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Saturday, 15 September 2012
Hillside!
So we went to Hillside and it was super fun! I have to say I saw some great team work and leadership from all of you. Keep up the good work and enjoy the slideshow! See you on Monday and have a great weekend!
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Welcome Safwan!
Surprise! Safwan returned to school and we are so happy to have him in our class! Today we had beautiful weather and great working students so it was an excellent day!
We began our day with a final quiz on multi-digit multiplication and long division. It went well and everyone finished before recess so that was awesome. After recess we attempted the last portion of the CAT 4 - Mathematics. Everyone worked quietly and it was a pleasure to be done the standardized testing.
Today you met with Mr. Webbe and he shared some information about Cornell notes. Please find the video below to help remind you about what you talked about.
After lunch, we finished up our discussion about the learning skills and I discussed the set up for next week and some upcoming events. We also discussed the attire for Hillside tomorrow and below you will see a list to remind you of what you need for tomorrow:
1. Long pants
2. Closed toe shoes (preferably running shoes)
3. Litterless Lunch
4. Rain gear (coat, umbrella, back-up jacket)
For the remainder of the day we went outside and played a co-operative game and then had some free time seeing as we have been working really hard all week!
Ms. Wong told me about the French for this week and she wanted me to remind you of the following things. You need to memorize how to conjugate the verb: Aller (see picture) and to memorize the vocabulary list from the Community spelling list. I have also attached the postcard assignment for next week so that you can get thinking about what you might want to add there.
I hope you all have a great night, and I'll see you tomorrow!
We began our day with a final quiz on multi-digit multiplication and long division. It went well and everyone finished before recess so that was awesome. After recess we attempted the last portion of the CAT 4 - Mathematics. Everyone worked quietly and it was a pleasure to be done the standardized testing.
Today you met with Mr. Webbe and he shared some information about Cornell notes. Please find the video below to help remind you about what you talked about.
After lunch, we finished up our discussion about the learning skills and I discussed the set up for next week and some upcoming events. We also discussed the attire for Hillside tomorrow and below you will see a list to remind you of what you need for tomorrow:
1. Long pants
2. Closed toe shoes (preferably running shoes)
3. Litterless Lunch
4. Rain gear (coat, umbrella, back-up jacket)
For the remainder of the day we went outside and played a co-operative game and then had some free time seeing as we have been working really hard all week!
Ms. Wong told me about the French for this week and she wanted me to remind you of the following things. You need to memorize how to conjugate the verb: Aller (see picture) and to memorize the vocabulary list from the Community spelling list. I have also attached the postcard assignment for next week so that you can get thinking about what you might want to add there.
I hope you all have a great night, and I'll see you tomorrow!
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| Postcard assignment |
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| Aller verb conjugation list |
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| Word list to memorize for quiz next week! |
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| Welcome back Kiddo! |
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Wednesday...one more day until our trip!
Today was a great day, lots got done and the morning was BEAUTIFUL!
We began the day with our Awesome, which was totally about the nostalgia of the smell and sound of a campfire. We all had memories of Camp Kearney (me included) and remembered what it smelled, felt and sounded like. Math we continued review on Multiplication and Long Division. I handed out some practice drills and students were offered extra help. Tomorrow there is a quiz so study if you have to...and practice if you can!
I am happy to report that tomorrow will be the last day of CAT 4 testing! It's all over tomorrow. We did the calculation and estimation portion and many of you worked well, so congrats to you! BRING A CALCULATOR FOR TOMORROW! We are doing the Mathematics portion of the workbook so you need to be prepared.
The rest of the morning was spent doing poem work, quotes for our film and silent reading. The poems are really looking great. If you didn't hand it in today you need to do it tomorrow AM- FIRST THING!!
After lunch we picked our Student of the Month criteria and it was a great discussion. Our characteristics are: RESPECT, GOOD FRIEND & GREAT ATTITUDE. Good luck on picking your person, it's going to be interesting.
You all had gym with Mrs. Nicholson and it seems like you had fun. Also you had French and there is no homework.
At the end of the day we deconstructed the LEARNING SKILLS that are going to be on the first Progress report and what they mean to you and to me. We are setting up expectations to work towards and I can see that you all take your school work seriously. We ended on a positive note and it was a great day!
