Please don't wear nice clothes on Monday Dec 4th. We are doing a clay project and will be getting dirty...or else bring a smock/apron or large man's shirt that can get dirty. Merci
Monday, November 27, 2017
Calling
all creative decorators!
The grade
6 student council is putting on a gingerbread house decorating contest for all
interested grade 6 students. If you would like to participate in this event,
you are asked to bring an already assembled gingerbread house to school on
Tuesday December 12th along with some icing and candies to decorate
it. Students can be a group of up to 4 people. They will be given 30 minutes to
decorate their house. At the end, the houses will be put on display and raffled
off to the general school population for 50 cents per ticket or 3 tickets for
1$. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Mustard Seed campaign that we are also
involved in. It should be a fun event and we look forward to seeing the
creative juices flowing. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to
ask Mme. Colette or your student council for more details.
This week in learning:
FLA: REading chapters 3,4 and 5 and working on vocabulary. If students are absent when we work on vocabulary, the words are on this BLOG. Letters from the main character should have already been sent to my Learn account. If not, make sure that it is done.
ELA: finishing with Reader's Theater and then moving onto a research project which will coincide with Social Studies. It will be on a Greek god. The purpose of this research is to just that...Research....good research and good websites and taking out the right information. Most students take the easy road and just take things from Wikipedia...not ok! They need to delve deeper and "I can't find the information" is not an excuse.
SOCIAL: Test chapter 2 tomorrow. Beginning Chapter 3 Ancient Greece this week.
Religion: Working on our Social Justice project and Advent is around the corner. We will be looking at covenants, which are promises made between people.
MATH: tests went home last week and should be signed and returned. Working on the unit on decimals. Students need to be conscientious enough to ask for extra one on one help if they need it. When I ask, they say they get it, and the tests show otherwise. I don't bite!
MUSIC: Christmas concert
ART: acrylic and watercolor painting
FLA: REading chapters 3,4 and 5 and working on vocabulary. If students are absent when we work on vocabulary, the words are on this BLOG. Letters from the main character should have already been sent to my Learn account. If not, make sure that it is done.
ELA: finishing with Reader's Theater and then moving onto a research project which will coincide with Social Studies. It will be on a Greek god. The purpose of this research is to just that...Research....good research and good websites and taking out the right information. Most students take the easy road and just take things from Wikipedia...not ok! They need to delve deeper and "I can't find the information" is not an excuse.
SOCIAL: Test chapter 2 tomorrow. Beginning Chapter 3 Ancient Greece this week.
Religion: Working on our Social Justice project and Advent is around the corner. We will be looking at covenants, which are promises made between people.
MATH: tests went home last week and should be signed and returned. Working on the unit on decimals. Students need to be conscientious enough to ask for extra one on one help if they need it. When I ask, they say they get it, and the tests show otherwise. I don't bite!
MUSIC: Christmas concert
ART: acrylic and watercolor painting
Monday, November 20, 2017
This week in Learning:
FLA: continuing novel study and moving onto homophones in grammar. Sentence component test is going home today to be signed.
ELA: Reader's Theater. Students will present to our class for a grade and to their grade 1 reading buddies later.
SOCIAL: finishing chapter 2...TEST November 28th. Beginning chapter 3: ancient Greece with respect to Democracy.
MATH: Test today. Will be starting Chapter 3 which is decimals. In French, we put a comma instead of a point to show decimals.
ART: moving onto acrylic painting in the near future. Sketchbooks are due December 11th.
Health: we will be looking at Growth Mindsets...how can you change your thoughts to do better. We will be making monster posters. Ask your child why we are using monsters.
MUSIQUE: practicing for the Christmas concert, lyrics and song in previous post.
FLA: continuing novel study and moving onto homophones in grammar. Sentence component test is going home today to be signed.
ELA: Reader's Theater. Students will present to our class for a grade and to their grade 1 reading buddies later.
