Music BLURBS need to be done on own time now (ie at home), including any corrections that I make before students can do the intercom program.
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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