For tomorrow:
1. Trip Form
2. Trip Money $3.00
3. Snack & Breakfast Money Donation
4. Agenda Money $5.00
5. GRAPH FOR MR. WEBBE!!!
6. Poem & statement for me!
Have a great night!
We began the day with our Awesome, which was totally about the nostalgia of the smell and sound of a campfire. We all had memories of Camp Kearney (me included) and remembered what it smelled, felt and sounded like. Math we continued review on Multiplication and Long Division. I handed out some practice drills and students were offered extra help. Tomorrow there is a quiz so study if you have to...and practice if you can!
I am happy to report that tomorrow will be the last day of CAT 4 testing! It's all over tomorrow. We did the calculation and estimation portion and many of you worked well, so congrats to you! BRING A CALCULATOR FOR TOMORROW! We are doing the Mathematics portion of the workbook so you need to be prepared.
The rest of the morning was spent doing poem work, quotes for our film and silent reading. The poems are really looking great. If you didn't hand it in today you need to do it tomorrow AM- FIRST THING!!
After lunch we picked our Student of the Month criteria and it was a great discussion. Our characteristics are: RESPECT, GOOD FRIEND & GREAT ATTITUDE. Good luck on picking your person, it's going to be interesting.
You all had gym with Mrs. Nicholson and it seems like you had fun. Also you had French and there is no homework.
At the end of the day we deconstructed the LEARNING SKILLS that are going to be on the first Progress report and what they mean to you and to me. We are setting up expectations to work towards and I can see that you all take your school work seriously. We ended on a positive note and it was a great day!
For tomorrow:
1. Trip Form
2. Trip Money $3.00
3. Snack & Breakfast Money Donation
4. Agenda Money $5.00
5. GRAPH FOR MR. WEBBE!!!
6. Poem & statement for me!
Have a great night!
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| Jigsaw Learning Skills Activity |
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Twooz Day!
Today was our one week anniversary. The weather was perfect, you all worked really well together and we definitely know each other a lot better than last Tuesday!
We started the morning off with our Doughnut & Juice reward. We also caught up on what we had to accomplish and set a plan in motion. Math from yesterday was checked, taken up and new work was assigned. Just a page of long division is for homework tonight...one page = no sweat. I will be checking them so get them done.
We spent the rest of the morning finishing the Literacy portion of the CAT 4. Most people finished before lunch and I am proud of how you all worked together.
After lunch you had French...not sure what is for homework so I'll have to follow up with Ms. Wong tomorrow.
This afternoon when you were with me we: re-analyzed the short film, finished up our poems and worked on our quotes/messages for our version of the film. Good copies of the poems are due at the end of the day tomorrow...I'd love to have them posted by Thursday.
Hand-outs went home today: Breakfast program, Boys & Girls Club applications, Trip Forms and Immunization Forms. Please get them filled out by your parents and bring them back ASAP!
For tomorrow:
1. Math worksheet done!
2. Trip Form
3. Agenda money $5.00
4. Snack money $7.00
6. Trip money $3.00
7. Boxes and cardboard rolls for structures unit with Mrs. Nicholson
8. Bring quote list (if you have one)
9. Finish your poems if you took them home!
10. Bring a calculator tomorrow to do the math portion of the CAT 4!!
Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
We started the morning off with our Doughnut & Juice reward. We also caught up on what we had to accomplish and set a plan in motion. Math from yesterday was checked, taken up and new work was assigned. Just a page of long division is for homework tonight...one page = no sweat. I will be checking them so get them done.
We spent the rest of the morning finishing the Literacy portion of the CAT 4. Most people finished before lunch and I am proud of how you all worked together.
After lunch you had French...not sure what is for homework so I'll have to follow up with Ms. Wong tomorrow.
This afternoon when you were with me we: re-analyzed the short film, finished up our poems and worked on our quotes/messages for our version of the film. Good copies of the poems are due at the end of the day tomorrow...I'd love to have them posted by Thursday.
Hand-outs went home today: Breakfast program, Boys & Girls Club applications, Trip Forms and Immunization Forms. Please get them filled out by your parents and bring them back ASAP!
