May 18, 2017- Another banquet of brag tags

Agenda:

Read 30 min
No school tomorrow or next Monday
Wear green shirts for volunteer tea next Wednesday

Homework: practice multiplication facts

Guided reading homework:

• purple-
• blue- Chapter 5 task due May 24
• green- Chapter 7-9 task due May 25
• orange- Chapter 6 due May 23
• red- Chapters 16-18 due May 24

What did we do today?

• In math, we continued to design their given city districts, making sure that we have roads that will attach to each other and that our buildings have certain shapes and angles. Group C continued to design the interior/ exterior of their food trucks.
• In gym, we did centers outside that focused on our putting, chipping and driving skills.
• After recess Ms. Jones read us Wonder.  We met Via's boyfriend and learned from his point of view how close Auggie's family is.
• In music, we practiced our Volunteer Tea song.  Then we did some sharing.
• After lunch, for Daily 5, we had time to work on our writing tasks, had 20 minutes of reading time and worked on our new guided reading tasks.
• We got lots of time this afternoon to finish our last science center and to catch up on the ones we have to finish.  Ms. Jones told us to star our two best, as she will be looking at those to mark.

May 17, 2017- Trains for kids....I like trains!

Agenda:

Read 30 min
No school Friday or next Monday
Clay For Kids trains go home today

Each homeroom requires female and male volunteers for our swimming program that runs May 26 through to June 2.  Please contact me or our room parent (Marla Clarke) if you are able to help out.

Homework: practice multiplication facts, math mystery case #25 due tomorrow

Guided reading homework:

• purple-
• blue- Chapter 4 task due May 17
• green- Chapter 5-7 task due tomorrow
• orange- Chapter 6 due May 23
• red- Chapters 13-15 due May 17

What did we do today?

• In math, we continued to design their given city districts, making sure that we have roads that will attach to each other and that our buildings have certain shapes and angles. Group C continued to design the interior/ exterior of their food trucks.
• Since it was raining outside, we made our own mini-golf course and got to go to each hole using our putting skills.
• After recess in science, if we hadn't finished our rubrics for station five we did that first. Then we started station six, which is our last science center for this unit.
• After lunch, for Work on Writing, we started to make cards for the Volunteer Tea.  We brainstormed ideas of all the things and events volunteers do and help us with to make our school the best it can be.
• In music, we practiced our Volunteer Tea song.  Then we got to play an acting game.
• At the end of the day in Daily 5, we had to work on our Daily 5 tasks.  Most of us worked on our guided reading tasks.

May 16, 2017- Spud Lamp

Agenda:

Read 30 min
No school Friday or next Monday

Each homeroom requires female and male volunteers for our swimming program that runs May 26 through to June 2.  Please contact me or our room parent (Marla Clarke) if you are able to help out.

Homework: practice multiplication facts, math mystery case #25 due Thursday, Geometricity permits due tomorrow 

Guided reading homework:

• purple-
• blue- Chapter 4 task due May 17
• green- Chapter 5-7 task due May 18
• orange- Chapter 6 due May 23
• red- Chapters 13-15 due May 17

What did we do today?

• A handful of students went to Mount Royal University with Destination Conservation.  We did two stations: one about Alberta in the future, and how we can protect nature.  We learned about different trees and how the ecosystem can be effected if these trees become endangered.  In the afternoon, we did a gallery and we exchanged awards with other schools.
• In math, we worked on our permits.  If we were done, we got a district of the city to design. Group C has started to design the interior of their food trucks.
• In gym, we continued our golf unit by learning how to chip.  We tried chipping the golf ball into a white hoop and we also practiced chipping using a chipping range.
• After recess in language arts, Ms. Jones read Wonder.  Julian has spread a rumour about Jack and therefore none of the boys in their grade will speak to him. 
• We went to the Recycle Your Read Book Fair to buy books.
• After lunch, in daily 5 we finished our word work from yesterday, finished our writing assignment from last week, worked on our guided reading tasks and finished painting our shape art.
• At the end of the day in science, we had catch up time to finish our fifth center.  Ms. Jones gave out brag tags for each of the stations.

May 15, 2017- FORE!

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Recycle Your Read book fair tomorrow from 11:15-11:45am- please bring quarters to buy "new" books
Destination Conservation team at Mount Royal tomorrow
No school Friday or next Monday
Scrapbooking club tomorrow

Each homeroom requires female and male volunteers for our swimming program that runs May 26 through to June 2.  Please contact me or our room parent (Marla Clarke) if you are able to help out.

Homework: practice multiplication facts, math mystery case #25 due Thursday, health food planner due tomorrow

Guided reading homework:

• purple-
• blue- Chapter 4 task due May 17
• green- Chapter 5-7 task due May 18
• orange- Chapter 5 due tomorrow
• red- Chapters 13-15 due May 17

What did we do today?

