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Monday September 29 - Friday October 3, 2008 - NOTE: an empty cell indicates no work in that subject on that day.  This page may be updated at any time due to changes in the schedule and rate of student accomplishment.

Subject

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Math

Addition

-6 Steps to Solving Problems project (project)

-Place Value unit tests returned and taken up

Addition

-distribution of new syllabus and notebook marking rubric

-MQ26 Read

-MQ27 #1-11, 20-31, 44, 45 (estimating sums)

Addition

-MQ27 Peer Evaluation

-MQ28 Read

-MQ29 #1-12, 25-28 (sums of 2- and 3-digit numbers)

Addition

-MQ29 #37-39 + Douglas Fir problem (problem solving)

 

No School

 

(P.D. Day)

L.A.

-Punctuation, spelling, capitals, webbing and paragraph writing skills will be our focus through the use of our agendas (accuracy in copying messages that model good writing form) and we will also pursue this worthy self-editing goal soon in our personal dictionary/spellers.

-Continue working on paragraph writing: School and Classroom Routines composition (ongoing)

-Journal Entry: No School Tomorrow? Then I’m… Due: next Tuesday

F.L.A.

*French language learning is taught with the development of the following language skills daily: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

-introduction (review of past French knowledge)

-l’alphabet + vocabulary (chat, garçon, jour, kilomètre, rouge, tigre, yeux, dindon, hibou, idée, klaxon, mouche, quatorze, sage, usine, visage, xylophone)

-song: L’alphabet (+ lyrics)

-Pronouns (je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles)

Science

 

Electricity and Magnetism

-discussion: Q & A

-Homework check: completion of Safety Rules! sheets (pages 7-10 in duotang)

-discussion of upcoming duotang evaluation

-page 11 (letter to parents)

-Glossary: battery, cell, circuit, current, electrolyte, negative terminal, positive terminal

-updating and maintaining the table of contents (organization)

Electricity and Magnetism

-discussion of upcoming duotang evaluation

-Activity: Hot Stuff! (plus work on sheet)

-sheet & activity: Will It Light? (to completion)

-Glossary (oral review)

-updating and maintaining the table of contents + page numbering (organization)

Electricity and Magnetism

-Glossary (conductor, contact points, insulator)

-sheet: Drawing Bulbs

-sheet: Draw It With Symbols

-table of contents + page numbering (organization)

-submit science duotangs for evaluation

(for next Tuesday)

-review of vocabulary

-review of symbols

-sheet & activity-More Wires

-table of contents + page numbering (organization)

(for next Wednesday)

-video:

-QUIZ: Will It Light?

Art

-We are learning our first art techniques, the use of fonts, misting and wet-on-wet painting by applying these techniques to our daily work assignments in order to embellish them in preparation for grade 6 achievement and to present our work in a prideful manner.

S.S.

Social studies is taught by Ms Sparrow

Other

Organization skills (desk cleaning, ordering notes, emphasizing dates and titles for daily work, etc.).

Agenda Messages

Note: * refers to work that should have been accomplished by this date
or refers to a select group of students.

Monday: 1) Please initial my math test and workbook evaluation that I received today.  2) We are continuing our paragraph writing from a web in language arts this week.  3) This is a reminder that my science duotang will be evaluated for neatness, organization and completeness some time this week.  4) We are sharpening our problem solving skills in math.  5) We are still accepting donations for the Terry Fox Fund tomorrow.

Tuesday: 1) Math: MQ27 #1-11, 20-31, 44, 45  2) Page eleven of my science duotang is a letter for you to read.  3) The office requests that parents who have not done so, to please return the yellow volunteer forms to the school.  *I did not submit last week’s journal entry that was due yesterday.  4) Social studies: (see Mrs. Sparrow)

Wednesday: 1) Math: My work from Tuesday was peer evaluated today.  MQ29 #1-12, 25-28  2) I need to submit my science duotang tomorrow so that Mr. Myers can evaluate it.  3) My math Problem Solving poster is due tomorrow morning. 
Thursday: 1) Math: MQ29 #37-39; I also have to do the Douglas Fir problem.  2) The following journal entry is due by next Tuesday: No School Tomorrow? Then I’m… 3) Please note that there is a new P.O.T.W. that is due next week.  4) There is no school tomorrow as it is a professional development day for the teachers.  5) If you want an interpreter for the November conferences, please let Mr. Myers know by Monday.  6) Mr. Myers gave us an extension to Monday for our Problem Solving posters.  *
Friday: (no school)

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