A Friday in Pictures

Hello families! Happy Friday!

To start our morning, our SOS team presented to us about mentors.

We each chose a mentor in our lives, wrote their name on a feather (to be made into a collage here at the school) and made them a thank you card that we can share with them the next time we see them.

In Science, we are currently working on a short research task about invertebrates. After reading a short text about an annelid, mollusk or sponge, we are writing short, specific pieces of information on our sheet (things such as habitat, diet and interesting facts). We will finish this task next week.

Have a great weekend! :)

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. CFOO #7 - Les Opinions - Monday

Assignment outline is posted in Teams.

Thursday Agenda Items

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* Please join us in the school gym TONIGHT (Thursday) evening from 5:30 - 7:30 for a family heath/wellness gathering. Please see the email sent out last week from the school office for more information. *

AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. CFOO #7 - Les Opinions - Monday, May 1

Assignment outline is posted in Teams.

Wednesday Agenda Items

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* Please join us in the school gym tomorrow (Thursday) evening from 5:30 - 7:30 for a family heath/wellness gathering. Please see the email sent out last week from the school office for more information. *

AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. CFOO #7 - Les Opinions - Monday, May 1

Assignment outline is posted in Teams.

Tuesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. CFOO #7 - Les Opinions - Monday, May 1

Assignment outline is posted in Teams.

Community Clean-up!

Hello, learning friends! Happy Monday!

We headed outside this morning to clean-up our neighbourhood!

A great way to kick off the week!

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. CFOO #7 - Les Opinions - Monday, May 1

Assignment outline is posted in Teams.

Cost of Living

Hello! Happy Friday!

Today in Math we worked in randomized groups at the white boards to calculate the living expenses of a student attending university. We learned that going to school while living on our own isn't cheap!

Please ask me about my group's calculations strategies. What operations did we use?

Check out the English version of our question below:

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. CFOO #7 - Les Opinions - Monday, May 1

Assignment outline is posted in Teams.

Qui suis-je?

Hello! Happy Thursday!

This morning in Math with worked independently or with a partner to create "Qui suis-je" Math problems.

After choosing our mystery number, we created 4-6 clues, going from more general to more specific, to reveal the mystery number.

Mme Careen then checked over our work to make sure she arrived at the same number we had in mind.

She will now type up our "Qui suis-je" questions and they will be used as our Math starters over the coming weeks!

Please ask me: Did I work with a partner or on my own? What is my mystery number? What clues did I create to reveal my number?

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. Science: short assessment tomorrow (Friday).

An outline was provided in class on Tuesday. Students have all the information they need in their binder. Students are encouraged to review at home this evening.

Science Review

Hello! Happy Wednesday!

Today in Science, as another form of review for our upcoming assessment, we worked with a partner (assigned randomly) to answer True/False questions about vertebrates. We then corrected the sheet as a whole class and found, for the most part, that we are feeling confident with our vertebrate knowledge!

Please ask me about what questions I knew well and what ideas I need to review for Friday. Please also ask me about the difference between an alligator and a crocodile! (Mme is so silly sometimes!)

Have a great afternoon. Stay warm!

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. Science: short assessment on Friday.

An outline was provided in class on Tuesday. Students have all the information they need in their binder. We completed a final review activity in class today. Students are encouraged to continue reviewing at home and arrive to class prepared tomorrow with any final questions they may have.

Math Match-up!

Today in Math, we worked with our table groups to match-up sets of numbers represented as: a picture, a percent, a fraction, a ratio and a decimal number.

Please ask me about my group's strategy. What numbers were easiest to match? Which ones were a bit tricky and why?

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. Science: short assessment on Friday.

An outline was provided in class today. Students have all the information they need in their binder. We completed a review activity in class today and will complete one more review in class tomorrow. Students are encouraged to begin reviewing at home. 10 minutes each evening this week will add up to great results!

Monday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. Science: A short Science assessment is coming at the end of this week (Thursday or Friday).

Students began a review task in class today and we will review the outline in more detail tomorrow. Students are encouraged to begin reviewing at home; the required pages were shown to students at the end of the morning today. 5-10 minutes each evening this week will add up to great results!

Thursday Math!

Hello, friends of learning!

We had a great morning filled with a double-Math block and Français presentations.

We started with an activity rotation of Tangrams, Sky Scrapers and "Égalité" Challenges.

We worked with or along side our table-mates to complete each task.

Please ask me about the activities: Which one was my favourite? Which one was the most challenging?

For Math period #2, we worked in randomized teams of 3 to solve different percent problems, all of which involved a set of animals with different characteristics.

Ex: There are 8 animals. 50% have stripes. 70% are in a tree.

