Friday HW
1. Parent signature on Trickster Tale topic sheet/organizer is requested to ensure parents are aware of this upcoming in-class writing assignment. This is a story that should be done in class and not at home. We spent a period today modelling how a story organizer works, by looking at one of the trickster tales we read and plotting the components of the story into the organizer.
2. Sign and correct measurement test package for Tuesday.
3. Transformation Geometry quizzes that are upcoming:
a) Unit 7, Lessons 1 and 2 (coordinate systems and transformations) on Tuesday, March 4.
b) Unit 7, Lessons 3 and 4 (congruent figures and lines of symmetry) on Wednesday, March 5.
If your student is absent due to an early holiday, these are the lessons that should be completed in time for quizzes an day after he or she returns to school.
Thursday HW
1. Review for Measurement Unit test (Unit 6, all 10 lessons) on Friday February 28. Use the hard cover text and duo-tang materials as study aids. Be sure to bring these back to school each day for Math class.
2. MMS pages 98-99 (Lesson 3: Congruent Figures).
3. Please take note of the short timeline for this Geometry Unit. We end it before the March Break. Please make time to catch up if you plan to depart for an early holiday. The lessons covered are specified below. We are finished up with three of the five lessons as of today.
4. Test pack -- Measurement quizzes. Sign and correct and return by Tuesday. These formative quizzes should help students prepare for their unit test tomorrow. If the test represents a big improvement I can use it to fill in gaps for grades for this strand. The first quiz was particularly weak. I don't think students paid attention to SI Notation rules and lost 6-10 easier marks on the first page. The class average improved dramatically by the final quiz.
5. Pizza day lunch tomorrow.
6. Bring props for your Trickster plays if you wish. Nothing valuable that you would regret losing or damaging please.
Wednesday HW
1. Review for Measurement Unit test (Unit 6, all 10 lessons) on Friday February 28. Use the hard cover text and duo-tang materials as study aids. Be sure to bring these back to school each day for Math class.
2. MMS pages 96-97 (Lesson 2: Transformations).
3. Please take note of the short timeline for this Geometry Unit. We end it before the March Break. Please make time to catch up if you plan to depart for an early holiday. The lessons covered are specified below.
A number of students in class are using computer options for word processing their written work. Their typing/keyboarding skills could be supported and improved with home practice at the Dance Mat site at BBC Schools. (link embedded)
Tuesday HW
1. Review for Unit Test: text book pages 222-23 # 7-12.
2. Measurement Unit test on Friday, February 28.
3. MMS Unit Seven (Geometry): Lesson 1 pages 94-95.
This is a short unit. There only four lessons left, which will be completed and tested before the March Break. If your child is missing school for an early holiday, this would be the work we are doing (unit 7, lessons 1,2,3,4 and 6, all questions in the text book and the MMS book). Your child should be prepared to write any quizzes on the Tuesday after the break.
4. We broke into groups for a role play activity connected to our reading. If you child misses a significant amount of the practice and presentation due to illness or early holidays, he/she will be asked to prepare and present another work of my choosing. Please let me know if this is the case (holidays) in advance. Thank you.
5. Tomorrow we will have a Library book exchange period.
Homework Club was attended by seven students on Monday after school. We worked on "What a Wonderful World" art, and reviewed for Friday's Math unit test, working out some time and speed problems on the whiteboard.
Monday HW
1. Review for Unit Test: text book pages 222-23 # 1-6.
2. Measurement Unit test on Friday, February 28.
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Monday, February 24, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Week of February 18 - 21, 2014
Thursday HW
1. Math Measurement Quiz on Monday, February 24. Unit 6, lessons 6,7,8 and 9 (but not 10).
2. No other homework tonight.
Reading for the love of it produces results according to EQAO survey (follow link).
Wednesday HW
1. MMS Lesson 9, pages 90-91. About two-thirds of the class did not complete the homework from last night. In particular the portion requiring the use of a measuring cup was deemed "not possible" by a fair number of students. I was surprised to hear students say they did not have a measuring cup at home. I encourage all the boys and girls to attempt the hands-on activities at home, as they do at school. These are the sorts of practical problems most students need more repetitions to solve.
2. A chapter book is a good thing for students to have in class each day for the DEAR times I use. We go to the library at Runnymede school every two weeks to get books -- most recently last Wednesday. Too many students are settling for regular use of my Egyptology and Dragonology books, or rereading my graphic novels. I encourage students to select more age appropriate books that offer more of a challenge and something new to learn about. I certainly possess books like that on my spinner and would be happy to help a student choose a book.
