Subject

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Math

Geometry 2

-Tessellations

Geometry 2

-Tessellations

-Pentominoes

-Spatial Awareness Cubes

Geometry 2

-Graphing Mad Minutes results

-Tessellations

-Pentominoes

-Spatial Awareness Cubes

Geometry 2

-Graphing Mad Minutes results

-Tessellations

-Pentominoes

-Spatial Awareness Cubes

No school

(Student-led conferences)

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.

-Novel Study: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.  We will conclude our study of Hatchet by: 1) considering in a large group the answers to two open-ended questions 2) creating more open-ended questions in small groups 3) brainstorming answers to these questions by meeting with peers 4) writing down our ideas in the form of a plan or bulleted list and 5) selecting two questions to answer fully in written paragraphs in our L.A. work books.

-The remainder of our L.A. time will be spent in preparation for our student-led conferences.

F.L.A.

-School: We will continue to write school subjects in brief, easy sentences using the conjugated verb, AIMER.

-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

-review of yesterday’s activity, Fair Test: Crystals students revisit the creation of a fair test in groups – this time in the creation of crystals

-Reading from What a Blast! (time permitting)

Classroom Chemistry

-Activity: Acids and Bases (students test a variety of liquids with litmus paper in order to test whether they are acidic, neutral or basic.

-Reading from What a Blast! (time permitting)

Classroom Chemistry

Science cancelled due to Student-led Conferences preparation

(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.

-Tessellations art/math projects are being done this week.  We are working on two tessellations: the first is on square dot paper and the second one is on isometric dot paper.

S.S.

Social studies is taught by Ms Sparrow

Other

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