Tuesday, December 17

Reminders
Dance Thursday pm
Spirit Days...

• Wednesday - Beach Day
• Thursday - Crazy Day
• Friday - PJ Day

Holiday Party Friday pm

Math

Chapter 5, Lesson 2 in Nelson textbook

2D Geometry test signed

Science

Electricity test on Thursday.  We'll review as a class tomorrow.  Here is the study guide...

- static electricity (be able to describe it)

- current electricity (be able to describe it)

- electric circuits

- series circuit vs. parallel circuit

- switches

- energy transformations (a radio turns electrical energy into...)

- conductors vs. insulators (know the difference between them and a few examples of each)

- sources of energy, like nuclear, solar, wind, etc...(know the basics of how they produce electricity and a few pros and cons of two of them)

- energy conservation (know some ways that we can conserve electricity, such as using energy efficient light bulbs or natural light, timers, tankless water heaters, etc...)

Social Studies

Students should be finished collecting information on the community they are researching before they leave for the holidays so we can focus on the writing and maps when we get back.

Wednesday, December 11

Reminders
Concert tomorrow @ 6:30 pm.  Meet by 6:15 in room 123.  Dress in your best holiday concert casual wear.

English
Read for 20 minutes

Math
2D Geometry review.  Finish drawing and measuring angles, and #5 on the review sheet.  We'll finish the rest tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 27

Reminders

• Coat and boot drive has been extended to next week.
• Stonegate gift
• House event and meeting Friday

English

• Read for 20 minutes
• Spelling Lesson 11 (test Friday)
• One-pager assignment (Dec 4)
• Continue writing scenes for your short story

Math

Tonight draw at least one more triangle that fits the course criteria for today's math problem.  Order the angles and opposite sides from greatest to least.  Test our two hypotheses about triangles...

• All interior angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees
• The largest angle in a triangle will have an opposite side that is the longest on the triangle.

Friday, November 22

Reminders

• Coat and boot drive.
• Stonegate donation.
• House event and lunch meeting (next Friday)

English

• Read for 20 minutes
• Spelling test for lesson 10 will be on Monday.
• Write 3 (or more) small scenes for your short story idea that show your character's struggles and motivations (goals).  These scenes may or may not end up in your final draft, but it is good practice and helps you to get to know your character better.

Math

Next week we begin 2D Geometry.

Science

Hand in your PSAs.  We will look at them on Monday.  Remember to turn in on Google Classroom so I can give you a mark.

Thursday, November 21

Reminders

• Coat and boot clothing drive.  Until November 28th
• Stonegate basket donation

English

• Read for 20 minutes
• Spelling Lesson 10 (test Friday)
• Today we worked on creating characters for our short stories by creating a T-chart and listing their internal and external features.  We also chose an idea for our story from our Writer's Notebook

Math

Chapter Review #5-7

Test tomorrow.  See Tuesday's blog post for details.

 

Wednesday, November 20

Reminder
Coat and boot drive.
Stonegate basket donation.  Baskets are being picked up on December 4th, end of day.

English

• Read for 20 minutes.  Please read one of our mentor texts (Google Classroom --> Writing classroom) if possible.  Again, ask yourself what kind of experience the author may have had and what s/he may have recorded in their writer's notebook to come up with the idea.
• Spelling Lesson 10 (test Friday)

Math

• Chapter 3 Review.  
• Math test Friday.  See Tuesday's blog for details.

Social Studies

Today we watched this video on the experience of Chinese and Japanese immigrants.  We made jot notes in an organizer (in your mailbox) and had lots of good discussion.

Tuesday, November 19

Reminders
LKS coat and boot drive begins this week.

English
Read for 20 minutes.  If you did not read one of the short stories on Google Classroom (Writing) yesterday, please do so tonight.
Spelling Lesson 10 (test Friday)

Math
Graphing using intervals problem (tomorrow)
Data Management test (Friday)

The following topics will be covered on the test...

• Choosing an appropriate type of graph for a given set of data
• Create line  and bar graphs and scatter plots with appropriate titles, labels, vertical and horizontal scales
• Determine how well a set of data represents a population
• Explain how using a different scale can influence the appearance and interpretation of a graph
• Calculate mean and median 

Science

Invasive species PSA (due today).  If you are having trouble uploading your project to Google Classroom, bring in a device, if possible, with your assignment on it and we will try to upload it tomorrow.  Note that on a phone or tablet, if you download the Google Classroom app you can usually upload any file on your device.  

