Friday Agenda Items

** Registration Forms for the 2021-2022 school year are going home today! Please review the information and complete and send back NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12. **

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AGENDA

*2L pop bottles: We will be doing a Science activity in class next week (likely on Wednesday) that requires using an empty 2L pop bottle. Please send a clean, empty 2L pop bottle to school with your child. If you have extras, please consider sending more than one. Thank you!

1. Math Geometric Art and Science "Grande image de fluides" - OVERDUE

2. Ma fête extraordinaire! - Final typed draft now due in Showbie. 

(We will have one final peer-editing class on Monday; typed and edited paragraphs MUST be completed in order to effectively conference with a partner. All required criteria and writing supports are posted in Showbie.)

3. Calcul mental "Remarque les neufs" Section A - Monday

4. CFOO #4 - Opinion

Presentations: Thursday, February 4 (Group A) and Friday, February 5 (Group B).

5. Français - Je lis daily reading

Is a hot dog a sandwich?

Hello, learning friends! Happy Thursday!

We're checking in today to ask a very important question...

Est-ce qu'un hotdog est un sandwich? Is a hot dog a sandwich?

We all had some great reasons why a hot dog is a sandwich and why it is not, and we were able to respond to and build on the ideas of our peers using the sentence structures above. Many of us ended up taking a 50/50 (agree/disagree) stance for various reasons.

We 'settled' the debate once and for all by watching this short video clip: Obama Settles It

What do you think? Is a hot dog a sandwich?

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AGENDA

*2L pop bottles: We will be doing a Science activity in class next week (likely on Wednesday) that requires using an empty 2L pop bottle. Please send a clean, empty 2L pop bottle to school with your child. If you have extras, please consider sending more than one. Thank you!

1. Math Geometric Art and Science "Grande image de fluides" - due Friday

2. Ma fête extraordinaire! - Final typed draft due in Showbie on Friday.

3. Calcul mental "Remarque les neufs" Section A - Monday

4. CFOO #4 - Opinion

Presentations: Thursday, February 4 (Group A) and Friday, February 5 (Group B).

5. Français - Je lis daily reading

Wednesday!

Hello! Happy Wednesday!

Today in Math we tried a new activity - "Les gratte-ciels!"

This activity is like a 3D version of Sudoku, where 4 sets of different sized 'towers' are placed on a grid.

Please ask me how I found the activity. Did my partner and I figure out a strategy to best solve the puzzles?

Stay warm! :)

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AGENDA

*2L pop bottles: We will be doing a Science activity in class next week (likely on Wednesday) that requires using an empty 2L pop bottle. Please send a clean, empty 2L pop bottle to school with your child. If you have extras, please consider sending more than one. Thank you!

1. Math Geometric Art and Science "Grande image de fluides" - due Friday

2. Ma fête extraordinaire! - Final typed draft due in Showbie on Friday.

(Students will have three additional work periods this week to complete their paragraph. Criteria and support documents are posted in Showbie.)

3. CFOO #4 - Opinion

Presentations: Thursday, February 4 (Group A) and Friday, February 5 (Group B).

4. Français - Je lis daily reading

Tuesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

*2L pop bottles: We will be doing a Science activity in class next week (likely on Wednesday) that requires using an empty 2L pop bottle. Please send a clean, empty 2L pop bottle to school with your child. If you have extras, please consider sending more than one. Thank you!

1. Math Geometric Art and Science "Grande image de fluides" - due Friday

2. Ma fête extraordinaire! - Final typed draft due in Showbie on Friday.

(Students will have three additional work periods this week to complete their paragraph. Criteria and support documents are posted in Showbie.)

3. Français - Je lis daily reading

Monday, Monday!

Hello, learning friends! Welcome to the last week of January!

In Math this morning, we started with a "Qui suis-je" activity and then, with a partner, were tasked with writing our own. Mme Careen is going to check them and type them up this week, and then use them as our class starter-questions! Cool!

