Happy Holidays!

I want to start out by thanking you all for the lovely gifts. I opened them all yesterday and was overwhelmed by your generosity! 

I hope you all have a safe and relaxing holiday with your friends and families and I will see you in the new year :)

Sumdog

We are now using a new math site called Sumdog. Each student has been given a username and password. The school code is st-emilys-school. It will work similar to Dreambox, with students being able to access from home and school. This site is great for math practice! If you'd like to learn more, please visit the site to watch the tutorials.
http://www.sumdog.com/en/parents/

What's going on this week...

Math: Please make sure Data Management tests are signed.
We will be having a Geometry quiz this week on ANGLES, Wednesday for 5s and Thursday for 6s.

Language: We will be peer editing the persuasive writing tasks, which are due on Thursday. I will accept them Friday as well with no penalty :)

Please refer to the calendar at the bottom for other activities going on throughout the school.

Math Tests (grades 5 and 6)

FYI:  Data Management Tests will be handed back today and tomorrow. Please sign and return by Monday. Thanks.

Discovery Blocks

The grade 5s and 6s will have their discovery block on Friday, Dec. 12th. Please ask your child what they are planning to do. Thanks!

Grades 5 and 6: Media and Digital Issues

The following website will help students choose a category that they are interested in for their persuasive writing task.

Go to MediaSmarts and click on Digital and Media Literacy, then find an issue that interests you. 

Students will need to then, think of a strong opinionated statement to argue for or against!

Grade 6 - Persuasive Writing Essay

Here is the document for the grade 6 Persuasive writing task as well as the checklist I'm using to assess it.

Persuasive writing task and checklist

Brainstorming due: Friday, Dec. 12th
Rough copy due: Tuesday, Dec. 16th
Good copy due: Thursday, Dec 18th

Grade 5 - Persuasive writing format

• Introduction (topic sentence)
• Reason #1 + facts/examples
• Reason #2 + examples
• Reason #3 + examples
• Concluding sentence / question

8 sentences minimum

Sample transition words:

Firstly, Secondly, Lastly / Finally

For example, for instance

In conclusion, All in all

Math and Language in December

Hello everyone!

Here is what we will be working on for the next few weeks:

Math: grade 5s and 6s are starting Unit 3: Geometry. Every student should have their own protractor. There will be a midterm quiz as well as a final task.

Language: grade 5s and 6s are working on persuasive writing. 6s will have an essay to write for their final assessment task and 5s will have a two-paragraph task to complete. 5s will also be listening to a read aloud starting on Monday. The focus will be on making connections, predicting and questioning.

Religion: Advent related activities

Grade 5 Noun Homework

Due: Wednesday, December 3rd

Gr 6 Challenge - Back-to-back Stem and Leaf Plot

Data Management Unit Tests

Next week will be the Data Management Unit tests. 

Grade 5 - Tuesday, December 2nd
Mean, Range, Graphs: Bar, Line, Pie, Pictograph

Grade 6 - Monday, December 1st
Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Graphs: Bar, Broken line, Scatter, Stem and Leaf

Grade 6 White Elephant Sale Posters

Here is the criteria for the posters:

-Title: White Elephant Sale
-Date: Wednesday, Dec. 17th
-Location: gym
-Price range: 25 cents to $3.00
-Items available: movies, books, puzzles, toys, jewelry, games, household items, stuffed animals, Christmas items, and much more!
-Hot chocolate: 50 cents

Grade 5: Bridge to Terabithia

We are finishing up the unit for Bridge to Terabithia. This week, we will be working on the final task. A list of possibilities were given out in a handout on Friday. 

The rubric is linked here --> Final Report Rubric (which was co-constructed by the students!)

Also, we will be watching the film on Wednesday and Thursday in the afternoon. If any students are away, they may click the following Youtube link to view at home: Bridge to Terabithia Full Movie 

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Grade 5 Bar Graph Questions

1) What made you want to choose this topic?

2) What category was the most popular? How many students voted for this?

3) What was the difference in votes between the least and most popular category? (find the range!)

4) Did you have any trouble doing this activity?

Math Quiz on Thursday

Grade 5 and 6 students will be having a quiz on Thursday.

Grade 5 - Mean and Range

Grade 6 - Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

Mean Median Mode Range

Grade 5 and 6 Math Survey

We will be completing the following survey in class this week.

Here is the link: ------->   https://surveymonkey.com/s/ Stupre

Math and Language

Grade 5 and 6 Math
We are starting the data management unit. We are learning the co-ordinate system and starting to analyze and interpret data.

