Category Archives: Literacy and use of technology

Keeping Track update

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Make sure you have the following items on your list and update where you’re at with them (as in completed, submitted, and incomplete).

Virtue responses:

Understanding; Flexibility; Modesty

Math Bellwork packages (each day covers a different strand in Math — Mondays: Patterning and Algebra; Tuesdays: Number Sense; Wednesdays: Geometry; Thursdays: Measurement; Fridays: Data Management)

Week one:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week two:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Mathtionary Notes: changing a percent into a fraction and reducing to lowest terms

Rates and Ratios

Basketball Music project:

Choose song

Develop timing and rhythm to accompany

Present to class

Spooky Narrative

Mini-biography: your assigned Father of Confederation — summary of Biography you were provided and a picture of the individual — these will be posted on our display board: A Changing Nation

Your Confederation term definition — to post with our Changing Nation display board

Cell Models:

Plant cell – labeled using toothpicks flags

Animal Cell – labeled using toothpicks flags

Key: name each “part” of the cell and explain its role/job within the cell

Virtual Tour for Global Citizenship researcher projects

Virtual Tour of School or our Community (depending on which group you are in)

Touching Spirit Bear chapter questions and personal reflections

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

** Reminder ** did you finish your title pages yet??

Applicable only to Taylor, Hannah (in Anishinaabemowin), Jillian and Kiefer (in English) — Practice Flanders Field poem for Remembrance day Ceremonies.

October 17th – 21st at a glance

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Happy Monday everyone.

Please ask at home if anyone could donate either their time or hot dogs towards our grad trip fundraiser – Hot dogs are sold on Thursdays and to help prepare them we would need individuals who are available from 12:20-1:00 🙂

Monday: (lunch: subs) Computer Lab – respond to your e-buddies in Vietnam (the list is below); Virtue response handed out – due Thursday (due to the PA Day on Friday). Dance instead of Gym; Science test today – parts of the Microscope and their function; Math test prep/review – test Thursday (adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying with Scientific Notation); last day for the Book Fair.

Tuesday: (lunch: soup and grilled cheese) Math test prep continued; Touching Spirit Bear; Characteristics of a Narrative – begin Spooky Stories Narratives: Due Thursday October 27th; Drum Group and Learning Buddies (with Grade 3s)

Wednesday: (lunch: nuggets) Flag Football Tournament; Fitness testing/Gym; Computer Lab; Walking trip to collect water samples for Science tomorrow with Mr. Fisher; Continue with Math test prep; Circle with Two Bear @ 2:00.

Thursday: (lunch: hot dogs – grade 8 fundraiser)Virtue response for Understanding is due today; Math Quiz; Haunted Classroom notes home due today – If we do not have enough interest or donations we will not be hosting the classroom this year so please make sure you show your family the letter and return it to me by today at the latest! Band. Spooky Narratives; water samples and microscopes with Mr. Fisher at 2:00.

Our Vietnam Epals buddy up list :)

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In Viet Nam, people write their last names before their given names. Mine would read Truong-White Hoa.

 

e-Pals (If full names appear, the underlined name is the first name). We have two pals each because they have such a large class. They also are just learning English so it is harder for them to write to us 🙂

 

  Mnjikaning Kendaaswin Elementary School Mac Dinh Chi Lower Secondary School
1 Taylor (1) Cao Thang and Yen Vy, (2) Hieu and Quan
2 Whitney Tram Anh and Gia Huy
3 Joshua Quan and My
4 Joseph Duc Minh & Quang Hung (Blog title: leminhduc and nguyenquanghung)
5 Emily C. Tien and Giang
6 Trinity Mai Phuong and Phuong Anh
7 Bryden Chauu and Tuu
8 Damon Duc Anh and Quang Anh
9 Marissa Tu and Duc
10 Hannah (1) Tri and Minh Phuong, (2) Binh
11 Wade (1) Duc, (2) Chi Hieu and Anh
12 Keifer Duy & Minh Anh
13 Emily S. Mai and Hung
14 Emily I. Quynh Anh and Duong
15 Jay Lam and Quang
16 Jillian Manh and Ngoc

This week at a glance

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Happy Tuesday everyone.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.

Due to the short week we will not be having spelling words or a vocabulary word; instead we will be focusing on getting ready for our e-pals in Vietnam to “meet us” (virtually that is).

Tuesday: Anishiinabemowin is in our class this week; Mr. Fox will be in our room until 12:10 while I work on Cultural Enrichment initiatives for MKES; Touching Spirit Bear Chapters 3 and 4 (read as a class, questions to be completed in class — make sure you are using full sentences which begin with a capital and end with punctuation); Drum Group begins today – some who are not in drum group will be working in Ms. M’s room with learning buddies, others will be working to get caught up.

Wednesday: Gym (beep test/fitness); Computer lab – last block; Flagfootball game(s) @ Ramara Centre; Book Fair begins

Thursday: Cross-Country @ Mount St. Louis (leave at 8:30 – return at 3:30); Double Band period (middle block – since we’ve missed the last two due to scheduling conflicts);Book Fair (open until 5:00)

Friday: Virtue response due; Computer Lab; Gym; Book Fair (open until 5:00)

*NOTE: Zumba will begin next Monday during our 10:00 PE time.

**NOTE: Our Circles with Twobear will begin next Wednesday (11:20 start)