February 13, 2017- Tipi talk

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: finish colouring hand art, practice multiplication facts
Valentine's list sent home today for tomorrow
Bring newspaper and magazines for tipi building tomorrow
No school Thursday or Friday this week

What did we do today?

• At the start of the day in math, we did Multiplication Ninja Monday and then after gym worked on fraction activities on Mathletics.
• This morning in gym, the gymnastic equipment was back up so we explored different balances, travel and jumps.
• After recess until our health class in the afternoon, we talked more about tipi designs and we learned about how tipis were set up.  We also made notes and sketches in our social duotang.  Women sat on the south side of the tipi and the men sit on the north side.  The door is always pointed to the east so that they are greeted by the sun and will warm them up. Then we got into our tipi groups and we created a design for the tipi we are going to make tomorrow.
• At the end of the day in health/art, Mrs. Wilkens read us a book about being kind.  We then made little valentines to put on the bulletin board in the hallway.  Our valentine writing had to include something we learned and about being kind.

Questions:
1. I wonder what materials the Blackfoot used to paint their tipis.
2. I wonder how long it takes to make and put up a tipi.
3. I wonder why the spirit animals have lifelines drawn on them.

February 9, 2017- The Art of the Blackfoot Tipi

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: practice multiplication facts
Drumming assembly on Friday starting at 10:45am
Please dress to be outside tomorrow for Fresh Air Friday

What did we do today?

• First thing this morning in math, the grade 3s worked on their Shady Works activity and then we learned about fractions in sets.  The grade 4s played a decimal place value game and we learned how to order and compare fractions.
• The grade 5/6 science fair was today.  We got to hear and see what they have been working on since November.  There was booths about bottle flipping, flower food, how many carbs are in different drinks, how fast a Gatorade would cool and how fast certain chocolate melted.
• After recess in gym, we played silent soccer in the classroom since the science fair was in the gym.
• In music, are spots for tomorrow's show were decided and Mr. K taught us something called a jam session, where we make up our own rhythms.  We also practiced our song for tomorrow.
• In Daily 5, we finished our assignments, hand art and social questions.
• At the end of the day in social studies, Ms. Jones read us a book about how tipis were given to the Blackfoot.  We were also given a map of the range the buffalo once roamed. As anthropologists, we studied pictures of tipi designs and sketched them.

Questions:
1. I wonder who will be chosen for science fair?
2. What are the different meanings of the different tipis?
3.What is the main design put on tipis?

February 8, 2017-Lets Get Crazy with Cursive!

Agenda

Read for 30 min.

Practice multiplication facts

Bring back POW- 'Math Mysteries' due tomorrow

What did we do today?

For Social we continued practicing mapping

Daily Five - we worked on finishing our tasks

Health - we finished our 'Grump Grumpaniny' and did circle talk

Music - continued drumming and introduced three new, big drums

 Questions:

What are the different, resources questions that we asked in Social?

What are the names of the big drums?

What is the secret phrase for our drumming?

February 7, 2017- Double Daily 5

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: math mystery due Thursday, practice multiplication facts
Treat day tomorrow- bring 25¢
Drumming assembly on Friday starting at 10:45am

What did we do today?

• First thing this morning in math, the grade 3s worked on their Build A Bar activity while the grade 4s had a new assignment which included money.
• In gym, we played King's Gold.  There were ten blue or red fluffies and a striped ball in a team's hoop.  The teams had to steal each other's fluffies.  Once all the fluffies were taken we could steal the striped ball, which would end the game.
• In library, we had book exchange, but we also had to log into IRIS and set a goal for ourselves to work on for the rest of the year.
• During music, we were broken up into three groups and given a pattern.  We played our patterns together.  We also played a rhythm game.
• In Daily 5, Ms. Jones worked with two different reading groups while we worked on finishing our Daily 5 tasks for this week.
• At the end of the day in social studies, we outlined and coloured the six regions of Alberta and we made five questions about the natural resources we could find there using a map.