SOCIAL: finishing chapter 2...TEST November 28th. Beginning chapter 3: ancient Greece with respect to Democracy.
MATH: Test today. Will be starting Chapter 3 which is decimals. In French, we put a comma instead of a point to show decimals.
ART: moving onto acrylic painting in the near future. Sketchbooks are due December 11th.
Health: we will be looking at Growth Mindsets...how can you change your thoughts to do better. We will be making monster posters. Ask your child why we are using monsters.
MUSIQUE: practicing for the Christmas concert, lyrics and song in previous post.
Christmas Concert info:
Here is the link to the song and the lyrics are below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCZx5GrmJzk
Here is the link to the song and the lyrics are below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCZx5GrmJzk
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.
And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.
Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible said,
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.
Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today,
And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
they see a bright new shining star,
they hear a choir sing a song, the music seemed to come from
afar.
Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today,
And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.
And then they found a little nook in a stable all forlorn,
and in a manger cold and dark, Mary's little boy was born.
Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today,
And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.
Oh my Lord You sent your
son to save us
Oh my Lord Your very self
you gave us
Oh my Lord That sin may
not enslave us
And love may reign once more
Oh my Lord when in the
crib they found him
Oh my Lord A golden halo
crowned him
Oh my Lord They gathered
all around him
To see him and adore (This day will live forever)
Oh my Lord (So
praise the Lord)
They had become to doubt you
Oh my Lord (He
is the truth forever)
What did they know about you
Oh my Lord (So
praise the Lord)
But they were lost without you
They needed you so bad (His
light is shining on us)
Oh my Lord (So
praise the Lord)
with the child's adoration
Oh my lord (He
is a personation)
There came great jubilation
Oh my Lord (So
praise the Lord)
And full of admiration
They realized what they had (until
the sun falls from the sky)
Oh my Lord (Oh
praise the Lord)
You sent your son to save us
Oh my Lord (This
day will live forever)
Your very self you gave us
Oh my Lord (So
praise the Lord)
That sin may not enslave us
And love may reign once more
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
Welcome to November!
Jacket Racket seemed to be a huge success so thanks to everyone who gave.
This week in Learning:
FLA: continuing the Novel Study but taking a break from reading to work on a personal letter. Where did that art go anyway? We started by writing a practice letter to my mother so the kids could tell her all about me as a teacher! The good copy to hand in will go with the novel we are reading. We will also begin to work on homophones in French.
ELA: Readers Theater. Groups will be made this week and we will begin practicing.
MATH: test on Module 1 this Wednesday. After that we will move into Module 3 which is decimals.
SOCIAL: doing a quick run through of chapter 2 as we are a bit behind in the subject due to changing the classrooms. WE have mostly covered Chap. 2 already, just going more indepth. If you want to chat with your kids, talk about bias in the media, and the Charter of Rights and special rights accorded to First Nations and French and English. New dates have been assigned for current events. Students SHOULD be aware of the date they are to present and send me their presentation IF they are doing on PP. They can also just get in front of the class and present. News must be about politics...municipal, provincial or federal.
MUSIC: Students are repsonsible for the music program on the intercom now. They should have sent me their BLURB, I will correct it and then they can present when they receive a message from me saying their BLurb is good to go. NO class time to continue the blurbs, as the Chromebooks are reserved for Grade 3 SLA's.
ART: Vermeer in pastel.
Religion: Next week we will be doing Social Justice project research, however, this week, we will continue in the book and work on Gods' Holy Name and Maybe start looking at ADVENT.
CHRISTMAS concert:
The students really want to do a play, because I did one last year with the grade 6ers... HOWEVER...they are quite numerous and it is difficult to find something with many roles. IF we do a play, not everyone will have a part, the others will sing...no democracy here sorry folks! I do however need to know who will even be availalbe on December 7th in the afternoon/evening. We do not have the confirmed date or time yet...but as soon as I know...you will know. If you can at least give me an idea, that would help out a bit. Thanks.
