September 30

In Gym, we had Jungle Gym.  It was the last one until November!  In theme we worked on colouring maps for physical regions, climate and vegetation.  We had time to practice writing a book review.  Our first one has been assigned.  In Music, we had Mrs. Kroeker as our substitute.  We played concentration and Stella Stella Ola.  Today we had Free-Time Friday.  A chance to finish up assignments we didn't finish this week, or some free time.

September 29

We started off with a Math sheet.  We had to figure out what stays hot even though you put it in a refrigerator.   Some people got to play an I Spy Math game.  In Gym we had our first Jungle Gym.  We had a new station called Mini Hockey.  In Writing we talked about how to do a proper Book Review.  During Theme time we worked on our Island maps and scripts.   We talked about what the weather would be like and what kind of animals live on the island.  We had two fire drills today, one in the morning and one in the afternoon  (and they scared us because they're so loud!).  In the last period we had a substitute teacher.

Book Review Criteria

Book Review Criteria Room 12, 2016
As a class, we created this criteria for completing our book reviews. This is what Ms Pattie will use when she marks it.

	3	2	1
Title and Author Neat, Capitals, Underlined, spelling	all parts are there	missing 1-2 parts	3-4 parts missing
Body - has a hook to begin, writer makes a connection to the book, a summary 6-8 sentences. Don’t give too much away	all parts are there	missing either hook or connection OR summary is too short or too long	Missing hook or connection and the summary is too short or too long
Cliff Hanger	2 questions that leave the reader wondering	only one question that leave the reader wondering	—
Recommendation	recommend this book to an age group, a grade and to people who like particular genre of books	recommends to only two of them	recommends to only one
Mechanics	Has checked spelling, capitals, and grammar. Good idea to have someone else check it too.	two of these have been checked, but mistakes in one area	only one has been checked, mistakes in the other two areas
		Neatness - is it readable, is the paper clean,
			Name - did you put your name on it?
			IPick you chose a good fit book for yourself
			length - is your review about 3/4 of a page long?

Total marks available for each book review is 20. 

September 28

We had a substitute teacher this morning.  We got our scholastic book order forms for next month.  In math we worked on a sheet, we had to find the products that were wrong and correct them.  In music we played a game of Bingo and Cookie Jar.  There was a substitute in Music too.  We had library today.  Most of us got to take out three books.  We pick two IPick books first.  Our third book can be a fun book if we want.  Our librarian this year isn't Mrs. Conci. We started writing a speech about our island maps.  We talked about the weather and what the symbols were.  In french, we said when our birthdays were.  We also did a few more phone numbers.  We had a presentation about hearing aids from a teacher for the deaf and hard of hearing.  We got a chance to try hearing aids and see how they sound.  The presenter showed us hearing aids.  We watched a video that showed the sign language alphabet.

September 27

Today was our Terry Fox assembly and Walk.  Four students from our class were Mr Mackenzie's helpers and helped lead the assembly.  The students who helped got a Terry Fox t-shirt.  This year we partnered up with the kindergarten class and helped them.  This was their first walk as a kindergarten class.  At the end of the walk, we could run a lap of the field to get a tattoo.  Gym today was outside.  We were on scooters and we had to move to a designated point. Then we walked with a bean bag on our head. Finally we had to run to the fence and back.  Mr Mackenzie appointed a Gold, Silver and Bronze for those who finished - girls and boys.  In French we finished our list of names and started reading out our phone numbers and recording them on our sheets.  Some of us need to look this information up!  We had our class meeting today.  We needed to thank someone for doing something for us, or we had to ask about changing something.  Something our classmates could help us with.  In Writing we wrote our first response to text - we wrote about hamburgers!  We had to write about our own connections.  What memory did we have of hamburgers.  Our story had to be longer than the text example.  We talked some more about book reviews today.  We listed everything that should be in a review.  Then as a class we wrote a review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

September 26

Some of us played a game called Zoom in math today.  Others played Boom.  In gym we played 'water polo' on scooters.  Mr. Mackenzie told us that we will do some of the Olympic sports.  Water polo is one of them.  We had to sit on our scooters and move around and keep passing the ball. In French we worked on our new mystery.  We are learning to say our phone numbers.  In theme, most of us started the good copies of our island maps.  We needed to make sure it looked good, it is going on the bulletin board.  We also needed to make sure we included our legend.  We practiced listening and doing exactly what Ms. Pattie says to do.  In case there is a problem.  We put lables in the hallway for our shoes - to try and clean up the mess that happens after lunch.  In writing we looked at some book talks and book reviews.  We will be setting criteria for our own book reviews.  We also learned about writing our responses to the text.  Our connections we make while we read.
Tomorrow is our Terry Fox assembly and walk.  Don't forget your toonies for Terry.

September 23

We had our first problem solving class today.  We did practice problems that got harder and harder as we went along.  One of the problems was really hard.  Using 10 cards, we have to order them so that when you flip them alternating, they come out in order.  In writing today, most of us finished our good copy of our letters to Ms Pattie.  These are now due and should be handed in.  We had to add and remove things during revision.  We also had to make sure that it was neatly printed.
We had our first substitute for part of the morning, before lunch.  We continued working on the rough copies of our island maps.  On Monday we will start our good copies.  In French, we started a new mystery.  In this mystery the class' identity cards get shredded.  Luc Têtu, dropped his card, Hugo tried to tell him, but he wasn't listening.  He had to provide all his information to the computerized door.  We are having our second fire drill today - sometime before the end of the day.

