Message from the St. Luke Science Fair Coordinators

Every year St. Luke School holds a Science Fair for students in grades 5 and 6. This event provides students the opportunity to: 

• develop inquiring skills 
• deepen their understanding of the scientific method 
• build their organizational skills  
• develop independence 
• explore topics that may not be part of the curriculum.   

This year, we have 28 students presenting a total of 16 projects for the Science Fair. On Wednesday, February 21^st  from 11:30 - 15:00,  students' projects  will be judged and the top four projects will be entered into the City Youth Science Fair.   We require 9-10 volunteers to help judge the. If you can volunteer or know of any friends or colleagues who would like to volunteer, please use the following link to sign up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F4DAAAE2BA7F94-47462419-stluke 

More information about the science fair can be found at:  http://www.cysf.org/. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at stlukesciencefair@gmail.com 

Thanks for your help,

Jan Owoc and Marie-Claire Arrieta, St. Luke Science Fair Coordinators 

This week in Learning:

MATH: we finish statistics and probability. Test will either be on Friday Feb 2 or next Monday Feb 5th.

FLA: we begin Hockey lecture today; a reading comprehension competition. Anyone not contributing to the group will be asked to work alone. Quiz on Poetry Tuesday Feb 6th

ELA: we finished the notes on how to write a short story and students have been given a prompt for their story. The rough plan is due tomorrow, the plan only

SCI: we continue with air experiments but there are only a few left. Students should be working on their good copies as we continue this unit.

ES: Today while students were working on their final project of what they know about the Haudenosaunee, I evaluated students on their knowledge of the Great law of Peace. This will continue on Friday as on Thursday we will look at consensus. Some students that were called, had not finished their drawings. 

Religion: we are looking at 3 ways to commit a life to God and on Thursday we have the pleasure of welcoming Father Derek to our classroom to answer questions or speak about the clergy/ordained.

Musique: rough copy of rhythm due next day 3

Next week: la semaine de la francophonie/carnival d'hiver

CTF planètes due le 5 février

MATH: Test on statistics and probability Feb 2 (might be changed but start studying) 

POETRY booklet in FLA due Monday Jan 29th;

includes the following:

Title page; mot valise; calligramme; haiku; jeu collectif; acrostiche; tautogramme et un logo rallye. Students have been working on these every day and should be up to date on them. A full class on Thursday will be for finishing up.

Science Fair meeting tomorrow at lunch

Page Titre de la Grande Loi due tomorrow Jan 25

This week in Learning:

MATH: we look at probability in terms of fractions and then as experiments. Our unit is almost done so keep that in mind.

SCI: we are looking at doing more experiments with the properties of air this week. Students should be working on their good copy of their science booklet of experiments.

ES: we looked at Wampums today and then later this week, we will look at how the Haudenosaunee society is structured and how decisions are made. Also almost done this unit. Title page explaining the Great law is due Thursday. Students need to explain it in their own words "reading" the images.

FLA: we will finish poetry, booklet due date TBD

ELA: we are beginning narrative stories. Students need to follow the format taught for the PAT. A prompt will be given later this week. Now we are just looking at the template and rules.

Religion: we will look at priests/clergy because Father Derek is visiting our class next week. Then we look at lay people and the consecrated after that.

HEALTH: Vision Boards are due Monday January 29th.

P-T conferences are this week. 

Thursday evening 4-7h30 and Friday 9-3 with breaks in between. 

 

UPDATES:

Thursday is Theme day (Jersey) and pizza day 

Parent-Teacher Conference manager opens; all conferences are in person

This week in learning:

MATH: Still waiting for a few students to write the test from Friday before they go home. This week we look at how to interpret diagrams and how to make them when doing experiments.

SCI: we are continuing to work on air experiments. This booklet of experiments will count for the majority of their mark in this unit and care should be taken to be as precise as possible, as scientists are. 

 ES: we continue with the Haudenausonee confederacy. The title page/story of The Great Law will be due January 25. Students need to recite what they know about the story in great detail.

ELA: we will be finishing reading comprehension activities this week.

FLA: poetry continues; quiz on homophones is tomorrow Jan 16

Religion: we begin the next unit on Answering God's call to discipleship.

This week there will be 2 meeting for SCIENCE FAIR: Wednesday and Friday @ 11;30

Please be aware that the Science test on Astronomy and the Social test on Greece have gone home for signature this week. Several have not returned. On that same note, any student absent for whatever reason is responsible for being ready to write any missed tests upon their return. Google Classroom is usually updated daily, especially when a student is sick and notes or homework might be sent to Gmail.

 For our next unit in music beginning tomorrow, I am in need of chopsticks for the students. If you have some at home, can you please send them. Either disposable  wooden ones or if students have others they can use for a about a month they will work as well. Thank you for help. 2 tokens for anyone who brings in.

Bonne et heureuse Année à tous

I hope everyone had a relaxing break and you are all ready to get down to business and learn some more. Thank you to all parents who sent a Christmas gift before the holidays. I sent a thnak you card home, but you may or may not get it! I felt appreciated to say the least.

INDOOR shoes and SCHOOL supplies need to be brought in.

This week of learning:

MATH: test on fractions, decimals % and ratios is this Friday. tomorrow we begin statistics, probabilities and graphs.

ES: we began the unit on Haudenosaunee today. Students should have a good idea of the Great Law of Peace, enough to retell it to others. Last unit's tests will go home Wednesday for signature.

SCI: We will begin air this week. Several experiments will be done in class and students are responsible for having a booklet of all the experiments done, using the experimental process for each. Organization is key. Tests on astronomy will go home this week, 2 still to write

FLA: I was going to begin Hockey lecture but decided to do some poetry first as there will be something coming up in Feb to do with that. Students should pay close attention to their homophones for spelling. Quiz on homophones next Tuesday

ELA: we will do a little reading comprehension to begin the year and then move onto a debate

Religion: Epiphany, it's meaning and significance. Quiz on Friday.

 CTF: students will use the month to make their planet and activities to incite people to visit their planet.