Wednesday, December 12th

Reminders

House event tomorrow pm (bring a lunch for your lunch meeting)

Holiday dance next Wednesday

House shirts

Stonegate 

English

Amazon ad (next Friday)

Character and Theme paragraphs (next Friday)

Math

Chapter 5, Lesson 1, #4-10

Science

Today we were learning about using taxonomy to classify living things.  The 7 taxonomy levels are...

Kingdom --> Phylum --> Class --> Order --> Family --> Genus --> Species

We used the rhyme Keep Ponds Clean or Frogs Get Sick to help us remember the order.  I posted information in Google Classroom --> Science on this topic.

Tuesday, December 11

Reminders:
House Event (Thurs pm)
House Shirts
Stonegate

English:
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling, Lesson #14.  Work due Thurs.  Test on Fri.
Work on Amazon Ad and Character Trait/Theme paragraphs (see google classroom)

Math:
Chapter 5, Getting Started, #1-4

Wednesday, November 21st

Reminders

• Lazy Day (tomorrow)
• Wear green on Friday for Minute to Win It assembly

English

• Read for 20 minutes
• Spelling Lesson #10.  Work due tomorrow.  Test on Friday.
• Literature Circle Stop 3 (Friday)
• Reading Response Letter (Thursday)

Math

Chapter 6, Lesson 6 - Identifying Multiples, #4-8 for practice.  Hand in tomorrow.

Social Studies

Inquiry Projects are due this week.

Science
In Science we have been discussing the following terms...

• vertebrates
• invertebrates
• endoskeleton
• exoskeleton
• warm-blooded
• cold-blooded

In small groups, students discovered the characteristics of animals that are in each category and came up with a few examples for each.

Today, we used a venn diagram to compare and contrast animals from different categories (for example, fish and birds).

Students then added each term to their glossary, and updated the entry for species so it reads, "a set of animals or plants, in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other."

Tuesday, November 20th

Reminders

• Lazy day has now been moved to Thursday.  So wear lazy clothes on Thursday.
• Wear green on Friday for Minutes to Win It Assembly.
• Return your report card envelope if you haven't already done so

English

• Read for 20 minutes
• Spelling Lesson #10.  Work due Thursday.  Test on Friday.
• Literature Circle Stop 3 (Friday)
• Reading Response (Thursday)

Math

• Chapter 6, Lesson 1, #5-10

Social Studies

• Inquiry Project (due this week)

Monday, November 19th

Reminders

• Lazy day (Wednesday).  Dress like you are lazy.

English

• Read for 20 minutes
• Spelling Lesson #10.  Practice due Thursday.  Test on Friday.
• Literature Circles Stop 2 group meeting (tomorrow)
• Reading Response Letter based on Literature Circle book (Friday)

Math

• Chapter 6.  Getting Started #1-4.  Multiplication/division review from Gr. 5.  Due tomorrow morning.
• Problem of the Week (POTW).  Due Friday.  **This work is for extra marks, and should only be completed after you complete the practice questions each day.

Social Studies

• Interactions between Canadian Communities inquiry project.  Due this week.  You'll have 2 more full classes to work on it.  Submit to Google Classroom when complete.  Remember to review the Success Criteria (in Google Classroom and on the whiteboard in our classroom) before you submit for marks.

Science

• Animal Kingdom organizer.  Fill as much in as you can.  Due tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 13th

Reminders
YPT (Thursday)
PA Day (Friday)

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling Test (tomorrow)
Literature Circle stop 1 group meeting (Wednesday)

Math
Chapter 4 Review #1-15
Addition and Subtraction test (Wednesday) **See yesterday's post for study guide

Monday, November 12th

Reminders
Internet Safety Presentation - tonight @ 7 pm
YPT - Thursday
PA Day - Friday
Cover your webcam with a bandaid!

