Good morning everyone!
For today’s class, start
the day by joining me on Discord and ZOOM to be ready for class to start at 9
a.m. It is best to login at least 5 minutes earlier to deal with technical
difficulties. Click on our text and voice channel (ms_jaskolkas_class). We will
begin each day this way. If I am not there, I may be experiencing Wi-Fi
issues. Please be patient. We will follow our daily schedule as closely as
possible.
But before we get started,
we have a quick note from the group inquiring into mental health in Mr. Conte’s
class:
Dear St. Jude's Academy
Families,
Greetings! On behalf of the
Mental Health Grade 6 Exhibition group, we would like to remind all youth at
St. Jude's Academy about Prime Minister Trudeau's address yesterday morning
(Sunday, March 29, 2020). Mr. Trudeau spoke directly to youth, citing that
mental support for any youth with anxious or isolated thoughts and feelings
are available. There are trained professionals offered through Kids Help
Phone:
· Call-
1-800-668-6868
· Text-
686868
· Website- kidshelpphone.ca
For those concerned about
seniors such as grandparents, friends, etc. there is assistance like meal
delivery and health checks via other channels.
Cordially,
The Mental Health Group, Mr.
Conte's Class, Grade 6C
Our day:
We will continue focusing on writing our first revised draft of the essay today. Please refer to the schedule below to know where to be and what document to be working on at various times of the day.
Today we will focus on
section 12 of the Exhibition planner ‘Revise the Essay’.
Don’t forget that we had
our MLA citations workshop with Ms. Hayward last week. Students can visit Ms.
Hayward’s Write It – CITE It page to review the content she discussed
during her workshop.
During the exhibition
process, specialist teachers (Mr. Orr, Mr. Oliver, Mme. Stella) with help
facilitate learning for each of the exhibition groups during their scheduled
class times. A quick message from Mr. Oliver regarding instruments: Please make
sure to clean your instrument thoroughly before using it. You can find detailed
instructions by going to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl93cyWnxvA&list=PLBB340E3D47C8B506
Time
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Location
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Topic
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9:00 –
9:30
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Grade 6
Discord Server
And ZOOM
Class
Discord Group
(meet in
ms_jaskolkas_class VOICE and TEXT channels)
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Attendance
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Announcements (SJA Email, ManageBac –
switching blogs here next week)
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General Discussion (Catch-up, Pandemic and
our new way life, etc.)
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Reflection on how yesterday went
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Is the first draft of your essay completed? Is it balanced? Is
there enough information, evidence, and examples in each of the body
paragraphs to support each line of inquiry? Will your essay draft meet the
criteria in the essay rubric? What feedback did you receive from mentors and
parents regarding your essay draft?
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Have you received feedback from:
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Yourself?
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Your peers?
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Your parents?
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Your mentor?
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Your teacher?
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Revisit the essay rubric when you reflect on the questions above
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Work on essay drafts (Sections 10 – 15 in the exhibition planner). The final draft/good copy
of the essay is due on Tuesday, April 7th. Add this due date to your
exhibition schedule.
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Mentor meetings – last day to get this week’s mentor meeting done
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Begin/continue to think about or plan for other components
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9:30 – 10:30
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Grade 6
Discord Server
Class
Discord Group
(meet in
ms_jaskolkas_class VOICE and TEXT channels)
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· Math Lesson 8.4.
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Mr. Jaskolka to take up answers from
yesterday’s homework.
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After answers have been taken up with the
class, students will be provided a link to complete an online quiz.
Homework Take-Up by Ms. Jaskolka:
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10:30 –
11:00
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Exhibition
Breakout Groups via Discord
‘Exhibition
Planner’ Section 12 via Google Docs by exhibition groups
Grade 6 Discord Server
Class
Discord Group
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· Today’s Learning Goal # 1: Collaboratively write an improved version
of the essay – the revised draft
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Next steps in the exhibition planner (via live stream): Complete
Section 12. Revising the Essay by the end of the day.
