Math Quizzes

Mean, median and mode quizzes were handed back today. Please sign and return.

Descriptive writing task

Attached is the instructions for the descriptive writing task. This will be due on Thursday of this week.

I've shared it to the Language folder of every student.

Students should take a photo of a decoration from home to be able to access from school.

MATH update

We are part way through the data management unit. 

We will have a quiz on Mean, Median and Mode this Thursday, Dec 10th and a unit test on creating and analyzing graphs next Thursday, Dec 17th.

Mean, median, mode and range RIDDLE

Bridge to Terabithia

Below is a link where students can access the chapter tasks for Bridge to Terabithia. Chapters 1-3 are to be handed in today.

Chapter Tasks

Science slideshow - Human Organ System

Here is the link for the final task for unit 1 in Science.

Science slideshow assignment

Games block

St. Emily will be having a games block on Friday from 2:30-3:30pm. Students are welcome to bring in board games from home or play games that are in the classroom. 

Bridge to Terabithia

The afternoon class has now begun a novel study for Bridge to Terabithia. Students have been 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. We are sharing a set of novels with another class, so students will leave the books at school unless there is a special circumstance. 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.

Bridge to Terabithia - full text

Friendly letter writing task

Students are excited to be taking part in the Great Canadian Mail Race. Their task is to find a school in Canada and write a friendly letter to a fellow grade 5 student. Letters will be mailed out next week.

Friendly letter writing task

Gym game presentation dates

Gym game presentation dates:

Tues, Nov 3 - Sid’s group

Tues, Nov 10 - Shane’s group

Tues, Nov 17 - Timo’s group

Tues, Nov 24 - Aaria’s group

Tues, Dec 1 - James

Tues, Dec 8 - Phoebe’s group

Tues, Dec 15 - Gloria’s group

Tues, Jan 5 - Maddison’s group

Tues, Jan 12 - Connor’s group

Tues, Jan 19 - Emily

Tues, Jan 26 - Farrah

February - Jaycie, Abby/Visili

November!

Hello everyone,

Getting back on track here after a very busy month of October. Hope everyone had a fun and exciting Halloween!
Here's where we are at right now...

Science: We are currently learning about the circulatory system. We will be finishing up the Human Body in a couple of weeks. Students will be assigned a culminating task soon!

Math: We are part nearing the end of the patterning unit. We will be having a short quiz tomorrow (Tuesday) on patterns and rules. The unit test will be next week.

Language: Writing- Thanksgiving recounts will be handed back this week. We will begin friendly letter writing this month and enter into the Great Canadian Mail Race. 
Reading- We are nearing the end of Hana's suitcase (read aloud) and students will be completing a research assignment at the end. Next up will be a fiction novel study.

This Wednesday, grade 5s will take part in a full day workshop: Business Basics, where they will get to learn about the business world, focusing in on organization, management, production, and marketing.

Gym game

AM students will be given the following task to work on for the next little while.

GYM GAME

This week...

Science: We've finished learning about the respiratory system and are now starting the digestive system.

Math: We are nearing the end of the Number Sense unit. The unit test will be on Tuesday, Oct. 13th.

Topics covered will be - place value of whole numbers up to 100,000. Expanded, standard and word form, comparing and ordering, adding and subtracting, word problems as well as rounding.

Language: We are focusing in on a read-aloud of Hana's suitcase at the moment. This non-fiction book covers real moments from the Holocaust. If you have any insight about World War 2 and/or the Holocaust, please share with your child.

Biographies will be marked and returned by next Tuesday.

CUBES math strategy for solving word problems

30 Book Challenge

We will be starting a 30 book challenge in class. I have gone over the rules with the students so they know how it will work. Each student has received a log to fill out throughout the year. 

Good luck to everyone!!

Program Night Slide Show

Program Night Slide show

Sumdog school code

Sumdog school code:

st-emilys-school

Math Quiz

We will be having a math quiz next Tuesday, Sept. 22nd. Topics appearing will be:

-place value (e.g. 456,789 For this number the value of the 5 is 50,000 and it appears in the ten thousands place)
-representing numbers in different ways (expanded and standard form, words, base ten blocks)
-comparing and ordering numbers

*Next week, we will move onto addition/subtraction of whole numbers.