Tuesday HW
1. Ensure that MMS lesson 8, pages 88-89 is finished.
2. The CNIB offers free access to Mp3's of their large collection of audio books (85 000 titles in leisure reading and non-fiction, but no textbooks). Students can self register with their parents as long as they have a public library card. This is an ideal resource for students with a learning disability. Visit the site at
www.cnib.ca/selfregistration to get started.
1. Math Measurement Quiz on Monday, February 24. Unit 6, lessons 6,7,8 and 9 (but not 10).
2. No other homework tonight.
Reading for the love of it produces results according to EQAO survey (follow link).
Wednesday HW
1. MMS Lesson 9, pages 90-91. About two-thirds of the class did not complete the homework from last night. In particular the portion requiring the use of a measuring cup was deemed "not possible" by a fair number of students. I was surprised to hear students say they did not have a measuring cup at home. I encourage all the boys and girls to attempt the hands-on activities at home, as they do at school. These are the sorts of practical problems most students need more repetitions to solve.
2. A chapter book is a good thing for students to have in class each day for the DEAR times I use. We go to the library at Runnymede school every two weeks to get books -- most recently last Wednesday. Too many students are settling for regular use of my Egyptology and Dragonology books, or rereading my graphic novels. I encourage students to select more age appropriate books that offer more of a challenge and something new to learn about. I certainly possess books like that on my spinner and would be happy to help a student choose a book.
Tuesday HW
1. Ensure that MMS lesson 8, pages 88-89 is finished.
2. The CNIB offers free access to Mp3's of their large collection of audio books (85 000 titles in leisure reading and non-fiction, but no textbooks). Students can self register with their parents as long as they have a public library card. This is an ideal resource for students with a learning disability. Visit the site at
www.cnib.ca/selfregistration to get started.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Week of February 10 - 14, 2014
Thursday HW
1. Math quiz on Lessons one to five in Unit 6 Measurement tomorrow morning.
2. Return report card envelopes. Thank you.
Wednesday HW
1. MMS pages 86-87, Lesson 7.
2. Page 2 slip from report card returned along with envelope.
3. Math Unit six quiz on Time and Money (Lessons 1 to 5) on Friday, February 14.
4. Complete the six paragraph, two page journal entry about the Letter to Lego. Particulars are below.
We looked at a Letter written to LEGO
by Charlotte Benjamin, a seven year old girl.
She wrote it on January 25, 2014. It is widely available online.
1. What is the letter about?
2. Whose point of view is presented? Describe it.
3. Whose point of view is missing or would be interesting to hear?
What might this viewpoint say?
4. Connect: Do you have any experiences with gendered toys?
Briefly outline the experience.
5. Respond and evaluate: Do you agree or disgree with Charlotte?
Give a reason or two for your opinion.
6. Find Lego's response to her online.
Respond to and evaluate what this company had to say about the concern raised.
2 journal pages.
RESPONSE from LEGO
Tuesday HW
No HW today.
Monday HW
1. MMS pages 84-85, Lesson 6.
2. Interview requests should be returned.
3. Page 2 slip from report card returned along with envelope.
1. Math quiz on Lessons one to five in Unit 6 Measurement tomorrow morning.
2. Return report card envelopes. Thank you.
Wednesday HW
1. MMS pages 86-87, Lesson 7.
2. Page 2 slip from report card returned along with envelope.
3. Math Unit six quiz on Time and Money (Lessons 1 to 5) on Friday, February 14.
4. Complete the six paragraph, two page journal entry about the Letter to Lego. Particulars are below.
We looked at a Letter written to LEGO
by Charlotte Benjamin, a seven year old girl.
She wrote it on January 25, 2014. It is widely available online.
1. What is the letter about?
2. Whose point of view is presented? Describe it.
3. Whose point of view is missing or would be interesting to hear?
What might this viewpoint say?
4. Connect: Do you have any experiences with gendered toys?
Briefly outline the experience.
5. Respond and evaluate: Do you agree or disgree with Charlotte?
Give a reason or two for your opinion.
6. Find Lego's response to her online.
Respond to and evaluate what this company had to say about the concern raised.
2 journal pages.
RESPONSE from LEGO
Tuesday HW
No HW today.
Monday HW
1. MMS pages 84-85, Lesson 6.
2. Interview requests should be returned.
3. Page 2 slip from report card returned along with envelope.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Week of February 3 - 7, 2014
Friday HW
(Posted for those who were absent today... HW is in bold below and involves some internet searching)
We looked at a letter written to LEGO by Charlotte Benjamin, a seven year old girl. She wrote it on January 25, 2014. It is widely available online.
