Friday, October 21, 2016

This week we had a great of collaborating and learning to use our time more effectively while attentively listening to each other without interrupting.  HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND :o)

CHANGE OF DATE for Cedarvale Park field study... 2 Parent volunteers needed for Cedarvale Park for the morning. Dress comfortably for our walking trip. Students bring a litterless lunch. Hoping for better weather  :)


I am very excited to share that Coding in the class will begin next week. You will be learning to apply your computational thinking skills through code and design a game. All you need to bring with you is an open mind, a headset and a positive attitude :)



Try out the Frog Jumping Challeng

VOICETHREAD- 
1- Local Action - respond to guiding questions
2- Season
*  post three comments
 1-list of 5 or more descriptive words based on the 5 senses chart
 2-using new poetic devices (simile, figurative, metaphor, literal, personification) develop 2 phrases or sentences 

LOCAL CHANGE AGENT:  
Today we read Wangari's Tree of Peace and discussed the concept of I am WE.  What is a local action that you would like tackle this upcoming school year.


BOOK REVIEW: Past Due
Bring in a book review (online, magazine, newspaper)
Tomorrow we will be sharing these book review during community circle

MATH:  Past Due
Finish working on Show What You Know
Grade 5- #1-6, 8
Grade 6- #1-10


***Practice your multiplication tables for 4-6 times table
Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees
***Practicing equivalent fractions, mixed numbers & improper fractions: Square & Circle online
Share ideas, strategies and thought on the Pizza Night challenge in the Math NSN Blog. We will be discussing suggestions later this week into next week!


PAST DUE:
GLOBAL READ ALOUD 2016 (GRA) : In PADLET: PAX  Predictions - write a prediction about our global read aloud book:  Here is a quick glimpse into the story PAX by Sarah PennyPacker