September 22

We worked on our letters to Ms. Pattie again today.  We learned about hooking our reader and the types of hooks.  We did more revising on our letters.  While we were writing we were so quiet, that the quiet critters came out to visit.  We had our first fire drill today.  It was really, really loud.  In gym we played a new game.  In theme we chose the locations of our islands.  We started working on our maps.  We have to list the things on our island, in a legend; so we can identify what is where.  In music we played the instruments again.  We also played the drum game.

September 21

In music we put on a concert for some grade ones.  We practiced the whole period before they came. In math we used dice to practice math facts, we broke into two groups to play.  Whoever caught the die, had to answer the question under their right thumb.  In writing we worked on revising our letters to Ms Pattie.  Next we start editing.  In Theme we are almost finished our lists of items we are taking to our islands.  We are working on our good copies.  We had to remember that the total had to be less than our own weight.  In gym we played murder ball.  I found out who Detective X was in french class it was - Luc Têtu.  Our final clue was listening to his name and the sounds that the L and the T made.

September 20

Today we had our first library period.  We talked about converting units of measurement.  We made a chart to help us remember.  We learned that "King Henry Does Usually Drink Chocolate Milk" - this can help us remember the order of the prefixes.  In french we have narrowed the choice down to two students, we almost know who Detective X is.  Maybe we'll find out tomorrow!  In theme we did more measuring and estimating about the contents of our sea chest.  Tomorrow we will finalize our lists and hand them in.  Today is early dismissal.

September 19

Today in gym we played benchball.  We got to play 5 rounds.  In writing, we are writing Miss Pattie a letter.  We are telling her what we are hoping for this year and what we might be worried about.  We had our first class meeting today.  We talked about thanking people who help us.  We also talked about things we might want to change, or need help changing.  Then we get some possible solutions for those issues. In French we talked more about Detective X and we learned where the kids in Detective X's class all come from around Canada.  In Theme we talked more about what we need to take to our island community.  We talked about what things we will need after basic survival.  We were reminded about the metric system and how it is based on a 10 system, just like our number system.  At bus Ridership - Bus Driver Bob gave each of us a bracelet.

September 16

Today, we played a game in gym, it was called murder ball.  Miss Pattie rearranged the seats today.  We got to choose our seats originally, now Miss Pattie has put us where we might work a little better and quieter.  We looked at a multiplication chart to discover which facts we already know.  Now we know which ones to focus on.  In French we worked on our alphabet.  We also learned the words for 'where is?" and "here is".  We used these phrases to put the alphabet together.  We got to read quite a bit today.  In Theme we continued to plan what we would bring to our deserted island.  We have to estimate how long things are and what their weight might be.  The whole box will have to weigh less than us.  In Writing we learned about ARMS and COPS to help us when we revise and edit.  ARMS stands for Add, Remove, Move or Substitute.  COPS stands for Capitals, Order, Punctuation, and Spelling.

September 15

Today we wrote about the steps for problem solving.  We also did a practice problem.  We did a lot of writing and copying from the board.  Some of us got to do lots of reading. In french we introduced ourselves and then spelled out our name, using the French alphabet.  We finished our multiple intelligence discussion, by thinking of what intelligence would work with different jobs.  We finished our "Where my shoes were this summer".  We started our island project; what do we think we would take with us to discover our island.  We had to remember that it has to fit in our sea chest.  What do you think you would bring? We played a math game called Boom to end our day.  

September 14

Today we started our writer's notebook.  We did a drawing/writing activity about where our shoes were this summer.  In gym we played a tag game.  We also did a survey about what our 'smarts' were - what learning style suited us best.  We then thought about what we can help the class with and we posted in on our community brain.  We had music, we played on the instruments.

Our Community Brain!

September 13

We had our first gym class today.  We talked about home and house rules and why we have them.  This lead us to the values behind them.  In music we played cookie jar.  We wrote in our math journals today. We wrote about Rumpelstiltskin and his multiplying stick; a story Ms Pattie read to us.  Today in french we practiced our sentences from yesterday.  We greeted each other and asked for names. We learned the word for School Bus in French.  We had a pretend school bus and we greeted each other as we boarded and exited the bus.

September 12

We did work today!  We did some art today.  We traced our hand and used it for art.  We played a math game - Scoot, to review our math facts.  It was fun, we had to move around to different spots and find all the math questions.  Sometimes you got to a spot and you had already solved that one or there was no fact there.   In french class we started to solve a mystery - La cas du Detective X.  We had our first music class.  We read a lot - silent reading.  We talked about Read to Self.  We were supposed to have Library today, but the librarian wasn't there so we have to wait.

September 9

It is our first day back to school.  A brand new crop of grade 5s.  This morning we had a scavenger hunt.  Pirate Pete had stolen our Pencils and erasers.  We had to figure out the clue to unlock the locks and open the box.  It was fun getting to know everybody.  While we solved our scavenger hunt we got to move around the room and learn where things were.  As a class we made a chart that shows our jobs and Miss Pattie's jobs.  This will remind us how to have a great year.  We took pictures hanging from the monkey bars - just as if we were hanging from a bunch of balloons and floating away.  We made pennants about us to hang in the classroom.