Grade 5 Language
We are continuing the Bridge to Terabithia novel study. Chapters 6-8 tasks are due by Friday, Oct. 31st.

Grade 6 Language
We are finishing up the descriptive writing task. Final copies can be handed in on Thursday or Friday of this week.

This week!

Hello everyone!  Just a friendly reminder about some important things that are due / going on this week:

Halloween Dance-A-Thon pledges and envelopes are due Tuesday, October 28th.
Picture Day Order Forms are due Thursday October 30th (Remember: you can also order online if you prefer)

Our Halloween Dance-A-Thon will be taking place on Friday, October 31st, so be sure to wear a costume or orange and black in order to be entered into the draw for some wonderful prizes!

Also, Progress Reports will be going home on Thursday, October 30th!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Patterning Test Thursday

There will be a patterning test for grades 5 and 6 on 
Thursday, Oct 23rd.

Focus - continuing number patterns, creating pattern rules, basic algebra

We will begin Data Management on Friday.

Please look at the calendar below for some other important dates.

Explicit Pattern Rule for Math

When the question asks for a really high term, for example the 20th term, we are faced with 2 choices.

Choice # 1 is to continue the pattern until you get to the 20th term.  Now that is time consuming and full of places where you can lose track.  I suggest choice #2, the explicit pattern rule!

Choice #2  The explicit pattern rule

To find the 20th term = 1st number in pattern + [(term number minus 1) x difference]

Let's see an example.

1, 4, 7, 10, 13,

Find the 20th term!!!!!

First thing is to find the difference (This is the magical word).

The difference between the terms is 3.

Now we use the explicit pattern rule to find the 20th term.  (They are asking what the 20th number in the pattern might actually be)

20th = 1 + [(20-1) x 3]

       = 1 + (19 x 3)

       = 1 + 57

       = 58

New pattern

2, 7, 12, 17

What is the 40th term!!!!  Ahhhhhhhh!!!!

First thing is to find the difference.  The difference is 5.

Now we use the explicit pattern rule to find the 40th term.

40th = 2 + (39 x 5)

       = 2 + 195

       = 197

The key is to do the multiplying first because of order of operations. 

Simple.

 

Grade 5 Novel Study

This week, the grade 5s will be starting a novel study for Bridge to Terabithia. Students will be given a new exercise book to work out of for this unit. Every day, we will read one chapter together in class and then, students will complete corresponding questions, vocabulary, and extension activities. Each student will be assigned a novel. It is his/her responsibility to read at home if he/she is absent. Attached is a link to an online pdf version of the novel as well.

Bridge to Terabithia - full text

Patterning Quiz Tuesday

There will be a patterning quiz on Tuesday for grades 5 and 6.

- Input and Output
- Continuing a pattern
- Pattern rules

What's the point of prayer?

Religion document

Prayer sheet - Answers to fill in the blanks

Picture Day tomorrow!

Reminder: Picture Day is Wednesday, October 8th.

Math - grade 5 and 6

We have now moved into the Patterning unit in math. We are currently working on creating number patterns through input and output as well as developing pattern rules.
Extra worksheets are available in class for practice over the long weekend.

Grade 6 Numeration tests were handed back on Monday. Grade 5 Numeration tests will be handed back by the end of the week. Please sign and make sure your child makes the necessary corrections.

Grade 6 Math Challenge

A bull and horse were working side by side, each carrying a heavy load. The bull was complaining about the excessive weight he carried; the horse replied:
 

"What are you complaining about? If I take one of your bags, my load will be twice as heavy as yours; but if you take one of my bags, your load will be equal to mine."
 

How many bags was each one carrying?

(Every bag has the same weight.)

Grade 5 Writing Homework

Alphabetical Order Sheet - due Friday

Alphabetical Order

Numeration Test on THURSDAY

Grade 5s and 6s will be having a numeration test this Thursday, October 2nd.
Students need to review:

• place value
• expanded form
• comparing
• ordering
• addition
• subtraction
• word problems

Extra practice worksheets are available at school.
We will begin Patterning on Friday.