Questions:
We were so busy we ran out of time again!

February 6, 2017- The little djembe drummer class

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: math mystery due Thursday, practice multiplication facts
Treat day tomorrow- bring 25¢
Library tomorrow
Drumming assembly on Friday starting at 10:45am

What did we do today?

• First thing this morning we practiced our ninja skills until gym.  After switching our table groups and recess, Ms. Jones introduced us to our math case.  We have to CUBES the problem, solve it, show our work and write a sentence answer to get full marks.
• Since the gymnastic equipment will not be put up this week, we played a game of dodgeball in gym.  
• For health, Mrs. Wilkens taught us a new Unthinkable called Grump Grumpaniny.  We watched a video, which was a clip from the Big Bang Theory where Sheldon needs to stay in his routine.  Then we went and wrote about when we have been a Grump Grumpaniny.
• We had our first drumming session today playing the djembe.  We learned lots of different rhythms as well as the A,a,B, b and c notes.We also learned how to hold the drum and hand positions to make each note.
• In Daily 5, Ms. Jones worked with two different reading groups while we worked on finishing our Daily 5 tasks for this week.
• At the end of the day in art, some of us finished our illusion art project.  If we did finish, we were tasked with drawing Nose Hill Park and estimate how many trees are in the park.

Questions:
1. What will we be doing tomorrow for gym?
2. How many trees are there in Nose Hill Park?

February 2, 2017- You Won't Learn This In Grade 6

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Please bring back envelope signed

Homework: practice multiplication facts
No school tomorrow- PD day

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What did we do today?

• This morning, the grade 3s finished their work from yesterday in math.  The grade 4s learned how tenths and hundredths can be similar and did an activity.  If we were done, we went to a site called Fraction Cafe.
• In gym, we played silent soccer in the classroom because the gym was being set up for their learning celebration.
• After recess, we finished our math work and then we went on the computers and did Mathletics.  There we had to finish two activities Ms. Jones gave us.
• Today in music, Ms. Stephure retaught Kumbya and Alice the Camel had Five Humps. Then we went off to practice it on our Ukeleles in partners.
• In health, we got to write about the Space Invader, who gets into your personal space. We had to write about a time we were a Space Invader or when we had to deal with one and what strategy we should of used.  We shared our strategies after.
• For Daily 5, we continued to work on our reading centers.
• At the end of the day, we went to the grade 5/6 learning celebration.  They sang us a song, then we went around to their projects and learned what they did in their sky science unit and learned more about black holes, different planets and phases of the moon.  We also learned about stars, moons, neutron stars, the ninth planet, constellations, different galaxies, gravity and the mythical stories around the planets and stars.

Questions:
1. Ran out of time today.

February 1, 2017- Snowy Winter Walk Wednesday

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Report cards sent home yesterday- please bring back envelope signed

Homework: math mystery due tomorrow, practice multiplication facts

What did we do today?

• This morning, the grade 3s finished their math assignment from yesterday.  The grade 4s learned how fractions and decimals are related, and worked on a task to show fractions as a decimal.  If we finished, we went into Mathletics and worked on fraction activities.  Some us worked on our heptathlon project.
• In gym, the gymnastic equipment was set up.  We explored the box horse, benches, the ramp and the ladders.
• After recess, in social studies we continued to work on our buffalo sheet.  If we were not done sketching our artifacts, we had today to finish them as they have to be returned to Fort Calgary.
• Today we participated in Winter Walk Day.  We went walking in a winter wonderland for 15 minutes around the school.
• In language arts, we continued to work on our Great Trash Bash journal.  We need to include three paragraphs of how we can reduce our waste at school and at home.  At the end, we should have seven paragraphs.
• In music, we played a song called Kumbya and we learned and sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  We also learned our F chord.
• We ended the day with our Daily 5 activities.

Questions:
1. Ran out of time today.