Monday, November 18th

Reminders
Field trip tomorrow.  Students need to bring a lunch to school and a shirt they can wear while creating some art.

English

• Read for 20 minutes tonight.  Read one of the linked short stories tonight, plus your personal novel.
• Spelling Lesson 10 (test Friday).
• Writing: Read one of the short stores that I put in the Writing section of Google Classroom (Mentor Texts for Short Story Writing).  Study it, and look at two things especially.  First, ask how stories like these tend to go?  Second, think about how this story may have grown from the writer's life.  What story idea might the writer have recorded in her/his writer's notebook to produce this story?  Write about these ideas in your writer's notebook.  Finally, spend 5 or 10 minutes looking at the story ideas you wrote in school today, and revise one of them in light of what you just read.

Math

Mean and Median handout.

Science

Invasive Species PSA due tomorrow (Tuesday, November 19).  We'll share our work on Wednesday.

Social Studies

Jot notes about Irish immigration (p. 26-27) plus Apply It #1 on p. 27.

Wednesday, November 13

Reminders
Young People's Theatre forms and online payment
Trip to Living Arts Centre is next Tuesday.  Students need to bring a lunch to school and wear or bring a shirt that they can wear when working on art.

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling test (Thursday)
Novel Study #1 - Week 4 questions in Google Classroom (Thursday)

Math
Mid-Chapter review questions (Thursday)

Science
Invasive Species PSA (Tuesday)

Friday, November 8

English
Read for 20 minutes
Read novel study book to the end by Tuesday.

Math
Chapter 3, Lesson 2, #3-6

Social Studies
Who Came to Canada and Why? (in Google Classroom).  We finished the jot notes for the first section on the Black Loyalists as a whole class, and then students did the Red River Colony section on their own.  Nelson textbook required.

Science
Finished static electricity experiments.
Watch YouTube videos and draw labelled diagram of lightning and thunder.

Thursday, November 7th

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling test tomorrow
Book club tomorrow.  Finish Week 3 reading responses and literature circle task.

Math
Chapter 3, Getting Started, Do You Remember #1 & 2

Monday, November 4th

Reminders
Living Arts Centre (form and online payment)

English
Spelling list (due Friday)
Read novel to 3/4 point by Wednesday

Math
Order of operations handout (in Google Classroom)
Chapter 6, Chapter Review, #1-8.  We will take these questions up tomorrow and then do the remaining questions.
Test Wednesday on...

• Factors, primes, and composites
• Multiples
• Multiplication (including mental math, estimating, and calculating 4-digit by 2-digit)
• Division (including mental math, estimating, and calculating 4-digit by 2-digit)
• Order of operations
• Word problems

Science

Today we started our Electricity unit by defining electricity and drawing some diagrams.  

Social Studies

First Nations project (due Wednesday)

Thursday, October 31st

Reminders
Trip form
House meeting @ lunch tomorrow
House event tomorrow pm

No homework tonight!
Be safe and have fun.

Monday, October 28th

Reminders
We Scare Hunger food drive is on until Halloween.  Bring in non-perishable food donations.
Living Arts Centre trip form (return by Nov 1).
Halloween parade Thursday @ 9 am.
Halloween dance on Thursday pm.
House meeting Friday @ lunch.
House event on Friday pm.

English
Kidblog entry (due Friday).  Remember to write your blog post in Google classroom first, and then embed it in your Kidblog post.  See instructions in Kidblog.

Novel study job and reading response question (due Thursday).  Reading response question is posted in Google classroom.

Math
Chapter 6, Lesson 7 #A-C and 1-8.  We are practicing how to divide by 1000 and 10000.  Remember, to divide by 1000 and 10000, just move the decimal place 4 or 5 spaces to the left.

Ex.  943000 divided by 1000 is 943.  943000 divided by 10000 is 94.3.

Social Studies
First Nations inquiry project is due next Monday.

Thursday, October 24

Reminders
X-Dance session tomorrow
Pizza lunch tomorrow
We Scare Hunger Food drive on now.  Bring in non-perishable donations.

English
Novel study questions and job due tomorrow

Math
Chapter 6, Lesson 6 #4-8

Science
Pollinators inquiry project due tomorrow.  We will try to find time to finish the dioramas next week.  Presentations will start on Monday.

Tuesday, October 22

Reminders
X-Dance tomorrow
Pizza lunch on Friday
We Scare Hunger food drive is on now.

