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Monday October 06 - Friday October 10, 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 (due today: extended duedate)

-MQ31 #1-6, 13-16, 21-28, 36 (estimating sums of large numbers)

Addition

-MQ31 #1-6, 13-16, 21-28, 36 Peer Evaluation

-MQ31 #7-12, 17-20, 29-35, 37 (estimating sums of large numbers)

Addition

-MQ33 #1-12, 17-28 (adding large numbers)

Addition

-MQ33 #1-12, 17-28 Peer Evaluation

-MQ37 #1-10, Bits & Bytes #1-3 (sums of several addends)

Addition

-MQ41 #1-3 (Guess and Check problems)

-Create your own ‘Guess and Check’ problem

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: Tuesday

-Journal Entry: How To Build Up My Peers Due: next Tuesday

-Journal Entry: Why It Is Important to Line Up Quietly 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.

-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)

-conjugating the -ER verb, AIMER (j’aime, tu aimes, il aime, elle aime, nous aimons, vous aimez, ils aiment, elles aiment)

Science

 

Electricity and Magnetism

-distribution of evaluated science duotangs + discussion

-Glossary: review + conductor, contact points, insulator

-Take up Will It Light activity

-QUIZ: Will It Light?

-sheet: Draw It With Symbols

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

Electricity and Magnetism

-review: symbols

-sheet & activity-More Wires

-Activity: assembling required circuits (lighting a light bulb with one and two wires)

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

Electricity and Magnetism

-review: diagrams, C.L.A.S. and last day’s activity

-sheet: Symbolic Circuit Diagrams (L.A.S.: Legend, Accuracy and Size)

-sheet & activity-More Wires

-Activity: assembling required circuits (lighting a light bulb with one and two wires)

 

 

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) Math: MQ31 #1-6, 13-16, 21-28, 36  2) I have a Gideon’s Bible form for you to consider filling out for me.  3) Our grade five class will be receiving our Hepatitis B shots tomorrow morning.  *My journal entry, No School Tomorrow? Then I’m… is due tomorrow. 

Tuesday: 1) Math: MQ31 #7-12, 17-20, 29-35, 37;  My work from yesterday was peer evaluated today.  2) We are focussing on beginning all written compositions such as our weekly journal entries by first using a plan.  3) Please initial my science duotang evaluation sheet that counts towards my report card effort mark.  *I did not submit this week’s journal entry that was due this morning. 

Wednesday: 1) Math: MQ33 #1-12, 17-28  2) Science: I am expected to make all corrections and to complete all my work/notes in my science duotang by the next time Mr. Myers evaluates it.  3) Mr. Myers has evaluated and handed back all our journals.  *I did not submit this week’s journal entry that was due yesterday morning.  *I did not show Mr. Myers my science duotang evaluation sheet with your initials on it.
Thursday: 1) Math: MQ37 all; Let me share with you how I fared in having my work peer evaluated twice this week.  2) We have library tomorrow so I should remember any books that I have taken out.  3) Please look at www.cbe.ab.ca/b306 for the school newsletter.  *Tomorrow is my last opportunity to submit this week’s P.O.T.W..  *I did not show Mr. Myers my science duotang evaluation sheet with your initials on it.  This was due yesterday.  He is waiting to see it tomorrow.
Friday: 1) Math: MQ41 all  2) Please note that there is a new P.O.T.W. for next week.  3) Have a blessed Thanksgiving weekend!  We have so much for which to be thankful.

Web master: Mr. Grant Myers
the Calgary Board of Education