For tomorrow:
1. Math worksheet done!
2. Trip Form
3. Agenda money $5.00
4. Snack money $7.00
6. Trip money $3.00
7. Boxes and cardboard rolls for structures unit with Mrs. Nicholson
8. Bring quote list (if you have one)
9. Finish your poems if you took them home!
10. Bring a calculator tomorrow to do the math portion of the CAT 4!!
Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
Monday, 10 September 2012
Monday! Monday!
Hello All! Hopefully most of you have found us here on the blog by now...if not we're going to have to do something about it! Just so you know, Mr. Nathoo has linked our blog and Mrs. Nicholson's blog to the school's website so you can find us there. I have tried tonight but something's not working for me so hopefully after I've eaten dinner I can find it!
Today was a productive day. We started with a math check and take-up. Most of you finished your work from the past few days and did well when we took up the answers in class. After recess we started on some more practice drills on long division and 4 by 2 multiplication. That worksheet on the lime paper is due tomorrow AM. Will I be checking it tomorrow? You bet!
A few of you were having a little trouble on long division, so you will find a video below to help you if you are stuck.
Mr. Webbe is expecting you all to have graphs done on how you spend your time. Today we had a discussion about what things we spend our time on, and how they can be broken up into percentages and then graphed...so there should be no confusion. I have posted pictures of our brainstorm on what we discussed below.
We did a part of CAT 4 today and we'll be doing two tomorrow...seeing as we have a trip on Friday. We also finished up CASI, and I have finished marking the grade 8's so far.
This afternoon, we had a work period for most of the time. Some of us finished up work from this morning, others worked on their poems and some of us just needed to read (for a break). So far I have 4 finished poems...and I WANT MORE!! We'll work on this tomorrow afternoon again.
I got some positive reviews from Ms. Wong in French today, so keep up the good work. I love hearing good things about the class I love the most!
For tomorrow:
1. L-(you know who you are) bring your missing form!
2. Snack $$
3. Agenda $$ 5.00
4. Math worksheet
5. Finished poem (if you took it home to work on it)
6. Graphing project for Mr. Webbe
Have a good night all! See you tomorrow in the AM!
Today was a productive day. We started with a math check and take-up. Most of you finished your work from the past few days and did well when we took up the answers in class. After recess we started on some more practice drills on long division and 4 by 2 multiplication. That worksheet on the lime paper is due tomorrow AM. Will I be checking it tomorrow? You bet!
A few of you were having a little trouble on long division, so you will find a video below to help you if you are stuck.
Mr. Webbe is expecting you all to have graphs done on how you spend your time. Today we had a discussion about what things we spend our time on, and how they can be broken up into percentages and then graphed...so there should be no confusion. I have posted pictures of our brainstorm on what we discussed below.
We did a part of CAT 4 today and we'll be doing two tomorrow...seeing as we have a trip on Friday. We also finished up CASI, and I have finished marking the grade 8's so far.
This afternoon, we had a work period for most of the time. Some of us finished up work from this morning, others worked on their poems and some of us just needed to read (for a break). So far I have 4 finished poems...and I WANT MORE!! We'll work on this tomorrow afternoon again.
I got some positive reviews from Ms. Wong in French today, so keep up the good work. I love hearing good things about the class I love the most!
For tomorrow:
1. L-(you know who you are) bring your missing form!
2. Snack $$
3. Agenda $$ 5.00
4. Math worksheet
5. Finished poem (if you took it home to work on it)
6. Graphing project for Mr. Webbe
Have a good night all! See you tomorrow in the AM!
Friday, 7 September 2012
Day 4 down!
Well, it was a hot one today. Super hot and humid and for some reason the plugs stopped working at the hottest part of the day?! We just had to have the circuit breaker reset and then our fan began to work again! Ahhh relief!
Today was a productive day! We started the morning with 2 by 2 digit multiplication and did some practice in class. We also had a quickfire long division sheet to complete and most people used their time wisely and got their stuff done. Just a reminder that all math sheets are being checked on Monday and I will be writing down who is done and who is not. This assessment is for your learning skills comments on the progress reports and I am looking to see how you work in class. So please stay focused. The video below is a little tutorial in case you are having any issues doing your math and I will be available for extra help at morning recess if you need it.
After recess we started the reading portion of the CAT 4. We worked on it all morning and people were drained in the brain from all that hard work. It was hot but everyone did their best and I was happy to see you all working so well.