English
Novel study questions and job tasks (bring to book club meeting on Friday)

Math
Chapter 6, Lesson 3 & Mental Math #1 a-f

Science
Pollinator inquiry project

Monday, October 21

Reminders
X-Dance session #1 tomorrow.

English
Students choose a novel for their first novel study.  Tonight and tomorrow they need to read be reading so they can be ready for their meeting on Thursday.

Math
Students had a double math period today, so we finished the questions we didn't get to on Friday and then they had a lesson on Identifying Multiples.
Chapter 6 Lesson 1 #4-10 (Friday's unfinished questions on primes and composites)
Chapter 6 Lesson 2 #3-8

Science
Today was a work period for the students pollinators project.  We're hoping to have everything wrapped up by Friday.  Remember to bring in materials for your diorama so we can work on them.

Social Studies
There is a new assignment in the social studies Google classroom.  Students are investigating how First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities or individuals have contributed to Canada.  They are allowed to work in pairs or by themselves.  

Thursday, October 17

Reminders
We Scare Hunger food drive

English
Read for 20 minutes tonight
Short story tasks (due tomorrow)
News Article (due tomorrow)

Math
Ch. 6 Getting Started and Do You Remember questions

Science
Pollinators inquiry jot notes (due tomorrow)

Wednesday, October 16

Reminders
The We Scare Hunger food drive is on now.  Bring in non-perishable food donations.

X-Dance is next week.  If you haven't done so yet, please check schoolcashonline for payment details.

English
Students are reading a short story of their choice and completing some tasks (story map, vocabulary log, response questions).  They'll be meeting with other students on Friday to discuss the story.  All work is due Friday.

Students are also writing a news article this week.  I've asked them to come to class tomorrow with a draft of their article for revising and editing.  The article can be on the Terry Fox Walk, the Ice Dump Challenge, or another news worthy event that they experienced.

Math
Tomorrow we begin our multiplication and division unit.  This year the students will use mental math, estimation, and other strategies to multiply and divide 4 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers.

Science
Students are working on an inquiry project on an Ontario pollinator.  They are making jot notes (due by the end of class tomorrow), creating a Google slideshow, giving a presentation, and making a diorama.  They were asked to bring in materials for their diorama so they can make it in class.

Social Studies
Students were asked to interview a family member who immigrated to Canada about their experience.

Yes, they're busy right now!

Wednesday, October 9th

Reminder
Pay for X-Dance and agendas using school cash online

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling (Thursday)
Practice news article.  Write a short news article based on one of the four images and captions shown during class today.

Math
Chapter 4, Lesson 6 - #4-7 (you also have to answer the lesson problem in order to answer question #4).

Science
Complete jot notes/research for pollinator inquiry by next Wednesday.

French
Finish French colouring.

Monday, October 7th

Reminders
Book Fair (Tuesday)
X-Dance (school cash online)

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling (Thursday)
Cougar attack news article.  We will look at them tomorrow, but you will have some time to finish in class first.

Math
p. 60 (Math Makes Sense) #1ace, 2bdf, 3, 6, 8-10

Social Studies
Mapping test (Wednesday)

Monday, September 30

Reminders
Photo Day is tomorrow.

English
Read for 20 minutes tonight.
Spelling Lesson #4.  Test Friday.
Student council speeches (tomorrow).  Written task due tonight.

Math
Numeration test (Wednesday) on the following topics...

• Reading and writing numbers to 1 000 000 and to decimal thousandths
• Comparing and ordering numbers to 1 000 000 and to decimal thousandths
• Rounding decimals thousandths

Social Studies

Mapping unit test (Friday) on the following topics...

• Canadian provinces and territories
• Latitude and longitude
• Time zones

Visual Art

Wednesday, September 25

Reminders
Terry Fox Walk (tomorrow afternoon.  Check the weather and dress appropriately.)

English
Read for 20 minutes
Reading Response #1 (Friday)
Student Council Speech.  Bring a rough draft to school tomorrow.

Math
Nelson, Chapter 2, Lesson 7 #3-5, 7, 8

Art
Uncoloured Op Art (Monday)

Monday, September 23

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling Lesson 3 (Friday)
Student Council Speech (Friday)

Math
Ch. 2, Lesson 3 #5-11

Art
Op Art (not coloured, Monday)

Wednesday, September 18th

English
Read for 20 minutes
Reading Response paragraph.  At least 3 sentences (topic sentence --> supporting sentences w/ evidence from the text --> concluding paragraph).  Due tomorrow.

