FLA
This week in FLA we finished our noun quiz and we watched the movie Pour toujours, les Canadiens. During the viewing, students had comprehension questions to answer (marks on PowerSchool). After the break, we will start working on the sentence structure and how to bring our writing from basic sentences to good sentences. We will also continue reading Le Petit Prince.
Social Studies
We continued taking notes about the Canadian Shields and will finish this unit after the Holidays.
ELA
Students viewed the movie version of Bridge to Terabithia and discussed the differences from the book and evaluated whether the differences impacted the story or not. Students that did not hand in their final project, need to complete it over the holidays.
Math
Thank you all for the wishes, cards and Christmas
presents. I wish everyone a nice and relaxing Holiday. After the break,
we will work in stations to review our multiplication and division unit.
There will be a unit test during the week of January 13.
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Friday, December 13, 2019
December 9-13
Social Studies:
We continued taking notes about the Canadian Shields and will continue discussing about that region next week.
ELA
Final project for Bridge to Terabithia is now due Monday.
Since students needed more time to complete projects, we had to postpone watching the movie to Monday and Tuesday next week. Students are welcome to bring snacks for themselves or to share on those days. Students that are not done their final project by Monday will have to complete their project instead of watching the movie.
FLA:
This week in FLA we worked on the noun and we had a quiz on Thursday.
Science & Math:
The Math homework is due on Monday (page 106 # 2, 5, 6, 8, 9A).
We will use our last period on Thursday morning to play games. Students are welcome to bring a board game from home and a special snack on that day (nut-free please).
ELA
Final project for Bridge to Terabithia is now due Monday.
Since students needed more time to complete projects, we had to postpone watching the movie to Monday and Tuesday next week. Students are welcome to bring snacks for themselves or to share on those days. Students that are not done their final project by Monday will have to complete their project instead of watching the movie.
FLA:
This week in FLA we worked on the noun and we had a quiz on Thursday.
Science & Math:
The Math homework is due on Monday (page 106 # 2, 5, 6, 8, 9A).
We will use our last period on Thursday morning to play games. Students are welcome to bring a board game from home and a special snack on that day (nut-free please).
Friday, December 6, 2019
December 1-6
Dear Parents,
Please note that we now have a coat rack for the students in 5-1 in the hallway just outside of their lockers. They can leave their winter gear and boots if there is no room in their locker. The hallway is supervised during nutrition break and lunch time, however there is no active supervision during class time. If you give you child the permission to leave their clothes on the rack, please remind them to never leave any valuables in their pockets. Thank you!
Science:
We had the chance to have meteorologist Jordan Witzel from Global come and speak to our students on Tuesday afternoon. We learned about how to forecast weather and about climate change. Thank you for your time Mr. Witzel!
Scholastics will be coming home on Monday. Those of you who want to make a purchase have to do it through scholastic.ca/canadaclubs
Parents pick a free book (worth $7 or less) when you spend $30 or more online. Coupon Code: CLIFFORD.
Thank you,
Mme Richard
ELA:
Students have started their final project for Bridge to Terabithia. We will work on it till Wednesday and watch the movie Thursday and Friday. Students that are not done project by Thursday, will have to complete it while watching the movie.
Math
Every Thursday at lunch, I am offering tutoring in Math with the help of 4 grade 8 students. I make small groups of grade 5 students based on their needs and they are paired with a grade 8 student. Every week, the groups stay the same. This allows for relationship building between the grade 5s and their tutors. I plan the activities and I closely supervise the work being done. I already have 8 students who committed to joining the tutoring group every Thursday until Christmas.
If you (and your child) are interested in joining this tutoring group, please let me know. I ask that students commit for a minimum of 4 weeks.
The homework this week is on long division. It may be a bit longer than usual, especially the question #2 where students also have to multiply to check their answers. Therefore, it will exceptionally be due on Monday, December 16th. This will be the last homework before the Holidays.
Thank you,
Mme Richard
marichard@cbe.ab.ca
Social Studies
We started taking notes about the Canadian Shields and will continue discussing about that region next week.