Some week one info...

Class Dojo: We will be using Class Dojo this year for behaviour monitoring. Points will be given and taken away on a regular basis. You can track your child's progress by creating an account. Each student received an invitation to give to you with a code.

Parent/Student Info Sheet: Please fill out and return the information sheet that was brought home to you on Tuesday.

Science: We have begun Unit 1 on the Human Organ System.

Math: We have begun Unit 1 in Number Sense on Place Value.

Language: We have begun a writing task of a personal autobiography. Attached is an in depth instruction sheet with due dates and marking criteria. 
Autobiography task

Students should also bring a silent reading novel to class every day.

Welcome Back!!

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

Math Board Game (gr 5)

Attached is the culminating task for math.

Math Board Game

grade 5 news broadcasting chart

Students are to skim a newspaper and complete the newspaper column by Monday. 
We completed the tv and radio section in class.

NEWS TASK

Grade 6 Farewell writing task

-My favourite memories of St. Emily School. (5 paragraphs)

-What I am looking forward to next year. (1 paragraph)

-to be typed up in a Google doc and shared with me

-due Monday, June 15th 

Important dates...

I've added some important dates to the calendar at the bottom of the page. 

In the coming weeks, grade 6s will be working on preparing for the end of year leaving ceremony. There will be a few important tasks due in the next little while so please ask your son/daughter about them.

3 more weeks!

Rainforest species - slide show

grade 5 task:

1- Choose an item from the species profile: 

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids/species-profiles

2- With your partner, create a brief slide show to teach audience about your creature or plant

3- Present your finished product on Monday.

grade 5 update

Math: Transformations tests were handed back on Thursday. Please sign and return. We have now begun the final unit of study: Probability. 

Language: Please make sure to sign rubrics/checklists for the novel study, short story and rant assignments. We will begin a non-fiction unit on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

grade 6 EQAO

Students will be starting the language portion of EQAO on Monday, May 25th. They will continue the booklet until Thursday. The math portion of EQAO will begin the following Tuesday, June 2nd and continue for two days. 

Students have been asked to bring some supplies to place in their mailbags; a calculator and two books are mandatory. Other supplies can be found in class.

Students have been given an extensive math review to complete on their own time. This review covers all of the grade 6 math curriculum. Extra practice worksheets will also be given out next week.

Good luck everyone!

grade 6 News Article Assignment

Students are to create a news article based on an event from the story Iqbal, by Francesco D'Adamo. A description and example are linked below. Templates will be provided.

news article description

Gr 5 Rant task attached

Rant about stereotypes

gr 6 - newspapers

The grade 6s are starting a newspaper unit where we will be analyzing and writing news articles. If you have any old newspapers at home, please bring them in by Monday. 

Thank you!

Number Sense unit test FRIDAY

We are now finished our current unit. This week is devoted to review. Extra practice worksheets have been handed out to all that feel they need the practice.

gr 6 - fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, rate

gr 5 - fractions, decimals

There will be questions about conversion, reducing to lowest terms, finding equivalent fractions, turning mixed to improper and v.v.

Grade 6 Show what you know

Great review videos for any math concepts

YouTube - MATH ANTICS

Math quiz on Wednesday

There will be a math quiz on Wednesday, April 22nd.

Grade 5s - fractions and decimals (comparing, ordering, reducing fractions, converting)

Grade 6s - fractions, decimals, and percents (comparing, ordering, reducing fractions, converting)

Other ways to say...

Grade 6 Rhyming Prayer

The grade 6s have a prayer due on Friday. It is to be typed up and shared with me.

Instructions: Create a prayer with a rhyme scheme.

Your prayer must be 10 lines.

e.g. AABBCCDDEE

Reminder: grade 6 retreat

This is reminder that the grade 6 retreat at St. Monica is next Tuesday, April 21st. Buses will pick students up in the morning at 9:15am. 

update of where we're at...