In Français this morning, we got to work on typing up and editing our "Ma fête" paragraphs. We are typing our text in Microsoft Word and using an online grammar platform (bonpatron.com) to revise our texts. The criteria is now posted in Showbie for us to access. It will be our job to review our text against the writing checklists to ensure everything is complete before submitting our work. Please ask me about my writing: What is the theme for my party? How is the editing coming along? What verb tense are we primarily using in our text? What is a "B.B.A.T" adjective?

Have a great week! :)

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AGENDA

1. Maths - Assessment (quiz) on 'le plan cartésien' and 'les transformations géométriques' - tomorrow (Tuesday) 

(A quiz outline is now posted in Showbie).

2. Ma fête extraordinaire! - Final typed draft due in Showbie on Friday.

(Students will have three additional work periods this week to complete their paragraph. Criteria and support documents are posted in Showbie.)

3. Français - Je lis daily reading

Happy Friday!

Hello, learning friends!

Here's a quick look at our Friday morning learning.

In Math, we played battleship with a partner to review placing and identifying coordinates on a cartesian plane. Please ask me how my game went!

In Science, after doing a short review of the properties of fluids, we spent some time with our dear friend, Bill Nye, who also helped us review some important fluid info!

Socially distanced Bill Nye watching.

After the video, we had a short block of choice work time to:

* work on our 'grand image de fluides' (see picture below)

* review for our Science assessment on Monday

* peer-edit our fête extraordinaire paragraphe

Please ask me about my 'grande image de fluides,' my Français paragraph and what I worked on during our choice time. Also, please remind me to review for our short Science assessment on Monday. (Outline posted in Showbie).

Have a great weekend! :)

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AGENDA

1. Ma fête extraordinaire! - First drafts now overdue

We will begin the final editing process in class Monday.

2. Science - Short assessment (quiz) on the properties of fluids - Monday, January 25.

(A quiz outline is now posted in Showbie).

3. Maths - Assessment (quiz) on 'le plan cartésien' and 'les transformations géométriques' - Tuesday, January 26. (A quiz outline is now posted in Showbie).

4. Français - Je lis daily reading

Thursday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

*Headphones - if you have a pair of headphones you can bring to school, please do! 

(We will be using the computers for a couple of activities that require sound in the coming days.)

1. Ma fête extraordinaire! - First drafts now overdue

We will begin the editing process in class Thursday/Friday of this week.

2. Science - Short assessment (quiz) on the properties of fluids - Monday, January 25.

(A quiz outline is now posted in Showbie).

3. Maths - Assessment (quiz) on 'le plan cartésien' and 'les transformations géométriques' - Tuesday, January 26. (A quiz outline is now posted in Showbie).

4. Français - Je lis daily reading

Wednesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

*Headphones - if you have a pair of headphones you can bring to school, please do! 

(We will be using the computers for a couple of activities that require sound in the coming days.)

1. Ma fête extraordinaire! - First drafts now overdue

We will begin the editing process in class Thursday/Friday of this week.

2. Science - Short assessment (quiz) on the properties of fluids - Monday, January 25.

(A quiz outline is now posted in Showbie).

3. Maths - Assessment (quiz) on 'le plan cartésien' and 'les transformations géométriques' - Tuesday, January 26. (A quiz outline is now posted in Showbie).

4. Français - Je lis daily reading

Tuesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. CFOO #3 - Recherche: Group A presents tomorrow (Wednesday).

(Reminder: CFOO is a presentation activity, so students should be practicing their presentation (reading their text aloud) so that they are able to confidently present their text to the class.

2. Ma fête extraordinaire! - Drafts now overdue

3. Science - Short assessment (quiz) on the properties of fluids - Monday, January 25.

(A quiz outline is now posted in Showbie).

4. Maths - Assessment (quiz) on 'le plan cartésien' and 'les transformations géométriques' - Tuesday, January 26. (A quiz outline is now posted in Showbie).

5. Français - Je lis daily reading

Math-terpiece Monday!

Hello, learning friends! Happy Monday!

Today in Math we were very lucky to have Mme McKenzie join us to introduce a geometric art activity.

After making a unique tracer as a template, we began creating a unique art piece by rotating the tracer different ways to create a full-page design.