Math
Numeration Warm-Up Mission on Knowledgehook.

Finish French work.

Tuesday, September 17

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling, Lesson 2 (Friday)

Science
Compare and Contrast Vertebrates and Invertebrates (Wednesday)

Wednesday, September 11th

English
Read for 20 minutes this evening
Spelling (Friday)

Math
Lesson 4 #5-7
Knowledgehook missions (2 of them)

French
Finish work

Art
Name design.  Finish tracing name in all 8 triangles and outline in black ink for next Monday.

Tuesday, September 10th

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling (Friday)

Math
Chapter 1, Lesson 3 A-E & #1-3

Monday, September 9th

English

Read each evening for at least 20 minutes

Spelling test (Friday).  Please hand in word list Friday morning.

Math

Lesson 2 #5, 9

Skills Bank #1-4

Art

Finish tracing name into all 8 triangles and outline with black ink by next class (Monday)

Friday, September 6th

Reminders
Materials (binder, calculator)

English
"Things I wish my teacher knew" writing assignment (due Monday).  When you are finished, remember to "Turn In" you assignment in Google Classroom.

Math
Chapter 1, Lesson 2, #6 b, e, f, 7, 8 (due Monday)

Enjoy your weekend!

Thursday, September 5th

Reminders
Forms
Materials

English
Bring your own novel to class
Letter assignment (due Monday on Google Classroom)

Math
Chapter 1, Lesson 1, #4-6
Knowledgehook mission

Wednesday, September 4th

Reminders

Materials (binder, calculator, pencil case)

Forms

English

Fill 1/2 page based on our prompt today in your Writers Notebook.

Math

Chapter 1: Getting Started #1-4 (Nelson online).  Please hand in tomorrow morning.

Finish Knowledgehook kick-off assignment.

Tuesday, September 3rd

Welcome back!

I hope everyone had an awesome summer break.  Looking forward to a great year!

Remember to pick up a binder when you can (for multiple subjects), and if possible a calculator and geometry set.

Finish up Knowledgehook kick-off mission (joinkh.com --> boot8795).

Bring a novel/reading book to class.

Friday, May 24

Reminders
Pizza lunch - Friday, May 31st
Tombolas
Springfest - Saturday, June 1st

Social Studies
Inquiry projects are due next week

Science
Inquiry projects are due in 2 weeks

Tuesday, May 21st

Reminders
Tombolas
Blue Jays game (Thursday)

Math
Knowledgehook - EQAO 2013 review questions (tomorrow)

Social Studies
We're aiming for Monday being the date to hand in your project.  You'll have time in class this week to work on your finished product.

Science
We're aiming for June 6th being the due date for your project.  We'll have time this week and the week after next to work on your finished product.

Monday, May 13

Reminders
Blue Jays form (asap)
Spring concert (Thursday)

English
Parvana's Journey, Chapter 11-13 questions (Wednesday)
Descriptive writing prompt (see Google Classroom)
Spelling test (Friday)

Math
Knowledgehook, Algebra Review (Tuesday)
Tomorrow we'll practice solving word problems by creating algebraic equations.

**We'll have a short Algebra assessment on THURSDAY or FRIDAY.  It will cover solving equations with one and two or more variables and word problems.  Basically, everything we've done in Algebra over the past 4 or 5 days.

Social Studies
Continue working on your inquiry projects.  The expectation is that you are finished your research by Thursday this week and are starting to work on the finished product.

Friday, May 3

Math
Transformations test on Monday.

Social Studies
Jot notes check for inquiry project on Thursday.

Science
Space test on Wednesday.

Health
Substance project due Friday.

Thursday, May 2

Reminders
x-fusion parent night (tonight)

English
Spelling test #29 (tomorrow)

Math
Chapter 14 Review, #1-5, 7

Social Studies
Inquiry questions of your project should be written into your organizer by tomorrow.  I'll look them over and approve them.

Science
Test next week.  I'll post your study guide asap in Google Classroom.  I'll print you each a copy as well.

Tuesday, April 30th

Reminders
X-fusion tomorrow and Friday; bring appropriate clothing/shoes

English
Spelling Lesson #29.  Test Friday.
Parvana's Journey - Read to the end of Ch. 6 by tomorrow.

Math
Two transformation problems from today's class are due tomorrow morning.
We'll continue to work on your tiling pattern tomorrow.  Remember, choose a geometric shape, or use pattern blocks to make one, that you can turn into a tiling pattern (no gaps or overlaps).  Use all 3 transformations (translations, reflections, and rotations) in your design.  Draw your design (about a 1/2 page), and then explain how you used each of the transformations.  Colour your design.

