The Last Day of School in 2016!

Agenda:
1. Moon phases sheet - please go out nightly and keep track.  Due when you get back in 2017***.
2.  Have a safe and happy winter break!!  See you back at school on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017!

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that we can 'survive' the cold weather over the last 2 weeks!
How did you show what you learned?
We
What do you need to learn next?
You'll learn about what comes next when you get back to school on Jan. 3rd, 2017!

December 15th, 2016.

Agenda:
1. Weekly Spelling due tomorrow.
2. ***Moon phases tracking sheet - nightly assignment.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about astronomy, our galaxy, and the universe.
How did you show what you learned?
We listened to a fascinating presentation from a U of C Jr. astrononer.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to study the phases of the moon, from the full moon on...

December 14, 2016.

Agenda:
1. POW and Weekly Spelling due tomorrow.
2. Please sign the **Division Quiz and your **Legend writing.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the legal rights in the Charter.
How did you show what you learned?
We went through that section of the Charter and defined some more difficult words.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about equality rights (when we return in January).

December 13th, 2016.

Agenda:
1. Weekly Spelling due Thurs.
2. Edit Phunn! due tomorrow (see below).
3. Rough draft of your news article due tomorrow.
4. Bring $0.25 for leftover treats tomorrow.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about fundamental freedoms, and democratic and mobility rights. 
How did you show what you learned?
We read over them in our Charter booklet.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about more of our rights.

From The Wright 3:

"...the man on the train had lost his importance for the moment, the spooky twinkle in the Robie House windows had faded, and the Invisible Man had become just that." (p. 67)

Edit Phunn!:

The winter Solstice ocurrs evry year between december 20 and 23. The sun seems to stop moving, and it appear to rise and set in the same place. In fact, the word “solstice” comes from the latin words for “sun stand’s still.” In the Northern Hemispere, the Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year This event also means that the whether starts to get colder north of the earths equator.

December 12th, 2016.

Agenda:
1. Edit Phunn! due Wednesday.
2. Rough draft of your news article due tomorrow (Tuesday).
3. POW (#19, 20, and 21) due Thursday.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We began to learn about decimals.
How did you show what you learned?
We completed a page in our Interactive Math Journals.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to continue learning about decimals in the coming weeks/months.

From The Wright 3:

"...those strange thoughts he'd had just before he'd fallen, those thoughts about being young and alive and invisible." (p. 60)

December 9th, 2016.

Agenda:
1. Stay warm this weekend!

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that it's a good feeling to give.
How did you show what you learned?
We stuffed socks for Calgary's homeless.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to deliver the socks to the shelter early next week.

December 8th, 2016.

Agenda

1. - Festive Evening - Today: 6:00-8:00pm -  **Handbell performers please wear black and white**

2.  Fill A Sock Campaign - please don't forget your items for our bin!!!  Last day to donate is tomorrow.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about mobility and legal rights in the Charter. 
How did you show what you learned?
We watched Part 4 of "Fundamental Freedoms".  [if you missed any parts of this series, please click on this link:  
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=7OEOSImz5po&list=PLtPYD_kMaV6sT3zQExQpNrqBR8CzTHFFz]
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about collective rights in the Charter.

Agenda

1. - Festive Evening - TOMORROW - Thursday Dec. 8th - **Handbell performers please wear black and white**

2 - Fill A Sock Campaign - please don't forget your items for our bin!!!

3 - Do more research about why the days are longer in the summer and shorter in the winter in the Arctic. You will be presenting your findings to your Gr. 1/2 buddies on Friday Dec. 9th. 

4 - Don't forgot to have your Place Value and Multiplication quizzes signed ASAP. 

5 - Weekly Spelling and POW due tomorrow.

6. ***Division Quiz tomorrow.  Look over your review questions.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We re-learned/reviewed the 'fish hook/repeated subtraction' method for division.
How did you show what you learned?
We practiced using this method if we wanted to.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to apply any method of division on our quiz tomorrow.

From The Wright 3:
"...when late afternoon tipped into early evening and shadows from gardens threw giant blossoms and leaves across the pavement." (p. 53)

December 6th, 2016.

Agenda:

1. - Festive Evening - Thursday Dec. 8th - **Handbell performers please wear black and white**

2 - Fill A Sock Campaign - please don't forget your items for our bin!!!

3 - Do more research about why the days are longer in the summer and shorter in the winter. You will be presenting your findings to your buddies on Friday Dec. 9th. 

4 - Don't forgot to have your Place Value and Multiplication quizzes signed ASAP. 

5 - Edit Fun due tomorrow (please see below).

6. Division Quiz on Thursday.  We will be reviewing tomorrow.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the reasons for the season.
How did you show what you learned?
We began preparing to teach our Grade 1/2 buddies about this.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish and practice our presentations before Friday.

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December 5th, 2016.

Agenda:

1 - Festive Evening - Thursday Dec. 8th (Also Chris Hadfield will be at the Chapters in Chinook Mall) 

2 - Fill A Sock Campaign - please don't forget your items for our bin!!!

