Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Week of February 27 - March 3, 2017

Thursday HW
1. We are out of Kleenex style facial tissue.  The cold and flu season has hit our class hard.  If you can spare a box or two, our class would appreciate it.  Thank you for the donations received to date.
2.  Please let me know if your child would like to order the $4.00 snack pack available for our upcoming TIFF kids field trip.  The permission forms are coming home this week.  The price is still being set.  The package includes popcorn and a 500 mL bottle of water.  The film is at 9:45 AM so sugary drinks are probably not a good idea.  This is a reasonable price for those wanting a snack with their film-viewing.
3.  Book Fair visit this Friday, March 3 at 10:45 AM.  Bring money if you want to purchase items.
4.  Math Unit 4 quiz tomorrow on Lessons 8 (Dividing decimals by 10, 100, 1000. 10 000) and 9 (Multiplying decimals by 0.1, 0.01, 0.001)

Wednesday HW
1. We are out of Kleenex style facial tissue.  The cold and flu season has hit our class hard.  If you can spare a box or two, our class would appreciate it.
2.  Please let me know if your child would like to order the $4.00 snack pack available for our upcoming TIFF kids field trip.  The permission forms are coming home this week.  The price is still being set.  The package includes popcorn and a 500 mL bottle of water.  The film is at 9:45 AM so sugary drinks are probably not a good idea.  This is a reasonable price for those wanting a snack with their film-viewing.
3.  Book Fair visit this Friday, March 3 at 10:45 AM.  Bring money if you want to purchase items.
4.  Math Unit 4 quiz Friday on Lessons 8 (Dividing decimals by 10, 100, 1000. 10 000) and 9 (Multiplying decimals by 0.1, 0.01, 0.001)

Tuesday HW
1.  We are out of Kleenex style facial tissue.  The cold and flu season has hit our class hard.  If you can spare a box or two, our class would appreciate it.
2.  MMS 96-97.  This is a new unit on Transformation Geometry.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Week of February 20-24, 2017

Thursday HW
1.  Ski trip is cancelled due to weather conditions.  All forms and fees will be returned today.  Please do not send in any more.
2.  MMS 62-63
3.  Read a bit about the constellation you chose, especially myths from different cultures that view these star patterns.
4.  Report Card envelopes and slips

Wednesday HW
1.  Please hold off on ski trip trip forms and fees while we assess the weather and feasibility of the trip.
2.  Refresh your memory fo the basic facts of the fairy tale you slected for the fractured fairy tale -- names, motivations, outcomes.
3.  Report Card envelopes and slips.

Tuesday HW
1.  Ski Trip form and fee ASAP.
2.  MMS 60-61
3.  Report Card Envelopes and slips
4.  Choose a fractured fairy tale for a POV story.

Monday, February 13, 2017

Week of February 13 - 17, 2017

PA Day on Friday February 17 -- No School.

Wednesday HW
Again we had about seven students away for all or part of the day.  We did move forward in Math, introducing the Division of decimals by 10, 100, 1000.
1.  Library Book Exchange was today.  Be sure you return your overdue books.
2.  Math Quiz -- Thursday February 16 on Unit 4, Lessons 6 and 7.
3.  Please return report card envelopes and the page four slip with a signature on it.
4.  Venn diagram comparing Rosa Parks and Viola Desmond is due in the Google Classroom on Friday February 17.  In your browser type in aw.tdsb.on.ca and have students use their personal user names and passwords to log in.  Files must be submitted as attachments in the classroom, rather than shared with me.

Tuesday HW
We had between 10 and 12 students absent today for a variety of reasons.  Consequently we did not start new work.  We used the time to complete some Computer tasks (Water Survey and Spreadsheet; Venn Drawing) and view a Space related film -- IMAX -Hubble)
1.  Library Book Exchange tomorrow.  Be sure you return your Literature Circle novel.
2.  Math Quiz -- Thursday February 16 on Unit 4, Lessons 6 and 7.
3.  Report cards were handed out today.  Please return the envelope with a signature to indicate you have received it.

Monday HW
1.  Water use activity due for Tuesday morning on Google Classroom.  Be sure to submit TWO files:  a Doc and a Sheet.  Also ensure that your name is in the title somewhere for each one.
2.  MMS pages 56-57.
3.  Math Quiz Thursday February 16 on Unit 4, Lessons 6 and 7.

Monday, February 6, 2017

Week of February 06 - 10, 2017

Thursday HW
1.  Water Use Tally continues tonight.  About 20 of the students had their results ready today.  There is a Google Classroom assignment on this activity due on February 14.
2.  The Country Brochure is due tomorrow.
3.  MMS 54-55

Wednesday HW
1.  Water Use Tally continues tonight.  About 20 of the students had their results ready today.  There is a Google Classroom assignment on this activity due on February 14.
2.  The Country Brochure is due this Friday.  We had our final (of three) class periods this week
3.  Book Report is due tomorrow.
4.  Test pack handed out today.  Due with corrections and parent signature by next Monday, February 13.
5.  Rosa Parks/Viola Desmond Venn Diagram with collage elements.  Work with your timeline partner.  Due on February 15.  We read extensively on Rosa Parks and had a presentation in the Library on Viola Desmond last week.

Tuesday HW
1.  Water Use Tally continues tonight.  About 20 of the students had their results ready today.  There is a Google Classroom assignment on this activity due on February 14.
2.  Who Am I? and Haiku Art assignments are due in class on Wednesday.
3.  The Country Brochure is due this Friday.
4.  Book Report is due on Thursday this week.
5.  Math Quiz -- Unit 4, Lessons 1-5.  tomorrow.  We modeled types of questions for the first 12 marks on the test in class today.
6.  Test pack handed out today.  Due with corrections and parent signature by next Monday, February 13.

Monday HW
*  Interview letters were handed out on Friday from me and Ms. Nitsis.  Check your child's agenda for yours.  Mine are on yellow sheets.

1.  Water Use Tally starts tonight.  A surprising number of students disputed the estimated amounts of litres used in the two sources I provided.  Hopefully this isn't 'post-fact' thinking and is just surprise.  We'll see when the tally estimates start coming in.
2.  MMS pages 52-53.  This is homework practice that applies to Wednesday's quiz.
3.  After several class periods over 3 weeks, the Who Am I? and Haiku Art assignments are due in class on Wednesday.  I estimate that there are about students that still have work to complete on those, out of thirty.
4.  The Country Brochure is due this Friday.  We had a period to work on it today and will have two more before the due date.  To date we've have just over 20 classes to work with partners on it, and most of them are nearly done.
5.  Book Report is due on Thursday this week.
6.  Math Quiz -- Unit 4, Lessons 1-5.  Wednesday, February 8, 2017.
7.  Test pack handed out today.  Due with corrections and parent signature by next Monday, February 13.