1. What is the letter about?
2. Whose point of view is presented? Describe it.
3. Whose point of view is missing or would be interesting to hear?
What might this viewpoint say?
4. Connect: Do you have any experiences with gendered toys?
Briefly outline the experience.
5. Respond and evaluate: Do you agree or disgree with Charlotte?
Give a reason or two for your opinion.
6. Find Lego's response to her online. Make a few notes to summarize it on a piece of paper, or print it at home and highlight the parts you think are important.
(Respond to and evaluate what this company had to say. This part is done at school in the journal.)
2 journal pages.
Thursday HW
What a terrific assembly today! The girls in our class who formed the "Flash Mob" were outstanding. Thank you to Ms. Kenny and the other parents on the Centennial Committee for producing this event. I look forward to our class work on the murals of the 60's and 70's.
1. MMS Lesson 5 "Making Change", pages 82-83.
2. Test packs due tomorrow with parent signature and corrections where possible.
3. Interview letters were sent home today. I will be conducting interviews on Thursday night next week, starting at 4:00 PM and ending at 7:30 PM. I have met with all parents at least once already this year. If you want to speak with me again, please send in the confirmation sheet as soon as you can. I try to honour a "first-come, first-served" sequence where possible, while accommodating sibling times as best as I can.
Wednesday HW
1. No Homework tonight. Shovel snow?
Test pack is due on Friday, February 7, 2014 with a parent signature and corrections where possible.
Tuesday HW
1. Test pack due on Friday, February 7, 2014 with a parent signature and corrections where possible.
2. Storyboard for "Raven Freed The Moon" due tomorrow. It should be fully coloured and have a clear title at the top.
I have spoken to the class on more than one occasion about safe play this week in the playground. The ice and snow are seasonal hazards, but there are some judgement errors that are adding to those obstacles. No parent expects to have his/her child come home with an angry welt on his/her child's face. Please reinforce with your child the absolute need to keep ice and snow chunks on the ground. There should be no throwing of ice and snow at recess times, full stop. Thank you for your cooperation.
Monday HW
1. MMS pages 80-81.
2. Test pack due on Friday, February 7, 2014 with parent signature and corrections where applicable.
(Posted for those who were absent today... HW is in bold below and involves some internet searching)
We looked at a letter written to LEGO by Charlotte Benjamin, a seven year old girl. She wrote it on January 25, 2014. It is widely available online.
1. What is the letter about?
2. Whose point of view is presented? Describe it.
3. Whose point of view is missing or would be interesting to hear?
What might this viewpoint say?
4. Connect: Do you have any experiences with gendered toys?
Briefly outline the experience.
5. Respond and evaluate: Do you agree or disgree with Charlotte?
Give a reason or two for your opinion.
6. Find Lego's response to her online. Make a few notes to summarize it on a piece of paper, or print it at home and highlight the parts you think are important.
(Respond to and evaluate what this company had to say. This part is done at school in the journal.)
2 journal pages.
Thursday HW
What a terrific assembly today! The girls in our class who formed the "Flash Mob" were outstanding. Thank you to Ms. Kenny and the other parents on the Centennial Committee for producing this event. I look forward to our class work on the murals of the 60's and 70's.
1. MMS Lesson 5 "Making Change", pages 82-83.
2. Test packs due tomorrow with parent signature and corrections where possible.
3. Interview letters were sent home today. I will be conducting interviews on Thursday night next week, starting at 4:00 PM and ending at 7:30 PM. I have met with all parents at least once already this year. If you want to speak with me again, please send in the confirmation sheet as soon as you can. I try to honour a "first-come, first-served" sequence where possible, while accommodating sibling times as best as I can.
Wednesday HW
1. No Homework tonight. Shovel snow?
Test pack is due on Friday, February 7, 2014 with a parent signature and corrections where possible.
Tuesday HW
1. Test pack due on Friday, February 7, 2014 with a parent signature and corrections where possible.
2. Storyboard for "Raven Freed The Moon" due tomorrow. It should be fully coloured and have a clear title at the top.
I have spoken to the class on more than one occasion about safe play this week in the playground. The ice and snow are seasonal hazards, but there are some judgement errors that are adding to those obstacles. No parent expects to have his/her child come home with an angry welt on his/her child's face. Please reinforce with your child the absolute need to keep ice and snow chunks on the ground. There should be no throwing of ice and snow at recess times, full stop. Thank you for your cooperation.
Monday HW
1. MMS pages 80-81.
2. Test pack due on Friday, February 7, 2014 with parent signature and corrections where applicable.