Our next step will be to colour our page before outlining the edges to complete the puzzle-piece-math-geo-transformation look! Stay tuned for pictures of our finished projects, coming later this week! :)

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AGENDA

1. CFOO #3 - Recherche: Group B presents tomorrow (Tuesday).

(Reminder: CFOO is a presentation activity, so students should be practicing their presentation (reading their text aloud) so that they are able to confidently present their text to the class.

2. Ma fête extraordinaire! - Drafts due tomorrow (Tuesday).

3. Science - Short assessment (quiz) on the properties of fluids - Monday, January 25.

4. Français - Je lis daily reading

Happy Friday!

Hello, learning friends! Happy Friday!

This morning in Math we continued our work with geometric transformations by studying different logos. Is there a rotation, a reflection or translation?

In Science, we shared every day examples of the five properties of fluids. Our weekend homework is to continue observing the world around us to see if we can notice even more!

We finished our morning in Français and started a small debate unit - "Les débats absurdes" - which will eventually turn into the base structure of our COVID-modified concours this year. Today's opinion topic:

"Est-ce que le céréale est de la soupe?" - "Is cereal a soup?"

Our goal today was to listen to understand, not to listen to respond. Meaning, we were each allowed to share our thoughts without rebuttal to understand the perspective of our peers. We shared many interesting and fun ideas and offered a whole new perspective on soup and cereal! Please ask me what I think... is cereal a soup?

Happy debating! Happy weekend! :)

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AGENDA

1. Ma fête extraordinaire! - We continued writing our drafts today. Drafts should be done by Tuesday.

2. Science - Noticing the properties of fluids.

3. CFOO #3 - Recherche: Tuesday.

(Reminder: CFOO is a presentation activity, so students should be practicing their presentation (reading their text aloud) so that they are able to confidently present their text to the

4. Français - Je lis daily reading

Thursday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Ma fête extraordinaire! - We continued writing our drafts today. Any remaining details should be added to our plans/outlines for tomorrow (Friday)

2. Français - Je lis daily reading

3. CFOO #3 - Recherche: Tuesday, January 19

(Reminder: CFOO is a presentation activity, so students should be practicing their presentation (reading their text aloud) so that they are able to confidently present their text to the

Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday!

Today in Math we solved the last part of our reading question that we started earlier this week. 

Please ask me about what strategy I used to figure out the answer. As a class, we approached solving the problem from a few different ways, and it was a great discussion to see what worked well for each of us.

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AGENDA

1. Science at home: Can you find examples of the 5 properties of fluids at home? 

Explore and come ready to share tomorrow. (Thursday)

2. Ma fête extraordinaire! - We started writing our drafts today. Any remaining details should be added to our plans/outlines for tomorrow (Thursday)

3. Français - Je lis daily reading

4. CFOO #3 - Recherche: Tuesday, January 19

(Reminder: CFOO is a presentation activity, so students should be practicing their presentation (reading their text aloud) so that they are able to confidently present their text to the class.)

Tuesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Science at home: Can you find examples of the 5 properties of fluids at home? 

Explore and come ready to share tomorrow.

2. Ma fête extraordinaire! - plans/outlines should be ready for tomorrow (Wednesday)

3. Français - Je lis daily reading

4. CFOO #3 - Recherche: Tuesday, January 19

(Reminder: CFOO is a presentation activity, so students should be practicing their presentation (reading their text aloud) so that they are able to confidently present their text to the class.)

Happy Monday!

Hello! Happy Monday!

This morning in Math, we worked in group to solve the first two parts of the following word problem.

Please ask me about my calculation strategies. What can I do well and what are some skills I need to review?

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AGENDA

1. Math: Work on NetMaths books assigned in class on Friday if you have a chance.

2. Français - Je lis daily reading

3. CFOO #3 - Recherche: Tuesday, January 19

Friday!

Hello, families! Already the first school week of 2021 under our belts! Wow!

Today in class, we continued establishing our new daily grammar routine by reviewing the verb Être. 

Then, in a Science, we explored the question, can you blow out a candle if there is a bottle placed in front of it. We had a chance to discuss our predictions in partners before watching a video to find the answer. (COVID is currently making it tricky to complete these types demonstrations in class! VIDEO HERE.)