3 - Do more research about why the days are longer in the summer and shorter in the winter. You will be presenting your findings to your buddies on Friday Dec. 9th. 

4 - Don't forgot to have your Place Value and Multiplication quizzes signed ASAP. 

5 - Edit Fun due Wednesday and POW due Thursday 

6 – News Article Plan is due tomorrow

Highlights

What did you learn today?

We began our work with Division. 

How did you show what you learned?

We completed our Interactive Math Journal page and saw 3 different methods that we could use. Like with multiplication, we are to choose which method works best for us. 

What do you need to learn next?

We need to focus on each method and try applying it to various word problems. 

First Day of December, 2016.

Agenda:
1. No school for students tomorrow - see you on Monday!
2. Please get Place Value Test signed and return to school.
3. International Space Station Viewing Friday and Saturday:  https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/view.cfm?country=Canada&region=Alberta&city=Calgary#.WECilbSj6Ik 

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about 3D pentominoes.
How did you show what you learned?
We used 5 cubes to make all the letters.
What do you need to learn next?
We will experiment with the 3D pentominoes to design objects.

From The Wright 3:

"He knocked the threesome down again and stood the F up the right way.  Then he slammed the table with one hand and jumped to his feet.  How could he not have seen it?" (p. 52)

The Last Day of November, 2016.

Agenda:
1. Math - 2 greatest product questions + Multiplication Review - QUIZ TOMORROW
2. Weekly Spellling due tomorrow.
3. Scholastic orders due this Thurs. (cheques payable to: 'Scholastic Canada').
4. Festive Evening forms - please return by tomorrow.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that some provinces (initially) did not want the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to be created.  We also learned about the fundamental freedoms that each Canadian citizen enjoys.
How did you show what you learned?
We continued to watch parts 2 and 3 in the video series 'Fundamental Freedoms'.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more about the specific rights contained within the Charter.

November 29th, 2017.

Agenda:
1. Math - 2 greatest product questions.
2. Edit Phunn! due tomorrow (see below).
3. Please share this short video with your parents about the Charter of Rights and Freedoms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAIM1qzO9_w
4. Scholastic orders due this Thurs. (cheques payable to: 'Scholastic Canada').

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned more about the history of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
How did you show what you learned?
We watched several videos and took a few point form notes.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more about the specific rights and freedoms contained within the Charter.

on 1884, representative’s from 25 countrys hold eh meating in washington DC. The purpose of that meeting was to stablish tyme zones around the Werld. On november 1, the meeting particupants come up with a plan. greenwich england, became the Pryme meridian at 0 degrees longitude and, in the pacific, the International date Line was set at 180 degrees. The creation of timezones braught order two time worldwide.  “mee lyk tyme zones” won child shouted

November 28th, 2016.

Agenda:
1. Edit Phunn! due Wed.
2. POW - due Thurs.
3. Multiplication quiz on Thursday.
4. Share the Moon Phase Gizmo with your parents - learnalberta.ca -> Search Moon Phases -> Choose the Gizmo for grade 6 and 9.

5. Also, share the Bill Nye Video on Moon Phases with your family or watch it again for a second look at Moon Phases http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3cvnk6

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to multiply two-digit x two-digit numbers in 3 different ways.
How did you show what you learned?
We filled out new pages in our IMJ.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to practice the 3 different methods.

November 24, 2016.

Agenda:
1. No school tomorrow - P/T conferences.
2. Math - ordering numbers - please sign and return on Monday.
3. Scholastic due by  Dec. 1st - cheques made out to "Scholastic Canada".
4. Charter of Me - due Monday.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned the phases of the moon.
How did you show what you learned?
We made a moon phases flip book.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn why the moon has phases.

November 23rd, 2016.

Agenda:
1. Math Quiz tomorrow - study your review sheet and PV booklet.
2. Weekly Spelling due tomorrow.
3. Social Studies - Charter of Me - due tomorrow.
4. Scholastic orders - due Dec. 1st.
5. POW - due tomorrow.
6. Reading comprehension - Science - the Sun - please sign and return.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We began to learn about the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 
How did you show what you learned?
We viewed the actual document, and then began to create our own "Charter of Me".
What do you need to learn next?
We need to understand the rights and freedoms in greater detail.

From The Wright 3:

"Someone had highlighted the words an unheard-of piece of luck with an orange marker." (p.36)

November 22nd, 2016.

Agenda:
1. Math - Estimation sheet - due tomorrow.
2. L.A. - deconstruct the news article - due tomorrow.
3. Reading comprehension - Science - the Sun - sign and return ASAP.
4.  Edit Phunn! due tomorrow (see below).
5. Parent-Teacher conferences this Thursday and Friday.
6. Science Fair forms.
7. Get your Science quiz signed by a parent.
8.  Weekly Spelling - due Thurs.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the moon's orbit around the Earth.
How did you show what you learned?
We had a discussion about the moon in class today.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about the phases of the moon.

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