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Monday October 13 - Friday October 17, 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

Thanksgiving

(no school)

Subtraction

-Homework Check

-MQ42 Read

-MQ43 #1-6, 13-18, 25-30, 31-36, 43 (differences of 2 and 3 digit numbers)

Subtraction

-MQ43 Peer Evaluation

-MQ44 Read

-MQ45 Whole page + problems (estimating differences of large numbers)

Subtraction

-MQ46 Read

-MQ47 #1-8, 13-20, 25-27, 31, 32 (subtracting large numbers)

Subtraction

-MQ47 Peer Evaluation

-MQ48 whole page (solving problems using the Guessing and Checking method)

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: How To Build Up My Peers Due: Tuesday

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

-Journal Entry: My Responses to Mr. Myers’ Comments Due: next Monday

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

-review of diagram evaluations: C.L.A.S. and L.A.S.

-Sheet: Symbolic Circuit Diagrams (practice making simple electrical diagrams)

-Sheet: Wiring Diagram

-Activity: Open and Closed Circuits

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

Electricity and Magnetism

-review: symbols

-review: glossary words

-sheet & activity:

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

Electricity and Magnetism

-review:

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

(for next Tuesday)

-video

-table of contents + page numbering (organization)

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: (Thanksgiving: no school)

Tuesday: 1) Math: MQ43 #1-6, 13-18, 25-30, 31-36, 43; I write the Addition and Subtraction unit test one week from today.  2) My journal entry, Why It Is Important to Line Up Quietly is due tomorrow.  3) It sure is quiet around here with the grade six students at outdoor school.  4) I have two forms that are coming home to you today.

Wednesday: 1) Math: I am to complete all of page 45 by tomorrow.  2) Mr. Myers will be away tomorrow at the outdoor school.  Mme Stephanie and Mme Forest will be teaching us tomorrow.  3) I am coming home with my school photo.  *I still need to submit my last two journal entries. 
Thursday: 1) Math: MQ47 #1-8, 13-20, 25-27, 31, 32  2) We have library tomorrow so I should remember any books that I have taken out.  3)  *Tomorrow is my last opportunity to submit this week’s P.O.T.W.. 
Friday: 1) Math: MQ48 whole page; I am writing my unit test on this coming Tuesday.  2) Please note that there is a new P.O.T.W. for next week.  3) We have another additional journal entry to help us to remember how we should come into the classroom each morning.  4) My journal entry for the week is called, Responding to Mr. Myers’ Comments.  *I did not submit my P.O.T.W. this week.  This cost me fifty dollars and I still have to hand it in on Monday.

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