Today we started in the Computer Lab, and worked on Patterning problems using spreadsheets. Students examined different cells on the spreadsheet, and found patterns in the cell formula bar at the top of the screen. During Math class this afternoon, students continued the written component of this lesson, which was assigned as homework if not completed during class time.
We continued reading Chapter 6 of Tuck Everlasting, and a Novel Study written assignment is due tomorrow. Students must write 6 paragraphs weighing the positive and negative aspects of drinking the magic spring water that gave the Tuck family eternal life. They must also consider the consequences if the secret of this spring water gets out. Students who go one step further and consider additional factors, such as the age a person gets stuck at forever when they drink the spring water, and any other interesting ideas, will be demonstrating the quality of reading reflection skills appropriate for their grade level.
For Science today we went outside, as our experiments required it. The Grade 5 students performed an experiment to examine solids, liquids and gases, by wetting a sponge, tying it to a metre stick, and hanging the metre stick so that it balanced level. Students then observed the changes that occurred every 5 minutes, as the sponge began to dry in the sun. The Grade 6 students had made various forms of paper airplanes yesterday, and put them to the test today. Students ran 4 different experiments using their planes, examining air and the properties of flight. They threw the planes and recorded the distance travelled, accuracy in hitting a target, length of time it remained in the air, and stunts the plane could perform. Students who took the experiments one step further and ran each of these tests twice, manipulating the variable of wind, will have demonstrated the application of their knowledge appropriate for their grade level.
Our Kilometre Club efforts are bringing tremendous results! As of this morning, it looks as though room 201 has run over 80 more laps than our friendly rivals in room 206. I have also run 2 more laps than Ms. Schwartz for our side-competition. I hope she likes blueberry pie! I am very proud of all of my students for their participation in keeping active and on the move!
2-0-1! 2-0-1! 2-0-1!
I will be running a Comic Book Art Club starting next Tuesday September 25, 2007, and meeting every Tuesday from 3:30pm to 4:00pm until December 18, 2007. This club will focus on learning various drawing techniques used not only in comic book art, but in all types of drawing. Students will learn how to use drawing pencils of different leads (lighter and darker) to transform lines, shapes, and shading into detailed pictures of comic book characters. I held an information session about this club today at recess, and permission forms were sent home, due back tomorrow. Space is limited, but I will do my best to accomodate all students who are interested.
Homework Assigned Wednesday September 19, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log (I will be checking this week)
-Novel Study writing assignment (6 paragraphs answering questions) due tomorrow.
-Spelling Unit 2 due Friday, Spelling Test Friday
-Math: Finish spreadsheet questions from handout/text
-Science: Sponge experiment due next Tuesday
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log (I will be checking this week)
-Novel Study writing assignment (6 paragraphs answering questions) due tomorrow.
-Reading Response Journal entry due Monday
-Spelling Unit 2 due Friday, Spelling Test Friday
-Math: Finish spreadsheet questions from handout/text
-Science: Paper Airplane experiment due next Tuesday
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Monday & Tuesday Blogs
Hi everyone,
Okay, I missed a blog yesterday, as I had intended to write it at home, but my internet connection was down last night. So, I have combined both days into this blog.
So far this week, we have done some drama exercises with words, sounds and motions. This will help students when they have to play a role, as they will remember not to simply stand still and say their lines. Acting also involves movement to onvey meaning and emotion, and keep things interesting for the audience.
Writing folders were given to all of my students. These folders will be used during class time each day, to provide students with time to write independently about topics they choose, using any genre they would like. I will be monitoring their progress as students develop their Writing Ideas into Explore Drafts (first stage), Edited Drafts (second stage), and their final Published Drafts (third stage). Writing folders will not be sent home for homework, however, students may wish to type up their finished works on home computers. Students will continue to receive writing homework in the form of their Reading Response Journal entries, and several assignments for other curriculum subject areas.
