October 12 - 16


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Weekly Agenda 

October 12 - 16

 

ELA

Individual Reading Program - Goal Setting for end of October, related written assignments

Novel Study: The Breadwinner, Debra Ellis

Literature Circle Discussion, Readers' Theatre and accompanying Role Play

Summary

http://project1.caryacademy.org/PortraitsofAfghanistan/04-05/PortraitsofAfghanistan/summaryofBreadwinner.htm

Interactive Map of Middle East and more

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/middle_east_map.htm

Handwriting, Editing, Quotations, Spelling Units 3 & 4

Viewing and Representating:  Illustrating an excerpt to show comparison

Pictorial Technological Collage using PowerPoint for comparison - Afghanistan and Canada

Moving towards writing letters: father to daughter/daughter to father

Resources:

English as a Second Language: Resource http://english.enorth.com.cn/bbcenglish/index.htm 

International Reading Association

http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_home.html

Interactive World Maps

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/online-interactive-maps.htm

Great Resources

http://www.answers.com/

 

Math

Number - Weekly Review of multi-step problems and estimation with and without the use oftechnology, large number notation

Lessons on multiples, prime and composite numbers, factoring

Drill and Practice

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/

Resources:

Numerous Math Websites for Practice and Drill:

http://www.edinformatics.com/kids_teens/kt_math.htm

http://www.mathsisfun.com/timestable.html

 

Science

Flight

Construction Paper Airplanes

http://www.10paperairplanes.com/

Construction Paper Airplanes

http://www.10paperairplanes.com/how-to-make-paper-airplanes/06-the-stealth.html

Flight Simulation

http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/paper_plane/paper_plane_sim.htm

Lego Mindstorms Robotics

Resources:

Nasa  http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/topics.htm

How Stuff Works http://videos.howstuffworks.com/search.php?

Compilation narrative/activities University of Manitoba

http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/crystal/Grade%206%20Science.html#cluster2

 

Social Studies

Building A Nation (1867 to 1914)

Confederation, British North America Act

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hph52hbhYZQ

Becoming Canada - A Study of the British North America Act

United Streaming Canada - a colony of Great Britain after the seven years' war

Creating a Mind Map to explain the BNA  Act and its players

Map Study: bodies of water, major landforms

Resources:

The face of Canada yesterday, today, tomorrow . . .

Prime Ministers http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/primeministers/kids/index-e.html

Canadian Census Populations http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/cp-census-pop07/

Canada's population over time http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/98-187-XIE/pop.htm

2006 Census Release/Immigration and Mother Tongue, The Canadian Press, 2007: click INTERACTIVE: CENSUS, http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071204/census_main_071204/20071204

Human Rights Timeline http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/timePortals/1900.asp

A Timeline of Social Change http://citizen.nfb.ca/node/6931&dossier_nid=1127

Canadian Heritage, National Flag www.pch.gc.ca/flag-drapeau/index-eng.cfm

Winnipeg Strike, Bloody Saturday Winnipeg General Strike.ppt

Great Depression The Great Depression.ppt

Prime Ministers of Canada

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/primeministers/index-e.html

http://www.prime-ministers.ca/

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Compilations/FederalGovernment/PrimeMinisters/Gallery.aspx

 

French

Theme 1 - Natalie Au Quebec

Resources:

Interactive Site for Review and Practice

http://www.quia.com/shared/french/

http://www.wordreference.com/