Wednesday 30 September 2020
Tuesday 29 September 2020
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Our Dictionary
In the style of an illuminated manuscript, we will be creating a dictionary with the other grade 6 classes.
Here is an actual dictionary entry. Your entry won't need the plural information (How to use the word) or the origin information (Word Origin),
-Do 2 Words from the letter(s) you are given
-Is the word a noun, a verb, both, or . . . ? (1pt)
-Define the word (could be several definitions) (2pts)
-Use the word in an example sentence (2pts)
-CORRECT spelling and grammar, this is a dictionary after all (2pts)
-Artistry (3pts)
FREAK’S DICTIONARY
A
AARDVARK, a silly-looking creature that eats ants
AARGH, what the aardvark says when it eats ants
ABACUS, a finger-powered computer
ABSCISSA, the horizontal truth
ALGORITHM, maths with a rock-‘n’-rock beat
ALIMENTARY, what Sherlock Holmes said to Dr. Watson
about where the food disappeared
ALLEGORY, a peculiar kind of story that’s often pretty
gory
ARCHETYPE, what Max sees when he dreams of
architects
ARITHMETIC, inventing with numbers
ARMOUR, a robotlike suit worn by knights of old
B
BIG LIE, ignorance is bliss
BIONIC, a way to improve on the human condition
BLOVIATE, to expel hot air in the form of words
BOATS, shoes big enough to fit Maxwell Kane
BOOK, a four-letter word for truth serum
BRAIN, a muscle that improves with exercise
BUTTHEAD, one who can sneeze a hot dog through
his nose
C
CAMOUFLAGE, how a camel blends into the desert
CIGARETTE, something that should be obscene, not smoked
COPACETIC, the Fair Gwen’s word for “everything is cool”
CRETIN, another name for Blade
CRITTERS, small, irritating children, also known as rug rats
D
DEMEANOUR, the meaner your face, the worse your
demeanour
DICTIONARY, a source of knowledge, fun, and rude jokes
DOWN UNDER, a land far away in Maxwell’s basement
DYAD, another word for Max and Kevin
DYNE, unit of energy needed to move a gram one
centimetre per second per second
E
EDIFICATION, education that tastes good
ERG, a measure of energy equal to one dyne per
centimetre
EXCALIBUR, a sword with magic powers
F
FEALTY, loyalty with an “F”
FOLDEROL, Grim’s word for nonsense
FOOD, fuel for humans, preferably so-called junk or UFO
FOOZLE, to make a stupid mistake
FORNAX, a cool-sounding constellation
FORMICIDAE, a type of insect never found in Kevin’s pants
FURFURACEOUS, covered with dandruff
G
GADZOOKS, what Grim says when surprised
GALAHAD, son of Lancelot, finder of the Holy Grail
GOON, a four-letter word for Max in a bad mood
GRAM, a sweet lady of light
GRIM, a gentleman of the old school, before they tore
it down
GRUEL, whatever you want more of
H
HABERDASHER, a person who chases after windblown hats
HAIKU, versification by the quantum mechanic
means numberless sum
HAMMERHEAD, a know-it-all
HERSTORY, the past, from the female point of view
HIEROGLYPHICS, Max’s handwriting
HISTORY, the past, from the male point of view
HOLUS-BOLUS, all at once
HUMAN, an improbable, imperfect creature
I
IAPETUS, a cool-sounding moon that orbits Saturn
ICARUS, a high-flyer, as in “to do an icarus”
ICHTHYOLOGY, the study of icky foods, for instance fish
IDEA, a seed you plant in your head
IGNEOUS, too hot to eat
INCANDESCENT, an excellent idea
INTERGALACTIC, out of this world
J
JABBAWOCKY, the language of Jabba the Hut
JILLION, millions and millions
JITTERBUG, a nervous cockroach
JOCULAR, amusingly athletic
JOCULARITY, a joke made by a jock
JOULE, a measure of energy equal to ten million ergs
JURASSIC, cool, excellent, what the Fair Gwen calls
“far-out”
K
KAZOO, a place where weird-sounding musical instruments
are kept in cages
KEVIN, a unit of measurement equal to 70 centimetres
KINETICS, the study of small families
KNIGHT, rhymes with bright and fight and right
KONG, another word for falling down
L
LACRIMATION, an emotional display to be avoided
LAGOON, a French gangster
LANCELOT, King Arthur’s bravest knight
LEXICOGRAPHY, what Webster invented, Kevin perfected
LIBRARY, where they keep the truth serum, and the magic
carpets
LIFTOFF, what happens when you open a book
LIMERICK, a mighty dude called Max,
saved his pal from bad attacks,
then they conquered the world,
with banner unfurled,
and time left over for snacks
M
MAGNESIUM, the white sparkles in skyrockets
MASSIVES, fat heads who assume that television tells the
truth
MATHS, you have nothing to fear but maths itself
MAX, a unit of measurement equal to 190 centimetres and
still growing
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MEGAPOD, Max’s shoe size