Our Computer Lab time consisted of an online information scavenger hunt. Students started at the Library homepage, and I asked them to find different things - pictures of vikings, information about Natalie Babbitt (the author of Tuck Everlasting, which we are reading for our novel study), and math/science activities dealing with variables. It always amazes me just how knowledgeable children are at using the internet to find information. I wish the world wide web was around when I was in elementary school, as it is such a fantastic tool for students.
In Math, we are continuing our units on Patterning, with each new lesson building on the previous one. We should be moving onto the Numeration unit for Grade 5 and 6 next week.
In Science, the Grade 5 students are examining the different characteristics of the states of matter (solids, liquids, and gases). Grade 6 students are designing paper airplanes in order to determine what variables they can change on it in order to affect its properties of flight.
What is in store for my students for the rest of this week? Stay tuned.
Homework assigned Tuesday September 18, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Spelling Unit 2 due Friday
-Math Workbook page 4
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Spelling Unit 2 due Friday
-Reading Response Journal entry due Monday
-Math Workbook page 4
Okay, I missed a blog yesterday, as I had intended to write it at home, but my internet connection was down last night. So, I have combined both days into this blog.
So far this week, we have done some drama exercises with words, sounds and motions. This will help students when they have to play a role, as they will remember not to simply stand still and say their lines. Acting also involves movement to onvey meaning and emotion, and keep things interesting for the audience.
Writing folders were given to all of my students. These folders will be used during class time each day, to provide students with time to write independently about topics they choose, using any genre they would like. I will be monitoring their progress as students develop their Writing Ideas into Explore Drafts (first stage), Edited Drafts (second stage), and their final Published Drafts (third stage). Writing folders will not be sent home for homework, however, students may wish to type up their finished works on home computers. Students will continue to receive writing homework in the form of their Reading Response Journal entries, and several assignments for other curriculum subject areas.
Our Computer Lab time consisted of an online information scavenger hunt. Students started at the Library homepage, and I asked them to find different things - pictures of vikings, information about Natalie Babbitt (the author of Tuck Everlasting, which we are reading for our novel study), and math/science activities dealing with variables. It always amazes me just how knowledgeable children are at using the internet to find information. I wish the world wide web was around when I was in elementary school, as it is such a fantastic tool for students.
In Math, we are continuing our units on Patterning, with each new lesson building on the previous one. We should be moving onto the Numeration unit for Grade 5 and 6 next week.
In Science, the Grade 5 students are examining the different characteristics of the states of matter (solids, liquids, and gases). Grade 6 students are designing paper airplanes in order to determine what variables they can change on it in order to affect its properties of flight.
What is in store for my students for the rest of this week? Stay tuned.
Homework assigned Tuesday September 18, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Spelling Unit 2 due Friday
-Math Workbook page 4
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Spelling Unit 2 due Friday
-Reading Response Journal entry due Monday
-Math Workbook page 4
Friday, September 14, 2007
Friday's Finished
Spelling tests were given first thing this morning, to all students, and we continued reading Tuck Everlasting, Chapter 5. Students continued working on their Genres of Literature posters, and anything else they needed to complete from this week, before lunch.
In Math, the Grade 5 students had a Patterning quiz today, which took up the majority of the period. Grade 6 students had a lesson about using variables in their pattern rules, and worked in groups to finish the textbook questions during class time.
Gym class saw us playing round 2 of Powerball, and we will be continuing Mr. Stone's Soccer unit next week. During Gym, it was announced over the P.A. system, that Mr. Wood's class finished in 2nd place this week for participation in the Kilometre Club - beaten only by our rivals, Ms. Schwartz's Grade 5 class. WE WILL ALL DO OUR BEST TO PARTICIPATE AND RUN AS MANY KILOMETRES AS WE CAN NEXT WEEK, in order to win the golden shoe award. Remember, even if you do 1 lap before school and 1 lap at lunch, it counts as participation for the day! I will be striving to beat my personal best for number of kilometres I can run next week, and I encourage all of my students to do the same!
