Waterloo U Math Games link

FYI :
https://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/english/kidz/Games4.shtml

Online Safety reminder

FYI - please make sure that your child is on sites that you have parent approved.

More cyber safety tips here:

https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/cnt/prtct-yrslf/prtctn-fml/chld-sf-en.aspx

Google Classroom - new assignments posted

FYI - please check Salle 23’s Google Classroom for new math, music and Media Literacy assignment postings

Merci!
Mme :)

Unit 9 Length, Perimeter, and Area - Math Textbook Work for April 2020

FYI - for those of you not online on GoogleClassroom, please get a head start on Math Makes Sense Textbook work for April 2020.  I will be posting Math Textbook work next week on GoogleClassroom.  Mme  :)

Here is the worklist:

page 325 #1-4; 5-7

page 328 #1-8

page 333/334 #1-6

page 336 #1-9, 11, 12

page 340 #1-8
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page 343 #1-6

page 346 #1-8

page 350 #1-5

page 352 #1-7
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page 355 #1-4

page 357 #1-4

page 358 Show you Know #1-12

END of UNIT 9 :)

Update for Apr 6th - What to expect

Salut! Bonjour Salle 23!

Just to ease into this transition to online learning, I wanted to give an update of what is coming up:

1) Salle 23 will be logging into Google Classroom each day for announcements.

2) Students are doing self-paced math learning each day through: Knowledge Hook Math.

3) Students will continue their Guided Reading Novel Study and Reading Responses on their books: Wanting Mor, Breadwinner or No Ordinary Day (students were divided up in to 3 groups).
*Email Mme if this is not feasible, we can find an alternate book.

4) Sign up for Duolingo Classroom for French (schools.duolingo.com) and start at the basics then work up the Skill Tree for more advanced learning.  I have posted the Username and temporary password (students will pick a new one once they get in) in Google Classroom.

Students are encouraged to do up to five hours of work per week and spread out the learning around the schedule parents have already set up :)

Please email Mme with any questions :)

ATTENTION PARENTS: Passwords required for Google Classroom access on aw.tdsb.on.ca

FYI - I am using the Google Classroom already set up by Ms Harrison for Media Literacy for Rm 23.

- Please type in: aw.tdsb.on.ca and go directly to the Login page, once you are verified, please go straight to Google Classroom

-In case you need this info: Rm 23 Google Classroom Code =  5fb2eoy

IN SEPTEMBER...

-Students were asked to memorize and keep their 9-digit TDSB student number which is the Username and their chosen Password to login to the Chromebooks at school.

RIGHT NOW....

-At home, students will still need their 9-digit TDSB student number (starts with 343......) and their Password (8-digit max).

-IF your child has forgotten their password, please email me ASAP  at susan.jim@tdsb.on.ca, I will need to re-set their password and email you with a new one.

-Student numbers (aka Username) have not changed since the first day of school and I can easily pass that along.

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Before you start

If you are logged in to your personal Gmail account, please note that this sometimes creates conflicts.  The best way is to completely log out of your Gmail account before trying to log in to AW.  

Step 1. Accessing AW from home

Step 2. Accessing Google Classroom after successfully logging in

Ready to roll!

You made it!  Now you have access to all the classes that you have been registered in.

You now have access to all announcements, shared resources, homework assignments and the latest news.  

 

Duolingo French app for Schools - Sign your student up!

FYI - I have created a Salle 23 DuoLingo classroom.

Please click on the link to Set Up for your child to join Salle 23:

https://www.duolingo.com/o/udcqxb


Detailed Set up information:

https://schools.duolingo.com/classroom/3686383/invitation_printout/

Physed Resources from Mr Kasaval

Health & Phys. Ed Resources - Covid 19 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qz8e9v-A9jyVpq9bD7CTE2VQWeoREr-vT3kiIxSPsSE/edit?usp=sharing

HPE Program and Athletics at Wilkinson JPS:

https://sites.google.com/tdsb.on.ca/mrkasavalshpeprogram/home?authuser=

Music resources from Ms Levy

FYI - please check in on Ms Levy’s website for music info:

Music Website: www.wilkinsonmusic.ca

Ms. Levy's email: batya.levy@tdsb.on.ca 

Math Makes Sense Text book PDF for Unit 9

FYI - I will be moving information onto the Google Classroom platform on TDSB’s website.
However, I will continue to post updates on this blog!

Here is the link to the pages for Unit 9: Length, Perimeter & Area

We will be starting on this chapter on April 6th - more info to come!

Merci!

