Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Good morning, everyone!

REMINDERS:

Daily meetings are held from 11:30-12:00 in the "Daily Reading and Writing Tasks" channel on Teams to go over the day's assignments. Recordings of these meetings will be available for review in that same channel shortly afterwards.

Weekly group meetings to discuss last week's financial literacy questions occur on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Check the "Mr. D. Speaks!" channel on Teams for your group and scheduled time.

This week, be sure to submit all assignments under the "May 26 - May 29" activity on FreshGrade.

TODAY'S TASKS ARE:

1. Time for Kids

TODAY'S ARTICLE:

After reading, write a 3-2-1 list: 3 things you learned, 2 questions you still have, and 1 thing you really enjoyed. Then go online to hunt for answers to your 2 questions. Upload your list to FreshGrade.

2. Poetry

Each week we are going to learn about a new type of poem. Complete each daily task so that you are ready to create the best possible poem that you can at the end of the week.

THIS WEEK'S POEM: Cinquain.

A cinquain is a five-line poem ("cinq" meaning "'five" in French) that describes a subject. There are two ways to write cinquain. The second is based on the amount of words in each line. Read the example below.

After reading the example cinquains, answer the questions below. You can print out the page and fill it in, save a copy of it and edit it with your answers, or write your responses on a separate piece of paper. When finished, upload your answers to FreshGrade. If you require further clarification, be sure to check out the "Daily Reading and Writing Tasks" video for today found on the Teams channel.

TODAY'S WORKSHEET:

3. Financial Literacy

TODAY'S QUESTIONS:
Do you have a savings account or chequing account? What do you think is the difference between a savings account, a chequing account, and a credit card?

Write down your answers to the daily question and save them. We will discuss these during next week’s scheduled Teams meetings.

4. Origami

THIS WEEK'S DESIGN:
Ninja Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG62H5QaD2o

Practice making it each day, and upload a short video to FreshGrade on Friday of you making it.

If you need to make more paper, use this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZY_pN3f3Ok

5. Epic! https://www.getepic.com/sign-in

Read for at least 30 minutes.

6. Typing Club. nrmrd.typingclub.com

Practice for 20 minutes.