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Once you and your group have received as much feedback as
possible, it is time to begin rewriting the essay under Section 12 in the Google Doc – yes
you can copy and paste it to get you started. This revised version should be
a much-improved version.
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We are not correcting conventions (grammar, spelling,
punctuation, capitalization, vocabulary use at this stage), but are focusing
on the ideas in the essay.
Exhibition breakout groups
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11:00 –
12:00
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Recess
& Lunch
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12:00 –
1:40
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Grade 6
Discord Server
Class
Discord Group
(meet in
mr_jaskolkas_class VOICE and TEXT channels)
Exhibition
Breakout Groups via Discord
‘Exhibition
Planner’ Section 12 via Google Docs by exhibition groups
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Today’s
Learning Goal # 2: Mme. Stella will continue meeting with groups this week to
support you in translating your issue, central idea, and lines of inquiry
into French from 12 – 12:30. This must be completed by today – Friday, April 3rd. Once the translations are done, paste the
French versions of these statements into your ‘Exhibition Planner’ under the
English versions in Section 7.
· Today’s Learning Goal #3 – Edit the Essay
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Now that you have received various pieces of feedback and
written your revised copy, it is time to begin editing the essay for
conventions (spelling, grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, capitalization).
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Do not change the work/paragraphs done by your peers – it is
their responsibility to improve the conventions in their writing. Remember,
each person will be graded on their own conventions in the essay (use your
designated font colour).
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Read through the essay and leave comments throughout.
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Leave the comments on the first draft, i.e. do not click on
“Resolve”. I would like to see what suggestions have been made and check to
see if you respond to the suggestions you receive.
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Ask for an edit from:
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Parent(s)
·
Mentor
· Teacher
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1:40 –
2:20
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Recess
& Lunch
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2:20 –
3:30
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Grade 6
Discord Server
Class
Discord Group
(meet in mr_jaskolkas_class VOICE and TEXT channels)
‘Exhibition Journal’ via Google Docs by individual students
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Learning Goal # 4: Reflect on the exhibition project.
Open your ‘Exhibition Journal’. Look at the comments I made
about your last journal entry. How could you improve your writing for this
week’s journal entry?
On the next available page, record Day ‘10’ and today’s date.
When writing your daily journal entry, try to answer 3 or 4 of
the questions provided in the paragraph below.
In the space provided for daily journal entries, write a journal
entry that describes what you have learned in the past week about your issue.
What are some of the challenges and successes you have experienced What are
your areas of strength as an IB learner? What are your areas of weakness?
What will you do to address these areas? Do you and your group members have
any ideas on how to take action? What are you worried about and what still
needs to be done?
Limit each journal entry, so that it does not flow over to the
next page.
Include an image that represents something about today’s journal
entry.
· Today’s Learning Goal #3 – Edit the Essay
·
Now that you have received various pieces of feedback and
written your revised copy, it is time to begin editing the essay for
conventions (spelling, grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, capitalization).
·
Do not change the work/paragraphs done by your peers – it is
their responsibility to improve the conventions in their writing. Remember,
each person will be graded on their own conventions in the essay (use your
designated font colour).
·
Read through the essay and leave comments throughout.
·
Leave the comments on the first draft, i.e. do not click on
“Resolve”. I would like to see what suggestions have been made and check to
see if you respond to the suggestions you receive.
·
Ask for an edit from:
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Parent(s)
·
Mentor
Teacher
Housekeeping Items:
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Did you and your group complete your mentor meeting log for this
week?
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Exhibition Journal #3 – Read feedback from previous journals and
apply to this post.
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Get essay edited over the weekend so we can focus on the good
copy on Monday.
· Begin studying for final
test for Percents.
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Remember to visit Ms.
Hayward’s library blog
for more information about researching. Below you will find the databases she
spoke about yesterday morning’s workshop.
Title
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URL
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Global
Issues In Context
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Gale
Canada In Context
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Academic
OneFile
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Work that is not completed
during class time will need to be completed as homework. Students should put
more focus into reading at this time as well ensuring they are reading for a
minimum of 30 minutes per day.
If you have any
questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out so I can clarify and
assist.