We ended the day with a visit from our Grade 2 Reading Buddies in Ms. Chang's class. Students finished their drawings from last week, and began reading picture books with their Grade 2 buddies today.
During lunch, I co-supervised The Vradenburg World Cup Of Soccer house league games with Mr. Stone. We had a great turn out, and all of the students had a great time getting involved and playing to the best of their abilities. I will be co-supervising try-outs for the Vradenburg Vikings Soccer Team, which begin next week. A permission form was sent home today, and needs to be signed and returned Monday morning to allow each student to come to the try-outs.
I am also looking at starting a Comic Book Art Club in the next couple of weeks, and will provide students with information forms during a meeting one day next week.
Homework Assigned Friday September 14, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read at least 20 minutes each day, update reading log
Grade 6
-Read at least 20 minutes each day, update reading log
(I went easy on the homework this weekend)
In Math, the Grade 5 students had a Patterning quiz today, which took up the majority of the period. Grade 6 students had a lesson about using variables in their pattern rules, and worked in groups to finish the textbook questions during class time.
Gym class saw us playing round 2 of Powerball, and we will be continuing Mr. Stone's Soccer unit next week. During Gym, it was announced over the P.A. system, that Mr. Wood's class finished in 2nd place this week for participation in the Kilometre Club - beaten only by our rivals, Ms. Schwartz's Grade 5 class. WE WILL ALL DO OUR BEST TO PARTICIPATE AND RUN AS MANY KILOMETRES AS WE CAN NEXT WEEK, in order to win the golden shoe award. Remember, even if you do 1 lap before school and 1 lap at lunch, it counts as participation for the day! I will be striving to beat my personal best for number of kilometres I can run next week, and I encourage all of my students to do the same!
We ended the day with a visit from our Grade 2 Reading Buddies in Ms. Chang's class. Students finished their drawings from last week, and began reading picture books with their Grade 2 buddies today.
During lunch, I co-supervised The Vradenburg World Cup Of Soccer house league games with Mr. Stone. We had a great turn out, and all of the students had a great time getting involved and playing to the best of their abilities. I will be co-supervising try-outs for the Vradenburg Vikings Soccer Team, which begin next week. A permission form was sent home today, and needs to be signed and returned Monday morning to allow each student to come to the try-outs.
I am also looking at starting a Comic Book Art Club in the next couple of weeks, and will provide students with information forms during a meeting one day next week.
Homework Assigned Friday September 14, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read at least 20 minutes each day, update reading log
Grade 6
-Read at least 20 minutes each day, update reading log
(I went easy on the homework this weekend)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
That's Thursday
We had another round of Chair Aerobics today, and next week we will try Workout 2, to learn more exercises we can do in our chairs. Then it will be up to the students to create a Chair Aerobics routine, and bring in their own music for us to move to the beat of.
We did shared reading of Tuck Everlasting, chapters 3 and 4, during which we focussed on the dark/evil/mysterious description of the stranger who came to the Foster's Gate and started talking to Winnie. We also discussed how authors sometimes have their characters speak to an animal or inanimate object, which cannot answer back, yet the character has an entire conversation with it. This lets the reader hear and understand the thoughts and feelings that character has, which they may not be expressing to other characters in the book. This lets the reader know something that the other characters don't.
We did a lot of work focussing on different genres of literature today. Students were put into pairs, with each pair reviewing one type of genre:
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Myths & Legends
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Fables, Tall Tales
Autobiography
Biography
Diary
Mystery
Poetry
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
We explored our classroom library, and re-organized misplaced titles, so we can now more easily find books based on their genres.
In Math, the Grade 5 students went over their homework with me, and began their Patterning mid-unit review. They will have a short quiz tomorrow. The Grade 6 students took-up their homework with me, then they completed some assigned workbook questions in class and we examined the questions that gave them some difficulty, in more depth.