English
Read literature circle novels
Take jot notes for literature circles
Spelling test on Thursday

Math
Chapter 4, Chapter Review #1-8 today, #9-15 tomorrow
Adding and Subtracting test on Wednesday

Study Guide for Adding and Subtracting test

• Mental math strategies
• Estimating to check reasonableness of your answer
• Adding and subtracting whole numbers
• Adding and subtracting decimals to thousandths

Social Studies

Work on your Interactions Between Communities inquiry.  Due next week.

Science

Bring in 5-10 pictures of animals (amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, sponges, jellyfish, worms, mollusks, parasites, insects, starfish/sea cucumbers).  We are going to use these on Tuesday for a science classification lesson.

Friday, November 2

English
Read for 20 minutes
Personal Narratives due on Tuesday

Science
Test on Tuesday
Study guide...

• static electricity - what is it?
• current electricity - what is it?
• energy transformations (example, a flashlight transforms chemical energy, the battery, to light and heat energy)
• chemical energy (understand how a battery is made and how it functions)
• the components of an electric circuit
• conductors (can transmit electricity) and insulators (cannot transmit electricity).  Know the difference and one or two examples of each.
• Switches (what do they do)
• parallel and series circuits (know the difference and advantages/disadvantages)
• renewable vs. nonrenewable sources of electricity (know a couple of each)
• tips on how to conserve electricity (know a few)

Social Studies
Gather and organize information (p. 50-51, #3)

Tuesday, October 23

Announcements
Food drive donations
House Meeting Thursday @ lunch
House event Thursday afternoon
Pizza Lunch on Friday
Halloween dance next Wednesday afternoon

English
Read for 20 minutes tonight

Math
Math Makes Sense textbook, p. 174-175 #2-6, Reflect

Science
Device project due tomorrow

Social Studies
Where Did Settlers Live?  Questions on Google Classroom due on Friday.

Wednesday, October 10th

Announcements

Friday, period 6 (Day 2) is a whole school board game period.  Please bring in a board game to play.

English
Read for 20 minutes
Reading Response Letter (due Friday).  See Google Classroom --> Reading for details
Spelling Lesson #5 (work due/test Friday)

Math
Chapter 2, Chapter Review #1-7.  We will take up these answers at the start of tomorrow's class.
Numeration test on Friday

**The numeration test will assess student understanding of the following...

• Read and write whole numbers to one hundred thousand and decimal numbers to thousandths
• Order and compare whole numbers to a million and decimal numbers to thousandths
• Place value from a million to decimal thousandths
• Round whole numbers to a million and decimal numbers to hundredths and tenths

Science

Today we discussed a project where students will plan, design, and construct an electrical devices that performs a useful purpose.  Students will work in pairs.  I have reconsidered the project and have decided that students will build one of four possible devices (a flashlight, a desk fan, a game show buzzer, or a toy with a motor).  We will revise the expectations next time we meet for Science.

Thursday, October 4th

English
Read for 20 minutes

Math
Ch.2, Lesson 8 #4-8, 11
IXL B.4 and B.5
Decimals Quiz on Wednesday (topics below)

• Read and write decimal numbers to thousandths
• Round decimal numbers to hundredths and tenths
• Compare and order decimal numbers to thousandths, including inequalities 

Science

Series and Parallel Circuits handout (Tuesday)

French

Get test signed and do corrections

Wednesday, October 3rd

English
Read for 20 minutes
Biography (tomorrow)
Spelling Lesson #4 test (tomorrow)

Math
Ch. 2, Lesson 7 (Rounding Decimals) #1-6
IXL B.6

Reminders
Photo Day (tomorrow AM)

Tuesday, October 2nd

English
Read for 20 mins
Biography (due Thursday)
Spelling Lesson #4 Test (Thursday)

Math
Chapter 2, Lesson 6 - #5-7, 9-11
IXL B.1, B.2, B.3

French
Get test signed and do corrections

Other
Photo Day (Thursday morning)
PA Day (Friday)
Holiday (Monday)
Scholastic Book Fair (next week)

Tuesday, September 25th

English
Read for 20 minutes
Biography draft (for Thursday morning). Be ready to meet with a partner to revise and edit your draft.

