Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Homework - DECEMBER



Tuesday, December 1, 2015:

Math:  Recording Measurements using Multiple Units

In class:


At home practice:

French:

Practise your pronunciation paragraph:
(These are the sounds we've been working on in class.)

 

English:

Quotation mark practice:

Wednesday, December 2, 2015:

In Science, we worked on our write-up from our Gears investigation



English:  We are still working on our narratives - good copies and front cover

French:  practise pronunciation paragraph for Thursday

 

Thursday, December 3, 2015:

This morning, we had a Rick Hanson ambassador come in to speak with us about perseverance.  Ask your child what he or she learned from the presentation.

Math:
Measurement practice:

In Social Studies, we are learning about Canada's natural resources


Friday, December 4, 2015:

Math:
Perimeter

In French, we have just begun to learn the vocabulary for food items.








English:
They are still writing/illustrating their good copies of their narrative books.  The final copy is due next Wednesday, December 9, 2015.

Monday, December 7, 2015:

Math:
Review of Measurement p. 140 and 141, #1-8

English:  Continue working on good copies of Narratives

Français:  Today, we learned the verb aimer to go with our food vocabulary 


Tuesday, December 8, 2015:

Math:  This is the group task we worked on today for Perimeter

Français: 

Practise les Saynettes for Thursday.

English:  Narrative good copies are due tomorrow

Friday, December 11, 2015:

We had a great day at the Raptors 905 game and the students were very good representatives of Emily Carr.



French - we didn't get to present our French skits today so we will do them on Monday

Monday, December 14, 2015

French:  we began creating menus in French today and we will continue to work on them tomorrow

During the afternoon, we had our school open house and did snowflakes and lotus flowers.  Ask your child to share the activity with you.

Otherwise, no homework due to the activities this afternoon.  

TOMORROW IS PJ DAY!!!! Wear your favourite pair of PJS to school or you can show holiday spirit by wearing red and green.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015:


Math:  Measuring Time - decades, centuries, millennia



In English, the students are working with partners to write their own version of the poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.

See the original and a creative version below:


Wednesday, December 16, 2015:

Science:

How Gears Work - we read pages 23 to 26 and they need to finish the questions 1-5 on page 26 to be handed in tomorrow



*We will have a Holiday celebration in class during the afternoon tomorrow.  Please do not send any shareable snacks with your child for safety reasons.  I will be providing treats for them.

Thursday, December 17, 2015:

n French, we are learning some common French Christmas vocabulary.





Friday, December 18, 2015:

Happy Holidays!  I wish you all a relaxing time to catch up with your families and friends.  
Encourage your children to read (anything is good!), review their multiplication tables up to 10 x 10, and practise their French pronunciation for when they get back.

French:






















Monday, November 9, 2015

Progress Reports - UPDATE

Your child's progress report will be sent home on December 10, 2015.

If you would like to meet with me prior to the progress report being sent home, please contact me at the school or write me a note in the agenda with your availability.  I will do my best to meet your needs.  

Thursday, November 5, 2015

UPCOMING EVENTS - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

Test de français - la famille 
Wednesday, November 11

Remembrance Day Ceremony at Emily Carr - November 11 at 10:30 am.  All are welcome to attend.  Our class will be doing a reading of Flander's Field in French.

Friday, November 13, 2015 is a PA DAY for students.  No school that day.  The teachers will be in the school if you wish to contact them regarding your child's progress.

ACC with the Raptors 905 Team on Friday, December 11, 2015 - permission forms due on Tuesday, December 8, 2015.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Homework - NOVEMBER

Tuesday, November 3, 2015:

Le français:

Pratiquez (practise) Au Champd'Honneur

Math:  

Worksheet on graphing (most finished this in class today)

 

In Language, we are currently looking at WORD CHOICE.  Here is a look at what we did in class today:

Wednesday, November 4, 2015:

Le français:
Pratiquez Au Champ d'Honneur

Math:

We are working in groups on the following:


Thursday, November 5, 2015:


In Science:

Look for examples of pulleys and gears at home.