Math and Language

This is what we are currently working on in class:

MATH (grades 5 and 6)
- addition and subtraction of whole numbers
- Numeration unit test towards the end of next week on everything we've covered so far

LANGUAGE
grade 5
- peer editing of rough copies of biography; Final copies due Friday (please make sure there is a title page, separate paragraphs throughout and a Source page at the back)
- students should also have a fiction novel for daily reading purposes

grade 6
- peer editing of rough copies of friendly letter; Final copies due Friday

Dreambox Math for Grades 5 and 6

Your child was given his/her username and password for DreamBox today. It is written in the agenda. The letter linked below should be coming home to you as well. Parents can make a separate account to check student learning and progress. A link for the site has been added to the right ---->

DreamBox letter

Grade 6 Letter Writing Task

Here is the attachment for the Friendly Letter. It gives the instructions and checklist of items for the final draft.
Rough Draft due on Monday, Sept. 22nd.

Friendly Letter Task

Grade 5 Biography Writing Task

I am attaching links for the rough notes sheet as well as the instruction sheet / rubric for the bio assignment.

Rough notes: Questions to answer 
Biography Instruction Sheet / Rubric

Math Quiz on Tuesday

There will be a math quiz on Tuesday, September 16th for grade 5s and 6s.

Please ask your child to review place value, writing numbers as words, expanded form, and comparing and ordering of whole numbers.

We will be reviewing all concepts in class on Monday.

This week in Math and Language

Math:
grade 5 - reading, writing, comparing and ordering whole numbers to 100 000
grade 6 - reading, writing, comparing and ordering whole numbers to 1 000 000

Language:
grade 5 - questions/activities attached to independent novels, biographical writing
grade 6 - letter writing

*FYI to grade 6 parents - For language, I am teaching and assessing writing and oral skills.
Mrs. Bruno is teaching and assessing reading, media and religion.

Reminders

Hello parents,

Just a few friendly reminders for grades 5 and 6.
Every child should have a reading novel in class every day.
Also, please make sure your child returns all forms by the end of this week:

BYOD
Tech form
Student verification
Student Activity Fee
Class DOJO
Parent Questionnaire
Permission to leave property

Thank you!

Welcome Back!!

I am very excited to get the new school year underway. I will be using this blog with both grade 5s and 6s for Language and Math this year. Please check it regularly for important reminders. Looking forward to getting to know you all :)

Some last minute items...

Thank you to all who brought  a food platter to the leaving ceremony yesterday. The refreshment table looked amazing with all of your contributions!

Since it was difficult to see the grad slide show, students will get the chance to view it again on Friday and copies will be made available to each student.

In the coming week, could you please make sure that all textbooks, library books and other supplies that belong to the school are returned.

Thank you.

Important Forms

Three very important forms were handed out to grade 6s today.

1- Fully Alive Theme 3 synopsis (grade 6s will begin this unit on Monday. Grade 5s will learn the grade 5 Fully Alive Theme 3 curriculum with Ms. Sturgeon)

2- Leaving Ceremony information (please sign and return this one as soon as possible)

3- St. Brigid's Camp form

Grade 6 survey

The grade 6s are going to be working on a graduation activity. Part of it involves answering a few short questions. Students can click on the following link to complete the questions.
Grade 6 Survey

EQAO - grade 6

The grade 6s will begin writing the EQAO test on Thursday, May 29th. Students should be reviewing notes and completing practice tests at home. We will be doing some extensive review in class for the next few days, which will cover all strands of math and language. It is important that students are not absent for these review sessions. Lastly, a math practice booklet was given out last week. Students should be completing questions in it every day to better prepare themseelves for the test. Please sign the top of the booklet to let me know that you've seen it.

Yearbook Sales

Just a reminder. Tomorrow (Monday) is the last day to purchase yearbooks. The cost is $15. Cheques can be made out to the Parent Council.

Bake Sale!

The grade 5/6 class will be putting on a bake sale on Friday, May 16th (tomorrow!). We've been talking about this all week so most know what they are bringing in. We are hoping that each student brings in a minimum of 12 baked or bought treats. The money earned will be going towards the end of year field trip.

Math and Language

EQAO begins in exactly 3 weeks! We have been completing lots of practice tests in class.

In Language, we are starting a poetry/lyric unit.

In Math, I passed back measurement quizzes last week (area and perimeter). I am giving a retest tomorrow (Friday) at lunch. Right now we are working on 2-D geometry (translations, reflections, rotations) and moving onto fractions soon. Students should be bringing home math worksheets regularily and studying for tests/quizzes.

Grade 6 Confirmation Reminder

There was a form sent home today about workshops and retreat dates for Confirmation. Both candidate and guardian need to attend all. Please ask your grade 6 child for this important form.

Forms

Many forms have been sent home in the past week or so. Please ask your child about the following:

-chocolate bar fundraiser
-yearbook sale
-helping the hungry (grades 5/6s making sandwiches)
-jump rope for heart

Stay tuned for ...

