February 21

Science:
New marks were entered in Power School. Students received their quiz back and as always, were encouraged to bring them home to share with parents. In chemistry, we are continuing to learn about the scientific process through a variety of experiments.

Math:
We started working on fractions this week. We reviewed the concepts learned in grade 4 and then started learning about equivalent fractions. Here is the homework for next week. There have been new grades posted in Power School.

FLA:
This week we worked on the "Discours Oratoire". Here are the guidelines and the rubric : Discours Oratoire. Students will start presenting on March 2nd. Even if two periods a week are scheduled to work on this project, I would advise students to work on it at home. We also talked about Black history month on Friday. Next week, students will read the third and forth chapter of "La créature du marais" and they will have two more periods in class to complete their research for the Speech Contest.

A spelling bee contest has been announced. If students want to participate, here is the list of words for the "Concours d'épellation". The finals will be during the week of March 9th.

ELA:
Students are working on a 3-5 minute presentation with Google slides.  Their slides must follow the following design principles:
-1 message per slide
-no more than 6 objects per slide
-short sweet text
-dark backgrounds and use contrast to your advantage
-size matters (most important part of slide should be biggest)

It is highly recommended that they practice what they are going to say for their presentation in front of an audience at home.  This is a speaking assignment, so reading off a script is not allowed.  Point form prompts are fine.  Presentations will likely start on Wednesday next week.

Rubric: Presentation Rubric

Social Studies:
Don't forget their will be a test next Monday (February 24th) about the Cordillera region.  Here is the study guide : Guide d'études.  We started working on the last region, the Arctic region.  This one will be fairly short, so expect a test in a couple of weeks.