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Monday November 24 - Friday November 28, 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

Division

-MQ130 read as a class

-MQ131 #1-6 (story problems)

Division

-MQ133 #1-25 (using related division: i.e. 16 divided by 2 and 160 divided by 2)

Division

-MQ134 #1-20 (estimating quotients)

Division

-MQ135 #1-17 (dividing without trading)

Division

-MQ136 read as a class

-MQ137 #1-23 (sharing profits: no remainders)

L.A.

-Punctuation, spelling and capitals 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.

-Envelope writing for our Great Canadian Mail Race letter

-Journal Entry: Respond to the following statement: “The respect and control that I show during difficult circumstances is a measure of my character.” (due Friday)

F.L.A.

-Review: “Correct the Teacher’s Mistakes”

-Sentence building (visual – oral – written)

-Oral practice and song: The March of the Kings/La marche des rois

Science

 

Mechanisms Using Electricity

-Review: students describe a circuit used from last day’s activity

-Glossary: review

-Activity: Connecting D-cell Batteries in Series (students observe what happens when they learn how to hook up batteries in series and finish their sheet from last week)

-Activity: Be a Circuit Detective (students complete a sheet and try out various circuits)

-time with personal kits (for early finishers)

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

Mechanisms Using Electricity

-Video: Introduction to Circuits (used as a review)

-Activity: Be a Circuit Detective (complete from yesterday)

-Class discussion regarding findings from their experiments

-time with personal kits

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

Mechanisms Using Electricity

-Presentation: George Pastirik of Science Is will be presenting to our students to show them what materials may be used and how to use them in the construction of their model cars for the upcoming 5th Annual Grade 5 Model Car Rally.

(next Tuesday)

 

-Activity + Sheet: Ring that Bell! (students get to hook up an electromagnet bell/electronic buzzer and fill out a sheet)

 

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.

-“My Initials Pri-Sec” Project (Painting: students plan their 2 initials according to a rubric, using bubble letters that overlap…they choose two primary colours and use the appropriate secondary colour wherever the letters overlap)

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: MQ131 #1-6  2) Mr. Myers handed back our journals and we are beginning our next entry that is due by Friday.  3) We’ve had two interesting class discussions that I’d be willing to share with you.  4) We will have S.T.O.R.E. this Friday before we receive our report cards.

Tuesday: 1) Math: MQ133 #1-25  2) I am bringing home my science duotang to show you that I’ve completed all pages up to and including the activity called, “Batteries in Parallel”.  3) If you would like to volunteer for this Friday afternoon’s S.T.O.R.E. please let Mr. Myers know in my agenda.  4) My journal entry is due by Friday morning. 

Wednesday: 1) Math: MQ134 #1-20  2) We have a special presenter coming in tomorrow afternoon to explain to us how to build our model cars for the upcoming car rally.  3) My report card is coming home this Friday.
Thursday: 1) Math: MQ135 #1-17  2) We have library tomorrow.  3) Let me tell you about Mr. Pastirik, the man who presented the building of a model car to us in science class.  *My journal is due tomorrow morning. 
Friday: 1) Math: MQ137 #1-23  2) There is finally a new P.O.T.W. for next week!  3) Check out what I purchased at the S.T.O.R.E. this afternoon!  *I am quite late in submitting my field trip form to Mrs. Sparrow.

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