November 30

To start the day off we had problem solving, then we had music. In music we went over the winter concert. Then after recess we had french where we had clock buddies. After lunch we had theme and we watched some videos about the history of other countries. After recess Miss Pattie started to read to the whole class. Then we had gym.

November 26

Yay!! There's no school tomorrow. We started our day off with music. In music we worked on our winter concert songs. Right after music we went straight to buddies. After recess some of us finished our sculpture writing. Then it was health. In health we tried to guess other peoples symbols that they chose to represent themselves. After lunch we had theme we presented our island projects. After recess we were finishing our work for our conferences tonight. Now we are finishing unfinished work.

November 25

Today was a fun day.  We started off with math.  We worked on multiplication of some really big numbers.  Then we had gym.  We continued to work with Dimitry on the Mosaic.  It is going to be a really big circle.  We are getting excited to see what the final project will look like.  In theme we worked on our simple machine projects.  After recess, we had writing, we are writing about our sculptures.  

November 24

Today we learned almost everyone's phone number in French. We watched another video of the detective game in French and practiced our numbers in French. After first period we had Gym. We did some fitness workouts. After lunch we had Theme and made our complex machines. After recess we had writing and wrote about our awesome work we did with the Seven Sacred Teachings. Now we are listening to Miss Pattie read "Because Of Mr. Terupt."

November 23

Today was a great day because we started off with music. In music class, with practiced with room 14 for the winter concert. After music we went to the science room to help make a mosaic. Then we went to an assembly about not bullying. After the assembly, we wrote our thoughts about the assembly.  Last but not least, we started a four day project about making a model of a complex simple machine. We hope that the whole week will be as good as today.

November 20

Today was a very FUN and busy day! We got plenty of work done. We had problem solving this morning. After a very cold recess, we had French. We figured out the boy's name in Detective X. The boy's name was Luc Têtu. We sang a song in French after. After a magnificent, playful lunch, we had Theme. We worked on our portfolios for student-led conferences which are on the 25th, 26th and 27th. Next we have gym which is usually fun. We are looking forward to showing our parents what we've been working on in class at conferences. We hope you have a great weekend, don't forget to sleep in and get LOTS of sleep!

November 19

Today was the first snow fall of the year! To start this day we had the Kenyan boys choir. Then we had writing, in writing we drew pictures representing our community and our school. After writing we had library. We took out 3 books that are suppose to last us 2 weeks. After library, we had music and practiced for our christmas concert by singing christmas carols. After lunch we had theme, where we learnt about what the aboriginals invented and what the europeans didn't have when they arrived on the land. Then we did art and in art we did some sketches for our big school project.
After recess we had writing, where we wrote in our agendas and then Miss Pattie read a book to us. then we had gym.

November 18

(bring) the bell rings for school, time to go inside and learn. For first period we had music. In music we practiced our winter concert songs. After we went straight to buddies. Our reading buddies are so cute they read us three books then we read back. Then after recess we had writing. In writing we presented our legends. After writing, we had health with Ms. Danaluk we talked about reflection and reaction. After the yummy lunch we had theme. In theme we revised and did our good copy. After last recess we learned about the parts of a bison. Then we did our agenda and now Miss.Pattie is reading a new book to us called "Because of Mr. Terupt." We hope we enjoy the book. Have a good week!

November 17

Today was really fun. This morning we had math, we had to solve a page of math questions. Then we had gym where we played team handball. It was so fun! After recess we had art and met an artist, Dimitri. He will be showing us how to make Mosaic tile art. After lunch we had TIA and we got our tealight candle holder sculptures back. They were really good, it was awesome. Then we had theme and we finished up our rough copy Legends so they are ready for the good copies. After recess we read the book The One and Only Ivan. It was a fun day!

November 16

Today we played a detective game in French. We also sung the ABC's in French and learned more French conversations like "hi my name is .....". We started the day off with math. In math we did "expanded notation" multiplication and tried to beat Miss Pattie at it. After Math we had Gym. We played team handball. After French we had lunch. Then we had Theme. In theme we learned about myths and legends and had to make our own legend about nature. Now Miss Pattie will read "The One And Only Ivan". 

In agendas tonight:  permission form for RCAF performance, information about wasteless lunches, appreciation activities for patrols.

Conference booking site is open - some slots will fill up fast.