FLA
This week in FLA we did our first reading comprehension, marks are in PowerSchool. And we worked on the noun. We will have our quiz on this subject on Thursday, December 12th. They can use this website to work on feminine or masculine & singular or plural. The need to be able to find all nouns in a sentence, change the sentence from masculine to feminine or from singular to plural. They will also have to write basic sentences with nouns in them and identify them. Over the weekend, they have to complete pages 1 to 4 in this document. Pages 1-3 should be done as we corrected them in class.
The song next week is Alors on danse de Stromae and the lyrics are here.
Next week, we will continue to work on the noun to be ready for our quiz on Thursday. We won't go to the library that week,. We will wait the week before Winter Break, so they all have a French book to bring home during the break.
Please note that we now have a coat rack for the students in 5-1 in the hallway just outside of their lockers. They can leave their winter gear and boots if there is no room in their locker. The hallway is supervised during nutrition break and lunch time, however there is no active supervision during class time. If you give you child the permission to leave their clothes on the rack, please remind them to never leave any valuables in their pockets. Thank you!
Science:
We had the chance to have meteorologist Jordan Witzel from Global come and speak to our students on Tuesday afternoon. We learned about how to forecast weather and about climate change. Thank you for your time Mr. Witzel!
Scholastics will be coming home on Monday. Those of you who want to make a purchase have to do it through scholastic.ca/canadaclubs
Parents pick a free book (worth $7 or less) when you spend $30 or more online. Coupon Code: CLIFFORD.
Thank you,
Mme Richard
ELA:
Students have started their final project for Bridge to Terabithia. We will work on it till Wednesday and watch the movie Thursday and Friday. Students that are not done project by Thursday, will have to complete it while watching the movie.
Math
Every Thursday at lunch, I am offering tutoring in Math with the help of 4 grade 8 students. I make small groups of grade 5 students based on their needs and they are paired with a grade 8 student. Every week, the groups stay the same. This allows for relationship building between the grade 5s and their tutors. I plan the activities and I closely supervise the work being done. I already have 8 students who committed to joining the tutoring group every Thursday until Christmas.
If you (and your child) are interested in joining this tutoring group, please let me know. I ask that students commit for a minimum of 4 weeks.
The homework this week is on long division. It may be a bit longer than usual, especially the question #2 where students also have to multiply to check their answers. Therefore, it will exceptionally be due on Monday, December 16th. This will be the last homework before the Holidays.
Thank you,
Mme Richard
marichard@cbe.ab.ca
Social Studies
We started taking notes about the Canadian Shields and will continue discussing about that region next week.
FLA
This week in FLA we did our first reading comprehension, marks are in PowerSchool. And we worked on the noun. We will have our quiz on this subject on Thursday, December 12th. They can use this website to work on feminine or masculine & singular or plural. The need to be able to find all nouns in a sentence, change the sentence from masculine to feminine or from singular to plural. They will also have to write basic sentences with nouns in them and identify them. Over the weekend, they have to complete pages 1 to 4 in this document. Pages 1-3 should be done as we corrected them in class.
The song next week is Alors on danse de Stromae and the lyrics are here.
Next week, we will continue to work on the noun to be ready for our quiz on Thursday. We won't go to the library that week,. We will wait the week before Winter Break, so they all have a French book to bring home during the break.
Friday, November 29, 2019
November 29th
FLA: Turcotte
This week in FLA we worked on the Nouns and we are learning how to identify them in a sentence, how to know if it is feminine or masculine and singular or plurals. We are also learning about how to identify all the works in the same group, articles & adjectives. We went to the library on Wednesday to get a new French book and we finished Chapter 3 and we started chapter 4 in Le Petit Prince.
The song this week (for Friday, December 6th) is Je veux from Zaz and the lyrics are here.
Social Studies : Poliquin
This week, students had three final periods to finish their city project. If they are not done with the Google Slides, they should take time during 2nd part of lunch or at home (they should have a copy of their research) to finish it. We started the presentations and will continue them next week.
Next week, after we are done with the presentations, we will start working on the Canadian Shield region.
Math
We will do a short evaluation on multiplication on Monday. Here is the homework for next week. It will be due on Thursday. We will start working on long divisions next week.
