Oct. 11-14

We've had another jam-packed short week here in room 9. In math this week students solved problems involving many steps and different operations. Grade 5's learned to multiply by 10, 100 and 1000, while grade 6's continued to work on solving problems using the order of operations. Students wrote a math quiz on Friday that will be returned early next week.

In language we continued our work on narrative texts. Students have been exposed to several examples of narratives in order to develop an understanding of the key features, or characteristics, of narrative writing.  Each student is also working on a book chat, which they will deliver within the next 2 weeks. In addition, students continue to work on reading letters to me. They are writing about the book that they are currently reading at school and at home.

 In social studies the grade fives did a Webquest on issues in Canada, including child poverty, The Far North Act, and Great Lakes management.  The grade sixes joined Mr. Siefert to learn about Canada's Interactions within the Global Community. They learned about NGO's, and thought about their own effect on the world.

In phys. ed. we concluded a unit on football. Students evaluated themselves on the unit, taking into account the four areas in phys. ed. that are evaluated: social skills, active participation, safety and movement skills. They also decided on next steps for self-improvement in our next unit, which is striking and fielding games, like baseball.

In art students worked hard one point perspective drawings that included a horizon line and a vanishing point. Students learned that lines converge at the vanishing point in one point perspective, and that objects are larger near the bottom of the page, and smaller as they get closer to the vanishing point.

 Important Upcoming Dates:
Wed. Oct. 19: cross country South Conference finals
Thursday, Oct. 20: homework due
Wed. Oct. 26th: Halloween Hullaballoo

Homework:

1) Complete the math work on problem solving.
2) Read the narrative text and answer the questions. Also, write down the main idea. (Remember that in a narrative the main idea is the author's message or the moral.)
3) Complete the spelling and writing work called "Sound-Alike Choices."
4) GRADE 6 ONLY - You should be able to briefly explain ONE NGO - the NGO name, what it does, where it operates (Due on Day 5, which is Wednesday)