Tuesday, January 31st

Today, we read, "The Elders are Watching" and learned about the beautiful art of Roy Henry Vickers. We compared and contrasted it with that of Ted Harrison.

Reminders:

-fieldtrip notice and money
-Science research
-practice for band
-read 30 min
-French assignment for those who did not finish
-reading journal for Friday

Monday, January 30th

Today, the skipping ropes suddenly became a lot more popular after the Jump Rope for Heart presentation.

Reminders:

- science research
- bring science board
- Fieldtrip notice and money due Friday
- practice for band
- reading questions and main idea
- be ready to work on the conclusion of your superpower essay

Friday, January 27

Today we had a great Multicultural Assembly.  Ana did a great job as emcee along with Alex.  Thank you to everyone who participated in the fashion show.  Well done, everyone!

Reminders;

- paragraph 1 and 2 for Superpower Essay
- bring a display board for science next week
- practise for Band and bring your instrument

Tuesday, January 24

Reminders:

- notice for Inter A Program
- reading journals due Friday
- bring Science Fair board next week
- math shopping activity due Friday
- Feb 22 parent meeting/tour of Sullivan Sec.
- read for 30 min.

Monday, January 23

Today was the kickoff for our Multicultural Week.  We had a presentation by VanCity Bhangra where we learned a few new dance moves.

Reminders:
- Science: research for project
- practice for band
- reading journal for Friday
- Feb 22, parent meeting/tour of Sullivan

Friday, January 20

Today, we worked hard on peer editing our persuasive essays.  Everyone needs to proofread their work and complete a good copy of their essay.

Reminders:

- Band test on Monday # 84
- Good copy of writing due Monday
- 5 facts about Presidential Inauguration
- Bring notices back

Thursday, January 19

Reminders:

- Ms. Grewal's group: workbook page # 70-71
- Ms. Kooner's group: workbook page # 70-72
- Reading journal due tomorrow
- Gym strip
- Feb. 22nd parent meeting/tour of Sullivan (more information coming soon )

January 18, Wednesday

Reminders:

- Band test
- complete conclusion of essay
- work on research for Science Fair
- post your French on FreshGrade - Mohammad, Ann-Joelle, Wasif, Perneet, Sahil, Taj, Karan, Suhail, Jaspaul, Joel and Priya
- work on your reading journals

January 17, Tuesday

Reminders:

-paper doll due tomorrow
-finish 3 paragraphs of the body of your persuasive essay  (make sure to include transition words )
-work on science fair project research
- read and work on reading journal for Friday

Monday, January 16

Here is a class brainstorm used to model how to find a question to investigate for Science Fair. 

Timeline for Preparing for Science Fair

Reminders:

- work on Science Fair research

- bring back fieldtrip notices

- Ms. Kooner's class math: page 116 #1-4

- work on 3 paragraphs for essay (you will have time in class to work on this as well)

- be prepared for in-class DPA tomorrow

January 12, Thursday

Reminders:

-Field trip notice
-Mount Seymour notice
-Ms. Kooner's group and Ms. Grewal's group- page 112 - 113 #1-4
-Bring fabric for the paper doll
-Start the brainstorm for science questions
-Gym strip

Tuesday, January 11

Reminders:

- Bring fabric for mini-people art activity
- Brainstorm ideas for the Science fair
- French: memorize vocabulary

Monday, January 9

Reminders:

- edit your 5 paragraph essay (we will be doing our good copy tomorrow)
- read every night and finish a reading journal by Friday
- math quiz on multiplying and dividing decimals and order of operations
- bring fabric and/or decorations for your "little person" on Wednesday
- please dress for the weather

Friday, January 6

Inspired by last night's IIHL game, we played hockey for P.E. 

Reminders:

- Math group Ms. Grewal - page 106 # 4-6
- Math group Ms. Kooner - page 53-56 in workbook
- Band instrument
- Finish concluding paragraph

Thursday, January 5

Reminders:

• Hot lunch notice
• Reading journal due tomorrow 
• Ms. Grewal's group: 
• Math:
•  48/2.6 
•  35/2.5 
•  50/0.2
• Ms. Kooner's group: page 106 # 1-6
• French- memorize vocabulary
• Three paragraphs of the middle of your 5 paragraph essay due tomorrow 

Wednesday, January 4th

Playing the boardgames we made about the novels we read. 

I am so impressed by the effort put in by some of our students in constructing the novel study boardgames.  Here are some examples of their projects:

 The questions, answers and money created for this boardgame were impressive!

Reminders:

- bring band instrument

- finish introductory paragraph for your 2037 writing ( remember to use "comma, comma, and")

- reading journal due Friday

Evolution project is to be completed in class. Criteria will be on the board tomorrow. 

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Welcome back to an icy cold school day!

Photo Credit: xyzquantumpoet Flickr via Compfight cc 

Reminders:

• Ice skating is cancelled due to lack of supervisors on the ice
• Reading journal due on Friday
• Daily 5 books needing to be returned by: Sahil, Nikolei, Halina, Taj, Friyana
• Complete the brainstorming sheet for the 5 paragraph essay 
• Ms. Kooner's group: workbook- 3.5 page 57-59
• Ms. Grewal"s group: complete board questions
• Notice