Wednesday, September 30, 2020

 Here is the homework for this evening:

Math - Worksheet 1.17 #1-8, 15-18 and #21-24; these are Order of Operations questions (BEDMAS); lots of time given in the class to complete; calculators allowed' show all the steps.

Parents:

Hasn't been much to post the last couple of days.  Monday and Tuesday we had the opportunity to watch a complete of good presentations celebrating Orange shirt week.  The students were very well behaved and I think that they got something out of the deal.  Tuesday we have a great art lesson from an artist named Rhonda Snow.

That's all for this evening.  Have a good night.

Mr. D. Ross

Thursday, September 24, 2020

 Here is the homework for this evening:

Math - daily math quiz corrections; 1 math worksheet - finish the first side (marked 1.8 and 1.9)

Chariots of Fire - finished answering the questions and quotes for the first part.

Parents:

Please keep sending in those book forms (Student Information Sheets).  They are very important to the office for contact information.  And we are still looking for a few more walking excursion forms; new forms were sent home today for those whom we are still waiting for.  Please send back to the school asap.  Thank you.

That's all for tonight.  Have a good evening.

Mr. D. Ross

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

 Here is the homework for this evening:

Math - daily quiz corrections

Science - finish the Google Form on Types of Energy (due on Monday) - there will be some time given in class throughout the remainder of the week for this assignment.

Parents:

That's all for today.  Please remember to send back any forms that have been sent home this week - Student Information Forms and Walk Excursion Forms.  Please return these to the school as soon as possible.  Thank you.

Have a good night.

Mr. D. Ross

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

 Here is the homework for this evening:

Math - GCF & LCM worksheet - a lot of time was given today for this to be complete so there hopefully will not be a lot to finish (Google Classroom posted); daily math quiz corrections.

English - elements of a novel - finish reading the 3 stories of their choice and list the elements of a novel found within those stories (Google Classroom posted)

Parents:

A school information form was sent home today.  Please look over the form and return it to the school.  Makes changes on the form and any changes need to be made and sign the form.  Thank you.

I asked the other day that if students can bring in a pair of headphones that would be very beneficial to some of the tasks that we will be doing down the road.  Today each students got their own Chromebook, hopefully we will be able to keep these Chromebooks for the rest of the year, but at least for a little while we have them.  Thanks to Mr. Morrison for this.

That's all for this evening.  Have a good night.

Mr. D. Ross

Monday, September 21, 2020

Here is the homework for this evening:

Math - students given a worksheet  today (on the Google Classroom also); students are to go over the math sheet to see if there is anything that they may not understand with the work that is going to be assigned.  Students will be given time in tomorrow's math period to complete this worksheet on GCF and LCM.  Daily multiplication corrections.

Parents:

Was wondering if you could get  some more supplies for your child.  What I am looking for is that each student has his/her own set of headphones.  Also if you could get a headphone jack splitter.  We only have a limited amount of Chromebooks  right now and we may have to share from time to time to watch a couple of videos.  With headphones it will assist in bringing down the noise level in the class and also help the students focus with  the task at hand.  Thanks for  your  assistance in this matter.

That's all for this evening.  Have a good night.

Mr. D. Ross

Friday, September 18, 2020

 Here is the homework for this weekend:

Math - answer the following 4 questions on GCF (Greatest Common Factor) and LCM (Least Common Multiple:

1. Find the LCM for 9 and 6

2.  Find the LCM for 12 and 4

3.  Find the GCF between 18 and 32

4.  Find the GCF between 45 and 15

English - finish the media literacy assignment that is on the Google Classroom  - COVID and TV Commercials; make sure that you hand in the assignment.  We are going to present these on Monday.

Have a good weekend.

Mr. D. Ross

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

 Here is the homework for this evening:

Math - daily quiz corrections

English - "All About Me" presentations continue tomorrow

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

 Here is the homework for this evening:

Math:  Do a factor tree (prime factorization) for the following numbers and put your answers in exponent form; 

56, 64 and 160

Write the following exponents in expanded form and calculate the answer.

2⁵    9⁴   3⁹

English:  All About Me presentations - make sure that these presentations have been submitted to the Google Classroom.

Monday, September 14, 2020

 Here is the homework for this evening:

Math - daily quiz corrections; math assignment on the Google Classroom (prime and composite numbers / factor trees)

English - bring in a novel for silent reading; All About Me Presentations start tomorrow.

Sept 10 &11 (homework)

 Here is the homework for this weekend:

Math - corrections from the daily multiplication quiz (5 times each mistake)

English - All About Me projects - due on Tuesday for those who were here on Sept 10 and due Wednesday for those who were here on Sept 11 - to be completed on Google Slides and submitted/handed in to the Google Classroom.

Parents:

Next week we come together as a class.  It was a real pleasure meeting everyone and I look forward to all of us coming together.

Have a great weekend.

Mr. D. Ross

Sept 10 & 11

 Welcome back!

Good evening.  I have received numerous questions from students and parents regarding what school supplies the students may require this year.  Here is a small list.

Chromebooks - if you borrowed a Chromebook last spring during the COVID lock out, please bring it back to the school.  You student will continue to use that Chromebook in the classroom.  This is important because we will be ensuring that the students know how to use Google Classroom and how to get and submit assignments in the, hopefully unlikely event, that we have to remain at home again for a short period.

Personal devices - if you have a personal device at home, either a laptop or tablet, that you would like your child to use at school, the school still has the Bring Your Own Device program and you are welcome to bring that device to the school and we will get it hooked up with our system.  Please do not feel that students have to bring a device, we will provide.  This is voluntary only.

Essential supplies:

Pencil crayons, markers, scissors, glue sticks - simple art supplies.  We are not suppose to be sharing items, thus bringing your own will ensure that this followed.

I would recommend a water bottle.  Drinking fountains will not be used this year.  We do have some filling stations for water bottles.  Students will be allowed to have a water bottles on their desk during the course of the day and allow to refill it.

Calculators - I have some calculators in the classroom, but not enough for every student.  If you purchase a calculator, do not purchase an expensive one.  This is not necessary.  The calculator that I use regularly, I bought from the dollar - 15 years ago.  The only recommendation that I have for calculators is that they have the square root symbol/ability.

A novel - we will be doing daily reading.  I would like the students to have a novel (chapter book) at their reading level.  This novel may be either purchases or borrowed from the library.  Tablets with the Kobo book app, or similar, may also be brought in.

School Supplied:

At the school, we will supply the students will notebooks, duo-tangs and paper; pencils and pens.  You are welcome to get your own, but do not feel obligated, the school will supply these items.

Parents:

If there is anything that may be required in the future, I will give you ample notice.  If you would like to receive an email notification for updates from this blog, please sign up with your email below this post.  Emails are sent out in the evenings at 7pm.  Sorry I cannot change the time.

Looking forward to an excellent year.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me here at the school or via email (david.ross@sccdsb.net); and I would be more than happy to address them.  Hopefully, sometime in the near future, we may have the opportunity to meet face-to-fact.  Until then, have a great weekend, stay safe and God bless.

Mr. D. Ross