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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Thursday's Homework

MATH:
Gr. 5: Pg. 168# 3-7a-b and workbook Pg. 55
Gr. 6: Pg. 179#1,3-6 and workbook Pg. 54
Key Asssessment tomorrow! If your key assessments have not been signed pleased ensure they are by tomorrow!
Quiz on 6 will be next Wednesday.

LANGUAGE:
Gr. 6: Review of our ski trip-1 pg. due tomorrow.
The four questions from Hana's Suitcase are due tomorrow.

HEALTH:
PSA's presentations are taking place tomorrow.

SCIENCE:
Projects-continue working on them

SOCIAL STUDIES;
Gr. 6: your storyboards for your books are due tomorrow. Be sure there is enough detail on your board.

Please bring in your interview time requests asap!

Mrs. Smith

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Wednesday January 30th, 2013.

Here is the homework for tonight:

MATH;
Gr.5: Pg. 165#3-5,7 and WB. Pg. 54
Gr. 6: Pg. 175#1,2,5d-f and WB Pg. 52

LANGUAGE:
PSA presentations. Be ready for Friday.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Gr. 6: Storyboard due Friday. Be sure I have seen and reviewed your notes with you.

SCIENCE:
Gr. 5: Heart House due Monday! Please bring in plastic bottles for our experiment on Monday.
Gr. 6: Research for your Science project

REMINDERS;
Please bring in your interview forms!

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Wednesday January 29t, 2013.

I hope that all the grade 6's had a great day skiing! I just wanted to let everyone know that I have arranged one final period with the net books for those groups that need a little extrat time to finish up. Please ensure you have all material that you require in order to make good use of this period.

See you all tomorrow!
Mrs. Smith

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Long Weekend Homework

MATH:
Key Assessment Monday on 6.1 and grade 6 6.2.
Gr. 5: Pg. 180#1,2, Pg. 183#1,2 and workbook Pg. 51
Gr. 6: Pg. 198#1-5 and Pg. 201#1,2

LANGUAGE:
Deconstruction of Ad- follow up four questions

HEALTH:
Your final PSA workperiod will be on Monday afternoon. You may bring your personal computers if you like.
If you have a video from a mac product i.e. iPhone, iPod etc. you can use the following site to convert your video to a wmv file so that it will open in moviemaker.
www.zamxar.com
Use the convert File Tool
Convert the files to wmv format.

SCIENCE:
Continue working on your science projects!

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Gr. 6: take advantage of the long weekend and a get a good start on your Story Book assignment. All research must be done by Monday!

RELIGION:
Gr. 5: Promise paragraph
Gr. 6: Pg. 83-84#1-4
Due Monday FRENCH: Test Monday

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Wednesday's Work

Here is the homework for tonight: MATH: Gr. 5: 6.1 Multiplying Tens Pg. 159#1-6 Key Question on Monday Gr. 6: 6.2 Multiples Pg. 170-71#1-4,6 and workbook Pg. 50 Key Question on Factors 6.1 tomorrow LANGUAGE: Three questions for Hana's Suitcase due tomorrow. HEALTH: PSA presentation Friday February 1st! SOCIAL STUDIES: Gr. 6: work period to continue your research tomorrow afternoon. Have all necessary matierals with you. SCIENCE: Gr. 5: Heart House Assignment continue working on it Quiz on the Circulatory System tomorrow. FRENCH: Test Monday! See you all here at school tomorrow! Mrs. Smith

Ski Trip Moved to Tuesday!

Due to the very cold weather that we have been experiencing this week the ski trip for the grade 6, 7 and 8 students that was scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled and will now be taking place next Tuesday. Therefore tomorrow will be a regular day for all students.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Monday January 21st, 2013.

MATH;
Test tomorrow!
Gr. 5: Test yourself ch. 5 and Do You Remember Ch. 6 #1-5
Gr. 6: Pg. 168#,-3, 4 checking, and 6. Workbook Pg. 49

LANGUAGE:
PSA work period tomorrow! Bring all necessary materials on a USB. If you wish you may bring your work computers, so long as you have your parents permission.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Explorer Research Assignment-ensure you have your three sources. Bring them to school for Wednesday's work period.

SCIENCE:
Gr. 5: Study for quiz on Thursday
Heart House Assignment

Reminders:
Gr. 6's will be on the ski trip this Thursday.
Friday is a PA Day!

Mrs. Smith

Friday, January 18, 2013

Weekend Homework

MATH:
Gr. 5: Pg. 152-53#1,2,4-8,10
Gr. 6: Pg. 156#3,4,7,9
TEST ON TUESDAY!

LANGUAGE:
PSA final work period on Tuesday. You will be given the whole afternoon to work on this project.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Gr. 6: Find your three sources for your Explorer Research Assignment. Bring them in for Monday's work period.

SCIENCE:
Gr. 5: Circulatory System review sheet.
Quiz on Thursday!
Continue to work on your Heart House Due Feb. 4th.

Gr. 6: Space Quiz Wednesday

FULLY ALIVE:
Presentations will continue on Monday morning.

We will have timestables quiz on Monday morning. Practice!

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Thursday January 17th, 2013.

Homework:

MATH:
Gr. 5: 5.C Worksheet #1-5
Key Assessment tomorrow

LANGUAGE;
Work period for PSA's tomorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Select top three choices for Explorer Research assignment

SCIENCE:
Heart House Assignment-show and discuss with parents

FULLY ALIVE;
Gr. 5: Friendship poem
Gr. 6: Family History Presentations tomorrow!

Reminders:
9 timestablse tomorrow.

Mrs. Smith

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Wednesday January 16, 2013.

Here is the homework for today!

