what-percent-one-number-is-of-another

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/bk8i7/bk8_7i1.htm

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/equivalent-ratios

http://nrich.maths.org/4824

http://mathsnacks.com/ratiorumble.php

http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_RatioBlaster.html

http://www.aaamath.com/B/g62b_fx1.htm#section2

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/ratio-stadium/ratio-stadium.html

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_1.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_2.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_3.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_4.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_6.htm

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_7.htm

http://www.nelsonk8math.com/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch12_les4.htm

http://www.nelsonk8math.com/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch12_les5.htm

http://www.nelsonk8math.com/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch12_les6.htm

http://www.nelsonk8math.com/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch12_les10.htm

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/unit-rates-and-equivalent-rates

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/what-percentage-is-illustrated

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/compare-percents-and-fractions-word-problems

http://www.mathplayground.com/NewThinkingBlocks/thinking_blocks_ratios.html