-pizza order forms
-grade 5/6 bake sale details
-education week schedule
-important Confirmation dates (workshops, retreat, etc..)

Language and Math

Language: We are in the proofreading/editing phase of our news articles at the moment. Students should be finished their rough drafts and getting a few friends/parents to edit in order to make the proper revisions on the final. A template for the final will be given out on Friday and I will post it here on the weekend. Due date for final draft of news article: Tuesday, April 29th

Math: The perimeter, area, volume quiz is postponed until Monday. We have had a lot of people away this week and some are needing some extra review. A revised and more simplistic formula sheet will be handed out soon. Right now we have moved onto geometry (tranformations, reflections, rotations).

Grade 6 Transition Day Feedback Form

All grade 6s are asked to fill out the following form pertaining to the Trinity Transition Day that they attended last month. Please click on the link below:

Transition Feedback Survey

This week...

This week, students will be finishing off units in Music, Language Arts and Math.

Music: Treble and bass clef test on Tuesday, April 15th. 

Language: The character poster assignment is due on Thursday, April 17th. Instructions and checklist attached -
Holes Characterization Poster
 
Math: We are finishing off Perimeter, Area, Volume, and Mass. We will have a quiz next Wednesday, April 23rd.

This week...

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Tomorrow, in Math, I will be handing back the Multiplication/Division tests. Please go over corrections with your son/daughter and sign/return to me. We are now reviewing perimeter and area of polygons. Grade 5s - squares and rectangles and Grade 6s - squares, rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms. I've attached a diagram with formulas that will be helpful for students to know.

In Language Arts, we are finishing up the novel study for Holes. Students will receive their chapter summaries back tomorrow with lots of feedback attached. They will be given a culminating task to complete very soon...

In the next two months, grade 6s will be doing lots of EQAO prep in class. Please feel free to print off sample tests for your child to work on at home as well! Everything can be found on the website linked to the right, including answer keys!

Litterless Lunch Tuesdays

As part of our school’s effort to reduce waste, students are being asked to bring ‘Litterless Lunches’ to school every Tuesday in April, starting on Tuesday, April 8^th. We are trying to encourage students to think about the amount of plastic they use and throw away on a daily basis. Families are encouraged to use reusable containers instead of plastic bags or plastic wrap for their food. Any recyclable material such as juice boxes and cans are fine as well. Any waste that would belong in a garbage can on these days will need to be brought back home for disposal.

Math Test

The grade 5 and 6 multiplication/division test has been moved to Wednesday of this week. After looking at some student work this past weekend, I felt that the students could use a few more review days.

Music and Science

Upcoming quizzes (next week):

Tuesday - Music quiz on treble clef notes

Thursday - grade 6 Science Quiz

Small works assignments due this week!

There are some small tasks that have been due this week. I'm still waiting for quite a few to be handed in. The following tasks need to be submitted by Friday. Students are aware that phone calls will be made home on Monday for those that are not keeping up.

Language arts:

-Holes chapter summary (31 or 32)
-Holes chapter questions 32-38
-Apostophe booklet

Math:

-multiplication quizzes signed and returned (corrections made)
-multiplication word problems
-division worksheet (double sided)

FYI: The multiplication and division unit test is on Monday, March 31st.

Parent meeting at Trinity - Thursday March 27th

This is just a reminder that there is an important meeting at Holy Trinity high school Thursday evening at 7pm in the Cafetorium for parents of grade 6 students.

Long Division

We have now moved into long division in math. This will possibly be the most challenging concept for some students in math this year. Many are struggling at the moment and will need to be completing extra practice questions at home in order to be successful. I will link a few websites that are helpful in explaining the steps and providing extra practice.

Steps to solve long division problems
Long division with remainders

This week...

Wednesday - Grade 6s will be going to Holy Trinity tomorrow for the day. This is a very important transition experience where the students will get to learn about what's to come in high school. Please make sure your child is on time in the morning!
Grade 5s will stay at school.

Thursday - Grade 5 Science Quiz

Language Arts: We are part way through the novel study HOLES. Activities and quizzes are being completed in class. A culminating task will be given at the end of the book.

Math: We are finishing up multiplication and will be starting division towards the end of the week. Continued practice with times tables is needed for most.

March Break!

There will be no homework for the March Break! Students are encouraged to simply read any material (newspapers, comics, novels) around their house and practise their times tables if anything! Enjoy the time off and see you all on the 17th!

