A HUGE thank you to the students who stayed behind last Friday to help me with clean-up after the Lip sync:



Jacob      Julius        Shana      Taryn      Claire      Rapha      Angel     Niri      Kristina     Luke C


This week in Learning:
FLA: Continuing to evaluate GB+. I only get about 3 per class done, as it takes 15 minutes per evaluation. Students continue to work on Tour a Tour. Also, we will be chosing someone from Grade 6 to represent our school at the Gala Oratoire on May 26th. If your child is not able to be present on that day, (a Saturday), please let me know asap. I would hate to choose someone that cannot be there. All students will present the poem in front of the class on May 15th, in order to choose a presenter.

ELA: We have now completed Shadows of Disaster novel study. Students are working on their final assignment, "Life in 100 years". I was hoping to collect them Wednesday, however, tomorrow we are having a practice PAT in writing, so I will ask for the novel study to be handed in on Thursday May 3rd.

Something to note: 
I received 3 summons for Jury Duty on May 9th for a bilingual jury. I asked to be excused, but was denied. Therefore, on May 9th, the day of the ELA PAT, I will not be here. Either Mme Wozny or Mme Phelan will be present for my students, to alleviate some of the stress. The only way that this will change, is if I call Tuesday, and the selection is cancelled. I told the kids to get on their knees and pray! 

MATH: we are working on the unit on geometry. There is a lot of vocabulary and students should be reviewing it every night. This week, we will work on polygones, congruence and perimeter.

SOCIAL: we are nearly finished our unit on Provincial Government. Students have until this Thursday to send me their deputy and their constituency through email. Today we looked at the role of the lieutenant governor and how the legislature is organized. 

RELIGION: continuing the Easter season...Did you know it was still on? We will begin Family life and Friday we have Pro-Life coming to teach us the development of the fetus.

ART: projects on ratios will be due at ends week. Sketchbooks are due tomorrow at day's end.

Some students did not hand this assignment in. Please check with your child that it was completed.

Here is a link to the Alberta Legislature virtual tour that we went on today.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ssvv/en/index.html

Etudes Sociales:  Trouvez un parc provincial et soyez prêts à partager la prochaine classe.

This week in Learning:

ELA: finishing Shadows of Disaster. Students should be up to chapter 10 by now with questions and we will be working on chapter 11-14 this week. 
Homophone quiz next Wednesday. Here is a link to practice, but we have done a lot in class already. 
https://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/100.html


FLA: we are doing something called "Tour ā tour" which helps with reading comprehension. Each student is assigned a reading in a book and is the "mini-prof" for that lesson. They need to be able to understand their reading to teach it to their students and answer any questions. It helps them work on vocabulary and comprehension. Meanwhile,  I will be beginning GB+ evaluations for the students who are not yet at level 30, which is end of grade 6.
Homophone quiz on Thursday April 19th.

MATH: we will be finishing fractions, ratios and percentages. There is a unit test this Thursday. So far, I am pleased with everyone's undestanding of the unit.

SOCIAL: we are done with municipal government and there is a unit test next week APRIL 24th. We ow move onto provincial government. You can help your child be talking about what they do and what's happening in the news.

MUSIC: we are working on our lip sync which we will present at the finals April 27th @ 1h30 pm. Students should be practicing at home listening to the song and memorizing the lyrics.

RELIGION: we will finish with the Easter season and do a lot of talking about forgiveness, which is Jesus' gift to us.

ART: proportion assignment, making a picture bigger using math.

Here is the video for our lip sync and the lyrics follow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oco37TG2LOM

On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Et que quelqu'un vous tende la main
Que votre chemin évite les bombes
Qu'il mène vers de calmes jardins

Tout le bonheur du monde...

Puisque l'avenir vous appartient
Puisqu'on n'contrôle pas votre destin
Que votre envol est pour demain
Comme tout c'qu'on a à vous offrir
Ne saurait toujours vous suffire
Dans cette liberté à venir
Puisqu'on sera pas toujours là
Comme on le fut aux premiers pas

On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Et que quelqu'un vous tende la main
Que votre chemin évite les bombes
Qu'il mène vers de calmes jardins
On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Pour aujourd'hui comme pour demain
Que votre soleil éclaircisse l'ombre
Qu'il brille d'amour au quotidien

Tout le bonheur du monde...

Toute une vie s'offre devant vous
Tant de rêves à vivre jusqu'au bout
Sûrement plein de joie au rendez-vous
Libres de faire vos propres choix
De choisir quelle sera votre voie
Et où celle-ci vous emmènera
J'espère juste que vous prendrez le temps
De profiter de chaque instant

On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde

Et que quelqu'un vous tende la main
Que votre chemin évite les bombes
Qu'il mène vers de calmes jardins
On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Pour aujourd'hui comme pour demain
Que votre soleil éclaircisse l'ombre
Qu'il brille d'amour au quotidien

Tout le bonheur du monde...
Tout le bonheur du monde...

J'sais pas quel monde on vous laissera
On fait d'notre mieux, seulement parfois
J'ose espérer que c'la suffira
Pas à sauver votre insouciance
Mais à apaiser notre conscience
Aurais-je le droit de vous faire confiance?

On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Et que quelqu'un vous tende la main
Que votre chemin évite les bombes
Qu'il mène vers de calmes jardins
On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Pour aujourd'hui comme pour demain
Que votre soleil éclaircisse l'ombre
Qu'il brille d'amour au quotidien

On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Oh oui, tout le bonheur du monde
On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Oh oui, tout le bonheur du monde
Tout le bonheur du monde...
Que votre chemin évite les bombes
Qu'il mène vers de calmes jardins
On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Tout le bonheur du monde...
Oh oui, tout le bonheur du monde
Tout le bonheur du monde

Math test Module 5:    jeudi le 19 avril

Welcome back! I hope everyone is well rested and ready for the last push until the end of the year. There is still lots to do so we need to buckle down and be prepared to move forward.

This Week in Learning:

FLA: we are finishing our film study on Belle et Sebastien and the students will hand it in this Friday the 13th. The project includes: a Tilte page, the pre-film questions and vocab; the after film questions; and a letter that they have been working on in class.

ELA: we are back on track reading "Shadows of Disaster". By Friday, I anticipate having finished reading chapters 6-9 plus the questions. From now on, the students need to write their own chapter summaries.

MATH: Today we worked on equivalent proportions (rapports en francais). By end of this week I expect to be done this module which includes percentages, and how percentages, fractions and decimal numbers are related. I expect to  have a module test by end of next week. Stay tuned for precise date.

SOCIAL: we are finishing the unit on Municipal government and again, by end of next week there will be a test on this unit. I promise it will not be on the same day as Math. Coming up next is the Provincial government.

ART: we began a project today using math. Students chose a small magazine picture and in the process of using proportions to draw the image larger. This will take a few classes to complete.

MUSIC: we will be working on our Li Sync presentation as a class. I will send home the song we choose (once we do so)  through a link so that students can practice. 

RELIGION: taking a closer look at the Easter "Season" and what it all entails. 

Other info: This week the grade 6s are busy with Lip Sync...we have a committee and they are making posters and judging starts on Wednesday with the grades 1 & 2
Thursday = grades 5 & 6
Friday = grades 3 & 4