Here is a quick summary of where we're at right now and where we're going.

Gr 5s
Math: 
-presently learning decimals, fractions, percents and rounding
-next week we'll be completing a group task that will be marked
-still accepting measurement make-up tasks
Language: 
-brainstorming, researching and organizing ideas for the realistic fiction story
-rough drafts (self edited) due Friday, April 17th
-second draft due Monday, April 20th (peer editing will be done in class)
-good copy due Thursday, April 23rd (typed or written)

Gr 6s
Math
-presently learning decimals, fractions and rounding
-next week we'll be completing a group task that will be marked
-still accepting measurement make-up tasks
Language:
-presentations for social justice projects will be Thursday and Friday of this week
-next writing unit: creating a newspaper article (based on the novel Iqbal)

gr 5 - Realistic fiction writing task

We have begun brainstorming ideas about the next writing task. Students are asked to choose a city this weekend and begin their research... Please refer to the link below.

Realistic fiction task

Grade 5 Measurement Make-up Assignment

I am attaching the link for this task. Eligible students need to complete it on their own time and submit to me by Tuesday, April 14th.

make-up task

Measurement tests

Hope everyone had a relaxing long weekend :)

The measurement tests are being handed back this week. There will be an optional make-up assignment for those that scored below a 3-. Those students will be eligible of bringing their mark up a full level. (e.g. 1- to a 2-)

grade 6 Social Justice Project

The grade 6 students have been working on their social justice projects all week. They are asked to have all of their research completed as well as their photos printed out by TUESDAY. The block on Tuesday will be devoted to getting their boards prepared. The final product is due WEDNESDAY. Students have to have the three-panel boards in order to advance to the finals.

Measurement unit tests moved to MONDAY

I've decided to move both grade 5 and 6 Measurement unit tests to Monday, March 30th in order to allow students to have a little bit more time to review and practice all of the concepts.

Grade 5 Padlet Links - March Break

Choose a link and submit a response.

Padlet link

Grade 6 Padlet Links - Decimals

Choose a link and submit a response.

padlet link

Measurement tests

We are finishing off the unit of measurement and will be moving on to fractions/decimals/percents next week. 

grade 5 - unit test Friday, March 27th
-metric conversion (km, m, dm, cm, mm), perimeter, area, volume, time

grade 6 - unit test Thursday, March 26th
-metric conversion (km, dam, m, dm, cm, mm), perimeter, area, surface area, volume

grade 5 Independent novel study final task

Attached is the link for the culminating task for the independent novel study.
Student will have three full blocks to work in class. Final submission and presentations are on Monday, March 30th.

Final Task - TIC TAC TOE

Grade 6 Lanterns

Please make sure that the grad lanterns are completed during the break. I have pushed the due date to Monday, March 23rd.

Grade 5 Independent Novel Study

Questions and answers for the novel study have now been handed in by most. Thank you for all of your hard work! After the break, we will be completing a larger task to end off the unit. Please read as much of your novel as you can during the break. Extra points will be rewarded to those that finish it!!

grade 6 - Biggest problem in the world

Reminder to grade 6s: 

I will accept the biggest problem paragraphs until Monday, March 9th. That is the final submission date.

Remember

-brief introduction
-3 reasons why/how with support/examples
-brief conclusion

Grade 6 Grad photos

Just a friendly reminder for all parents of grade 6 students.. Grad photo purchases are due Tuesday, March 10th. 

Grade 5 - Time for a Crime Challenge

Try to solve the mystery!

Time for a Crime

Mme. Kohut's grade 5s

Students that are on the French field trip this week are asked to answer a few questions every night for their independent study novel. Please choose 8-10 questions of your choice, depending on where you are in the novel. They can be completed in the gray novel study booklets. Questions are due next Tuesday, March 10th.

Reading questions

Grade 5 Independent Novel Study

The grade 5s will begin an independent novel study on Monday. They are to choose a fictional novel and get it approved by Friday. Reading strategies that we will be focusing on for this unit are analyzing and making inferences.

grade 6 retreat date changed!