Science
We will have a short quiz on Wednesday. We practiced in class Friday and went over all of the important concepts. Students who need more help should come at lunch on Monday.
ELA
Please study for vocabulary quiz. (See previous blog entry for more information)
This week in FLA we worked on the Nouns and we are learning how to identify them in a sentence, how to know if it is feminine or masculine and singular or plurals. We are also learning about how to identify all the works in the same group, articles & adjectives. We went to the library on Wednesday to get a new French book and we finished Chapter 3 and we started chapter 4 in Le Petit Prince.
The song this week (for Friday, December 6th) is Je veux from Zaz and the lyrics are here.
Social Studies : Poliquin
This week, students had three final periods to finish their city project. If they are not done with the Google Slides, they should take time during 2nd part of lunch or at home (they should have a copy of their research) to finish it. We started the presentations and will continue them next week.
Next week, after we are done with the presentations, we will start working on the Canadian Shield region.
Math
We will do a short evaluation on multiplication on Monday. Here is the homework for next week. It will be due on Thursday. We will start working on long divisions next week.
Science
We will have a short quiz on Wednesday. We practiced in class Friday and went over all of the important concepts. Students who need more help should come at lunch on Monday.
ELA
Please study for vocabulary quiz. (See previous blog entry for more information)
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Vocabulary Quiz
ELA:
Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday. Students need to know the definition of the following words as well as be able to write a sentence that demonstrates context. For example, if writing a sentence with "flank":
"I always make sure to approach the horse's flank rather than from behind, so I don't get kicked."
is much better than: "I went to the horse's flank."
VOCABULARY PREVIEW
flank [flan k] n. animal’s side
intently [in tent le ̄] adv. with concentration
leaden [ led ən] adj. heavy, like lead
piteously [pit e ̄ əs le ̄] adv. in a way that arouses pity; pathetically
procession [prə sesh ən] n. parade
relentlessly [ri lent lis le ̄ ] adv. without stopping
solemn [sol əm] adj. very serious
traitorous [tra ̄ tər əs] adj. betraying trust
Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday. Students need to know the definition of the following words as well as be able to write a sentence that demonstrates context. For example, if writing a sentence with "flank":
"I always make sure to approach the horse's flank rather than from behind, so I don't get kicked."
is much better than: "I went to the horse's flank."
VOCABULARY PREVIEW
flank [flan k] n. animal’s side
intently [in tent le ̄] adv. with concentration
leaden [ led ən] adj. heavy, like lead
piteously [pit e ̄ əs le ̄] adv. in a way that arouses pity; pathetically
procession [prə sesh ən] n. parade
relentlessly [ri lent lis le ̄ ] adv. without stopping
solemn [sol əm] adj. very serious
traitorous [tra ̄ tər əs] adj. betraying trust
This is the work sheet they will use to study those words during class: Vocabulary Study Sheet
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Science Quiz
There will be a Science Quiz on Wednesday next week. We will take time
to review in class. The concepts covered on the quiz are the ones we
learned since we started our unit on Weather:
The thermometer and how the temperature changes in a room(See worksheet), The wind (See handout and questions on the back), the anemometer (in notebook).
The thermometer and how the temperature changes in a room(See worksheet), The wind (See handout and questions on the back), the anemometer (in notebook).
Thursday, November 21, 2019
November 20
ELA: Students finally completed their Bridge to Terabithia test on chapters 1-7. It was a very thorough assessment of their reading, writing, and managing information. For the latter half of the novel, we will focus on vocabulary, dramatization, and final project.
Social Studies : Students continued their research about a Canadian city : Ma ville. We will finish that next week, and the presentations will start on the 28th of November.
FLA :
This week in French we continued Le Petit Prince and worked on chapter 4. We also worked on nouns and started a booklet to practice finding them in a sentence and identifying all words that go with it. Next week, we will continue the booklet, we'll read chapter 5 and we will go to the library on Wednesday.
The song for next Friday is Whippet from the band Extério and the lyrics are here.
Math
We are continuing our learning of multiplication and division. Here is the homework for next week. It will be due on Thursday, November 28.