• In math, we had to work on our multiplication ninja skills if we had not yet met a number (4 times table for grade 3 and 8 times table for grade 4).  If we finished that we had to finish our building permits, food truck blueprints and wanted posters
• In gym, we started our golf unit by practicing with a driving range.
• After recess in science, we started our fifth simple machine center.  We have one more to do after this.
• Before lunch in health, we continued planning healthy meals using proper portions.  This task is for homework if we didn't finish.
• After lunch, in daily 5 we started a new word work.  Our secret word today was immigrants.  After we finished that we moved on to our guided reading tasks and reading to self.
• At the end of the day in art, we finished painting our shape castles with water colour paints.

Questions:

1. What will we be doing next in science after our centers?-  We will use what we learned to create something that moves a distance.
2. Are there any other types of golf clubs?

May 12, 2017- Practicing how to be kinder to the Whispering Woods

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Recycle Your Read Tuesday
Book order forms-due Monday

Homework: practice multiplication facts, math mystery case #24 overdue, work on writing task of writing about the place you would go to overdue

Guided reading homework:

• purple-Chapter 3 work overdue 
• blue- Chapter 4 task due May 17
• green- Chapter 5-7 task due May 18
• orange- Chapter 5 due May 16
• red- Chapters 13-15 due May 17

What did we do today?

• At the start of the day, we had special visitors from grade 1/2.  They shared their research about human impact and how it has effected the Whispering Woods.
• After the special visitors, we tested whether the pictures we took from last Friday were indeed symmetrical.  We used miras to see whether the reflections matched the pictures. We had to sketch each picture and record our findings using a chart in our Fresh Air Friday journals.
• For our Fresh Air Friday activity, we went on a measurement scavenger hunt.  We had to find things in nature and were a certain measure.  We used mm, cm and m.  We had to sketch the items, making sure we made the drawing the same size as the measurement. We found a lady bug that was 5mm, a stick that was 20cm and a rock that was 5 cm.

May 11, 2017- Rolling on a ramp catch up

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Recycle Your Read Tuesday
Swimming forms- due tomorrow
Book order forms-due Monday

Plant sale is tomorrow.  Kindergarten families will be given an opportunity to buy our plants prior to other Dr. Coffin families. We're planning on setting up for our plant sale in the Kindergarten classroom. We will have tomato, cucumber,  zucchini, peppers, basil, and cilantro for sale. Prices will range from 2 to 15 dollars, CASH ONLY will be accepted. The proceeds from our sale will be used by the Kindergarten students (which we will vote on) and for funding our L.G.T. program.
Kindergarten families- 10:45-11:30am
Other families- 11:30am- 12:30pm 

Homework: practice multiplication facts, math mystery case #24 overdue, work on writing task of writing about the place you would go to due tomorrow

Guided reading homework:

• purple-Chapter 3 work overdue 
• blue- Chapter 4 task due May 17
• green- Chapter 5-7 task due May 18
• orange- Chapter 5 due May 16
• red- Chapters 13-15 due May 17

What did we do today?

• In math, we started brainstorming for our geometricity.  We had to work on a permit, while group C made blueprints for their food trucks.
• In gym, we had free choice of four square, basketball, or playing on the playground since our grade 6 friends were busy writing their PAT.
• Before lunch in music, we practiced our song for the volunteer tea May 24th.  We also played on the ukeleles.
• This was our last day to work on our work on writing assignment.  Writing about which place we would go to is due tomorrow.
• In language arts, we read more of Wonder.  Jack Will has become friends again with August. Jack also punched Julian after he said something mean about August.
• At the end of the day in science, we had catch up time to work on any of the centers we have not completed.  If we were done, we were allowed to work on our title pages for the unit.

May 10, 2017- Switcheroo

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Recycle Your Read May 16
Swimming forms- due Friday
Book order forms-due May 15th

Plant sale is Friday, May 12 at 10:45 AM. Kindergarten families will be given an opportunity to buy our plants prior to other Dr. Coffin families. We're planning on setting up for our plant sale in the Kindergarten classroom. We will have tomato, cucumber,  zucchini, peppers, basil, and cilantro for sale. Prices will range from 2 to 15 dollars, CASH ONLY will be accepted. The proceeds from our sale will be used by the Kindergarten students (which we will vote on) and for funding our L.G.T. program. 

Homework: practice multiplication facts, math mystery case #24 due tomorrow, work on writing planner and first paragraph due tomorrow

Guided reading homework:

• purple-Chapter 3 work overdue 
• blue- Chapter 4 task due May 17
• green- Chapter 1-4 task overdue
• orange- Chapter 5 due May 16
• red- Chapters 13-15 due May 17

What did we do today?

• In math, group C started their business plan for a food truck design, while group B worked to finish their posters and to start building their prism character.  Group A finished sorting objects.
• In gym, we played Raiders of the Arc outside with Room 5.
• After recess in science, we finished our fourth simple machine stations.  
• Before lunch during Work on Writing, we had to finish our planner and first paragraph of where we would go.
• After lunch, we read Wonder.  Jack Will realized why Auggie was mad at him through a memory in science.
• In music, we learned a song for the volunteer tea.  Then we continued to write about our GarageBand song.
• At the end of the day in Daily 5, we continue to work on our writing and guided reading tasks.

Questions:

1. How will Jack Will talk to August and his memory and to say he is sorry?
2. Why did Jack Will say things about Auggie in the first place?