October 29

We did a lot of different things today.  We used K'nex to explore simple machines.  We started off with the correct number of pieces for our machine, but they were the wrong ones.  We had to trade with other groups to get the right pieces.  The trick was we had to do our trading - silently.  When we finished we had to explain our machine to the class.  We had gym this morning - we played Murder Ball.  In the game we have to hit as many people as we can with the balls.  In French today, we recorded ourselves reading "Napoleon" in French.  We also looked at the graphs of precipitation and temperature on our islands.  We started writing conclusions about the graphs.  We are looking forward to tomorrow and the Halloween parade.  

October 28

Today we learned many new things.  We reviewed the Seven Sacred Teachings, each one has an animal that represents it.  We made sketches for our sculptures that we will be doing next week.  We started a new problem solving strategy, draw a picture.  We had gym this morning.  We played two Halloween games.  After recess we had French.  We learned a new room - the dining room!  We are super excited for Friday and our Halloween party in the afternoon.

Homework for Friday - the write up on the first few days on our Islands!
Also we have our second book review due on November 9th.

October 27

Today was a very busy day.  We worked on a lot of things and finished many of them.  We had music.  We had to write down notes on paper.  Then we had writing.  We read a chapter of Hatchet and then we did a "Say Something" about a connection we made in that chapter.  After recess we had a finish up period.  We worked on a couple of different writing assignments that are in progress.  After lunch, we had theme, we worked on our precipitation graphs for Winnipeg, and our island.  Next we have class meeting.

October 26

Today we had a substitute for the morning.  Her name was Mrs. Kennedy.  She did Math, French, and Writing with us.  In math she gave us questions and we had to solve them using the carroll diagram method of long multiplication.  In French we got together with a partner and we talked about the rooms in our house.  In writing we were editing our letters to Ms Pattie.  After writing we played the Geography game with Mrs. Kennedy.  After lunch Ms. Pattie was back; we had theme.  We made a food pyramid for our islands.  We included insects, plant eaters, meat and insect eaters and a top predator.  We are looking forward to gym.

October 22

Today some of us were at an important Choir meeting.  We did a lot of moving today.  Going places and doing stuff.  We had a lot of fun.  We read with our buddies.  We learned a new song in music.  We also played on the instruments in music.  After recess we talked about and then made a poster about connections when we are reading.  We had health.  We learned about parts of our brain and what they do.  In theme we looked at what animals could be on our island.  Next we have reading.  We are looking forward to our long weekend!

October 21

Today was a catch up day.  We had math, we finished the math sheet from yesterday.  We are working on double digit multiplication using an array.  We had gym, since we had finished our soccer unit, we played bench ball.  We had french, we wrote about our living rooms, independently!  We played "Old Maid" to practice our counting.  For two periods of theme, we spent catching up on a variety of assignments.  After recess, we graphed the temperatures for our islands.  We are looking forward to finishing the chapter of Hatchet from yesterday.

October 20

Things are rolling today.  We are making a lot of progress.  We started the day with Math.  We reviewed multiplying with arrays, then we looked at using a Carroll diagram.  Then we had gym, we went outside to play soccer.  We got to go on the structure while we waited our turn to play.  After recess we had French.  We reviewed all the rooms that we can talk about in French.  We also learned some new vocabulary.  At lunch recess some people went to a presentation on vermicomposting.  They got to play with worms.  After lunch we had theme.  We worked on graphing the climate of Winnipeg.  Next we will graph the climate of our island.  We are excited for early dismissal today.  In our school, the Conservatives won the election - we were wrong!