The grade 6 retreat at St. Monica will no longer be this week. New dates will be announced soon.

This week...

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

MATH - Multiplication and division tests will be handed back tomorrow. In math, we are now starting the measurement unit. Please encourage your child to start becoming familiar with conversion. See chart below!

LANGUAGE -  grade 5s are learning about the elements of fiction (setting, characters, plot, theme, etc.) and will be starting narrative writing and an independent novel study.

grade 6s are starting a short poetry unit.

Student-led conferences will take place at the end of the week. See you then!

Student led conferences

Just a reminder that student-led conferences will take place next week... Thursday and Friday morning for grade 5s and Friday morning for grade 6s. Sheets were sent home to be filled out and should be returned as soon as possible!

Thanks.

Reminder: Math test

There will be a grade 5 and 6 Multiplication / Division math unit test tomorrow (Friday). Please study your notes and cheat sheets.

Grade 5 story

Story:
Granpa is Missing on the Mars Tranship

Questions due Monday:

2. Complete a characterization for both Rusty and Jay.

Include indirect or direct examples to show two personality traits for each character.

(e.g. Winnie is a helpful person. This is seen when she willingly takes the place of Mae in the jail cell.)

3. Why was Rusty so anxious to help his brother find Granpa Bunny-bunny?

4. Describe the plot by giving examples of:

a)  The introduction

b)  The rising action

c)  The climax

d)  The conclusion

ROPES and COPS checklist for paragraph writing

Here is the following list that students should go through during the writing process and prior to submission of their paragraphs.

Grade 5 - Tuck Everlasting
Grade 6 - Biggest problem in the world

Due for gr 6: Friday, February 13th
Due for gr 5: Tuesday, February 17th

ROPES and COPS

Tuck Questions for ROPES paragraph - grade 5

Tuck everlasting:

Choose one question to respond to in paragraph form using ROPES.

1.) Should Winnie drink the water when she's 17?

2.) Is Winnie a criminal?

Grade 5 Multiplication Quiz MONDAY

There will be a multiplication quiz for grade 5s on Monday with single and double digit problems. Students are allowed to use the strategy sheet that was passed out on Thursday.

Math Brain Challenge

Grade 6 Media Task

The recreated print ads are due on Monday, February 9th.

Students are to attach the original to the redesigned copy.

Here is the instruction sheet and rubric.

Print Ad Final Task

Class Dojo

Just a friendly reminder to parents to be checking the Class Dojo site. Points are rewarded and deducted regularly for behaviour and work habits. If you forget your parent code, please write a note in your child's agenda and I can write it down for you!

Multiplication practice

The grades 5 and 6s have begun the Multiplication/Division unit. Please encourage your child to be practising basic multiplication tables every night! The following site is great: Multiplication Flashcards

Brain teasers!

Grade 5 Media Task

The print ads are due on Thursday, January 29th.

Here is the instruction sheet and rubric.

Final Media Task

Grade 6 Duck Figure Challenge

Here are the final Lego figures of our duck challenge!

Geometry Summative Task

MATH: Grades 5 and 6 students will be completing a series of small tasks to end off this portion of geometry. They will be allowed to use their notes and textbook for extra help if needed. All work will be done in class on Friday.

They should review their grade specific slide show for review purposes.

Grade 5 Slideshow

Grade 6 Slideshow

Next up... Multiplication and Division. Continue to review your single digit multiplication facts on a daily basis!

Grade 5/6 Advertising Task

The following task is due on Tuesday, January 20th for grade 5 and Thursday, January 29th for grade 6.

Advertising and Target Audience

Math and Language

Happy New Year!!

This week in math and language:

Math - Grade 5s and 6s are nearing the end of the Geometry unit. Learning goals this week include classifying and constructing figures as well as identifying and drawing nets of solids.

Language - Grade 5s are listening to a read aloud (Tuck Everlasting) and completing corresponding activities as well as starting a media literacy unit;

Grade 6s are presenting their recounts orally as well as starting a media literacy unit.