No school Friday...PD day...have fun
Jacket Racket seemed to be a huge success so thanks to everyone who gave.
This week in Learning:
FLA: continuing the Novel Study but taking a break from reading to work on a personal letter. Where did that art go anyway? We started by writing a practice letter to my mother so the kids could tell her all about me as a teacher! The good copy to hand in will go with the novel we are reading. We will also begin to work on homophones in French.
ELA: Readers Theater. Groups will be made this week and we will begin practicing.
MATH: test on Module 1 this Wednesday. After that we will move into Module 3 which is decimals.
SOCIAL: doing a quick run through of chapter 2 as we are a bit behind in the subject due to changing the classrooms. WE have mostly covered Chap. 2 already, just going more indepth. If you want to chat with your kids, talk about bias in the media, and the Charter of Rights and special rights accorded to First Nations and French and English. New dates have been assigned for current events. Students SHOULD be aware of the date they are to present and send me their presentation IF they are doing on PP. They can also just get in front of the class and present. News must be about politics...municipal, provincial or federal.
MUSIC: Students are repsonsible for the music program on the intercom now. They should have sent me their BLURB, I will correct it and then they can present when they receive a message from me saying their BLurb is good to go. NO class time to continue the blurbs, as the Chromebooks are reserved for Grade 3 SLA's.
ART: Vermeer in pastel.
Religion: Next week we will be doing Social Justice project research, however, this week, we will continue in the book and work on Gods' Holy Name and Maybe start looking at ADVENT.
CHRISTMAS concert:
The students really want to do a play, because I did one last year with the grade 6ers... HOWEVER...they are quite numerous and it is difficult to find something with many roles. IF we do a play, not everyone will have a part, the others will sing...no democracy here sorry folks! I do however need to know who will even be availalbe on December 7th in the afternoon/evening. We do not have the confirmed date or time yet...but as soon as I know...you will know. If you can at least give me an idea, that would help out a bit. Thanks.
No school Friday...PD day...have fun
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Last week, after class, I picked up 3 pairs of snowpants, 2 lunch boxes and a myriad of pencils and paper. It is not my job to pick up after your kids, nor is it the janitor's job. By grade 6, we expect students to be self sufficient in caring for their things...please have a discussion with your child about this important responsibility and thank you for your support in this matter.
This week in Learning
Religion: finishing presentations on Moses' Life and how he was guided by God's Light. Remebrance Day celebration on Friday. Thank you to those students who came forward to help the grade 1 and 3's with singing. Next on the list...Social Justice projects/research.
MATH: Finishing plotting coordinates and moving onto understanding equality with respect to equations. A unit Test will be coming next week.
ELA: We are finished with Vermeer novel Study and it is due Wednesday Nov 8th. This includes chapter questions, a newsarticle and pentomino puzzle. Next up: Reader's Theater
FLA: Working on novel "Les Crayons qui Trichent" Students with difficulties reading, should be re-reading it for a better understanding. We are working on vocabulary and letter writing will be our big activity for this unit. Quiz on "parts of the sentence" this Friday. We have been working on lot of exemples in class. It is meant to help students with their writing abilities.
SOCIAL: we are finishing with debates this week. We had 2 yesterday and they were really well done. Lots of respect, lots of researched data and good arguments. Next chapter will look more closely at our constitution.
ART: Vermeer "painting"...only we are using pastels. Some students have not yet handed in their hand prints...still waiting...
Sketchbook focus is on shape.
MUSIC: Students are writing "blurbs" so they can do the listening program over the intercom.
AS of yet, no one has stepped forward to organize the Bake Sale which should take place during parent interviews. A few people said they would help and would definitely bake, but no one has said they would organize those helpers. Please consider this yet again. It only takes someone to send out an email with a sign up sheet for goodies and student, get a float and count the money...or at least just send out the sign up sheet. Please help, or decisions will need to be made with respect to the Farewell.
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