Art class ended our day, and we continued our work with literature genres. The students worked in their pairs, designing eye-catching and informative posters about their genre. These finished posters will be presented to the class next week and the presentations will include students choosing some books from our classroom library to provide examples of that genre to the rest of the class.
Homework Assigned Thursday September 13, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Spelling Unit 1 due tomorrow, and Spelling test tomorrow
-Math Review Textbook page 10 - Short Quiz tomorrow!
-Science experiment (Glue) finished by next Tuesday
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Spelling Unit 1 due tomorrow, and Spelling test tomorrow
-Science experiment (Aerodynamics) finished by next Tuesday
We did shared reading of Tuck Everlasting, chapters 3 and 4, during which we focussed on the dark/evil/mysterious description of the stranger who came to the Foster's Gate and started talking to Winnie. We also discussed how authors sometimes have their characters speak to an animal or inanimate object, which cannot answer back, yet the character has an entire conversation with it. This lets the reader hear and understand the thoughts and feelings that character has, which they may not be expressing to other characters in the book. This lets the reader know something that the other characters don't.
We did a lot of work focussing on different genres of literature today. Students were put into pairs, with each pair reviewing one type of genre:
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Myths & Legends
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Fables, Tall Tales
Autobiography
Biography
Diary
Mystery
Poetry
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
We explored our classroom library, and re-organized misplaced titles, so we can now more easily find books based on their genres.
In Math, the Grade 5 students went over their homework with me, and began their Patterning mid-unit review. They will have a short quiz tomorrow. The Grade 6 students took-up their homework with me, then they completed some assigned workbook questions in class and we examined the questions that gave them some difficulty, in more depth.
Art class ended our day, and we continued our work with literature genres. The students worked in their pairs, designing eye-catching and informative posters about their genre. These finished posters will be presented to the class next week and the presentations will include students choosing some books from our classroom library to provide examples of that genre to the rest of the class.
Homework Assigned Thursday September 13, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Spelling Unit 1 due tomorrow, and Spelling test tomorrow
-Math Review Textbook page 10 - Short Quiz tomorrow!
-Science experiment (Glue) finished by next Tuesday
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Spelling Unit 1 due tomorrow, and Spelling test tomorrow
-Science experiment (Aerodynamics) finished by next Tuesday
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Wednesday's What's What
Wow! We had all 24 of my students participate in Kilometre Club today, and even I ran 5 km myself! Ms. Schwartz's class doesn't stand a chance against us if we keep up this pace!
Students took turns reading parts of Chapter 2 of Tuck Everlasting, and we had a class discussion about the positive and negative aspects of having eternal life - like the family in this novel received after they drank water from the magical spring in the forest. Some of the family members view this power as a blessing while the others regard it as a curse.
We also took some time to proof read each others' Reading Response Journal entries - the good copies of which are due tomorrow.
Math consisted of new lessons for both the Grade 5 and 6 students, after which, they worked on textbook problems in class. Whatever questions were not completed in class, are to be finished for homework. The Grade 5 students were also assigned some extra practice questions in their Math Workbook.
In Science, the Grade 5 students performed an experiment to determine which type of glue was the best at sticking popsicle sticks together, while the Grade 6 students experimented with how two objects of similar size and different weight moved through the air as they were dropped from the same height. Both experiments involved the scientific process:
Purpose
Hypothesis
Materials
Method
Diagram (Grade 6)
Results
Conclusion
Application
Science Vocabulary Terms (Grade 6)
These steps above will be followed in all of our experimentations throughout the year.
