Nov. 21-25

In math this week students continued to work on solving problems that involved data management. Students learned how to create and interpret graphs. Students also learned how to interpret scatter plots as well as stem and leaf plots.


We also looked at an interesting graph and map, that I've shared below, on math success in various countries and provinces. After some reading and investigation, we discovered that the students in countries that do better than Ontario in math do so because 1) they practice basic skills more and 2) they persist longer with problems.

Following today's lesson I created this chart for the class:

In language we continued with our unit on poetry. Students read and created poems using a poet's eye.  Some students shared their work in author's chair. Students also learned a reading strategy, called text coding. They applied this strategy to different poems, and will continue to practise this strategy for homework this week.

In social studies the grade fives continued to present their rants. They also began a presentation on a human body system in science. They will make a song, rap, poem or skit to teach their body system to the class. The grade sixes have been working on a slideshow that describes an NGO of their choice. Those slideshows are due on Monday.

In phys. ed. we concluded our unit on volleyball, and played with some of our new phys. ed. equipment, including the scooter boards. In art students learned about body proportions, and applied their knowledge using the coil drawing technique.

 Important Upcoming Dates:

Wednesday, Nov. 30: homework club
Thursday, Dec. 1: homework due
Friday, Dec. 2: PA day

Homework:

1) Complete the math work on graphing.
2) Complete the language homework on text coding poetry.
3) Continue to read a book independently every night for at least 20-30 minutes.
 

Nov. 14-18

In math this week students continued to work on solving problems that involved data management. Students learned how to create and interpret graphs. Students also learned how to create appropriate scales for graphs, based on the data.

In language we continued with our unit on poetry. Students read and created poems related to the theme of bullying. Students also read and created poems with the topic of an abstract noun. Some students shared their work in author's chair. Finally, we had a spoken word poetry workshop with poet Tanya Neumeyer. Students learned what spoken word poetry is and worked on creating their own work.
In social studies the grade fives began to present their rants. They also continued to research a human body system in science. The grade sixes joined Mr. Siefert to learn about Canada's Interactions within the Global Community and will also move onto science, learning about biodiversity.

In phys. ed. we continued our unit on volleyball, and all the volleyball skills. Finally, students finished preparing for their student- lead interview and began to lead their interviews. I've been so impressed with the interviews that students have lead so far!

 Important Upcoming Dates:
 Friday, Nov. 17th: PA day
Thursday, Nov. 24th: homework due

Homework:

1) Complete the math work on graphing.
2) Complete the language homework on poetry.
3) Continue to read a book independently every night for at least 20-30 minutes.
 

Nov. 7-11

In math this week students worked on solving problems that involved data management. Students learned how to create and interpret graphs. Students also learned how to find the mean, median and mode of a set of data. Patterning tests went home on Tuesday to be signed and returned.

In language we began a new unit on poetry. Students learned the "rules" of poetry, which are that there are really no rules! Students wrote a poem about those "rules." We also co-created success criteria for poetry and read and presented some Remembrance day poems, using choral reading. Students finished their literature circles this week and presented their projects to each other, in a celebration of learning and reading. I was very impressed with their creativity!

In social studies the grade fives signed up to present their rant. They also began a new unit in science, on the human body. The grade sixes joined Mr. Siefert to learn about Canada's Interactions within the Global Community and will also move onto science.

In phys. ed. we continued our unit on volleyball, and practised forearm passes, serves and spikes.

Finally, students continued to prepare for their student- lead interview by reflecting on their strengths, needs and strategies for improvement.


 Important Upcoming Dates:
Monday, Nov. 14th: Ottawa information night 6PM, room 8
Tuesday, Nov. 15th: progress reports go home
Wed-Friday: student-lead interviews
Thursday, Nov. 16th: homework due
Friday, Nov. 17th: PA day

Homework:

1) Complete the math work on mean, median and mode.
2) Complete the language homework in which you will find a poem that you like. Be ready to discuss it on Thursday.
3) Find a new book to read for independent reading, (unless you already have!) Bring it next Monday.

Oct. 31- Nov. 4

What a busy and exciting week this was at Rosedale, from Halloween to spirit week to our 125th assembly and scavenger hunt! Also, our student teacher, Ms. Bates joined us this week. She'll be teaching room 9 for a month.

In math this week students worked on solving problems that involve patterning, and used different strategies to solve open ended patterning problems. Students wrote a patterning quiz on Friday, which will be returned to be signed next week. We will start a new unit on data management next week.


In writing students finished their narrative writing and independent writing.  Students also wrote a reading quiz on narratives that will be returned next week. In oral communication,  students delivered their book chat.. Finally, we continued literature circles this week. Next week will be the final 2 meetings for literature circles. On Thursday students will share their literature circle homework project, in a celebration of learning and reading. 

In social studies the grade fives continued to work on a project on a social justice or environmental issue in Canada. They are researching their topic, then writing and performing a rant on the topic. The grade sixes joined Mr. Siefert to learn about Canada's Interactions within the Global Community. 

In phys. ed. we began a unit on volleyball. Students worked on defending open space and volleying. 

 Important Upcoming Dates:
Tues, Nov. 8: literature circle meeting #5
Thurs, Nov. 10: homework due, literature circle meeting #6, literature circle project due


Homework:

1) Complete the math work on data.
2) Read your literature circle book, only up to the point that your group decided on. Don't read ahead! Complete your role sheet for Tuesday's and Thursday's meeting. 
3) Continue to work on your literature circle culminating task. Remember that this will be due on Nov. 10. On that day you will share your work with the class and reflect on how it helped you grow as a reader.