designandtech.ca calendar: Oct. 3, 2012

Room 32's Regular Day 2
		Recess			Lunch				Recess	Home Room DEAR

Class schedule is now posted

Mr. Winship's Regular Day 2
32	32	Recess	32	32	Lunch	205	205	32	Recess	32
				Planning Time						Home Room DEAR

Period 1 Math ...Room 32

9:00 - 9:40 am

Working in the computer lab.

Bitstrips for Schools Student Login Instructions

Step 1
Go to http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/login/
Step 2
Under Student Login on the left, enter the following classroom code: 322012
and click on the Go button
Step 3
Select your name from the name box. If this is the first time you are logging in, create your password and click Set Password.
If you have logged in before, enter the password you made on your first login and click Login
Step 4
Make your avatar

Now... Complete your family portrait.

This is also an exploration day for online avatars and picture creation. There are two sites to explore:

PicassoHead
DoppelMe

These sites may be used for a future assignment. Students will use today to familiarise themsleves with this software.

Period 2 English ...Room 32

		9:40 - 10:05 am

Elements of reading texts.

Period 3 English ...Room 32

		10:20 - 11:05 am

Take up History homework from Monday

Drama and Dance 11:05 - 11:45 am
Period 4 ... in Room 206

Planning time for Mr. Winship

Mrs. da Costa provides the programme.

12:45 - 1:35 pm
Periods 5 and 6 ...Room 205

Workshop . See the assignment page for current projects,.

Period 7 ...Room 32

Science :Workshop period to make up for yesterday's missed time.

See the assignment page for current projects.

Period 8 ...Room 32

	Agenda Checks All Intermediate students return to Homeroom	3:00 - 3:30 pm

Reading journals. Eash student has a reading journal for summary and reflection. Each entry should be at leats one half-half page to a full page. The first paragraph should be a summary of the content of the book. The second paragraph should be a reflection about what you think about the book. You should make connections to other books (text to text), to your personal experience (text to self), to other forms such as a movie (text to media), or to the bigger theme (text to world).

Math: Homework questions:
Math word problems.

For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows:

Monday- Spelling
Tuesday- Math
Wednesday- Writing
Thursday - math and spelling test study
Every evening should include at least a half hour of sustained reading.

Friday's Spelling test should come home on Friday to share with parents.

Friday's math test should come home on Monday to share with parents.