Homework Assigned Wednesday September 12, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Reading Response Journal entry due tomorrow (5 paragraphs answering 3 questions)
-Spelling Unit 1 due Friday, Spelling Test Friday morning
-Math Workbook page 3, # 1-3
-Science experiment (Glue) due next Tuesday
-Arrow Book Order due tomorrow
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Reading Response Journal entry due tomorrow (5 paragraphs answering 3 questions)
-Spelling Unit 1 due Friday, Spelling Test Friday morning
-Math Textbook pg. 10 # 4, 5, 7, 8
-Science experiment (Aerodynamics) due next Tuesday
-Arrow Book Order due tomorrow
Students took turns reading parts of Chapter 2 of Tuck Everlasting, and we had a class discussion about the positive and negative aspects of having eternal life - like the family in this novel received after they drank water from the magical spring in the forest. Some of the family members view this power as a blessing while the others regard it as a curse.
We also took some time to proof read each others' Reading Response Journal entries - the good copies of which are due tomorrow.
Math consisted of new lessons for both the Grade 5 and 6 students, after which, they worked on textbook problems in class. Whatever questions were not completed in class, are to be finished for homework. The Grade 5 students were also assigned some extra practice questions in their Math Workbook.
In Science, the Grade 5 students performed an experiment to determine which type of glue was the best at sticking popsicle sticks together, while the Grade 6 students experimented with how two objects of similar size and different weight moved through the air as they were dropped from the same height. Both experiments involved the scientific process:
Purpose
Hypothesis
Materials
Method
Diagram (Grade 6)
Results
Conclusion
Application
Science Vocabulary Terms (Grade 6)
These steps above will be followed in all of our experimentations throughout the year.
Homework Assigned Wednesday September 12, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Reading Response Journal entry due tomorrow (5 paragraphs answering 3 questions)
-Spelling Unit 1 due Friday, Spelling Test Friday morning
-Math Workbook page 3, # 1-3
-Science experiment (Glue) due next Tuesday
-Arrow Book Order due tomorrow
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes, update reading log
-Reading Response Journal entry due tomorrow (5 paragraphs answering 3 questions)
-Spelling Unit 1 due Friday, Spelling Test Friday morning
-Math Textbook pg. 10 # 4, 5, 7, 8
-Science experiment (Aerodynamics) due next Tuesday
-Arrow Book Order due tomorrow
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Tuesday's Gone
Chair Aerobics started our day with some Daily Physical Activity (DPA), as we worked out to some music by K-OS (from Toronto) and the Bloc Party (from the United Kingdom). Let's all be sure to do our best to come out for Kilometre Club each morning at 8:20am, and lunchtime at 12:15pm, to run as many laps and get as manny popsicle sticks as we can each day. WE NEED TO WIN OUR BET WITH MS. SCHWARTZ'S CLASS, so that they will have to come sing us a song. Every popsicle stick counts toward half a kilometre, and EVERY KILOMETRE COUNTS! I will be lacing-up my runners to join you tomorrow!
We began reading Tuck Everlasting in class for our novel study. Today I read the Prologue and Chapter One aloud to the class, explaining some of the author's descriptive imagery with drawings on the chalkboard. The Prologue hinted to us that 3 events will take place which seem unconnected at first, but these things will come together in the end. Tomorrow, we will do some shared reading of Chapter Two and Three, where the students can take turns reading parts, followed by a classroom discussion. The students and I went over expectations for Reading Response Journal entries, and how to fill out their Reading Log sheets in order to keep them updated. I have pushed this week's Reading Response Journal entry due date back to Thursday, so students will have a chance to peer-edit each other's work, and I will also do some editing with them.
In Math, the Grade 5 students took up their homework, and went over the problems in detail with me. The Grade 6 students worked in pairs, extending a pattern t-chart from design #1 up to design #20 of a pattern, in order to determine perimter of the 20th design. Homework was assigned (see bottom of this blog entry).
