Monday, 11 May 2020

Monday May 11, 2020

Good morning everyone,

Announcement
For any students who are observing Ramadan, please do not hesitate to let me know if completing your online assignments is a challenge.  It is my goal to make sure that school never interferes.  My priority is to ensure that the lessons I provide allow Ramadan to remain your priority.  Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to help make sure that you are able to maintain your priorities.  Please let me know anything that you need, or anything that I can do.  Thank you, everyone :)



Today's Assignments

Literacy
- Please complete the assignment "Types of Texts - Creating your own text".
- It should only take about 10 minutes.

Science
- Please complete Ms. Glanfield's Science task.
- This should take 30 minutes.

Geography
- Please complete question #1 ONLY for "Chapter #9 - Agriculture" task
- This should take approximately 20-30 minutes.


French
- Please complete French work for Mme Murgan on her blog.
- This should take approximately 15 minutes.


Music
- Mr. Alexander has created a Google Classroom for you.
- The class code is rda7tka

- This should take you approximately 10 minutes per day.






Have a great day,

Jonathan Carr
jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca 

Friday, 8 May 2020

Friday May 8, 2020

Good morning everyone,

Announcement
For any students who are observing Ramadan, please do not hesitate to let me know if completing your online assignments is a challenge.  It is my goal to make sure that school never interferes.  My priority is to ensure that the lessons I provide allow Ramadan to remain your priority.  Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to help make sure that you are able to maintain your priorities.  Please let me know anything that you need, or anything that I can do.  Thank you, everyone :)

Today's Assignments

Literacy
- Please complete the "Journals Revision Task" which was assigned May 4th (see May 4th blog).  It appears that many people were not able to complete this, so I would like to give another opportunity today.
- Otherwise, there is no Literacy assigned today.

Math
- Please complete "Equivalent Ratios (Part 1)"
- This should take approximately 45 minutes.

French
- Please complete French work for Mme Murgan on her blog.
- This should take approximately 15 minutes.


Music
- Mr. Alexander has created a Google Classroom for you.
- The class code is rda7tka
- This should take you approximately 10 minutes per day.

Free Choice/Catch Up
- Please use the last 45 minutes to catch up on any work.
- You can complete the Literacy "Journals Revision Task", Geography, Science, French, Music, Health, Phys Ed .... Anything you could use time to complete.







Have a great day,

Jonathan Carr
jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca 

Thursday, 7 May 2020

Thursday May 7, 2020

Good morning everyone :)



Announcement
I decided to take down the question documents that were previously at the bottom of each blog post.  They weren't being used, which is completely fine.  Everyone is preferring to use comments on the Classroom documents, private comments and email.  These are all great ways to ask questions, so please continue to ask all the questions you desire through these methods.



Today's Assignments

Literacy
- Please read the important announcement on the Literacy page.  Thank you for checking the blog :)

Literacy
- Please spend 45 minutes doing research for "Let your curiosity guide you task".
- By the end of today, I would like everyone to please make it your goal to have some significant research done.  By "significant" I don't mean a certain number of words or sources, I just mean that you have notes that show that you have been actually learning about the topics you have been researching.  Please don't stress about this, I just want to see that you are having fun, and learning something too :)

Math
- Please complete "What are Ratios (part 2)"
- This should take approximately 45 minutes.

French
- Please complete French work for Mme Murgan on her blog.
- This should take approximately 15 minutes.


Music
- Mr. Alexander has created a Google Classroom for you.
- The class code is rda7tka
- This should take you approximately 10 minutes per day.








Have a great day,

Jonathan Carr
jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca 

Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Wednesday May 6, 2020

Good morning everyone,

Announcement
Unfortunately, the "car parade" that I posted on the blog yesterday is having to be cancelled.  The school board is asking all schools to make sure that they do not engage in non-essential travel.  Sorry about this.  I was excited to do it!  Maybe another time :)


Today's Assignments

Health
- Please spend 45 minutes doing research for the "Healthy Eating Research Task".
- Today is your last day for research.  Next time Health is assigned we will complete the assignment, but today is just about getting more research.
- Reminder...

  1. Through your research, you should be looking for answers to the following questions…
    1. Why does healthy eating really matter?
    2. What prevents me, and other people, from eating as healthy as possible?


Math
- Please complete "What are Ratios (part 1)"
- This should take approximately 45 minutes.

French
- Please complete French work for Mme Murgan on her blog.
- This should take approximately 15 minutes.


Music
- Mr. Alexander has created a Google Classroom for you.
- The class code is rda7tka
- This should take you approximately 10 minutes per day.



Any Questions?
- It is very important that you ask questions while you complete your assignments!
- Please write any questions that you have in the document found in the links below.  If you have a private question, you can email me at jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca













Have a great day,

Jonathan Carr
jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca 

Tuesday, 5 May 2020

Tuesday May 5, 2020

Good morning everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well.  We are excited to announce the RHPS Difference Drive.  More details to follow, but many of us teachers will be driving around your neighbourhood next week to say hello.  Details are below.  No throwing eggs at my car!!  LOL! :)




Today's Assignments

Science
- Please complete Mrs. Glanfield's Science
- This should take approximately 30 minutes

Geography
- Please complete the remaining task for Chapter #8 - Rivers/Water Systems
- This should take approximately 60 minutes.

French
- Please complete French work for Mme Murgan on her blog.
- This should take approximately 15 minutes.


Music
- Mr. Alexander has created a Google Classroom for you.
- The class code is rda7tka
- This should take you approximately 10 minutes per day.



Any Questions?
- It is very important that you ask questions while you complete your assignments!
- Please write any questions that you have in the document found in the links below.  If you have a private question, you can email me at jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca













Have a great day,

Jonathan Carr
jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca 

Monday, 4 May 2020

Monday May 4, 2020

Good morning everyone,

Today's Assignments

Math
- Please complete the "Converting Metric Units of Area" task
- This should take approximately 30 minutes.

Literacy
- Today we will revise the final question in the "Journal Summative Task".
- Please see the new instructions on the assignment.
- This should take approximately 30 minutes.

French
- Please complete French work for Mme Murgan on her blog.
- This should take approximately 15 minutes.


Music
- Mr. Alexander has created a Google Classroom for you.
- The class code is rda7tka
- This should take you approximately 10 minutes per day.

Free Choice
- You can use the last 30 minutes or so to work on any tasks of  your choice.  You can use it to catch up on work, or you can seek to get ahead in other tasks such as Geography, Phys Ed or Science.





Any Questions?
- It is very important that you ask questions while you complete your assignments!
- Please write any questions that you have in the document found in the links below.  If you have a private question, you can email me at jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca













Have a great day,

Jonathan Carr
jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca 

Friday, 1 May 2020

Friday May 1, 2020

Good morning everyone,

Today's Assignments

Math
- Please make sure you have completed and submitted the math check in from Wednesday.
- For those who completed it, I have assessed it and left comments.
- Please check and make any necessary corrections.
- This should not take longer than 30 minutes.

Literacy
- Please spend 45 minutes on the  "Let Your Curiosity Guide You" Task.
- Add to your notes from yesterday
- Please submit what you complete today.

French
- Please complete French work for Mme Murgan on her blog.
- This should take approximately 15 minutes.


Music
- Mr. Alexander has created a Google Classroom for you.
- The class code is rda7tka
- This should take you approximately 10 minutes per day.







Any Questions?
- It is very important that you ask questions while you complete your assignments!
- Please write any questions that you have in the document found in the links below.  If you have a private question, you can email me at jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca













Have a great day,

Jonathan Carr
jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca