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Posted: April 7, 2020

7O Language Arts, April 7, 2020

Good morning everyone!!  Great job signing up yesterday!! You ladies and gentlemen are great!

Today you are going to have 2 tasks to complete.  First, you will watch a “How To video” about the features you will be using in CommonLit, some of which include: accessing your assignments, answering guided reading questions, adding comments/annotations, highlighting text, locating definitions and turning on the read aloud option.  Once you have watched this video, I want to you log onto CommonLit, go to your assignment page and select the text I have shared with you. 

I DO NOT want you to submit it today, I just want you to play around with the features and practise using them.  I will get you to put your new-found skills to use very soon.

Here are your breakdowns:

Task 1-Watch CommonLit How To Video

1.      Watch the following video tutorial on CommonLit features

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

 

Task 2-Practise Using CommonLit features

1.      Log into CommonLit with the username and password you created yesterday by clicking the following link.

https://www.commonlit.org/user/login?force_unsupported_browser=true

2.      Go to the My Assignments tab and select the text I have shared with you.

3.      Practise using all the features you learned about today in the video tutorial. You will be using all of them, so make sure you are comfortable using them before you check out for the day.

4.      DO NOT SUBMIT THIS ASSIGNMENT.  That is for another day….meaning tomorrow;)

Posted: April 7, 2020

8D Language Arts April 7, 2020

Good morning everyone!!  First, let me start off by applauding you all for doing such a great job signing up yesterday!! 

Today you are going to have 2 tasks to complete.  First, you will watch a “How To video” about the features you will be using in CommonLit, some of which include: accessing your assignments, answering guided reading questions, adding comments/annotations, highlighting text, locating definitions and turning on the read aloud option.  Once you have watched this video, I want to you log onto CommonLit, go to your assignment page and select the text I have shared with you. 

I DO NOT want you to submit it today, I just want you to play around with the features and practise using them.  I will get you to put your new-found skills to use very soon.

Here are your breakdowns:

Task 1-Watch CommonLit How To Video

1.      Watch the following video tutorial on CommonLit features

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

 

Task 2-Practise Using CommonLit features

1.      Log into CommonLit with the username and password you created yesterday by clicking the following link.

https://www.commonlit.org/user/login?force_unsupported_browser=true

2.      Go to the My Assignments tab and select the text I have shared with you.

3.      Practise using all the features you learned about today in the video tutorial. You will be using all of them, so make sure you are comfortable using them before you check out for the day.

4.      DO NOT SUBMIT THIS ASSIGNMENT.  That is for another day….meaning tomorrow;)

Posted: April 7, 2020

Social Studies 6 April 7, 2020

Hey everyone! Today you are going to begin to take a look at the physical geography of South America.  My email is paula.davidson@nbed.nb.ca should you run into any problems.  All of the answers to your questions are directly stated in the text…so read closelyJ

Daily task: To learn about the physical geography/mountains and highlands of South America.

 

1.     Go to the following link:

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/south-america-physical-geography/

2.     Make sure to preview the entire text before you read.  Look at the map, pictures and scroll all the way to the bottom of the web page to see if anything catches your eye. 

3.     Once you’ve taken a peek around, begin and read only the first section that gives a general description of South America’s physical geography as well as the second section that describes Mountains and Highlands. ****Stop when you get to River Basins.

 

 

See if you can find the answers to the following questions as you read.

1.     How large is South America compared to other continents?

2.     Name some of the biomes of South America.

3.     What is the highest peak in the Andes?

Posted: April 6, 2020

7/8D Language Arts

Hello my sweet lovelies! I miss each and every one of you and hope you are healthy! You better be practising your physical distancing and listening to your parents/guardians, they DO KNOW what's best for you!

You have 2 tasks to complete today.

  • Create online username and password for Commonlit. This is where your weekly assignments will start.
  • Email Mrs. Davidson-If you can’t remember your student email, create a Gmail account. 