MIDGET, a word used by people with small minds
MUCIFEROUS, any disgusting food, as in muciferous tapioca
N
NANOSECOND, one-billionth of a second
NEANDERTHALS, what we all were before plumbing was
invented
NICOTINE, a toxic waste of time
NONILLION, millions of septillions
O
OBFUSCATE, a needlessly confusing word for needlessly
confusing
OBSTINATE, Kevin when he knows he’s right
ODORIFEROUS, sneaker perfume
OLFACTORY, where they manufacture smells
ORNITHOPTER, a big word for mechanical bird
P
PERCIVALE, a knight who saw the Holy Grail
PHYSICS, what matters to energy
POSTULATE, when you presume to assume
POTASSIUM CHLORATE, the womp in a skyrocket
POTASSIUM NITRATE, the bang in a skyrocket
PRIMORDIAL, the good old days
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PRIMORDIAL OOZE, boring conversation about the good old
days
Q
QUADRILLION, more than a billion, less than a quintillion
QUANTIC, more than enough, as in “quantic amounts of
carrots”
QUANTUM, imaginary sums of impossible numbers
QUEST, an adventure in which you have to use your
imagination
QUINTILLION, more than a quadrillion, less than a septillion
R
READING, beaming up into books
RELATIVITY, the study of mysterious relatives
ROBOTICS, the science of designing and building robots
ROBOT, a mechanical entity, sometimes endowed with
human characteristics
ROUND TABLE, where King Arthur passes out the snack food
S
SAUROPOD, a vegan
SEISMIC, so exciting it makes you vibrate
SEPTILLION, billions of billions
SPASTIC, how the Fair Gwen talks when she’s nervous
STRONTIUM NITRATE, the blue in a skyrocket
T
TELEMETRY, how to make nurses jump every time
you sneeze
TELEVISION, the opiate of the massives
TELLURIAN, another word for earthling
TIME MACHINE, your imagination
TRACHEOTOMY, a unique method of whistling the “Star
Trek” theme
TROGLODYTE, one who hates books
TUBILIFEROUS, splendid, close to perfect
U
UFOLOGY, see under food; the study of the Unidentified
Frying Objects
UNICORN, a horse who makes a point
V
VAMOOSE, what you say to a moose when you want it to leave
VANQUISH, to defeat in battle, preferably with dragons
VEGAN, a human sauropod
VISCOUS, a thick, vicious liquid
W
WATT, a measure of electricity equal to one joule per
second
WRITING, talking on paper
X
XYLOID, another word for blockhead
Y
YONDER, a place that always lies over the next horizon
Z
ZAG, what you do after you zig
ZED, a Z in England
ZEST, the zing in orange
ZIG, what you do before you zag
ZING, what you taste when you bite into an orange
ZIT, adolescent eruption, not to be confused with teenage
volcano
ZOO, an eighth-grade English class
Residential Schools-Tomorrow is Orange Shirt Day
Residential Schools
1. What does assimilation mean? How does this word describe what was being attempted with the First Nation's People?
2. How many First Nation children in total attended a Residential School?
3. It wasn't just Residential schools that tried to shape students to fit what they think a good citizen should be. How do schools today try and produce what the schools think are good citizens?
4. What can of respect did Canada give to the Indigenous people of this land. Use examples in your answer.
Monday 28 September 2020
This Week
-Orange Day on Wednesday
-Immunizations on Wednesday morning. Get your forms in!
-Lunch forms need to be handed in too
-Freak the Mighty readings, possibly starting a dictionary later in the week.
-For the dictionary, gather some colouring supplies.
-More Confederation
-Friday, Journal 4. If you need a starting sentence. 'It all began when the plate of macaroni started talking back'
-Also Picture Day on Friday
Thursday 24 September 2020
Residential Schools and Orange Shirt Day
History of Orange Shirt Day
More information about the school
Residential School Name: Pine Creek (Camperville)
Location of school:
Years the school operated:
How many students died at school:
Who operated the school:
One other fact about the school:
Blog your facts below
Giving Instructions
Instruction writing is an important skill. We all have encountered a situation where we had to write down and/or follow written instructions. This standard travel mug, metal outside, hard plastic on the inside, and a lid with a sippy hole that slides open, came with 10 instructional points on how to properly care and safely use the cup. Blog in kidblog your 10 instructional points on the safe care and usage of this cup.
Confederation
The people who formed the country Canada. Many of the people above had investments in railways. Anything else about the picture?