Math
p. 41-42 #2, 4, 6, 7, Reflect
IXL: Grade 5 A.3 & A.4

Science
Insulators and Conductors handout (Thursday)

Terry Fox walk on Thursday.
Photo day on October 4th.

Monday, September 24th

English
Read for 20 minutes

Math
p. 36-37 #1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9
IXL A.1 & A.2

Science
Conductors and Insulators handout

French
Poem and exercises

Monday, September 17th

English
Read for 20 minutes
Sidney Crosby article questions (Tuesday)

Math
Variables in Equations (Tuesday)
Patterning Test (Wednesday)

• Writing pattern rules (recursive and explicit)
• Common difference between terms in a pattern
• Graphing patterns
• Equal expressions
• Variables in equations

Social Studies

First Nations slideshow (Friday)

Science 

Electrical Devices handout (Thursday)

Thursday, September 13th

English
Read for 20 minutes

Math
Solve a Simpler Problem #3-5
**Students were continuing to use pattern rules to extend patterns in order to solve problems.

Science
Experiment handout (Friday) and lightning diagram (Monday)
**Students were conducting experiments with static electricity using balloons, salt and pepper, and tissue paper.  Then they watched several videos on the science of lightning and were asked to draw a labelled diagram to show their understanding.

Social Science
Why People Choose to Come to Canada? questions (Friday)
**Students are learning about reasons (Push and Pull Factors) people immigrated to Canada throughout history.

Tuesday, September 11th

English
Read for 20 minutes tonight
Finish up Dear Diary questions #1-4 (see Reading Classroom for questions)

Math
Finish up Graphing Patterns #5-8 for tomorrow

Social Studies
Canada map for tomorrow

I've also sent home a letter to parents and guardians re. contact information, etc....

Monday, September 10th

This week's spelling list:
Words with the sound of k, kn, and n.

1. echoes
2. chorus
3. chemistry
4. qualify
5. acknowledge
6. remarkable
7. locksmith
8. quantity
9. technical
10. banquet
11. knowledge
12. required
13. keyboard
14. chrome
15. antique
16. knelt
17. headache
18. unique
19. schedule
20. technique

Thursday, September 7th

In English we are learning about the characteristics of a biography. We read a short biography of Nellie McClung and the students answered some questions on Google Classroom.

In Drama we played some drama games.

In Math the students used an online program called Knowledgehook to complete a diagnostic assessment of Patterning.

In Science we are starting to learn about Electricity.  We used Padlet to brainstorm ideas, developed a definition of electricity, and created questions we would like to answer during the unit.

In Social Studies students finished their Google My Map of their summer holidays, and began labeling a paper map of Canada's provinces and territories and their capitals.

Reminders:

Office forms are due tomorrow

Term 1 goals (signed and return)

English

Read for 20 minutes tonight

Bring own reading book to class

Math

Finish Knowledgehook review questions

Wednesday, September 5th

Today we talked about our Term 1 goals, both academic and social, and the students chose one or two to pursue. 
We signed up for Newsela and read an article about the positives of texting.  Students completed a short quiz on the article and highlighted any news vocabulary.
In Math, we signed up for Knowledgehook and played a game show on patterning.  Then the students worked on some patterning questions as review of last year.
In Social Studies, we talked about what we will learn this year.  Then the students began work on an annotated map of their summer holidays using Google My Maps.

Announcements
Bring office forms by Friday.
Gym shoes for Friday.
Term 1 Goals (signed)

Language
Read for 20 minutes tonight!
Finish Newsela article. 

Math
Finish 'Do You Remember' #1-4

Social Studies
Map of your Summer Holidays (due Friday)

Tuesday, September 4th

1) Read for 20 minutes tonight!

2) Finish writing task if you did not already do so.  Here is a link to the AW page: https://aw.tdsb.on.ca/sites/awsupport.  You'll need to enter your student number and password to get in.  Then just go to Google Apps --> Classroom to resume working.

3) Remember to complete the office forms and return to your teacher by Friday.

4) Bring Phys. Ed shoes/clothing for Friday's class.

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