SKATING ON TUESDAY!!

Just a quick reminder that we are going skating tomorrow from 9-10am.

HOLES

We have read up to chapter 11 of the novel in class. I have asked students to read up to chapter 14 this weekend (10 pages approx.) Please download the full text pdf that is linked to the Feb 23rd post or they can access the audiobook off of YouTube.

Homework: complete chapter questions (4-7) and the vocabulary activity by Monday. Don't forget to share one vocab word with me through a Google Doc!

Multiplication Quiz

We will be having a Multiplication Quiz next Wednesday, March 5th. Please study:

Grade 5 
- basic times tables up to 10
- prime and composite numbers
- multiplying by 10s and 100s
- know 2 of the 7 strategies to multiply by double digit #s

Grade 6
- basic times tables up to 12
- prime and composite numbers
- multiplying by 10s, 100s, 1000s
- know 3 of the 7 strategies to multiply by double digit #s 

Science Quiz Grade 6

There will be a Science quiz on Thursday, Feb 27th. Students are to study the atom, static electricity, simple electrical circuits (parallel and series), conductors and insulators.

This week...

Math: Geometry tests will be passed back tomorrow (Monday). We will make some corrections in class together and the rest should be done at home. Please sign and return tests this week.

We have begun the Multiplication/Division unit, starting with finding the factors of prime and composite numbers. The 4-page work booklets are due tomorrow. Please encourage your child to be practicing basic multiplication tables every night! The following site is great: Multiplication Flashcards

Language Arts: We are starting a novel study this week using the read aloud strategy. We will be reading the novel, Holes, by Louis Sachar. The following link takes you to an online copy that you can save. Holes.pdf This is for students that are absent, or those that need to re-read chapters.

Religion: Students should be handing in their Highlight wheels, which were due last Friday.

Report Cards and Grade 6 Grad Portraits

Report cards were distrubuted yesterday. Please sign and return the slip on the last page. You may also request an interview by putting a check mark in the last box titled "I would like to discuss the report card"  OR by writing a note in the student agenda.

Grade 6 grad photos were handed back today. If you'd like to make an order, the deadline is Friday, Februrary 28.

Hope everyone has a great long weekend!!

**Please encourage your son/daughter to practice their basic multiplication tables this weekend.
Grade 5s up to 10
Grade 6s up to 12

Transition Day Grade 6 Questionnaire

All grade 6 students are asked to complete the following questionnaire by the end of the week. They may do so tonight or tomorrow during our computer lab time.

GRADE 6 QUESTIONNAIRE

Presentation and Test!!

This week is an important one because students will be presenting their biography presentations AND writing a geometry test. They should be preparing for both at home.

For the biography presentation, students are in the final stages of placing all of their information and pictures onto slides in an organized and creative layout. Presentations will be on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

For geometry, students should be studying polygons and angles using classroom notes and websites for practice. Being able to classify, measure and create angles and shapes is the most important skill to know for this test.

Good luck everyone!

**Next week, we will be starting literature circles in LA and multiplication and division in Math.

Biography Rubric

I am attaching the marking rubric that I will use to assess the biography presentations next week. The students are currently putting their jot notes into sentence form and placing them into their Google Presentation along with photos of their individual.

BIOGRAPHY RUBRIC

Reminder: Grad photos on Thursday!

Just a little reminder that grad photos are tomorrow at 9:30am. I have asked students to try to wear a neutral colour for photos...white, black, grey, navy are preferable. If you would like to order individual photos, information will be sent home soon.

Biography Assignment

Now that this assignment is underway, it is important for all students to keep up with each stage of completion. Rough draft jot notes are supposed to be due tomorrow, but I will not be checking them until Tuesday (we do not have Language on Mondays). This includes a written draft of the answers to most of the questions posed in each category on their handout. I have encouraged students to try to use more than one source for their research (e.g. multiple websites, books, articles).

Graduation memories sheet

Parents of Grade 6s: Just for clarification, the graduation memories sheet that was sent home is only to be filled out if you would like to purchase a vinyl folder for $10.00. Every student will receive a class composite free of charge. Forms for individual photo purchase will be passed out AFTER the photos are taken.

Sorry, wrong sheet was sent home for grad portraits!!

I apologize for the confusion, but please disregard the "Confirmation sheet for Graduation/Farewell Portraits" which was NOT supposed to go home to parents. All grade 6s brought home another sheet entitled "Graduation Memories", which is an order form to be brought in on or before picture day.
The grad photo day is Thursday, February 6th.