Mme

Knowledge Hook Math app - Classroom code

FYI: please register your child on KnowledgeHook Math, use the following link:

https://app.knowledgehook.com/app/StudentJoin

Classroom password: Gum6387

Stay tuned ...online resources and info coming soon!

Dear Salle 23 Students and Parents,

I hope this email finds you well and adjusting to our new normal!

Just to send an update from our TDSB Director John Malloy, "The Board is working to create conditions that will restore connectivity between teachers and students/parents/guardians on a system-wide basis to come into effect the week of April 6."  

As well, please let me know if you have access to a computer/laptop/tablet and internet access and are able to learn online. Please send any questions/concerns that you may have during this challenging time to myself and our Principal, Kim Jensen Kim.jensen@tdsb.on.ca

We will work together and get through this trying time!

Take care, 

Mme Jim

Susan.jim@tdsb.on.ca

No Ordinary Day (By: Deborah Ellis) Guided Reading Questions

No Ordinary Day   By: Deborah Ellis       Name:__________

Due: May 22, 2020

Please write a paragraph response (6-8 sentences) for each question.

Note to Parents: Please discuss these words with your child:

poverty, child-slavery, homelessness, leprosy, prejudice, stereotype, ulcers, bacterial infection, antibiotics

Summary:  Valli, an Indian girl from a poverty-stricken coal town, decides to run away one day when she discovers that her "auntie" is actually just a woman who was paid by her own family to watch over her. Valli does not come from much, not being able to go to school or to even eat on a regular basis. Her background helps her to be resourceful when she ends up in Kolkatta, homeless. Valli's only fear is of the "monsters", who are actually lepers, who resided on the wrong side of her coal town. Little does she know that her magic feet that don't feel are a symptom of leprosy, and that to escape poverty, she must choose to face the monsters. 

Chapter 1: What does Valli have to do to help her family? What does she really want to spend her time doing instead?  Why is this important to Valli?

Chapter 2: Why does Valli decide to jump onto a coal truck and become a “stowaway”?  Is this a good idea? Why or why not?

  

Chapter 3:  Why does Valli try to impress Mrs Mukerjee with reciting the alphabet on page 39? What  do you think Valli was trying to do?

Chapter 4: Why does Valli give the soap away? In your opinion, was it a good move? Why or why not?  For example, she could have sold the soap for money.  

Chapter 5: Valli is now a homeless child on the streets of Kolkata.  What does she learn to do to survive? Name three things that she had to do in order to survive on the streets.

Chapter 6:  Valli is alone on the streets. At the end of the chapter she feels that she is not alone and that she “almost has friends.”  Please explain why you think she feels that way, especially when she is “all alone”.

Chapter 7: What does Valli do at the river with the coins?  Did she really “make things happen” like magic?  Explain why or why not?

Chapter 8: Why does she trust Dr Indra and follow a stranger?  Explain three reasons why this is dangerous and how Valli tries to keep herself “safe”.

Chapter 9: Valli knows she is sick but runs away to live on the streets because of the “monsters”. What is she really scared of and does her fear help her? Please explain and use connections from your life? Would it be easier to run away from a problem?

Chapter 10:  Valli gets kicked out of the bookstore.  She really wants the biology book, and knows that “books are not for her” based on how badly she looks and smells.  Why is there a prejudice against poor people being able to read or even be able to go to where “rich” people go? Is this different here in Canada? How is it different? Do we have prejudice for other things? Please explain.   

Chapter 11: Valli goes back to the hospital. What made her return to Dr Indra? Do you think she is still scared but still decided to go? 

Chapter 12: What is an oath? Why does Dr Indra want to honour her oath? What three personality traits does this reveal to you that Dr Indra has based on her oath?

Chapter 13: Usha helps Valli in more ways than just cleaning her up & making Valli tea.  She asks Valli to “look at her”.  What does this do for Valli? Do you think Valli still has fear and prejudice against Usha? Why or why not?

Chapter 14: Valli likes to learn.  What did she teach herself to do?  Have you ever figured out how to do something on your own that your parents do? What was it? How did you figure it out?

Chapter 15:   What does Dr Indra gives Valli her old biology textbook; is this an amazing gift?  Do you think giving is more important than receiving a gift? Why or why not?

Please note: All the royalties from No Ordinary Day go to The Leprosy Mission out of Canada. In fact, all of Deborah Ellis's book royalties (money made from each book) go to various charity organizations. 

Breadwinner (by Deborah Ellis) Guided Reading Questions

1. How long has it been since the mother and children, except for 

   Parvana, have been outside the house? Imagine you were not 

   allowed to leave your home. How do you think you would cope?

