Yearbook Profile.

In the library this week, students are asked to fill out the following information and email it to lisagoegan at gmail.com, then follow through with their research for their explorer books:

Student Name:

Favourite Song/Musical Artist:

Favourite TV Show/Movie/Video Game:

Favourite Book:

Favourite Subject:

Greatest Hope/Biggest Fear:

Favourite IRC Memory:

Awesome Fact:

Future Plans:

Social Studies Project

Dear Students,

We're working on a booklet to demonstrate our knowledge of these explorers:

1. -John Cabot
2. -Vasco Nunez Balboa
3. -Juan Ponce de Leon
4. -Christopher Columbus
5. -Henry Hudson
6. -Jacques Cartier

For each explorer, you will create a page and illustration, answering 3 questions:

1. What were their reasons for setting out?

2. What obstacles did they face?

3.What were their accomplishments?

Remember, you don't need to write out the questions, but do answer them in a way that reflects the questions. I.E.: John Cabot's reasons for setting out into the unknown were....

These sites will guide you through the questions you need to answer and help you find information about each explorer:

http://iweb.jackson.k12.ga.us/cstewart/explorers/Home.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/welcome.htm


Henry Hudson: Extra Resources

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/hudson/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork//laic/episode1/topic1/e1_t1_s1-hh.html
 http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/henry_hudson.php

Yearbook

As the end of the year approaches, we are beginning to put together the Grade 6 Yearbook, which we hope to fill with memories of each student’s time here at IRC. We hope to collect your memories as well.

Please send a baby photo and up to 10 other photos that show memories of student activities along to gorcor@rogers.com or cmporeilly@rogers.com before May 24^th. We hope to receive as high quality images as possible, but if you’ve only got physical copies of your photos, please let us know and we’ll do our best to scan them in.

 This year students are being asked to pay $10.00 for their copy of the book. You should see a form coming home to ask whether you can afford the $10 fee or if you'd like to sponsor additional student yearbooks for those who might not otherwise be able to afford them. 

Regards,

Lisa Goegan

Name: ____________________________________

Mini Space Project

Pick one:

•2003 UB 313

•Asteroid Belt

•Ceres

•Earth

•Halley's Comet

•Jupiter

•Kuiper Belt

•Mars

•Mercury

•Milky Way

•Neptune

•Pluto

•Saturn

•The Sun

•Uranus

•Venus

Draw a coloured picture of your object.

Next Answer the following questions about your object:

•Location (either in the solar system or how it relates to the solar system—what objects is it next to?)

_____________________________________________________________

•Classification (star, planet, dwarf planet, comet, galaxy, or collection of rocks)

______________________________________________________________

•Composition (is it made of rocks and minerals or is it made of gas?  Is it one body or a collection of bodies?)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

•At least one History Fact (For example: When was it discovered?  Who discovered it? Has it been explored or has someone sent a probe/satellite to investigate it?)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

•At least three new facts that you learned (What makes it unique?  Can you find a fun fact to share?)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Next create a poster or brochure to inform viewers about your topic.

You will be marked on the completeness and accuracy of your information (Science), as well as the presentation choices you make (Media). Please refer to information posted in class to clarify what each level could look like:

Information:	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Completeness	Little	Some	Considerable	Thorough
Accuracy	Little	Some	Considerable	Thorough
Presentation:
Lay-out	Confusing/Cluttered	Somewhat Clear	Clear	Dynamic

Masks are done!

Dear Parents and Students,

We're always busy. Most recently, we've had the pleasure of working with Anne Barber of Shadowland Theater, who's helped us put together some masks based on Inuit and Haida traditions. Students designed masks and sculpted them in clay to create a base, then papier mached over that base to create a wearable mask. Last Friday, we painted and added other finishing touches. We'll be displaying them at the school, but I wanted to give you a preview here. Plus, I think, masks really come alive when they're being worn.

This link will take you to the gallery of student photos. (I've done my best to avoid posting photos with student faces, for privacy sake, so some masks are not included in this set for that reason.)

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/n0i331nw0pi57qg/lS5MhtHIK9

Social Studies project on Pre-Contact Native Cultures in Canada

February 4th, 2013

Dear Students,

Today we'll be looking at some of the artefacts from the Museum of Civilizations in Ottawa. Please click on the link below to make sure you have the weblinks for your handout:

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/ethno/docs/ety0200/ete505se.pdf

 Look to this site for helpful links as you move forward in your native studies project.

Here is a document filled with links to support research on First Nations, separated into regions (adapted from Exploring Native Art in Canada, © Larry Maenpaa and Clarice Kloezeman, 2006):

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B05cSlKXf-JGUFhWbEhvTkpVZ1k/edit?usp=sharing

I've also uploaded the powerpoint I showed the class with some of my personal images of Native Masks, taken from the Museum of Civilizations, Cleveland Natural History Museum and the Peabody Museum, among other places. You can access that here:


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B05cSlKXf-JGZTE3RnFmdC1TSnM/edit?usp=sharing

Speaking of the Peabody Museum, it remains one of the best museums collections I've managed to see. Some highlights from their collection are online here:


https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/362

I'll continue to add to this post as we collect more resources.


Regards,

Ms. G

P.S.

Canadian Museum of Civilizations Haida Mask Collection:
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/haida/haama01e.shtml
 Two good Inuit mask overviews:
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit5.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masks_among_Eskimo_peoples

Dear Students,

We've been looking at Canada's trading partners over the past couple of weeks.  I've posted our project outline under Social Studies and, as you begin to focus on your research, here are a couple of good sites to consider:

 National Geographic Kids (I've linked to the United Arab Emirates, but there are many countries to choose from via Google)

 http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/world-factbook/flags 

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html

 Happy Researching!

 Ms. G