We made many great observations that the outcome of the experiment would depend on: the size of the bottle/container, the distance between the candle, bottle and person blowing air, and the force/speed at which the air is moving. With permission to use a candle at home and ensuring we are being safe, we can explore many of these factors to see if we can replicate the results.

We ended the morning in Math, and used the laptops to explore two new "Plan cartésien" books in NetMaths. They have not been officially assigned as homework, but we are welcome to work on them over the weekend if we would like.

Wishing you all a great weekend, with time spent outside enjoying this beautiful weather! :)

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AGENDA

1. Science + Math: Try out the candle and bottle experiment shown in class today and work on NetMaths books if you have a chance,

2. Time to start French home reading again! If you've been out of routine over the break, today is a great day to login to Je lis and get started again!

3. Time for a bit of organization! This week, students have been asked to take a look at their binders and their supply boxes to see what sort of state they are in. They have also been asked to check their supplies. Do they need more pencils? Pens? Did they even get dividers put into their binder? Can they finally bring in a Hilroy scribbler for Math? Please check in with your child to make sure they are set for a great second term!

Thursday!

Hello, learning friends! Happy Thursday!

Today, we had our Math class in the gym and were tasked with solving the following question:

How Many 7’s

If you write out the numbers from 1 to 1000, how many times will you write the number 7?

We all approached the question with different strategies, and many of us were able to solve it and move onto to extension of 1-10 000! Bravo!

For Français, Mme read us the book L'anniversaire by Robert Munsch and then we had the chance to start planning our own over-the-top party. You should hear some of the extravagant ideas we have! Our goal today was to write out our party plan in point form, and next week we will begin taking our ideas and writing them in sentence/paragraph form. Stay tuned!

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AGENDA

1. Time to start French home reading again! If you've been out of routine over the break, today is a great day to login to Je lis and get started again!

2. Time for a bit of organization! This week, students have been asked to take a look at their binders and their supply boxes to see what sort of state they are in. They have also been asked to check their supplies. Do they need more pencils? Pens? Did they even get dividers put into their binder? Can they finally bring in a Hilroy scribbler for Math? Please check in with your child to make sure they are set for a great second term!

Wednesday Agenda Items

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1. Science: "Toothbrush (Thinking) Homework" - "Comment est-ce que l'air est comme l'eau?"

(How is air like water?)

2. Time to start French home reading again! If you've been out of routine over the break, today is a great day to login to Je lis and get started again!

3. Time for a bit of organization! This week, students have been asked to take a look at their binders and their supply boxes to see what sort of state they are in. They have also been asked to check their supplies. Do they need more pencils? Pens? Did they even get dividers put into their binder? Can they finally bring in a Hilroy scribbler for Math? Please check in with your child to make sure they are set for a great second term!

It's great to be back!

Hello, learning friends! Happy New Year!

It's great to be back! We were full of energy, smiles and great winter-break stories this morning and were happy to see our classmates once again.

This morning we did a "Trouve quelqu'un qui" bingo-type activity which allowed us to move around the room and ask questions (in French) to our classroom friends.

Mme then read us the story Rouge by Michael Hall.

Our final activity for the morning was an interview with a classmate. We started by asking each other a list of questions, "What is your least favourite colour," "What is your favourite food," etc. Mme then surprised us by turning our answers into a silly Mad-Lib story. We had a lot of fun reading the stories to our partners and laughed a lot at some of the answers! Please ask me about my silly-story interview: 

What colour is my hair? How much of my least favourite food do I eat everyday?

Wishing you a great week!

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AGENDA

1. Time to start French home reading again! If you've been out of routine over the break, today is a great day to login to Je lis and get started again!

2. Time for a bit of organization! This week, students have been asked to take a look at their binders and their supply boxes to see what sort of state they are in. They have also been asked to check their supplies. Do they need more pencils? Pens? Did they even get dividers put into their binder? Can they finally bring in a Hilroy scribbler for Math? Please check in with your child to make sure they are set for a great second term!