2. When you are reading, what strategies do you use to figure out a  

    word you don’t know (e.g., read ahead and back to see if it is  

    defined; use the glossary; use context)? How does the author give  

    clues to a word’s meaning (e.g., how does “stretched out on a 

    toshak” help a reader understand what a “toshak” is)?

3. What character strengths has Parvana shown in the novel so far?

4. “Everybody leans on everybody in this family” (page 48). What does Parvana mean by this? Would you say this is true in your own family? How could you be a better support for family and/or friends?

5. What are your first impressions of Mrs. Weera? Find two things she says or does that give you a strong sense of her character.

6. How does Parvana feel when she is out in the market as a boy?

7.  Why doo you think the author included the scene with Parvana reading the letter for the Talib?

8. Nooria says that she had forgotten how good the sun feels on her face. Maryam has to be helped to walk down the stairs. If you were forced to stay indoors, what would you miss most about being outside? Why is it unhealthy to be indoors for so long?

9.  How are Parvana’s and Shauzia’s lives similar? How are they different? Explain using examples from the book.

10. “Kabul has more land mines than flowers,” the father used to say  

       (page 109). Why do you think her father said this? Explain why.

11. Why did Parvana end up telling her family about the bone-digging  

       even though she had said she wouldn’t?

12. Why did Parvana’s parents disagree about leaving Afghanistan?

13. Parvana feels both relieved and sulky about not going to Mazar-e-  

       Sharif. Describe a time you have felt that kind of mixed emotion.

14. Had you predicted that the father would return? Why or why not?

15.  What do Parvana and Shauzia plan to do in twenty years? Do you think   

        this plan will come true? Explain your reasoning.

Wanting Mor (by Rukhsana Khan) Guided Reading Questions

Wanting Mor -  Guided Reading Questions 

by: Rukhsana Khan

* Please write a paragraph for each of the guided reading questions below. 

Due Date: May 22, 2020

1. Why does Jameela’s father decide to move them to Kabul?

2. What problem does Jameela’s father have that makes it hard for Jameela to respect him?

3. Would you feel the same way if he was your father? Explain. 

4. Jameela talks about a time when her father was different. What happened to change him? 

5. Khala Gul uses the girls in her orphanage to get money to support the orphanage. Is she a ‘good/  protagonistic' character or a ‘bad / antagonistic’ character? Explain. 

6. Why do you think Soraya and Zeba don’t want Jameela to have the
operation? 

7. Why did Agha Akram’s wife refuse to let Jameela stay with them?
Was she a ‘good’ character or an antagonistic character? Explain. 

8. What does it mean when Jameela’s grandfather says “what made a pot strong was the firing” What was Jameela’s grandfather referring to in this saying? 

9. When Jameela’s mother says “If you can’t be beautiful you should at least be good” what do you think she means by that?

10. Most stories have one climax (most exciting part), but some could argue that there are two climactic scenes in this novel. Which two scenes do you think are the most climactic? 

11.  A motif is a recurring symbol that takes on a special significance in a story. Name three motifs in the novel. Explain their significance and what they symbolize. 

12. Name one theme from the novel.  Why is this important to read about? Explain with connections to your own life.

13. Does the title Wanting Mor match the novel? Why or why not?

14. Jameela is born a cleft lip, do you think that things would have been much better if she was born without one?

15. Do you think Jameela made the right decision to stay at the orphanage instead of being with her dad and stepmother? Explain your thinking.

Math: Unit 9 Length, Perimeter, Area

Please continue to work on math and practice your timestables to 10.
Our next unit is Length, Perimeter, Area.  Mme :)

Math Review - p. 312 #1-10 ....Reminder - unit test tomorrow!!

Math - page 310 #1-10

Math: page 307 #1-7 (Tuesday’s work)

Math Test on Friday March 13th- Chapter 8 Fractions & Decimals

FYI - please review for Friday’s math test.  If you will not be at school Friday, I can give you the test earlier.

Mme

Quiz 23 - Les vases grecs

1) les gens
2) les vases grecs
3) nous donnons
4) la vie
5) le siècle
6) une idée
7) le grain
8) surtout
9) l’huile
10) les dessins

March Break French programming at Toronto Public Libraries

FYI

To: programmesenfrancais <programmesenfrancais@tpl.ca>
Subject: Congé de mars 2020 - March break 2020 programs at the Toronto Public Library

Bonjour,

The Toronto Public Library invites you to participate in French language programs which are planned for March break 2020.  There are 17 programs in 15 library branches for you to choose from:

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=20219&No=0&Ntt=march+break

Please find March break 2020 flyer in attachment.