Science class had the Grade 5 students were introduced to their unit, Properties of and Changes in Matter, by examing three different types of glue (white glue, glue sticks, and clear glue) to compare their characteristics and determine their states of matter (solid, liquid or gas). Tomorrow, they will experiment with these glues to determine which types work the best. Grade 6 students began their unit, Properties of Air and Characteristics of Flight, with a review of the new Science Vocabulary that they will encounter. Grade 6 students must keep an updated list of Science Vocabulary terms, definitions and diagrams in their duotangs, as we come across them. This vocabulary page needs to be complete prior to the unit test, as it will help students when they study. The Grade 6 students then began working on listing characteristics of plant and animals that move through fluids (air and water/liquids) in a chart.
Our class ends the day each Tuesday with Music in Ms. Lee's room.
Homework Assigned Tuesday September 11, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes and fill-out Reading Log
-Finish Rough Copy of Reading Response Journal Entry for editing in class tomorrow (Good Copy is now due Thursday)
-Spelling Unit 1 is due Friday (do one section per night)
-Science: Finish Chart - Examining Glue
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes and fill-out Reading Log
-Finish Rough Copy of Reading Response Journal Entry for editing in class tomorrow (Good Copy is now due Thursday)
-Spelling Unit 1 is due Friday (do one section per night)
-Math: Workbook page 2
-Science: Finish Chart - Moving Through Air & Water
We began reading Tuck Everlasting in class for our novel study. Today I read the Prologue and Chapter One aloud to the class, explaining some of the author's descriptive imagery with drawings on the chalkboard. The Prologue hinted to us that 3 events will take place which seem unconnected at first, but these things will come together in the end. Tomorrow, we will do some shared reading of Chapter Two and Three, where the students can take turns reading parts, followed by a classroom discussion. The students and I went over expectations for Reading Response Journal entries, and how to fill out their Reading Log sheets in order to keep them updated. I have pushed this week's Reading Response Journal entry due date back to Thursday, so students will have a chance to peer-edit each other's work, and I will also do some editing with them.
In Math, the Grade 5 students took up their homework, and went over the problems in detail with me. The Grade 6 students worked in pairs, extending a pattern t-chart from design #1 up to design #20 of a pattern, in order to determine perimter of the 20th design. Homework was assigned (see bottom of this blog entry).
Science class had the Grade 5 students were introduced to their unit, Properties of and Changes in Matter, by examing three different types of glue (white glue, glue sticks, and clear glue) to compare their characteristics and determine their states of matter (solid, liquid or gas). Tomorrow, they will experiment with these glues to determine which types work the best. Grade 6 students began their unit, Properties of Air and Characteristics of Flight, with a review of the new Science Vocabulary that they will encounter. Grade 6 students must keep an updated list of Science Vocabulary terms, definitions and diagrams in their duotangs, as we come across them. This vocabulary page needs to be complete prior to the unit test, as it will help students when they study. The Grade 6 students then began working on listing characteristics of plant and animals that move through fluids (air and water/liquids) in a chart.
Our class ends the day each Tuesday with Music in Ms. Lee's room.
Homework Assigned Tuesday September 11, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes and fill-out Reading Log
-Finish Rough Copy of Reading Response Journal Entry for editing in class tomorrow (Good Copy is now due Thursday)
-Spelling Unit 1 is due Friday (do one section per night)
-Science: Finish Chart - Examining Glue
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes and fill-out Reading Log
-Finish Rough Copy of Reading Response Journal Entry for editing in class tomorrow (Good Copy is now due Thursday)
-Spelling Unit 1 is due Friday (do one section per night)
-Math: Workbook page 2
-Science: Finish Chart - Moving Through Air & Water
Monday, September 10, 2007
Monday, Monday...
Hello everyone,
Drama started off our day, with the improvisation activity, "What is it?". Students used different objects from around the class room (e.g. a large square piece of fabric), and used their imaginations to turn in into different things (e.g. a dress, a table cloth, and more inventive things like a hockey stick, and soccer ball). This got the students out of their seats and participating first thing on a Monday morning, setting the pace for the rest of the week.