Multiplication again

We've been working hard at our long multiplication.
Here are a couple of examples to help you out.

Multiplication using Carroll Diagram

Multiplication using expanded notation

Good Luck

November 12

Today we had a travel through time.  This afternoon we saw a timeline from 40000 BCE to 2015 CE on a long and thin piece of paper. This morning we did some problem solving then we did some writing. After lunch we did theme, that is when we did the travel through time activity now we are going to gym.
Black Table

In math we looked at a new way to look at multiplication.  The students were given an equation and the answer.  They then had to prove it.  The method for proving the equation is shown in a post from last November 28th.  I have challenged the students to prove the equation 62x84=5208 five ways by the end of their long weekend.  There will be prizes!

I've included an example - only 4 more ways needed! (If you checked the Blog)

November 9

Today we had our second TIA class.  We coloured our sculptures by putting a glaze on them.  Some of the glaze colours don't look anything like they will after being fired.  It will be interesting to see what they finally look like next week.
We started our day with music.  We played the papaya song.  In writing we talked about Rememberance Day.  We read a book called "A Poppy is to Remember".  We read with our reading buddies today.  We had health, we talked about what we want to be and our dreams.  Also, that we should never give up on our dreams.  After lunch we had theme.  We had to finish our projects today because we are presenting them tomorrow. We are looking forward to the Rememberance Day assembly tomorrow, our choir is singing.  We are looking forward to two days off this week - one for Rememberance Day and one for Report Card Writing.

November 6

Today was a very fun and busy day! We started the day off with math. We scanned QR codes with math problems and we had to try to solve them. There were 16 questions. Once someone solved a question, they had to put it on the white board and Miss Pattie looked at it and if the answer was wrong she took it off the whiteboard. We had gym right after. We practiced our 3-1-3s for team handball. At the end of gym we played a tag game. After recess we had French. We learned a new room, the kitchen. We talked about what was in our kitchen. After lunch, the patrols had patrol training. The people who were not patrols went to room 8 to work on their Theme projects. After recess we had art. We finished our autumn art work. We added the leaves to our trees. We hope we have a good weekend and we hope you have a great weekend too!

November 5

We started the day off with math.  We started using the Carroll Diagram method (sometimes called House Method) for solving multiplication.  We are starting to get closer to the standard algorithm that our parents know.  After recess we had French.  We went over our "Napoleon" questions.  Then we played "Spot It" in French.  At lunch there was choir rehearsal.  They are sounding really good.  They will be performing for our Rememberance Day service. We had indoor recess all day again today.  It is still raining!  In theme we continued working on our projects comparing an Aboriginal Group to our island settlement.  We had gym this afternoon.  We played a game, working on our accuracy skills so we are ready for team handball.  

FYI

FYI

November 4

We started our day off with music.  In writing we worked on the conclusions for our graphs.  We met in small groups and did a couple "say somethings" with Ms. Pattie.  We are getting ready to be independent with our book clubs.  We also looked at what we are eating on our islands, are we close to Canada's Food Guide?  We had our class meeting today.  In the circle we get to thank another person, or we get to get help with some problem we are having.  After lunch we had theme.  We did some research, we have to compare a pre-contact Aboriginal group with the society forming on our island.  We are hoping that Ms. Pattie is going to read from "The One and Only Ivan".

Homework reminder:  Graphs and conclusions should be handed in by now.
Second book review is due Monday.
Pizza lunch forms are due next Thursday.
Our next Integrated Arts class is Monday.

November 3

We worked with a lot of clay today.  We went to the science room and made our clay statues representing the seven teachings.  We started our day with problem solving.  We used a new strategy - making a picture or a diagram.  After recess we had writing, we did a response from our book club books.  We had to take one of our connections to the text and expand on it in our notebooks.  It was raining today, so we had indoor recess for all of our recesses.  We had our first Integrated Arts session this afternoon.  It is early dismissal today.

November 2

This day could not have been better.  We had three periods of Art!  We are working on a painting using watercolours.  We started the day with math.  We wrote down the equation and the answer then we had to prove our answer and explain it in our math journals.  In Writing we were introduced to the books for our book clubs.  There were six different titles to choose from.  We got to choose our starting book.  We had time to read today and make connections.  We had library today.  We had music,  we watched a video that student council made about the Rock - Paper - Scissors Contest.  After that we practiced on the instruments.  After lunch we had art.  We have gym next.