Social Studies
Term 2 inquiry project.  Students chose a topic for their project today, and will continue to work on the project for the next few weeks in class.

Thursday, April 25

Reminders
Pizza lunch tomorrow
Sharing assembly tomorrow
X-Fusion next week on the 30th, 1st, and 3rd

English
Spelling Lesson #28.  Test tomorrow.
Parvana's Journey, Ch. 3 response questions in Google classroom (due tomorrow)

Math
Combined Transformations questions a-e.  Due tomorrow.

Science
Test next week.  Study guide will be ready tomorrow!

Social Studies
Begin thinking about what global issue (social, political, economic, or environmental) you want to research for the upcoming project.

Health
We'll continue working on the substances project next week.

Wednesday, April 3

Reminders
House meeting @ lunch on Friday
House event Friday afternoon

English
Read book club novel to 1/2 by Friday
Craft two questions and post to kidblog (Wednesday).  Respond to your own questions.
Respond or comment to two questions on kidblog

Math
Chapter 12 review, #7-12
Test on fractions, decimals, percents, and ratios (Monday).  I'll post a study guide tomorrow.

Science
Please try to have the all work caught up by next Monday.

Friday, March 29th

Announcements
House event next Friday
House meeting next Friday at lunch

English
1) All work for book club (week 1) is now due, including 2 questions posted and responded to on kidblog, the reading response question in Google classroom, and, of course, you've read 1/4 of your novel.  Please have your questions for Week 2 posted to kidblog by Tuesday.

2) You should have finished your persuasive essay planning organizer, conferenced with me, and are now writing up a rough draft.  We'll continue working on Monday.

Math
Today we learned how to estimate and find a percent of a number.  For example, to find 30% of 40, first find 10% (4) and then multiply by 3 (12).  We worked on question in Math Makes Sense today, p. 318-319 #3-6 & 9.

Social Studies
Today we created a flow map showing either the top 5 imports or exports between Canada and another country.

Thursday, February 21

Reminders
Pizza lunch (tomorrow)
Students brought home some information about the trip to Mono Cliffs today

English
Read for at least 20 minutes tonight
Spelling Test #23 (tomorrow, period 3)

Math
Chapter 11, mid-chapter review #1-4
IXL CC.11, CC.12, CC.13
Quiz tomorrow, period 4

Science
Flight test (Monday).  See Tuesday's post for study guide.
Airshow (next Wednesday).  This is where each student/pair will throw their airplane 3 times, once for distance (5 metres), once for a stunt (double barrel roll, loop-de-loop, circle around an object), and once for carrying a load (as many pennies as possible).  They will need to be able to explain why their plane is able to complete all 3 actions based on their understanding of the 4 forces of flight and pitch, roll, and yaw.

Wednesday, February 20th

Reminders
Mono Cliffs forms (tomorrow)
Mike Ford presentation (tomorrow am)
Pizza lunch (Friday)

English
Today we mostly worked on our performance for Friday's sharing assembly.
Read tonight for at least 20 minutes.
Finish any late Google Classroom assignments.
Spelling will be checked tomorrow.  Test for Lesson #23 is on Friday, period 3.

Math
Today we worked more on the volume of a triangular prism.  Students finished p. 364 #6 (independent) and #9 (with a partner).  We took up both questions as a whole group.

Homework: IXL C.11, C.12, C.13 (you can work on this over the next two evenings)

Science
Test Monday on Flight.  See yesterday's blog entry for the study guide.
Our airshow will take place on Wednesday.  You will have more time to work on your planes in the classroom.

Tuesday, February 19th

English
1) Read for 20 minutes
2) Reading Letter (if you wrote one last week, you do not have to do one for this week)
3) Spelling Lesson #23 (show me work by Thursday, test on Friday)

Math
1) Today we learned how to calculate the volume of a triangular prism.  The formula is (the area of the base) x (the height of the prism).
p. 364 #1-5 for practice.

Science
1) Test next Monday.  You need to know the following...
- the properties of air (know an experiment that proves two or three of them)
- the four forces of flight (thrust, drag, lift, gravity)
- the unbalanced forces (pitch, roll, and yaw) and the parts of a plane that control them (elevators, ailerons, and rudder)
- Bernoulli's Principle
- ways we can alter the four forces of flight (e.g., the force of gravity can be altered by using lightweight materials; different types of engines produce more/less thrust)
2) Airshow (next Wednesday)

Wednesday, February 6th

Announcements
Skating @ Mastercard, Tuesday, February 19th (pm).  Every skater must wear a hockey helmet. 