Tuesday News

I hope that everyone is surviving this cold weather! Today the students participated in the Gym Jam Tennis during Block 2. Everyone did a fantastic job! We will be going into Round 2 on Thursday.

Letters were sent home with grade 6 students today concerning Confirmation portriats, which will be taken on Feb. 6th.

In Geometry, we are continuing to measure and classify different types of polygons. Students should practise using a protractor to measure different angles at home. We will be finishing off the unit with symmetry soon.

In Language Arts, we are going to be starting a culminating task foe our biography unit tomorrow. Partners will have to choose a famous individual (living or dead) to create a biography on. We will be using computers for the rest of the week to do research. Students will present their person using a Google Presentation (similar to PowerPoint), which will be due sometime next week.

This past week...

This week was definitely a busy one! Congratulations to Ryan and Josh, who were the first to receive responses in the mail from Pawel and Abby of Calgary. I'm sure we will receive many more letters in the upcoming weeks. I've informed the students that it is up to them if they would like to continue writing to their friends throughout Canada.

In language arts, grade 6s did some EQAO practice this week (reading comprehension). We are also starting a biography unit. Next week, students will be assigned a large project where they will have to choose an influential person to research and present a biography of that person. More details to come...

In math, students are learning symmetry (gr 5), angles (5/6), types of triangles (5/6) and continuing co-ordinate practice, especially in the negative quadrants (gr 6). The attached picture is what they should be familiar with. Measurement quizzes are marked and will be handed back on Monday. Please sign and return.

Confirmation Seminars

I would like to remind all parents of grade 6 students about the upcoming seminars that will be offered by Holy Redeemer Parish. If your child will be celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation this year, it is necessary that you and your child attend one of the following seminars at the parish.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 from 7-9pm

OR

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 from 7-9pm

Silhouette Collages

We have been working on silhouette collages all week. The purpose is for students to choose pictures from the media (magazines, newspapers, online, etc.) that represent themselves in some way. The theme in Religion is that God created us all unique. So this task involves showing how we are all different, through our special talents, interests, families, etc. The collage is due on MONDAY and each student will present his/her collage to the class. Students may borrow magazines from the classroom to take home if need be.


Wednesday homework = study for measurement quiz!!

Math Tests

The Data Management tests have all been handed back. I'm still waiting for a few of them to be signed. I will remind those students today. There will be an opportunity for an in-class make-up assignment that is focused on mean, median, mode and range on Wednesday at lunch. I will present this opportunity to the students today. For those that received a mark lower than a B-, this will be mandatory.

This week we will be having a Measurement Quiz on Thursday. The focus will be on classification of units (mm, cm, m , km), conversion and perimeter. Please encourage your child to study this week. The most important thing for them to know is the following conversion chart!

Homework this week!

There are quite a few items that need to be completed and signed. Please make sure that your child has completed all of the following:

- dojo website sheet signed (whether you plan to look at the site or not)
- initials in agenda to show me that you have received the slip of paper with my blog address
- skating form, filled out and returned

Math - conversion worksheet, due tomorrow
         - data management test signed and corrected
Language arts - main idea booklet due tomorrow

Beginning of January

This week, we will be continuing Chapter 5: Measurement in math, and the focus will be estimating, measuring, and recording perimeter. Data Management unit tests will be handed back on Wednesday, Jan 8th. Please sign them and ask your child to correct errors and return the next day for bonus marks. The Chapter Tasks booklet is due this week. It is a culminating math activity that was assigned on the Tuesday before the holidays.

In Language Arts, we are finishing off our non-fiction unit. We mailed out our friendly letters before the holidays and are eagerly awaiting responses in the new year! We will continue to learn how to write different types of letters. For reading, we are studying the main idea and supporting details of non-fiction texts.

Welcome back!

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday with family and friends. Another exciting month has begun! I want to take this opportunity to welcome students and parents to our new class website. This will replace Edmodo.  Here you will have the opportunity to:

• Keep up to date with the learning going on in the classroom
• Monitor weekly homework assignments
• Use our classroom calendar to stay on top of due dates, PD days, special activities, pizza lunches, etc. 
• Use the curriculum links to practice, learn and have fun!

    ***Please note, this website does not replace the student agenda. It is merely for additional support. Students are required to and are responsible for writing down their daily tasks.  

 
    I am really looking forward to what is in store during the next few months! One of my goals for 2014 is to encourage your child to participate fully in school work and school activities/fun.