There will be also two programs during the Week of Francophonie featuring Mireille Messier:

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=37867&Ntt=mireille+messier

Please share this information throughout your networks, among friends and with other families.

We hope to see you there all!

Cordialement,

Peter

Bonjour,

La Bibliothèque publique de Toronto vous invite à participer à des programmes en français qui sont prévus pour le congé de mars 2020.  Vous avez le choix entre 17 programmes dans 15 succursales de bibliothèque :

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=20219&No=0&Ntt=march+break

Veuillez trouver le dépliant du congé de mars 2020 en pièce jointe.

Il y aura également deux programmes durant la Semaine de la Francophonie mettant en vedette Mireille Messier :

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=37867&Ntt=mireille+messier

Veuillez partager ces informations à travers vos réseaux, entre amis et avec d'autres familles.

Nous espérons vous y voir tous !

Peter

Peter Kupidura

Senior Services Specialist - French Language Services

Spécialiste des services en français

Toronto Public Library

Danforth- Coxwell Library (temporary location until further notice)

Tel: 416-395-5762

Fax: 416 393-7578

Math: page 303 # 1-10 (Continued on Monday Mar 9)

Lunch room update for after March Break

FYI - from admin

Starting March 23, 2020:
We will be moving room 23 to the earlier lunch as they are a grade 4 class and there is enough room in the lunch room. 

Math - page 299 # 1-9

Math work: page 296 # 1-5

Math: page 292 #1-5, 7

Math worksheet for Mon Mar 2nd = Mixed Fraction number line

- please work on comparing fractions on a number line using mixed and improper fractions
- today’s class worksheet is from: Superteacherworksheets.com

Math test - Friday March 13th on Fractions & decimals

We are aiming to get ready for the test next Friday March 13th. Please review Chapter 8 of the textbook.  Any questions that students complete from the textbook will be marked & added to final mark.

Quiz 22 - Les anciens Jeux Olympiques

1) le pentathlon = pentathlon
2) les courses de chars = chariot racing
3) la course à pied = running
4) les sauts = jumping évents
5) lancer du disque = discus throw
6) la lutte = wrestling
7) la boxe = Boxing
8) l’équitation = equestrian events
9) l’athlète = athlete
10) les jeux Olympiques = Olympic games

Math - Do p 289/ 290 #1-3,5-7 in math text

Math - NS4-89 More mixed and improper fractions/ add & subtract fractions

Please continue to review mixed and improper fractions.
Do Page 289 -p 290 in math text #1-3,5-7

Math cont’d- NS4-86 (part 2) and NS4-88 Sharing & Fractions

Math: More Sharing & Fractions - NS 4-86 & NS 4-87

Review Fractions of a set if you forgot your worksheet.

Page 278 in math text #1-5, 8,9

Quiz 21 - Pronunciation Quiz on Feb 28

1) raconter
2) la mythologie
3) les histoires
4) les dieux grecs
5) la puissance
6) le monde
7) magique
8) les éclairs
9) jeter
10) la personnalité

Math - Mixed and improper Fractions (page 286 in text)

FYI - students are working on pages from Jump Math this week ( NS4-78; NS4-79)  If they forgot their worksheet/ homework please work from the text page 286 #1-4, 6.

I will be giving credit for textbook work done at home.

Mme

Quiz 20 by Monday Feb 24th (or earlier)

1) les Olympiens
2) les décisions
3) souterrain
4) le palais
5) l’époque
6) elle était
7) le conseil
8) le foyer
9) un siège
10) personne

Rocks presentations extended until Thurs Feb 20th

Please present 5 facts about a specific sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic rock.

Incomplèt présentations:

Rainier
Roya
Sabrina
Lucas
Willow
Adella
Nate
Yasmin
Luka
Scarlett

Ch 8 - Fractions & Decimals Math work in Textbook

Looking for more? Try these pages out:

Page 273 #1-7
Page 276 #1-4
Page 278 #1-5, 8,9
Page 284 # 1-4, 6
Page 286 #1-4, 6
Page 289 #1-3, 5-7
Page 292 #1-5, 7
Page 296 #1-5
Page 299 #1-9
Page 303 #1-10
Page 307 #1-7
Page 310 #1-10
Chapter Review page 312 #1-10

Science Rock Presentations - next Tues Feb 18th

Vivienne
Yasmin
Matthew
Luka
Sahir
Walter

9 people have not chosen rocks nor decided when they will present:
Roya
Rainier
Willow
Lucas
Scarlett
Sabrina
Adella
Nate
Lisle

Feb 14th - Rm 23 Interview Schedule

Friday, Feb 14th 

Rm 23 Inteviews with Mme Jim:

Times are attached to the student agenda  :)

Please note the time allotted for your Parent-Teacher interview in Rm 23 on Friday, Feb. 14th, 2020.  If this time does not work, please let me know when I can connect with you either by phone or meet at another time either before school at 8:15 am; at lunch (11:30-12:30); or afterschool (3:20-3:35 pm). I apologize for the short notice, Mme. Jim.

