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