Thursday, October 31, 2019

I am learning:
- Halloween vocabulary in French
- how to solve a mystery using different operations in Math
- how to write a story with COPS and ARMS (add, remove, move, substitute)
- about regions of Canada

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BE SAFE TONIGHT!


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
*No school - Friday

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

I am learning:

-how to use ARMS and COPS (AMA)
-how to do algebra for the first time.
-how to measure my monster art.
-how to pass the broomstick on the beat in music.

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes (reading power book)
*Halloween costumes for tomorrow if you like
*No school Friday
*Picture retakes on Tuesday

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

I am learning:
- about COPS (capitals, organization, punctuation, spelling) in LA (for editing our stories)
- about tables/charts, skip counting, patterns in Math
- new Halloween vocabulary in French
- about quality of life and the factors that affect it; about regions of Canada
- AMA Science Test (how to show what I know about Wetland Ecosystems)


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. French - review booklet - due Wednesday
*Halloween - Thursday (wear costumes)
*No School - Friday

Monday, October 28, 2019

I am learning:

-about how to revise and edit my writing.
-how to make tables, write a rule and expression in math.
-that a mystery suitcase arrived at Hawkwood then disappeared..we think it was Harry the Hawk!!
-about the quality of life of Fernando who lives in Ecuador.
-how to use measurements to make monster art

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes ( Reading Power book)
2. Science test tomorrow
3. French booklet completed by Thursday
*No school on Friday
*Learning Commons Student Leadership meeting Tuesday at 12:30
*Halloween costumes on Thursday

Thursday, October 24, 2019


I am learning:
- pattern rules in Math
- new ways to study our reading powers in LA
- about factors of quality of life in SS
- how to set smart goals in Health
- how to measure pieces of my monster art
- human actions that help or harm a wetland
- rhythms in Music with halloween rings


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Science Test - next Tuesday
*Halloween Dance - tomorrow 6:30-8:30pm

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

I am learning:

-in LA about the reading powers and how to sort words by spelling
patterns
-about human actions that can threaten or help the wetlands
-about the factors that contribute to a quality of life
-that it is better to be yourself than be perfect!
-how to skip count and about different strategies for problem solving
-how to sprint and how to pass a baton properly and the rules for relays

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Practice word work words
3. Science test next Tuesday - study guide
4. French booklet due next Thursday
*Halloween Dance on Friday at 6:30pm

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

I am learning:
- patterns in Math
- how to make a table to show a pattern, finding the pattern rule and the expression
- new ways to show what I know about what I've read (visualizing, connecting, questioning, predicting, inferring)
- about quality of life in SS
- about things that humans do that impact wetlands (helpful and harmful)
- how to make an I Spy book in French (using halloween vocabulary)
- how to run a sprint in Gym
- a new song in Music


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. LA - study words - test on Thursday
3. Science Test - next Tuesday - study guide goes home today
4. French booklet - due next Thursday
*Halloween Dance - Friday 6:30-8:30pm

Monday, October 21, 2019

I am learning:

-about diversity and that many of our families have come from different places in the world.
-that many families came from Europe and Asia.
-how to do a reasonable estimate as to how many objects are in a jar
-how to make shapes out of string with my kindergarten buddy
-how to say the weather in French
-new word work words

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Halloween Dance on Friday
*Intramural  meeting Tuesday at lunch
*Set-up leadership meeting Tuesday at lunch

Grade 5 Family Artifact Museum

Wednesday, October 17, 2019

I am learning:
- how to find patterns in the words we are studying
- how to fill in number patterns in Math (finding variables)
- the numbers and the weather phrases in French
- about diversity in SS
- how to infer with the book, Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
- how to increase my stamina in Gym


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Math - 10 questions - due Friday
3. LA - study words for Friday
4. Artifacts due Friday
*Crazy Hat Day - Friday
*Family Literacy Night tonight - 6:00-7:30pm

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

I am learning:
-how to increase and decrease patterns in math
-how to predict using a book that I selected from the library
-about identity and diversity in Social Studies
-how to respond to text
-about food chains in the wetlands
-numbers, days of the week and months in French