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling test, lesson #21 (Friday)
"All Summer in a Day" summary (tomorrow)

Math
Chapter 9, Lesson 3 #5-9, 11

Science
Four Forces Affecting Flight (1st page only)
**We drew a diagram of an airplane that shows gravity, lift, thrust, and drag.  Then we wrote a short descriptive paragraph explaining how each force affects flight.

Monday, February 4

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling Lesson 21 - work due tomorrow; test Friday
Read "All Summer in a Day"

Math
Ch. 9, Lesson 2 #5, 7, 10
Ch. 10, Lesson 4 #5, 6, 7
Early finishers do IXL G.10

Science
We're testing Bernoulli's Principle by building wings.  We're also testing the effectiveness of the principle using different types of materials (paper).  We'll continue tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 16th

English
Read for 20 minutes
Spelling Lesson #17 test (tomorrow)

Math
2D Geometry test (tomorrow)
The following topics will be on the test...

• Construct and measure angles up to 180 degrees
• Order and classify quadrilaterals according to sides, angles, and lines of symmetry
• Order and classify polygons according to line and order of rotational symmetry
• Construct polygons when given side length or angle measures

Apologies for the late notice.

Science

Inquiry projects are due by next Wednesday.  If you finish early, please just hand it in.

Monday, January 14th

English
Spelling Lesson 17 - Test Thursday

Math
Today we practiced constructing polygons given angle and side measurements.  First we did some questions from the textbook (Chapter 7, Lesson 4, #4-6).  Then in the afternoon I gave the class the following problems...

a) Construct a scalene triangle that has an obtuse angle.
b) Construct a quadrilateral with a 50 degree and a 95 degree angle and a side that is 4 cm.
c) Construct a right trapezoid with a 45 degree angle.
d) Construct a kite with a 25 degree angle and two sides that are 3 cm long.

Finish for homework if you did not show me your work today.

Science
Students had 45 minutes to work on their Science project this morning.

Thursday, January 10th

English
Spelling Lesson #16 - Test Friday
Read for 20 minutes
This week we wrote a draft of a letter about a proposed club at school.  We looked at some examples of other student work, and then paired up to make improvements to our writing.  Due Friday.

Math
Today we learned about line and rotational symmetry.  Students worked in pairs to determine the number of lines of symmetry and the order of rotational symmetry of some regular and irregular polygons.  They were asked to look for any connections between the number of equal sides the polygon had and its line and rotational symmetry.  Finally, they were asked to draw some irregular polygons that had line and rotational symmetry.

Homework: IXL AA.1 (**Note, some of the questions ask for the answer in the number of degrees.  I realize that we did not cover this today in class.  Do your best.)

Science
Students continue to do research on their chosen inquiry topic.  Today we discussed how to break down an inquiry question into a bunch of smaller questions.

Wednesday, January 9th

English
Spelling Lesson #16 - Test Friday
Read for 20 minutes
Magazine cover and contents page (tomorrow)

Math
Today we learned how to classify quadrilaterals based upon side lengths, angles, and symmetry.  Students used a website (link) to learn about the characteristics of the 6 quadrilaterals, and played some math game to solidify their learning.

Homework: IXL Z.1 & Z.7

Science
Students continued working on their Science inquiry projects.  They should all have chosen a topic by now, and they are now in the process of collecting information to become "experts."  Next week we will spend time choosing a format and presenting their learning.

Tuesday, January 8th

English
Spelling Lesson #16 - Test Friday
Read for 20 minutes
Designing a magazine cover and contents page (ongoing in class)

Math
We have just started a unit on 2D geometry.  Students will learn...
- to measure and construct angles up to 180 degrees
- to sort and classify quadrilaterals by symmetry, angles, and side lengths
- to sort and classify polygons by lines of symmetry and order of rotational symmetry
- to construct polygons given angle and side measurements

Homework: IXL Z.2, Z.3, Z.4, plus problems assigned in class, if unfinished

Science
Students have begun an inquiry project on a local issue affecting biodiversity (habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, for example).  They will spend a week learning about their topic, and then next week creating a way to present their learning.  They will also write a cumulative test on the unit after the project.

Here is an interesting page on how plastic pollution is impacting biodiversity