Le français:

Continue to practise Au Champ d'Honneur

In Social Studies, we are learning about Canada's different regions.



Ma Famille posters to be presented tomorrow


In Math, we practised graphing using the computer

Friday, November 6, 2015:

English:

Word Choice worksheet front and back




Math:
P. 96, #4,5,8, and 9

And Addition Drills

Le français:
Au Champ d'Honneur - practise your own part 

Monday, November 9, 2015:

English:

Write a reading response (approximately 6 sentences) describing a character or one of your favourite moments in what you have a read.  *MAKE SURE TO MAKE GOOD WORD CHOICE SELECTIONS***

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Math:
We are currently working on addition and subtraction of 4 digit numbers. 

French:

Quiz tomorrow in La Famille


Thursday, November 12, 2015:

MATH: Addition and Subtraction Review sheets



ENGLISH:

Spelling Week 6 - 

Monday, November 16, 2015

Math:  Making Change

Social Studies:
We are currently working on a research project on one province/territory:

Example:



Tuesday, November 17, 2015:

Social Studies:  
Continue working on Province/Territory project





Le français:
Practise "le corps" vocabulary 


Science:
This week, we are learning about pulleys and how they work.  The students are creating their own pulley system.



In Language:

We are learning about the elements of a narrative.  

Today, we read Run To The River







Wednesday, November 18, 2015:


Le français - Practise reading Chez le Médecin at home


Math:

Makin Change - Subtracting money

Page 111, #5, 6

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Le français - REMINDER OF THE DICTÉE ON MONDAY ON BODY PARTS

Practise lines for Chez le Médecin

Math:  Adding and Subtracting money



Page 113, #4,5,6

Friday, November 20, 2015

Math:  Summative Task

You can go online to the scholastic.ca website to see the flyers to use.

Science:  group written part from pulley project due on Monday



Language:  new spelling word list and activities


Le français:

Review you body parts words for the DICTÉE on Monday


Monday, November 23, 2015

Math:  review of addition and subtraction 
QUIZ on Thursday***

P. 114 #6, 7
P. 115 #11, 12, 13


English:

We are writing our own narratives using the blank Story Map

Rough copy due Wednesday



Tuesday, November 24, 2015:

We had a play this afternnon in the Gym.  Ask your kids to tell you about it.

Math:
Review for the Quiz on Thursday
Page 116, #14, 15, 16, 17, 18

In Language, they are writing a rough draft of their narrative (see yesterday)

Here's the marking rubric:


In French, we are still working on Chez le Médecin skits to present on Wednesday

In Social Studies, their Province/Territory brochures are due tomorrow
Here is the rubric:

Wednesday, November 25, 2015:

Math:  review for quiz (adding, subtracting, making change)



Social Studies:  We began learning about Canada's natural resources- it is always a good idea to review their notes and come with any questions they have


Thursday, November 26, 2015:

Math:

We had our Unit test in Addition and Subtraction today.  They will be getting them back tomorrow so be on the lookout!

In English, we are continuing to work on our rough drafts of our narratives.  We will edit using the following checklist:



Spelling Test tomorrow - week 7 list

In Drama, they will be presenting Chez le Médecin tomorrow so remind them to review their own lines

Friday, November 27, 2015:

English: 
Rough copy of narrative due on Monday

No other homework this weekend!  Enjoy!!

Monday, November 30, 2015:

Math:  In Math, we worked on converting from one unit of measure to another


If you want to do any additional practice at home, you can try these:




In Science, we built a series of gears and will be using them to complete the activities on pages 18 and 19 of our Science books

In French, we are learning to use different expressions with the verb AVOIR:


We also had a presentation in the Gym by Guiness World Record Holder Duane Gibson.  If you want to check him out, visit 
www.staydriven.com