Science
I am still looking for Christmas lights. I am re-posting this again this week:
Social Studies : Students continued their research about a Canadian city : Ma ville. We will finish that next week, and the presentations will start on the 28th of November.
FLA :
This week in French we continued Le Petit Prince and worked on chapter 4. We also worked on nouns and started a booklet to practice finding them in a sentence and identifying all words that go with it. Next week, we will continue the booklet, we'll read chapter 5 and we will go to the library on Wednesday.
The song for next Friday is Whippet from the band Extério and the lyrics are here.
Math
We are continuing our learning of multiplication and division. Here is the homework for next week. It will be due on Thursday, November 28.
Science
I am still looking for Christmas lights. I am re-posting this again this week:
As you will soon start decorating your house for Christmas, I would
kindly ask that you think of us before throwing out any sets of
Christmas lights that you no longer need. I am already planning our
electricity unit that we will start this spring and am in need of small
Christmas lights to be used in our electricity project. If you have any
old but working sets of small Christmas lights you would be able to
donate, please send them to school with your child at your earliest
convenience. Thanks in advance for your help. Here is a photo to
show the type of lights we are looking for.
Thank you very much!
Mme Richard
Friday, November 15, 2019
Nov 11-15
Bonjour,
Please remember that next week is a short week. Students don't have school on Thursday and Friday as we have Parent Teacher conferences.
In the afternoon of November 19th, our students will have the chance to see the slam poet and rapper MC June who will perform in the gym.
Math
We are continuing to work on multiplication and division. Students need to practice their basic facts at home. Here is the weekly homework. It will be due on Wednesday as it is a short week.
Here is a package of supplementary activities that students can use for extra practice if needed.
Science
Please check Power School for the most recent grades. The students will receive their test next week and as always, will be encouraged to share their results with parents.
Social Studies
Students had their Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands region test. Results will be posted at some point this weekend. Students will continue working on their project : Ma ville. This week, they had to choose a Canadian city and start researching specific things about it. Here is the guidelines and rubrics, as well as an example of the research : Ma ville, exemple. We will be working on this next week and part of the week after that. The presentation should start on November 28th.
FLA
This week in FLA we continued working on the noun (proper & common), how to change them from masculine to feminine and how to change them from singular to plural. We had a period to practice using this website and students are welcome to use this website at home. We also went to the library and pick a new French book.
The next song is Je cours from Marie-Mai and the lyrics are here. We will listen to it and fill the blanks on Wednesday, November 20th.
Please remember that next week is a short week. Students don't have school on Thursday and Friday as we have Parent Teacher conferences.
In the afternoon of November 19th, our students will have the chance to see the slam poet and rapper MC June who will perform in the gym.
Math
We are continuing to work on multiplication and division. Students need to practice their basic facts at home. Here is the weekly homework. It will be due on Wednesday as it is a short week.
Here is a package of supplementary activities that students can use for extra practice if needed.
Science
Please check Power School for the most recent grades. The students will receive their test next week and as always, will be encouraged to share their results with parents.
As you will soon start decorating your house for Christmas, I would
kindly ask that you think of us before throwing out any sets of
Christmas lights that you no longer need. I am already planning our
electricity unit that we will start this spring and am in need of small
Christmas lights to be used in our electricity project. If you have any
old but working sets of small Christmas lights you would be able to
donate, please send them to school with your child at your earliest
convenience. Thanks in advance for your help.Here is a photo to
show the type of lights we are looking for.
Thank you very much!
Mme Richard
Social Studies
Students had their Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands region test. Results will be posted at some point this weekend. Students will continue working on their project : Ma ville. This week, they had to choose a Canadian city and start researching specific things about it. Here is the guidelines and rubrics, as well as an example of the research : Ma ville, exemple. We will be working on this next week and part of the week after that. The presentation should start on November 28th.
FLA
This week in FLA we continued working on the noun (proper & common), how to change them from masculine to feminine and how to change them from singular to plural. We had a period to practice using this website and students are welcome to use this website at home. We also went to the library and pick a new French book.
The next song is Je cours from Marie-Mai and the lyrics are here. We will listen to it and fill the blanks on Wednesday, November 20th.
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