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Your Persuasive Paragraph in kid blog
Read over the comments by your classmates and make the changes you need to.
Opening sentence clearly stating your view- /2
Body sentences giving reasons for your view- /3
Closing statement summing up your view- /2
Mechanics- /1
Effective language, well reasoned argument- /2
/10
Monday 21 September 2020
Journal 3 and other events coming up
Again, due Friday. Last class this week will be time to write the Journal. 7 Sentences again, any topic you wish. If you need a starting sentence "The troubles in Cuba started when the moose forgot to pack . . . "
-Title your Journal 3 Journal 3
-Share to Teacher in Word
-Paste into kidblog if you wish to share with classmates
A week Wednesday will be a day of Orange about Residential schools. Get an orange shirt ready. Other events leading up to September 30.
Persuasive paragraph this week. Instructions and dictionary writing coming up. More reading from The Mighty. Confederation also on the agenda.
Thursday 17 September 2020
First Week of School
Well done in just getting to school for the first week. A new school, new ways of doing things, bigger kids around you, and then the whole mask and physical distancing protocols.
Try and navigate the first week of school puzzle here. Click check solution at the bottom when you think you are done. The puzzle will highlight in red any mistakes you may have made. Good Luck!
Wednesday 16 September 2020
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Fun Question
This is coming to Winnipeg on Saturday, it is 350 years old and is something you talked about in grade 5 history. It is also a place you probably have been to or driven by when going downtown.
Canadian Stereotypes
Essay, Part 3, and done!
3 Paragraphs- a paragraph is a collection of sentences on 1 topic 3
3 Topic sentences- A sentence is one complete thought. The topic sentence should describe what the paragraph is about 3
Many body sentences-Sentences on the topic of your paragraph 9
3 Concluding sentences-Restating what the paragraph is about. 3
Mechanics-Do the spelling errors, punctuation, and grammar detract from the message? 2
(/dib The. speling punches grammies hard to read, not?)
/20
Accessing Microsoft Office
The school division has paid for you to have Microsoft Office, which is a great resource and accessible from home. You can store and access most everything we do here in class online with Office.
To access, click on the Office 365 link above OR type in Office 365 in the search bar.
Username- computer username@sjasd.ca
Password- Your Computer Password
To share with the teacher click share, and type in my name.
Some videos below to help with the process
Monday 14 September 2020
Essay, quick check on part 2
Now that you are turning your graphic organizer into paragraphs, lets check on the structure of your 3 paragraphs.
1st Sentence-Topic Sentence. This sentence is What the paragraph is about.
Example- I love to read
Body Sentences-Sentences that fill out the topic sentence.
I start the day reading, grabbing the newspaper and checking out the sports, perusing the editorial page, and creeping on the advice column. Of course I read throughout the day as a teacher. Then when I get home, I often read to try a new recipe, fix an appliance, or just for fun.
Concluding Sentence-Summarizes what the paragraph was about. It restates the topic sentence.
Reading is a great way to spend time.
I love to read. I start the day reading, grabbing the newspaper and checking out the sports, perusing the editorial page, and creeping on the advice column. Of course I read throughout the day as a teacher. Then when I get home, I often read to try a new recipe, fix an appliance, or just for fun. Reading is a great way to spend time.
Due Dates
-Wednesday, the 3 body paragraphs for the essay about you
-Friday, and every Friday, Journal
-Bring tomorrow, Tuesday, your library card, if you have one.
Journal 2
Again, at least 7 sentences, on any topic(s) that you wish to write about. If you need a prompt, "When I woke up, I was the ruler of the world, and this is what I did."
You may write this during your spare time at school or at home. You will also have last period on Friday to write it.
Friday 11 September 2020
Journal 1
Journal may be done on kidblog or in a notebook. If done on kidblog, you may publish to the teacher only or share with the class
At least 7 sentences. Remember, a sentence is a complete thought, starting with a capital and ending with a period.
If done early, you may quietly read
Have a great weekend.
Essay about You part II
Give each paragraph a topic sentence and a concluding sentence, which sandwiches the body sentences. A nice touch is to have the concluding sentence of the previous paragraph connect with the topic sentence of the following paragraph. See the teacher example.
Each body paragraph
Example:
Something else I like to do in my spare time is play sports. In the winter time I play hockey and curl. I also go and swing kettle bells with some friends. Family gatherings often see a game of road hockey break out. Often on the weekends I find time to play a game of touch rugby either outside in the snow or at an indoor field in Garden City. Sports is probably more than something I do in my spare time, it is a large part of my life.
Thursday 10 September 2020
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Essay about You!
Essay about You!!!
Graphic Organizer-At least 3 sections/topics about you.
-At least 4 POINTS in each topic. Sentences will come later.
