Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Welcome to Coding - Day 1

Homework and reminders 
1. Casual day
2. Math homework 
3. Complete Treehouse page 61, then read instructions on page 68. Choose a topic (be ready for tomorrow).   

Math
The grade 5's and 6's had a joint math lesson, Comparing and Ordering Decimals. 
Grade 5 
Page 122 -123 MMS 
Choose 5 of 8 questions 

Grade 6
Page 123 - 124 
Choose 6 of 12 

Remember to use place value tables and number lines to visually compare your decimal numbers. 

Music
As usual after lunch the students had music lessons with Mrs. Angus. Parents please check their agenda to see which pieces they have been asked to practice. 


UOI - Coding
The students began their new coding unit today. Creativity Through Coding. All students have joined the virtual classroom on code.org and should complete 20 - 40 mins of modules nightly for extra practice. 

If strong internet access isn't available at home to support this site, students will be permitted to work on coding during free periods at school. 

Fun site 
http://blabberize.com/ Try it out

Homework site 
code.org 

Additionally, the students completed their reflections for the Government unit and their evaluations were returned. 

UOI - Language
In preparation for the Exhibition students will be writing paragraphs. Focusing on topic sentences and detail sentence. This will lead to persuasive writing. 

Have a great evening.