Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Tuesday Pack-up and Homework
Maths: Practice 15-2 Views of Solids: Nets; Enrichment 15-2 Turnabout Is Fair Play
Answers will be available on Google Classroom later this afternoon.
Literacy/LA: Be ready to publish your Written Instructions and Instructional Video tomorrow.
Answers will be available on Google Classroom later this afternoon.
Literacy/LA: Be ready to publish your Written Instructions and Instructional Video tomorrow.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Monday Pack-up and homework
Maths: Practice 15-1 Solids; and give Enrichment 15-1 a try.
Literacy: Be ready to proofread (and possibly publish) your instructions tomorrow.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Week 27
Dear Parents and Students,
Thank you to everyone for what has been quite a successful first week of distance learning. I am sure that the wider community will be very appreciative of the efforts that everyone in Taiwan has gone to in order to minimize the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. I am very impressed with how well everyone has adapted. Hopefully, we just have three more days of online learning to go.
In the (Virtual) Classroom:
Maths
We have completed Topic 14 this week, finishing with our first ever online Topic Test. Next week, we will begin Topic 15, which expands our study of geometry to include three-dimensional solid shapes.
Literacy Workshop
We have been busy planning and drafting our latest assignment. Writing Instructions.. Please keep sending your drafts in so that I can give you all feedback. Please also feel free to email or share-file your buddies to get feedback to help you revise. Our written instructions are due next Wednesday, along with a short instructional video of your topic. If you are absolutely unable to produce a short video, you may present your instructional demonstration live in the classroom when we all return to school.
In English Grammar, we have completed our unit about Capitalization and Punctuation, and we will begin our next unit about Pronouns next week.
Science
I hope everyone enjoyed the ‘bonus’ Science Mystery about sound waves this week. Next week, we will begin to investigate light energy, including a do-it-yourself home practical lab assignment. Check page 22 in your Science books to make sure that you have access to the household materials for the assignment. We shall complete the experiment on Monday!
Social Studies
We have completed our studies of the American Southeast, and we will have an online open-book unit test on Tuesday. We will begin our studies of the Midwest when we get back to school.
Extra
Thank you to everyone for the high spirits and the valuable feedback. I hope to see more photos uploaded of everyone distance learning. Please make sure that you are spending time AWAY from your screens and getting plenty of exercise. We only have three days of school next week, as the Tomb Sweeping national holiday will take place next Thursday and Friday.
Stay healthy, and I'll see you all (online) on Monday!
Dates to remember:
Tue. Mar 31: Social Studies open book test – Unit 3
Wed. Apr 1: Publish Written Instructions and Instructional Video
April 2-3: Tomb Sweeping holiday – NO online learning!
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Homework, Thursday, 26th March
There is no specific homework today. Just work on your instructions as necessary, and begin planning your video presentation.
Maths Topic 14 Review and cool Google tools!
Maths: Review Topic 14 - Test tomorrow Practice Test Answer Key at the bottom of this post.
Check out these Google tools!
For the area of a rectangle, type, "rectangle area =" in the search box.
For the area of a triangle: "triangle area = "
...and so on for any polygon:
Practice Test 14 Answers
Check out these Google tools!
To check different dimensions of polygons, you can use the following Google tools:
Simply open the Google search engine, then:
For the perimeter of a rectangle, simply type, "rectangle perimeter =" in the search box. Enter values, and away you go.
For the area of a triangle: "triangle area = "
...and so on for any polygon:
Give it a try!
Practice Test 14 Answers
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. A 11. B
Topic 14 Extra Practice Answer Key
Set A
1. About 15 square units; estimate
2. 17 square units; exact
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Set B
1. 56 m2
2. 34 square units
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Set C
1. 36 in. 2
2. 6 ft2
3. 180 m2
4. 40cm2
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Set D
1. 18 cm
2. 70 ft
3. 216 mm
4. 84 ft
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SET E
1. eg: [1 x 11; 11 ft] ; [2 x 10; 20 ft2] ; [3 x 9; 27 ft] ; [4 x 8; 32 ft2] ;
[5 x 7 ; 35 ft2] ; [6 x 6; 36 ft2]
2. eg: [1 x 19; 19 cm2] ; [2 x 18; 36 cm2] ; [3 x 17; 51 cm2] ; [4 x 16; 64 m2] ; [5 x 15; 75 cm2] ; [6 x 14; 84 cm2] ; [7 x 13; 91 cm2] ; [8 x 12; 96 cm2] ;
[9 x 11; 99 cm2] ; [10 x 10; 100 cm2]
3. eg: [1 x 64; P=130 ft] ; [2 x 32 P=68 ft] ; [4 x 16 P=40 ft] ;
[8 x 8 P=32 ft]
4. eg: [1 x 80; P=162 yd] ; [2 x 40; P=84 yd] ; [4 x 20; P=48 yd] ;
[8 x 10; P=36 yd]
SET F
1. 30 inches
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Wednesday Wrap
Schedule for tomorrow:
9:00-10:15 Maths
Review Topic 14 (test Friday); Performance Assessment
10:30-11:45 Literacy
English 5-9 Titles pp.186-187
Writing Instructions - Revising pp.352-354
Also: Tips on making an Instructional Video
13:00-14:15 Science / Social Studies
OPTIONAL Mystery Science activity*
Continue Science bookwork (due Friday)
Continue reviewing Unit 3 (due Friday, test Tuesday)
*If you would like to do the practical task, you will need:
- 2 paper cups
- 2 small paper clips
- About 2 metres of string
- Random materials from around your home.
Think of some fun photos you can take of yourself Distance Learning. We can share them online, and maybe add them to our yearbook.
SCIENCE FAIR
As discussed in the post below, we currently don't know if Science Fair will continue as planned or not. IF you are able, you can continue your research at home. It is not advised to work with your partner during our time of social distancing, so if research is impractical at this time, we will simply need to put research on hold and wait until further information becomes available.
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