This week in Learning:

Math: decimals and the names and values of their positions. 

SCIENCES: rotation vs revolution and what they cause, how long they last and how they work. Calendar of the moon observations due December 17th.

FLA: we will go into Hockey Lecture. A reading comprehension game of sorts. Teams play against each other and teams are comprised of all levels of reading abilities. For the students that I have tested for reading comprehension thus far, they have all  advanced to grade 6 level. Keep it up.

ELA: as a fun activity for December, we will move onto Readers Theater. 

RELIGION: Advent begins

HEALTH: we learned some studying techniques today and there will be a quiz on this next Day 1, Tuesday Dec 7th.

Character day

 

Updates:

MATH: test today on module 1 and then we go into decimal numbers. Students typically tend to struggle with these, so will try to take it slow. For now if they practice what a decimal looks like and the place values in French, that is a start.

FLA: we finished the practice opinion letter.It should be in the panier. We are continuing on GB+, reading comprehension so I can finish testing student levels and get them to grade 6 level.

ELA: we are working on suffixes today and prefixes tomorrow.

SCIENCE: we have begun our unit on astronomie and will look at the stars to begin with. Students have been given a month long assignment on looking at the moon. They need to track it every 3 days and draw it on a chart. Also, I highly recommend that they go to the NASA website to learn and be curious about the night sky.

https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html

Religion:

We need to skip chapter 3 because we are behind and we need to move onto Advent which starts this weekend. Students will be asked to learn about Mary, Joseph and Jesus and as a class we will put together a magazine.

From Mme Amanda:

Thank you to those families that have already purchased items from our Virtual Scholastic Book Fair!  If you have not had a chance it is not too late.  Our book fair will remain open until Sunday November 29^th so you still have a few days to shop.  Scholastic credits from our book fair allow us to grow and build new collections within our library and school.  Please feel free to share our link with family and friends who may still have Christmas shopping to do.  Remember, there is free shipping on orders above $35.00 and all orders are shipped directly from the warehouse to your home.  Thank you to all our families for your support in the past and present!  Here is our school link: https://bookfairs-canada.myshopify.com/pages/5149342

 

This week in Learning:

FLA: opinion letters: practice and then one for marking. Students need to know what the format is and how to adhere to it. Notes have been given in class. Practice letter is about allowance should be given to kids.

MATH: module 1 TEST this Thursday. Every night should be review and looking over the book/notes.

ELA: we move away from Vermeer and onto some grammar and writing skills.

SCIENCES: today we finished the crime scenes...very creative overall. Our next unit is astronomy...start looking at the skies.

HEALTH: we took a break from study skills to look at anti-bullying and the rights of the child, so now we will get back to study skills.

ART: Vermeer interieur room due Dec 1st.

           Sketchbooks due this Wednesday on Shape.

Music: we are having our competition and so far I am really impressed with the choice of songs chosen by kids. After the competition, the students will present their artist and song on the intercom for the music program.

Also:

Thursday: character day and Pizza Day. Dress as y our favorite character (book, movie, tv show)

 

Tomorrow is the last day that I will accept overdue assignments on Chasing Vermeer. We need to move on.

Here is our activity on the Giving Tree. Have your children re-tell the story to you. 

It was also Odd Socks day and here some of our oddities

   

This week in learning:

Tomorrow:

ODD socks day. we watched a video today about how we are all the same yet different. Where odd socks to show that you are different...celebrate your uniqueness.

We also watched a video on cyber safety and I read a true story about online safety. It did not have a good ending, but I want students to know that they are not invincible. We will talk more about online safety. 

Math lesson 7. pp 35 # 1,3,4,5

FLA: lettre cher soldat

SCIENCES: we present crime scenes tomorrow...everyone should be ready

Etudes Sociales: only 2 students handed in their assignments today. Mme Brown and I have spoken and we have decided that students who don't do their homework, will get further behind as we will continue to move forward. 

Link to Zoom meetings for Conferences 

https://zoom.us/j/98064179860?pwd=K2tSYTFlQml5UHlEbUNIbEV0b1JZdz09