Diamante poem

A poem in the shape of a diamond.

Line 1: noun or subject

Line 2: two adjectives

Line 3: three “ing” words

Line 4: four words about the subject

Line 5: three “ing” words

Line 6: two adjectives

Line 7: Synonym or antonym for the word/subject

Examples:

                   Rain

              humid, damp

refreshing, dripping, splattering

    wet, slippery, cold, slushy

     sliding, melting, freezing

                frigid, icy

                   Snow

                 Kitten

               cute, soft

  purring, clawing, pouncing

      playful, fur, fun, feline

      pawing, licking, loving

       bright-eyed, beautiful

                     Cat

This week:
Sciences: We are beginning a project on a Planet: convince me to visit yours! Included is an alien. The students should enjoy this one. Also Test on Astronomie: Thursday January 26th
Francais: We are beginning something called "Hockey Lecture" It is reading comprehension exercise in groups to have students REALLY look at their reading and to really comprehend it. It will be played in teams and a round robin at the end. Book rapport due January 31st.
ELA: Poetry unit continues. Conquain Haiku and Tankra next.
Etudes Sociales: Continuing Iroquois Confederacy.
Math: continue decimals with a a quiz very soon TBA. We have already learned estimating, multiplying and next up division.
Religion: looking more closely at the 10 commandments. Unit test went well.
Health: students were asked to set a short-term goal and tasks to go about achieving it. We will continue on that.
ART: Lines. Sketchbook due: Feb 1st
This Thursday I have a root canal surgery booked. Mme Benson will take my place and depending on the results, I may or not be here on Friday. 

You will be noticing examples of poems on the BLOG for the next few days. They are to help the students with their poetry booklet that we are working on. Compilation will be due at a later but it is best if students work on them during the time given in class so that they do not get too far behind.

Acrostic poem:

Autobiographical poem

Line 1                your first name

Line 2               four character traits

Line 3               sibling of

Line 4               who loves (3 things)

Line 5               who feels….when…

Line 6               who needs…

Line 7               who gives…

Line 8               who fears…

Line 9               who would like to see

Line 10              resident of…

Line 11              your last name

Welcome to a brand new year!

To begin with I would like to thank everyone for all of your Christmas wishes and gifts and goodies. They were all appreciated.  I had a very relaxing holiday and I am ready to get on with the next few months of hard work.  

Français: we are finishing our presentations on monsters. This is an oral presentation to go with our novel study. Test on “imparfait” verb tense Thursday Jan 12th.

English: we will be finishing our presentations on Greek gods and goddesses. After that, a unit on poetry.

Science: finishing our unit on astronomy with a project on planets...a travel brochure using the information we collected before Christmas.

Math: finishing our unit on decimal numbers.

Études sociales: starting our unit on the Iroquois confederacy and how it ties into our democracy.

Religion: Test on units 1-4 that should have been done before the break, but there were too many sick students. Will review. Test on Friday Jan 13th

As an end to our unit on Ancient Athens, we will be having our greek games on Monday December 19th after the second recess. I would like students to dress up in togas (plain sheet, pins everywhere) in order to make the event more fun. Merci

Two more weeks until we can finally rest and relax...

Super Huge kudos to the Grade 6 class for their phenomenal performance at the Christmas concert. I was down in front, expecting to direct them, when suddenly...I looked at them and found out they were not looking at me but doing exactly what they were supposed to do...perform! Tears ran down my cheek...so proud of this awesome group! Hope you liked it.
Please consider sending wet wipes...we have several students sick already, and wiping down desks will go a long way to keeping germs at bay.
This week in learning:
Francais: doing a research on Big Foot or another legend, whereby they put their information on a poster. Goes with our novel study.
Math: Studying for the unit test on December 16th. NOW is the time to ask questions about stuff they don't understand.
ELA: finishing research on Greek gods, and goddesses, that we will present to the class in the coming week. Starting to write in a journal to get them into the habit of writing down ideas quickly.
Science: continuing with astronomy. Finished seasons, next up, magnitude gauges, constellations and moon phases. The sheet on Moon phases will be picked up this Thursday.
E.S: finishing up on Ancient Athens. We will have a unit test on December 20th. We will also have Greek games on the afternoon of the 19th. In the past, Mme Ginette made it a greek day, but there were so many problems last year, that I decided against it. We will dress up in togas for the afternoon and have our very own Olympics, but no greek food. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Religion: talking about Advent, how Mary said yes, and life in the first century. We are also busy with our Candy Gram campaign. 50 cents for a candy cane to give to someone who you would not normally give to. The money goes to charity.