Week of April 7 - 11, 2014

Friday HW
1.  Return OISE permission letter with a yes or no.
2.  Return "Alice" field trip form with a yes (and fee) or a no.
3.  Continue book report reading.
4.  Story of Stuff research is ongoing.
5.. Collect images from magazines or printed from the web that will go along with your collage for the 1 or 2 haiku you have created. 


Thursday HW
There is no traditional homework tonight.  Students should continue to follow up on the Story of Stuff project and the book report reading.
1.  Return OISE permission letter with a yes or no.
2.  Return "Alice" field trip form with a yes (and fee) or a no.
3.  Be sure to choose a book report topic for tomorrow.

Wednesday HW
Today was the Day of Pink.  Thank you to the students for their efforts to wear pink, especially to the boys in 365 who really took on the challenge.  Bravo class!

Judging by the number and frequency of interpersonal disputes I moderated today, we certainly need to build awareness of the more overt and the more subtle forms of bullying that take place at school each day.  Of particular note is the need to intervene when a student is a bystander.  It is important for students to be able to say "That's wrong.  I don't agree with that.  You're my friend, but I don't think that's right."  Those are powerful words that mean a great deal coming from a peer rather than another talk from an adult.  We will continue to talk about the need to show respect to our class friends in the coming days.

1.  "Alice Through the Looking Glass" play permission forms were handed out today.  This play is presented in Stratford in May, but we need to pay the theatre earlier on.  Forms, and fees if the student is attending, are due April 21.
2.  OISE study permission forms with a YES or a NO are due by April 10.
3.  2 good copies of the Five Sense poems are due in class tomorrow in blue/black ink.  I also asked for the backgrounds to be completed on manila pare as well, which was provided in class during our work period on them today.
4.  Please be able to state your book report topic choice in class on Friday.
5.  We completed a quilting/transformation activity in Art recently.  When I put the work up on the bulletin board, on 20 of 30 were handed in completely.  Students who did not finish the work should consider this homework after four class periods of time.

Tuesday HW
1.  Day of Pink tomorrow for anti-bullying awareness.  Wear pink!
2.  Math Quiz on Unit 8, Lessons 5, 6, and 7 next Wednesday.  A good problem to practice would be page 279, # 10 in the textbook and page 115, #2 in the MMS book.
3.  Return signed OISE research permission letter by April 14.  It seems like a worthwhile endeavour that our principal has endorsed.
4.  Choose your book report topic by Friday.

Monday HW
1.  Story of Stuff research and note-taking is ongoing.
2.  Book report novel is due in class for daily reading.  Several students had no book today.  The actual report is due in May, but time has a way of passing quickly when preparation slides....
3.  Library period is Tuesday morning period 1.  The Spring Thaw caused some shifting of times.
4.  Math Quiz on Unit 8, Lessons 5, 6, and 7 next Wednesday.  A good problem to practice would be page 279, # 10 in the textbook and page 115, #2 in the MMS book.
5.  MMS practice lesson 8 (118-19), and lesson 9 (120-21).  We had time in class to start and finish lesson 8.