We are excited to welcome our Grade 6 parents this evening for our Back to School Night session. If you are unable to attend or would like to review the slideshow, please see the presentation below.
Additionally, here is the link for the Grade 6 Homework Board.
This week our class spent time learning about the importance of land acknowledgments. Students discussed the various ways in which we can show our appreciation for the land in which we live now. It is incredibly important that we recognize that these lands and territories do not belong to us, rather they belong to the Indigenous people who came before us. In addition, we discussed the fact that acknowledging land rights also plays a part in the acknowledgment of the consequences of colonization that can still be felt today.
Students also learned about The Numbered Treaties made between the Government of Canada and the Indigenous peoples between 1871 and 1921. The promises that were made in these treaties were sadly broken.
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Students are learning about various Indigenous communities in Canada. Each group will be creating a detailed tri-fold poster about their assigned Indigenous community.
Task: Dr. Mitzmacher has recently become interested in learning more about the history of various Indigenous communities in Canada. He has selected your grade specifically to become subject experts on a community. Students will work in small groups with their peers to complete this task and prepare an engaging presentation.
Communities:
Project requirements:
Groups:
Group 1: Rachel, Zohar, Matthew (Inuit)
Group 2: Ariel, Hanna, Ben, Micah (Iroquois)
Group 3: Raz, Lila, Noa Tili, Emma (Blackfoot)
Group 4: Jeremy, Tehila, Noa (Haida)
Due Dates:
Project assigned- Tuesday, March 14th
Group check-in #1- Monday, March 20th
Graphic organizer completed- Wednesday, March 22nd
Group check-in #2-Friday, March 24th
Visual completed- Friday, March 31st
Presentations begin- Monday, April 3rd
Last week, we began discussing Black History Month in our Social Studies classes. We talked about the importance of examining history from multiple perspectives. We started with a discussion about Africville in Nova Scotia. Most students were surprised to hear that a community of African Americans was displaced without their consent right here in Canada. As the week progresses, students will analyze and discuss other primary and secondary sources related to African American history in Canada.
In this edition of Kayak magazine, featuring guest co-editor Natasha Henry shares some fantastic stories and examples of the ways Black Canadians built and shaped this country.
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The year is 2100 and our world’s supply of natural resources is at a critical level. Our Earth has become overrun with pollution and overpopulation. The United Nations have hired your team to design a sustainable city that will serve as the blueprint for the future of humanity. If you are not successful, the fate of humanity as we know it will cease to exist.
Each group designed a detailed plan, created a model for their sustainable city, and crafted a persuasive pitch to present at the next United Nations General Assembly. Click here to view the assignment instructions and the rubric.
Each group member was responsible for one of the following roles:
Secretary of Energy- How will you power your city?
Secretary of Agriculture-How and where will you grow enough food for your city?
Secretary of the Interior- How will you make sure nature (green space) is incorporated, preserved, and encouraged in your city?
Secretary of Transportation-How will you help your citizens move around (travel) in a sustainable way?
Secretary of Waste Management-How will you encourage recycling and reduce waste in your city?
Students were also challenged to review and incorporate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Students created incredible presentations using CoSpaces, a 3-D Model, and Minecraft to showcase their proposed cities. Check out their presentations below:
As we prepare to transition to the History portion of our Social Studies curriculum, students will be analyzing push and pull factors related to Canadian migration. Students will examine these factors from the colonial time period as well as the modern era.
Task: You have been selected as the Minister of Tourism for Canada. Your job is to research and create a slideshow about various push/pull factors for Canada. Prime Minister Trudeau is awaiting your report.
Due dates:
Assigned- Friday, January 27th
Check-In #1- Tuesday, January 31st
Check-In #2-Friday, February 3rd
Final Assignment Due-Friday, February 10th
Important Links:
Grade 6 Push and Pull Factors Assignment
Push and Pull Factors Graphic Organizer
Push/Pull Factors Example Slide
Useful sources to review while conducting research:
Students have been practicing their cartography skills as we review longitude and latitude. As we prepare for our quiz on January 17th, students should review their Social Studies Slideshow (slides 16-27).