Email: susan.jim@tdsb.on.ca; Wilkinson Office: 416-393-9575

Interviews on Friday February 14th - All Day

FYI - I will be sending home interview slip to only those that I need to meet with.
If you do not receive an interview slip, please know that your child is at level and does not require an interview at this time. Mme

Valentine’s Party on Feb 13th & Sweetheart Bakesale :)

FYI - students have earned a party on Thursday.  Instead of sending treats, students can support our Parent Council and purchase a treat from the Sweetheart Bakesale.

Please send board games to school :)

Mme

All about Rocks poster due Thursday Feb 13

FYI - students will be doing a mini-presentation on their rock on Monday. Mme.


Please find a sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic rock to research.

Students have already chosen the following:

-lapis lazuli
- gneiss
- granite
-marble
-basalt
-obsidian
-Slate
-quartz

Quiz 19 postponed until Thurs, Feb 13

1) la technologie
2) les coutumes
3) le béton
4) les bagues
5) la langue latine
6) les chaussettes
7) les chaussures
8) la littérature
9) les bijoux
10) les statues

English Comprehension tests sent home today - please sign

Please sign and return test.

Merci,
Mme

Reading Comprehension test tomorrow!! And Reading Responses are due tomorrow!!

FYI - please hand-in all reading responses tomorrow.

Merci :)

Geometry math test to be returned today - pls send in corrections ASAP

FYI - if your child needs to do corrections (it will be marked on the test paper) please send in by tomorrow. Merci! Mme :)

Save the Date - Scientists in the School Wed Feb 5, 2020

FYI - we are scheduled to have Scientists in the School: Gears and Pulleys on Wed Feb 5th in the morning.  If you can volunteer that morning, we would be very grateful. We need 4 parents in total to help with this program.

Merci!

Mme :)

Quiz 18

1) isolée
2) utiliser
3) fabriquer
4) développer
5) véritable
6) souvent
7) permis
8) invention
9) ancien
10) Égypte

Geometry Math Test on Monday, Jan 27th

Review Unit 3 in the Math textbook SVP.

Unit Review on Page 112-113 # 1-8
Remember your protractors!!

Quiz 17 - L’Égypte cont’d

1) les déserts
2) les montagnes
3) le fleuve
4) le calendrier
5) l’Est
6) le lin
7) la laine
8) le coton
9) le Nil
10) le lotus

Math unit 3 - Geometry

Please go through any topics in unit 3 in the textbook as needed.

We have gone through: using a protractor, similar and congruent figures, rectangular pyramid, recctangular prism, triangular prism, square pyramid, the net of a square pyramid, Cube, the net of a cube, attributes of 2-D shapes, obtuse vs acute vs right angles, isosceles vs scalene vs equilateral triangles, parallelogram vs rhombus, trapezoid, kite figure, pentagon, hexagon, meaning of quadrilateral, attribute of each 2-D shape

Please review: page 81, 82, 86, 99, 104, 108, 112-113 (#1-8)

Geometry Test on Monday, Jan 27th

Jan 30 = Due date for Reading Responses for Iqbal/I owe you one/ Banjo of Destiny/

Please note -Jan 30 is our new Due date and comprehension test date.  Merci!!

Quiz 16 - Les pyramides

1) les pyramides
2) la construction
3) le fils
4) les dimensions
5) le stade
6) la longueur
7) placer
8) côte à côte
9) le souverain
10) l’âme

Jan 16th City Hall trip cancelled.

Protractors for Geometry

FYI - if your student has their own protractor, please send to school for the next 2 weeks.  We will be doing angle measurements for Geometry. Merci!

Quiz 15 - les formes de l’eau et de la terre

1) la baie
2) l’île
3) la montagne
4) la plaine
5) le lac
6) la péninsule
7) la vallée
8) le volcan
9) la colline
10) la rivière

Jan 16th City Hall Trip from 10-11:30 am

FYI - we will be heading down on Thursday Jan 16th at 9:15 am for a tour of City Hall.
Parents, please send an email to me if you are able to volunteer!