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes

*Dress Canadian Day tomorrow
*Crazy Hat Day on Friday
Literacy Night Thursday at 6:00 pm

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

I am learning:
- how to find patterns in daily life (repeating, increasing, decreasing)
- about identity and diversity in SS
- about patterns in words in LA
- how to show what I know about xylophones in Music



Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. LA - study words
3. SS - artifact - due Friday
4. Science - bug - due Thursday
5. Arctic Animals - due Thursday
*Canada Day (wear red & white or a jersey) - Thursday
*Family Literacy Night - Thursday 6:00-7:30pm
*Crazy Hat Day - Friday

Thursday, October 10, 2019

I am learning:

-that we need to be thankful for a lot of things.
-that the indigenous people were at the first Thanksgiving.
-how to infer a story from a wordless book.
-how to play each others math games.
-how to set goals (long term and short term goals)

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Family History Questionnaire due Tuesday, October 15
*Remember your cultural artifact
*AMA our math games
*AMA the Thanksgiving Assembly
*No school on Friday and Monday
* Needed - milk carton caps
*Literacy Night next Thursday at 6pm

*Used books donations needed for the semi-annual Book Fair November 19-22nd. Children's and adult books. Please do not bring textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines or items that are outdated texts. Drop off used books in the foyer outside the office. Thanks for your support!

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

I am learning:
- how to work with words (sorting according to long and short a sounds)
- how to infer (using the book Tuesday)
- how to use front end rounding, compensation and rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000
- how to build an estimation game for others to use as review
- how to build a bug and include adaptations
- about life cycles of plants and animals found in wetlands
- about diversity and identity (of ourselves and of Canada)



Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Math Games
3. French - color pages - due Wednesday
*AMA Terry Fox run goals
*Bring milk carton lids
*No school on Friday or Monday

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

I am learning:
-in math how to create our own estimation board and card games
-in French say the months of the year and numbers up to 20
-how Milo is learning how to be a perfect person in three days (AMA the gorilla)
-how my identity is shaped
-how to make a wetlands bug
-the song Ballafon

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Fun Lunch tomorrow
*Thanksgiving assembly Thursday morning
*School photo orders due October 10th
*No school on Friday and Monday
*Used books donations needed for the semi-annual Book Fair November 19-22nd. Children's and adult books. Please do not bring textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines or items that are outdated texts. Drop off used books in the foyer outside the office. Thanks for your support!

Monday, October 7, 2019

I am learning:
- about autism
- how to estimate word problems, not just equations
- how to infer (with the book Tuesday)
- how to draw animals with expressions

Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Build a bug - due Friday
*Application for Gym Leadership - due Wednesday
*AMA the lockdown
*Fun lunch on Wednesday
*No school Friday or Monday

Friday, October 4, 2019

Next week:

- Math = introduction to patterns
- Science = adaptations and creating bugs
- French = continue with review of numbers, colors, days of the week, months of the year
- Social Studies = continue with the concept of identity; final assessment on political regions of Canada and the Great Lakes
- Language Arts = continue with writing related to the story Tuesday; beginning word work

I am learning:

-about digital footprints and cyberbullying
-colours and numbers in French
-estimating and rounding in Math using word problems
-throwing and catching in dodgeball games
-about First Nations songs in music

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Review political regions of Canada and the Great Lakes
*Bring Home Journals back to school
*School portrait proofs sent home today - Order due date is October 10

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

I am learning:

- how to infer when I am reading
- how to round in Math
- about animals in northern Canada; how to draw animals with expressions
- about life cycles of animals and plants found in wetlands


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Art - Ted Harrison - due Friday
3. Math - 15 questions - due Thursday

I am learning:

-how to infer when I read
-how to round to the nearest 100th
-about the life cycles of plants and animals in the wetlands
-about a digital footprint and internet safety
-about the political regions of Canada (provinces, territories and capital cities)

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Guest presenter on Thursday on internet safety