Wednesday, January 31

Congratulations Jasmeen for being the first person from our class and the first person in the Maker Club to complete a 3D design for printing!

Reminders:
Read 30 minutes
Math 6- comparing fractions
Finish compare and contrast venn diagram for "Wonder" the movie and the book
Practise your knitting

Tuesday, January 30

Today we walked to the movie theatre and watched "Wonder." We had a great conversation about the main themes of the movie and compared and contrasted the movie and the book in our conversation.

Reminders:

- math workbook 6

- gym strip

- Book Club E

Science Questions: 

1) What makes your vehicle travel?

2) What adjustments have you made to make it travel farther?

3) What have you learned so far?

Monday, January 29

Here is a link to the Ozobot Code sheet
ozobot code sheet

Reminders:

- walking fieldtrip to the theatre tomorrow rainy or not; please dress for the weather (proper jacket with hood, umbrella, boots and/or change of clothes if you need them)
- Math 6 Workbook Wednesday
- Book Club E on Wednesday
- practise knitting at home

Friday, January 26

We have been working hard on our science gravity powered vehicles and learning how to knit as well.  Here is a peak into our classroom.

Testing and racing our vehicles. 

Troubleshooting

The knitting support group. 

The first finished knitting project! A headband!

Finger knitting. 

Reminders:

We will be walking to the theatre on Tuesday, rain or shine.  Please dress for the weather and bring an umbrella. 

- music and gym tomorrow

- Book Club E

- good copy of compare and contrast paragraph #2

Wednesday, January 24

On Monday, we had a school-wide assembly that shared the monthly goal of courage.  We have been working on defining and giving examples of acts of ordinary courage.  Here is what we came up with. 

Reminders:

- Social Studies tableaux presentations tomorrow

- Math 6: for early finishers: 

      Write an equivalent fractions for 

       a) 2/3 

       b) 4/5

       c) 3/7

       d) 1/8

       e) 2/9

- Math 5 Boardwork #1-6

- Courage mini-poster due tomorrow

- Book Club D

- Hot lunch notice due on Friday

Tuesday, January 23

Reminders:

Grade 5 - boardwork
Read 30 minutes
Book Club C
Gym
Social Studies tableaux on Thursday

Monday, January 22

We have been learning how to knit in our class.  Good for everyone for persevering and not giving up even when it becomes difficult. Here is a video to help you when you are practising at home.


How to cast on:

How to knit on:

Reminders:

- Book Club B
- Math 5 workbook page 36/37
- Math 6 workbook page 58/59
- Read 30 minutes

Thursday, January 18

Reminders:

- Read 30 minutes
- Grade 5: notebook
- Grade 6 Textbook page 168 #1-4
- compare and contrast - good copy of paragraph (remember to use your rough copy and the changes that you made to it to write your good copy) .
- knitting tomorrow
- Book Club A

Wednesday, January 17

Reminders:

- grade 5 math text page 90 - 91, # 1, 5, 7, 10
- compare and contrast rough copy of paragraph (use at least 5 transition words)
- read 30 minutes
- Music - Little Drummer Boy

Compare and Contrast words

However,
Although,
Yet,
While,
In contrast,
As opposed to
On the other hand
On the contrary,


Similarly,
Similar to,
Both,
As well,
In addition,
Not only... but also

Tuesday, January 16

Reminders:
- Math 5 workbook page 34,35
- compare and contrast venn diagram
- read 30 minutes
- fieldtrip notice
- thick knitting yarn
- gym strip

Monday, January 15

Reminders:

- Group E Writing Conferences
- Social Studies primary sources of information
- Read 30 minutes
- Fieldtrip notice
- Inside Out day tomorrow
- Math 5 page 86 #2,3,4
- thick knitting yarn

Friday, January 12

We've had a busy week!  We've jumped right into our units for this term.  Today, we started to learn how to knit. We have begun by finger knitting.  Here is the video if you want to practice at home.

Remember to buy some really thick yarn. 

We have also begun working on creating our gravity powered cars.  Today we built the chassis and started testing out the movement of the wheels

Over the weekend, remember to write the good copy of your paragraph.  I will be collecting it along with your rough copy and peer editing sheet to see that you were able to use the feedback that you were given.

Reminders:
- Read
- Writing Conference Group D
- buy yarn
- bring back fieldtrip notice
- music and gym on Monday

Tuesday, January 9

Welcome back!

This term we will be working on a design challenge in Science to create a gravity powered moving toy. In Social Studies, we will finish learning about Chinese Canadian contributions to Canadian history and society.  In language arts, we will continue our reading challenge and learn techniques to improve our non-fiction writing. 


Reminders:

Grade 6 - Math test Thursday

Daily 5 group B writing conference

Read 30 min

Writing: organize your paragraph using the "hamburger organizer"

Gym Strip