Subject

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Math

Geometry 1

-MQ100 Read

-MQ101#1-6 (problem solving)

-Glossary (work on the words from today’s pages – the glossary is to be worked on daily throughout the unit)

-Nets

Geometry 1

-MQ162 all (geometric figures).

-MQ163 Do all (triangles of different shapes)

-Glossary (work on the words from today’s pages – the glossary is to be worked on daily throughout the unit)

-Nets

Geometry 1

-MQ164, 165 all (classifying triangles by length of side)

-Glossary (work on the words from today’s pages – the glossary is to be worked on daily throughout the unit)

-Nets

Geometry 1

-MQ166 #1-8 (constructing models of triangles)

-Glossary (work on the words from today’s pages – the glossary is to be worked on daily throughout the unit)

-Finish nets

Geometry 1

-MQ167 #1-6 (naming sides and vertices of triangles)

-MQ168 all (problem solving)

-Glossary (work on the words from today’s pages – the glossary is to be worked on daily throughout the unit)

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.

-P.A.R.I.S.

-Study nouns & adjectives (through Schoolhouse Rock! video plus written and oral practice)

-Novel Study: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

F.L.A.

-Song: Le petit prince + vocabulary (roi, reine, prince + review of the days of the week: lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche)

-Conjugating –ER verbs (review + introduction to new –ER verbs)

-Carnaval: introduction of vocabulary and events surrounding the French Canadian celebration of Carnaval

-French is taught using the four modes/skills of learning.  This means that all students have the opportunity to learn through listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Science

Classroom Chemistry

-Discussion: last week’s evaluation of pages 10-15 of student duotangs

-Revisit Sweet & Sour

-Activity: Mixing Liquids (completion by comparing and sharing results from last week’s experiments)

-Teacher Demo: Liquid Layers (students will see how various liquids layer via a demonstration) + completion of page 20 of their duotang

-Reading from What a Blast! (time permitting)

Classroom Chemistry

-Review and completion of yesterday’s work

-Discussion: Designing a Fair Test (+ note completion – p21 of their duotang)

-Reading from What a Blast! (time permitting)

Classroom Chemistry

-Activity: Science Inquiry (students are given the task of dissolving LifeSavers according to the Fair Test method to see how successful they are in making one LifeSaver dissolve more quickly than another)

-Reading from What a Blast! (time permitting)

-Homework (due Tuesday at the beginning of class): Science Inquiry #2 – Students build upon their learning by choosing and recording another method to make a LifeSaver dissolve more quickly.

(next week)

Art

-We will continue to use our 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.).