MATH:
GR. 5: Workbook Pg. 47 and the corrections for #4a-d from the worksheet from 5B
Key Assessment tomorrow on 5B
Gr. 6: Chapter Review Pg. 160#1-6,8,10,12
Key Assessment tomorrow on 5.4
MATH TEST TUESDAY!

Language:
Be sure all the material (i.e. pictures, videos, music, etc.) is on a USB for Friday's work period with the netbooks.
Also, some people that were working on the new netbooks and were having a hard time finding out how to add a new slide. Here is a link that should help you out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZZij3NNyVg
SCIENCE:
Gr. 5: Finish colouring the diagram of the heart and list in order how the blood circulates through the heart.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Gr. 6: # 3 on Pg. 132 on the Vikings
Due tomorrow.

Reminders:
8 timestables tomorrow!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Tuesday January 15th, 2013.

MATH:
Gr. 5: Pg. 145#5,6 and worksheet #3,4
Gr. 6: EQAO review pages
TEST for Ch. 5 on Monday!

LANGUAGE:
Follow up questions #1-4 from Mrs. Marlowes Mice
Due tomorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES;
Gr. 6: Pg. 129-134 please answer # 3 on page 132 for Thursday.
As mentioned in class you will be working on a small research project in the coming weeks on an explorer. Here are some of the names of possible explorers that you can look into. We will discuss this in greater detail, and you will receive the layout for the assignment on Thursday.

Explorers:
Christopher Columbus
Giovanni Caboto
Giovanni da Verrazano
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier

SCIENCE:
Gr. 5: Circulatory System Brief # 1 follow up questions #1-5 due tomorrow.

Reminder we will be doing the 7 timetables tomorrow so be sure to review them tonight!
Also, we will have another work period for your PSA's tomorrow afternoon.

Mrs. Smith

Monday, January 14, 2013

Monday January 14th, 2013.

Hello Grade 5 and 6's,

Here is the work for tonight!

Social Studies:
Gr. 6: study for tomorrow's quiz on the comparison between the Wendat and the Woodland Cree First Nations groups.

SCIENCE:
Gr. 5: Complete the review section on the circulatory follow up worksheet from today's video. Due tomorrow!

LANGUAGE:
Complete and edit your final statement of the Chris Van Allesberg images from last week. Be sure to refer to today's level 4 example that we discussed in class.

REMINDERS:
Lunch lady this week.
Bring in forms for skating and skiing if you have not already done so.

Friday, January 11, 2013

January 11th, Weekend Work

MATH;
Gr. 5: Pg. 143#5,6 and Workbook Pg. 46
Gr. 6: Pg. 154#A-E
Quiz on the first half of Chapter 5 on Monday! Be sure you are ready.
The Key Assessments from this week and the first half of the chapter were given back today. Please refer to them while you are studying and ensure that mom or dad signs them. Bring them back to school with you on Monday.

LANGUAGE/HEALTH:
The PSA assignment has been assigned. You and your partner should have an idea of your topic and what techniques you are going to use. You will have another period to gather in your groups on Monday to finish the planning of the storyboard.
Note that our first day with the netbooks is on Tuesday January 15th.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Gr. 6: Quiz on the comparison between the Wendat and Woodland First Nations group is on Tuesday.

We will be doing the 5 times tables on Monday, so if you have some extra time to practice and review those it will help your scores.

If you have not brought in your skating or skiing forms (gr. 6 only) please do as soon as possible.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Smith

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Thursday January 10th, 2013.

Homework:

MATH:
Gr. 5: Pg. 139#4-8
Gr. 6: Pg. 151#4,6 Try your best and we will discuss in greater detail tomorow.
Quiz Monday!

LANGUAGE:
Calvin and HObbs should be submitted to the IN box.
Chris Van Allersberg Inferring final statement due Monday

SOCIAL STUDIES
Gr. 6: the following questions are due tomorrow. They are based on the information provided from pg. 119-122
Early Exploration

Chapter 6: Pg. 119-121

1.    What are expeditions?
2.    Name three reasons why many early Europeans thought that exploration was dangerous.
3.    What reasons for exploration do you think were strongest push factors?
4.    Can you predict some consequences that the exploration of different continents and cultures might have? Provide at least three.


Read page 122. Summarize the controversy over who discovered America in your own words. Which position would you take on this controversy? Why?

SCIENCE:
Gr. 5: Title Pg and web due tomorrow.

FULLY ALIVE:
Gr. 5: Coat of Arms
Gr. 6: Family History
Due tomorrow.

REMINDERS;
Ski forms are to be brought home and filled out with your parents-grade 6's only.
Skating forms should be brought back to school as soon as possible.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Tuesday January 8th, 2013.

Homework:

MATH: Key Assessment on 5.2 tomorrow!
Gr. 5: Pg. 134#D, 1-3,5 and WKB. Pg. 44
Gr. 6: Pg. 147#2,3,6
WBK. P. 44
Quiz Monday!

LANGUAGE:
Calvin and Hobbs due Friday!

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Gr. 5: Speeches
Gr. 6: #6 and study for quiz Tuesday!

Mrs. Smith

Monday, January 7, 2013

Happy New Year!

Hello and welcome back!

I hope that everyone had a restful and enjoyable break. It is going to be an exciting, but busy time as we begin to move into term 2. Please ensure your parents receive the letter that I sent home today regarding what to expect in the coming weeks and months.

In terms of homework here is what you have for tonight:

MATH:
gr. 5: Worksheet #1-7
Gr. 6: Pg. 144 # B,C, 2, 4, 5, 7
Key Assessment on 5.1 on Wednesday and your quiz will be on Monday!

LANGUAGE
Calvin and Hobbs Cartoon question. To be completed in class by Friday.

RELIGION:
Courage Medal due tomorrow

Reminders:
Please ensure you have indoor shoes for the classroom!

Have a great night!

Mrs. Smith