After lunch we revisited the CAT 4 and used the time as a work period before heading outside for a much needed break. It was fun playing a co-operative game with you all and there seems to be a bit of a rivalry developing between the 7's and 8's!
The day ended in a meet and greet class with Mr. Kidd in Drama. He told me that you behaved fairly well and he was impressed. So keep up the great work.
For Monday:
1. All forms back!!!
2. Agenda Money $5.00
3. Snack Money if you committed to paying it
4. Math worksheets all have to be done (checking them first thing!!)
5. Finish your poems, share the blog link with each other and don't forget your quotes!
Okay have a great weekend! Thanks for a great week! See you Monday AM!
Today was a productive day! We started the morning with 2 by 2 digit multiplication and did some practice in class. We also had a quickfire long division sheet to complete and most people used their time wisely and got their stuff done. Just a reminder that all math sheets are being checked on Monday and I will be writing down who is done and who is not. This assessment is for your learning skills comments on the progress reports and I am looking to see how you work in class. So please stay focused. The video below is a little tutorial in case you are having any issues doing your math and I will be available for extra help at morning recess if you need it.
After recess we started the reading portion of the CAT 4. We worked on it all morning and people were drained in the brain from all that hard work. It was hot but everyone did their best and I was happy to see you all working so well.
After lunch we revisited the CAT 4 and used the time as a work period before heading outside for a much needed break. It was fun playing a co-operative game with you all and there seems to be a bit of a rivalry developing between the 7's and 8's!
The day ended in a meet and greet class with Mr. Kidd in Drama. He told me that you behaved fairly well and he was impressed. So keep up the great work.
For Monday:
1. All forms back!!!
2. Agenda Money $5.00
3. Snack Money if you committed to paying it
4. Math worksheets all have to be done (checking them first thing!!)
5. Finish your poems, share the blog link with each other and don't forget your quotes!
Okay have a great weekend! Thanks for a great week! See you Monday AM!
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| CAT 4 writing...angels, all of you! |
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Three's a Charm!
Good evening class! I hope most of you have finally found me tonight on the blog! I am happy to say that a few keen students have already found me and of course...many of you are still looking!
Today was a super productive day with a heavy focus on math and literacy. We started the day with some three digit multiplication review and then some long division. We spent most of the morning working on our worksheets and most people finished their work in class. If you are not finished then, it is for homework...so do it!
We also picked our CASI stories and got started on writing our reading responses in the booklets. This pretty much ate up most of our day!!`Most students have finished but time will be given tomorrow if you still have a few questions left!
This morning, Mr. Webbe was in and talked to you all about how you spend your time. I didn't catch what all of the lesson was about but...you have a graph to do that breaks down your time into percentages. It is due on MONDAY...so get crackin'!!
The day ended with a practice fire drill and French class. Hopefully everyone was well behaved for that class.
For tomorrow:
1. Math Sheets if you didn't finish your work in class
2. Outstanding forms - media release, snack, library, phys. ed (donuts!)
3. Work on your graph project for Mr. Webbe
4. Snack $ AND Agenda money $5.00
Have a great night, and we'll see you tomorrow! Enjoy the pictures I posted below!
Today was a super productive day with a heavy focus on math and literacy. We started the day with some three digit multiplication review and then some long division. We spent most of the morning working on our worksheets and most people finished their work in class. If you are not finished then, it is for homework...so do it!
We also picked our CASI stories and got started on writing our reading responses in the booklets. This pretty much ate up most of our day!!`Most students have finished but time will be given tomorrow if you still have a few questions left!
This morning, Mr. Webbe was in and talked to you all about how you spend your time. I didn't catch what all of the lesson was about but...you have a graph to do that breaks down your time into percentages. It is due on MONDAY...so get crackin'!!
The day ended with a practice fire drill and French class. Hopefully everyone was well behaved for that class.
For tomorrow:
1. Math Sheets if you didn't finish your work in class
2. Outstanding forms - media release, snack, library, phys. ed (donuts!)
3. Work on your graph project for Mr. Webbe
4. Snack $ AND Agenda money $5.00
Have a great night, and we'll see you tomorrow! Enjoy the pictures I posted below!
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