Each student should be able to adequately label and provide the correct location for the following terms:
Students can use the following online activities to prepare for their quiz:
Over the last two weeks, our students have been learning about sustainability, equality, and equity in Social Studies. Students will now focus on researching, designing, and presenting a new sustainable city.
Task: The year is 2100 and our world’s supply of natural resources is at a critical level. Our Earth has become overrun with pollution and overpopulation. The United Nations have hired your team to design a sustainable city that will serve as the blueprint for the future of humanity. If you are not successful, the fate of humanity as we know it will cease to exist. Your group will design a detailed plan, create a model for your sustainable city, and craft a persuasive pitch to present at the next United Nations General Assembly.
Important Links:
Sustainable City 2100 Assignment Instructions and Rubric
Sustainability Graphic Organizer
Due dates:
In Social Studies, we have been learning about natural factors that influence climate around the world. Students have been analyzing and discussing the six major climate factors.
Six major natural climate factors include:
Task: You have just been hired as a videographer for National Geographic! As a lead videographer for the climate department, your first task is creating a video about one of the six factors influencing climate. You will be assigned your climate factor by the producer of this program (Mr. Washerstein). Your goal is to showcase your knowledge of a specific climate factor and include real-world examples that demonstrate how your factor influences climate.
Due Dates:
Climate Factor Project Assignment/Rubric
Climate Factors Graphic Organizer
This week students will be uploading a few artifacts of learning to their blogfolios. These posts are intended to showcase projects and assignments that demonstrate growth.
In case students are having trouble creating their blog posts or changing their blogfolio layout, I have included a couple video tutorials.
Check out these useful blogging videos that Mrs. Thompson created:
Creating a Post
Writing a new post is quite easy! It is very similar to writing a page or even a document in Word of Google Docs. You can choose to write a new post in a few different spots throughout your dashboard; either way will bring you to the same place.
You are always able to hyperlink to a Google Doc, which will direct people to an external link where they will be able to see the document. Depending on the sharing settings, you can choose whether they can edit, view or comment. If you would like this document to be publicly accessed, it is also important to change the settings so that ‘anyone with the link’ can view the document, otherwise you’ll be getting lots of emails from parents requesting access.
1. Click Share in the top right-hand corner
2. If you would like to share it with specific people, start typing their name or email address
3. Decide whether you would like them to be able to view, edit or comment.
4. If you would like to allow anyone with the link to have access to the document (best if you are linking on your blog so that parents can access the document without it being shared with them, click Change at the bottom of the Get link box.
5. Click the arrow for the drop-down menu next to The Ottawa Jewish Community School and select Anyone with the link. Remember to also select whether you would like those with the link to view, edit, or comment.
6. Copy the link URL to then add as a hyperlink within your document. You never want to paste a long URL to your blog.
Just as with Google Docs, there are a few different ways to embed a Google Slides presentation, and the option you choose will depend on the purpose for sharing.
If you would like to share a Google Slides presentation for people to view only, the best way to do so would be to publish the presentation to the web and obtain an embed code.
If you would like to embed the actual document into your post, as is recommended, you will need to save it as a PDF so that it will show up as an image within your post.
When adding a video to your post, it is always best to embed the video so that visitors can watch the video directly in the post without having to navigate to a new page. However, it is still important to consider copyright laws when sharing videos that you did not create! Just because something is on YouTube doesn’t necessarily mean it is free to share (think about whole movies you can find on YouTube for free. You can always read the permissions, but chances are…these are not legally shared)
When in doubt, create your own videos or hyperlink to them on YouTube if they can’t be recreated.
No matter where your video is from, you will want to use the embed code in order for it to properly show up in your post.
YouTube makes it very easy to find their embed codes to copy.
If you have created a video in Screencastify, while the video is processing, a new tab will open on your computer. From there, it will give you the option to get an embed code.
If you accidentally closed the Screencastify tab, or you created the video in some other program (Screen Recorder or even a recording of your Google Meet session) these will all automatically be saved to your Google Drive. Once the video is in Drive, it’s just a few quick steps to embed it directly into the post.
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