What might that drawing look like? Is there more than one way to represent the criteria?

What other scenarios can you create with percents, using 8, 10, 20 or even 25 animals?

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* Reminder: Inservice (no school) tomorrow. Enjoy the day!

AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. CFOO # 6 - La recherche - tomorrow (Thursday)

Presentation outline is posted in Teams (Français)

3. Advance Notice: A short Science assessment is coming at the end of next week (Thursday or Friday).

We will review the criteria in class early next week and take time to review new vocabulary and examples together. Students are encouraged to begin reviewing at home. Even 5 minutes an evening will add up to great results! More details coming soon.

Wednesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. CFOO # 6 - La recherche - tomorrow (Thursday)

Presentation outline is posted in Teams (Français)

3. Advance Notice: A short Science assessment is coming at the end of next week (Thursday or Friday).

We will review the criteria in class early next week and take time to review new vocabulary and examples together. Students are encouraged to begin reviewing at home. Even 5 minutes an evening will add up to great results! More details coming soon.

Tuesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. CFOO # 6 - La recherche - Thursday, April 13

Presentation outline is posted in Teams (Français)

Monday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. "If the World Were a Village" Math booklet. -  OVERDUE

3. CFOO # 6 - La recherche - Thursday, April 13

Presentation outline is posted in Teams (Français)

Thursday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. "If the World Were a Village" Math booklet. -  Monday. 

3. CFOO # 6 - La recherche - Thursday, April 13

Presentation outline is posted in Teams (Français)

Wednesday Agenda Items

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** Reminder: Report cards will be emailed out today. The email will come from the school office around 3:45. **

AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. Blue Activity Afternoon Forms - due back Thursday, April 6

Information letters were sent home Friday before the break (or Monday for those students who were away Friday and today for those who needed an extra copy.)

Please read over the information and indicate your TOP 3 choices on the sheet and return to the school. No money is due at this time. Further information will be sent out once all students have been assigned an activity.

3. "If the World Were a Village" Math booklet. - No more class time will be given to complete this task. Booklets are due Monday. (Mme Careen will be in her room Thursday (tomorrow) at lunch for students who would prefer to work at school.)

4. CFOO # 6 - La recherche - Thursday, April 13

Presentation outline is posted in Teams (Français)

Painted Cube

Today in Math we explored the following question:

Painted Cube

Paint all the sides of a 3 x 3 x 3 cube. Once it is dry take it apart into its 1 x 1 x 1 unit cubes. How many of these unit cubes have paint on three faces? Two faces? One face? No faces? Explore for 4 x 4 x 4, etc.

We all worked well in our groups, approaching the task and explaining our work in so many different ways. Please ask me: What was my group's strategy? How did the answers change as the cube's dimensions increased? What answer won't change, regardless of the size of the cube? Why?

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. Blue Activity Afternoon Forms - due back Thursday, April 6

Information letters were sent home Friday before the break (or yesterday (Monday) for those students who were away Friday.)

Please read over the information and indicate your TOP 3 choices on the sheet and return to the school. No money is due at this time. Further information will be sent out once all students have been assigned an activity.

3. CFOO # 6 - La recherche - Thursday, April 13

Presentation outline is posted in Teams (Français)

It's Great to Be Back!

Hello! Happy April!

It was great to see a classroom of smiling faces this morning! We were also happy to welcome a new student to our learning community. Welcome, Savinah!

This morning, we started with a "Trouve Quelqu'un Qui" activity to see what our classmates were up to over the break.

We then began a Math unit about percents, and started by watching the short video, "If the World Were a Village." We took the data shared in the film and represented it in different ways: tables, 100 blocks and circle graphs.

Please ask me what information was most surprising and which one made me think the most. (Mme's biggest takeaway was that the world's resources are not equally divided and there are way too many people who go daily without having enough food to eat.)

We finished the morning with a not-so-appetizing Science activity: a final observation of our Mycètes (Fungi) bread. The bread was left in an airtight container over the break, and the bread mold grew, grew, grew! Our conclusion: Fungi do thrive in humid environments over dry environments, as we expected. Also, moldy bread, even when sealed in a ziploc bag, is stinky!

We are looking forward to a great week of learning! :)

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AGENDA

1. Read, read, read! Je Lis or another Français site of your choice! Try: https://www.ebookids.com/

(The musical note indicates the book will be read aloud.)

2. Blue Activity Afternoon Forms - due back Thursday, April 6

Information letters were sent home Friday before the break (or today (Monday) for those students who were away Friday.)

Please read over the information and indicate your TOP 3 choices on the sheet and return to the school. No money is due at this time. Further information will be sent out once all students have been assigned an activity.