Task 1

Create a username for Commonlit

1.     Click on or enter the link below in your address bar:

https://www.commonlit.org/enroll

2.     When you are prompted to enter a class code, it is as follows: RK3L9Y

3.     Fill in your information as requested. Once your account is created, do not forget your username and password. TAKE A PICTURE OF IT RIGHT NOW SO YOU WILL HAVE IT!

 

 

Task 2

Email Mrs. Davidson

1.     Email Mrs. Davidson @ paula.davidson@nbed.nb.ca

2.     If you forget your student email or you do not have an email account, create one using the following link.

https://accounts.google.com/signup/v2/webcreateaccount?flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=SignUp

3.     Once you have created your account, email me so I can communicate with you and vice versa.  Make sure you sign your name in the email so I know who you are!!!

 

 

Posted: April 6, 2020

7O Language Arts

Good morning 7O! I miss each of you and hope you are healthy! I’m going to tell you ladies and gentlemen the same thing I told my grade 8s…you better be practising your physical distancing and listening to your parents/guardians, they DO KNOW what's best for you!

You have 2 tasks to work away at today.

  1.  Create online username and password for Commonlit-This is where your weekly assignments will start.
  2.  Email Mrs. Davidson-If you can’t remember your student email, create a Gmail account. 

 

Task 1

Steps to create username for Commonlit:

1.     Enter the link below in your address bar:

https://www.commonlit.org/enroll

2.     When you are prompted to enter a class code, it is as follows:7EN77K

3.     Fill in your information as requested. Once your account is created, do not forget your username and password. TAKE A PICTURE OF IT RIGHT NOW SO YOU WILL HAVE IT!

 

 

Task 2

Email Mrs. Davidson

1.     Email Mrs. Davidson @ paula.davidson@nbed.nb.ca

2.     If you forget your student email or you do not have an email account, create one using the following link.

https://accounts.google.com/signup/v2/webcreateaccount?flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=SignUp

3.     Once you have created your account, email me so I can communicate with you and vice versa.  Make sure you sign your name in the email so I know who you are!!!

 

Posted: April 6, 2020

Social Studies 6

Good morning Grade 6!  I hope you are all healthy and as awesome as ever! You are missed a great deal!  Since we do not have access to our textbook and our curriculum focuses on culture, we are going to continue with that theme in the form of Web Quests.  Each day I will post a web link for you to visit, along with a several questions to think about as you read. These activities are quick and will help you explore topics such as: languages spoken, physical geography, human geography and political change from continents across the world.  Our first stop on our e-learning journey will be the continent of South America.

Daily Task-Use google maps to locate where in the world South America is and find out what languages are spoken there.

1.      Use the following link to access Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1985484,-66.3504067,7z

2.      In the search box type South America

3.      Take a look at the quick facts box in the bottom left-hand corner.  What languages are spoken in South America?

4.      Find New Brunswick. What direction would you have to travel to get from South America to New Brunswick? North, East, South or West?

Posted: October 30, 2012

Language Arts 7W

All students are to have news articles read and comprehension questions completed for tomorrow.

Posted: October 29, 2012

Language Arts 8

Reminder to all students that they are to be reading nightly and logging a minimum of 2 nights per week.

Posted: October 29, 2012

Language Arts 7W

All boys that are attending the soccer jamboree tomorrow are reminded to have the Article of the Week read with questions completed for Wednesday, October 31, 2012.  Students are also reminded to be reading nightly.

Posted: October 23, 2012

Homeroom 8D

****Remember that tomorrow our entire school will be participating in a walk to help support cancer research.  All students are asked to donate $1.00 to this worth while cause.  Grade 8 will be walking to create awareness for Lung and Skin Cancer so students are encouraged to wear Black or White. Parents, guardians or anyone from the community wishing to participate are welcome to join us.  We will be leaving school grounds at 9am.  Make sure you have warm clothing, it is going to be a crisp morning;)

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