Spelling books, Reading Response Journals and Novel Studies (Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt) were handed out today (see homework at bottom of this blog entry). We also reviewed the meanings of Key Words we will be using in Language and Mathematics this year (which will also be the key words used in questions on the Grade 6 EQAO tests at the end of the school year):
-Compare
-Define
-Describe
-Determine
-Explain / Explain Your Thinking
-Identify
-Justify
-List
-Predict
-Show Your Work
-Summarize
-Use Information from the Reading Selection to Support Your Answer
-Use Your Own Ideas to Support Your Answer
We had our first session in the Computer Lab after lunch today, where we ironed-out any login problems, and set-up our new passwords so we would be ready to go for our Library Partnership session on Wednesday morning.
In Math, the Grade 5 students did some group reflection questions in pairs, after learning about the use of charts to display patterning information in clear, easy-to-read ways. Grade 5 homework was assigned (see bottom of this blog entry). The Grade 6 students took-up their homework, and worked on some Math Equation Tricks in pairs, which they are to finish up on their own for homework if not done in class.
My class finished off their day in Gym class, with Mr. Stone, who is encouraging all students to participate in the Kilometre Club by running at school at 8:20am and 12:20pm every day to earn popsicle sticks for every lap they run. I know my class can break all records for participating this year!
Homework Assigned Monday September 10, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes
-Reading Response Journal Entry (5 paragraphs) due Wednesday
-Spelling Unit 1 due Friday (remember to only do one section per night)
-Math Workbook page 2 all questions
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes
-Reading Response Journal Entry (5 paragraphs) due Wednesday
-Spelling Unit 1 due Friday (remember to only do one section per night)
-Math: Finish Math Equation Tricks in Textbook if not done in class
Drama started off our day, with the improvisation activity, "What is it?". Students used different objects from around the class room (e.g. a large square piece of fabric), and used their imaginations to turn in into different things (e.g. a dress, a table cloth, and more inventive things like a hockey stick, and soccer ball). This got the students out of their seats and participating first thing on a Monday morning, setting the pace for the rest of the week.
Spelling books, Reading Response Journals and Novel Studies (Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt) were handed out today (see homework at bottom of this blog entry). We also reviewed the meanings of Key Words we will be using in Language and Mathematics this year (which will also be the key words used in questions on the Grade 6 EQAO tests at the end of the school year):
-Compare
-Define
-Describe
-Determine
-Explain / Explain Your Thinking
-Identify
-Justify
-List
-Predict
-Show Your Work
-Summarize
-Use Information from the Reading Selection to Support Your Answer
-Use Your Own Ideas to Support Your Answer
We had our first session in the Computer Lab after lunch today, where we ironed-out any login problems, and set-up our new passwords so we would be ready to go for our Library Partnership session on Wednesday morning.
In Math, the Grade 5 students did some group reflection questions in pairs, after learning about the use of charts to display patterning information in clear, easy-to-read ways. Grade 5 homework was assigned (see bottom of this blog entry). The Grade 6 students took-up their homework, and worked on some Math Equation Tricks in pairs, which they are to finish up on their own for homework if not done in class.
My class finished off their day in Gym class, with Mr. Stone, who is encouraging all students to participate in the Kilometre Club by running at school at 8:20am and 12:20pm every day to earn popsicle sticks for every lap they run. I know my class can break all records for participating this year!
Homework Assigned Monday September 10, 2007:
Grade 5
-Read 20 minutes
-Reading Response Journal Entry (5 paragraphs) due Wednesday
-Spelling Unit 1 due Friday (remember to only do one section per night)
-Math Workbook page 2 all questions
Grade 6
-Read 20 minutes
-Reading Response Journal Entry (5 paragraphs) due Wednesday
-Spelling Unit 1 due Friday (remember to only do one section per night)
-Math: Finish Math Equation Tricks in Textbook if not done in class
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