October 16, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

TU - Weekly tasks from last week, then it was Collected. 

WIP - Meet Canada's New Astronauts, Did You Know: The Canadian Space Agency, and Kenken 7.7 through 7.12

Math - quiz on broken-line graphs, HW - broken-line graph on Number of Students Who Completed Weekly Tasks On-time

Visual Arts - portrait of our Famous Canadian the Tessellating Sugar Skull.

French

Health - addiction and drugs

Weekly Tasks

Weekly Words: increasing, consistent, experience, pressure, and fitness.

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October 4, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

HW - Storymatic #5

• away from home
• where did it go?
• someone who is sad
• dog catcher 

Math - the bar graph - creating our bar graph super model for our wall

Finished our map of The First Peoples in North America

French

Finished episode 1 of Canada: A People's History

October 3, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

WIP - story arc of Impostor

 

Math - HW - Graphing Favourite Authors (bar graph)

Regional Cross Country meet - so those who stayed, working on outstanding tasks from the Smurf List

French

October 2, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

TU - Weekly tasks from last week, then it was Collected. 

Finished reading Impostor

WIP - story arc of Impostor

Quick book exchange

Math - test on place value

Bus safety presentation

French

Map - location of First Peoples prior to first contact with Europeans

Weekly task

Weekly Words: majority, management, graphing, representation, and charity.

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September 28, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

Weekly words test

Prepositions 11 x 18 paper - list as many as your partnership can think of using your page from the other day

Mathematics - HW - Review for Monday's test on Place value and comparing and ordering numbers

Visual arts: WIP - contour drawing of the side of your shoe

French

September 27, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

HW - Storymatic #4

broken promise

so many giraffes!

space alien

weather forecaster

read more of Impostor

Mathematics - quiz (22 of 25 got perfect...yeah!)

HW - Place value: Number form, Expanded Form, Word Form, Place Value: Numbers in Base Ten, Place Value: Comparing and Ordering, and Place Value: Rounding Numbers

Gym

Music

French

Science - video: Real World Science Matter

Mathematics - HW - Comparing and Ordering Numbers p37

Cross country in the afternoon

September 26, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

TU - Weekly tasks from last week, then it was Collected. Only 11 of 25 had everything completed.  

We do - Started reading Impostor by Philip K Dick, noting the positions of plot exposition, plot complication, and rising action.  We stop every so often to make some predictions.

September 25, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

TU - Weekly tasks from last week, then it was Collected. Only 11 of 25 had everything completed.  

We do - Started reading Impostor by Philip K Dick, noting the positions of plot exposition, plot complication, and rising action.  We stop every so often to make some predictions.

Math - Comparing and Ordering Numbers sheet

Music

French

Canada: A People's History

Weekly Words:

Weekly tasks: Sacajawea, math ( x ), and cursive writing practice p 20.

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September 22, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

Shared unJ #7

Solo or duet brainstorming of prepositions

Off to the gym to get our "mug shots" taken

Math TU - yesterday's pages HW - p35

The school improvement team was meeting in the library to discuss our school improvement plan (SIP) so we missed our book exchange time.

On the topic of improvement, I read an article about one US district's plan to improve included having eye exams and arrange the purchase of glasses for students.  Their test scores increase since their students could now read what was in front of them.  Thankfully, in Ontario, eye exams are still free for children.  Puberty, that charming part of life, is a major period of growth, so why not schedule an eye exam soon.

Gym

It is time to clean up our "plate" and get "Smurfed"

French

September 21, 2017

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

Weekly word test

unJ #7 

[7]Write a paragraph that includes twenty words with double vowels.  Examples: poodle, peep, and needle.

Math - quiz then HW - Place Value chart pages 8 and 9 and Expanded Form p. 34

Visual arts - our first community mural - Terry Fox theme - each person has a square to complete

French

Social studies - Canada: A People's History and a short video about the slave trade.

September 20, 2017

Weekly Tasks (week two): RC Getting Around, Math (6x3) and Cursive writing practice p. 16 to 19

15 minutes of independent reading (with a few reading conferences)

Quiz (surprise) on North Korea Takes the Spotlight - TU, then returned at the end of the day.

Shared some of our writing from Monday and Tuesday (Storymatic #2 and #3)  

Worked on A New Mission for Julie Payette and Do Cellphones Belong in Schools?  

Math TU - a boat load of work from the past three days: Representation with Base Ten Materials p. 36 through 39, Representation in Expanded Form p. 40, Comparing and Ordering Numbers p. 41, Expandable Numbers p. 2 and 5, Numbers to 100000, How Many? p. 2 - 4. - We are caught up with the marking, so it smells like a quiz around the corner. 

Gym

Music

French

Watch some more of Canada: A People's History 

 

Julie Payette links

1. Watch a two-minute clip from CBC’s The National about Julie Payette becoming the next governor general at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtl-cO7Ma78

2. Explore images, articles, and teaching resources about the position of governor general – and learn more about all who have held it – at https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=94  

3. Listen to Prime Minister Trudeau and Julie Payette speak about her new role at 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-and-payette-speak-about-her-new-role-as-gg-1.4203643

4. Watch a 1999 CBC news broadcast about Julie Payette’s trip to the ISS at 
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/995571267556

5. Join comedian Rick Mercer on a tour of Rideau Hall with Governor General David Johnston at 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIHCDgXUgyE

End of Week One

We started our week with a few math diagnostic tests (problem solving and the four operations).

HW - math pages 30 and 31

In social studies, we're working on a unit about the current tensions with North Korea.

We have complete two writing pieces: unJ and Storymatic #1

Please have a book for Monday.  Any book will do and it is your choice.

In visual arts, we practised contour drawing of our hand.  We haven't done our final copy yet.

North Korea task

1. Watch an excellent six-minute explainer of the crisis from Vox, entitled “The Growing North Korean Nuclear Threat,” at   https://www.vox.com/world/2017/5/2/15518284/9-questions-north-korea-explained-kim-jong-un  

2. Read “We Think North Korea is Crazy. What If We’re Wrong?” at 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/we-think-north-korea-is-crazy-what-if-were-wrong/2017/07/06/d13044b0-6286-11e7-a4f7-af34fc1d9d39_story.html?utm_term=.e415f857f2aa

3. Learn more about the Non-Proliferation Treaty at 
https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/npt/

4. Learn more about UN Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions at 
http://www.globalgoals.org/global-goals/peace-and-justice/

5. Read CNN’s “Your Questions about North Korea Answered” at 
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/10/asia/line-chat-north-korea-trnd/index.html

6. See North Korea explained in graphics at 
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/08/north-korea-explained-graphics-170810121538674.html