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11/30/2018

Friday was a solid work day we....

Finished French Posters
Finished Splatter Painting Assessment & Evaluation
Had our French WW test
Worked on Blob Op art

#thelearningneverstops

1) HOMEWORK:

Home Reading

2)REMINDERS:

Bring in fitness forms Monday
Bring in home reading calendar Monday

3) POST A RESPONSE

Write another piece for your Alphabiography on one of the following two options:
Option 1: Field Trip to the symphony
Option 2: Ecosystems field trip
Option 3: WEday
Option 4: Skating
Success criteria:
Your writing MST must include:

- Intro must start with a question or at an exciting part
- 2 examples of figurative language (metaphor, simile)
- 2 thoughts (things happening in you head)
- 2 senses (see, feel, hear, smell)
- 4 different transition words or sentence starters
- 2 paragraphs

Skating!

11/29/2018

To be updated....

1)MATH:

Review how to determine if the decimal of a fraction will repeat or terminate

2) LA:

Home Reading

3) CAREER EDUCATION:

Bring in goal setting form

4) POSTA RESPONSE:

Post a list of the English translations of the French work work in random order
Reply to another students post and provide the French translations. See if you can do it without looking.
Use this as a pre test
Mark the reply to your post!
Make any needed corrections!

Winter craft fair & Earth bites

11/28/2018

We played real volleyball today! We put all our skills together in some fantastic games. We will play a few more games before wrapping up this unit. It has been great to see the confidence grow! SERVE, BUMP, SET, SMASH! In math, we learned how to determine if the decimal of a standard fraction will terminate or repeat. We used three different strategies. It was so awesome to see the lights going off when we used the strategy of prime factorizing the denominator of a fraction in simplest form. That was my moment of the day! The afternoon was spent with earthbites making different flavoured popcorn, coconut milk hot chocolate and prepping for the craft fair. Today was good day:) #thelearningneverstops

1) SKATING TOMORROW:

Drivers please be at school by 9:50am tomorrow (to see drivers see below)
Don't forget you skates and helmet if you have one.
Also, bring gloves and a jacket as it will be cold in the arena

2)WORD WORK:

Study for your French Word work quiz on Friday by doing this PAR

3) POST A RESONSE:

Part 1: List 4 strategies for determining if a fractions decimal equivalent will repeat or not.
Part 2: Type out the 16 French phrases for this weeks word work and number them form 1-16 (please do this in random order)
Reply to another students post and reply with the English translations in the same order from 1-16
Check the reply to your original post to make sure it is correct.

Drivers for tomorrow
Thnak you!!!

Writng tip #10

11/27/2018

We have now had 10 writing tip lessons focusing on the success criteria for powerful personal writing. I was very happy to see how well everyone was able to incorporate these tips into their writing on yesterday's PAR. Your writing is improving every time you add these tips into your work. Keep it up! We also continued on with novel approach and had another lesson on making our thinking visible. We focused on the strategies of: setting a purpose, making connections and using background knowledge, and visualizing. In the afternoon, we carried on with our inquiry. Students had to use many reading strategies in inquiry, especially monitoring comprehension as some of the research we are finding is difficult to understand. The skills we are learning in both inquiry and novel approach are very important as they are used in all subject areas at school and in many activities outside of school as well.

1) SKATING:

We still need drivers for Skating (click here to sign up)
Skating will be at Kerrisdale Arena and we will leave school at 10:00am

2)MATH:

Complete p 47-49 posted yesterday
Review the learning intentions on fresh grade as we will be having a mid unit assessment this week

3)POST A RESPONSE:

Watch the two videos on screen time posted below
After watching them write a piece explaining the benefits of less screen time
Include several things that you can do to make screen time a more healthy activity
Today we had 30 minutes of Free play time outside. What did you do? Was it fun? How was it different than screen time?
How was what you did today different than screen time? Which is more healthy? Include these ideas in your piece
Paragraph plan:

Part 1: Introduction:
Topic Sentence: Screen time is serious concern in the world today. (Write about the benefits of less screen time from the video)

Part 2: Body #1
Things you can do to make screen time more healthy

Part 3: Body #2
What you did today in your free time at school outside and why it was fun/not fun or healthy/not healthy compared to screen time

Part 4: Conclusion
Your overall opinion on screen time summarized in a few sentences

Give another student some feed back on their writing
Edit/revise to improve your work

Ordeing & comparing fractions

11/26/2018

We started word work again today and this week we are working on basic classroom phrases in French. The French posters are well underway and will be up by Friday to help us in speaking French in class. We completed another round of science observations and kept collecting both qualitative and quantitate data to help us answer our big science inquiry question. Can you remember the big guiding question for our ecosystems inquiry? (Post it in the PAR if you can) After science, we worked on applying the strategies we discovered for comparing fractions. It was great to see students using the strategies that they came up with. (Can you also find the two strategies missing form the picture? (post them on the PAR if you can)

1) Skating Thursday:

Drivers needed (sign up here)

2) Math:

Complete Math Focus p.47-49 (click)

3) Reminders:

French poster due Friday
Word work test Friday

4) Post A Response:

Write another piece for your Alphabiography on one of the following two options:
Option 1: Field Trip to the symphony
Option 2: Ecosystems field trip
Option 3: WEday
Success criteria:
Your writing MST must include:

- Intro must start with a question or at en exciting part
- 2 examples of figurative language (metaphor, simile)
- 2 thoughts (things happening in you head)
- 2 senses (see, feel, hear, smell)
- 4 different transition words or sentence starters
- 2 paragraphs

Check another students writing against the criteria and give them some Peer feedback
Edit/revise to improve you writing

thank you ms. chohan and Mr. Collins

11/23/2018

In the morning we had SOAR assembly and learned about what the S-Supportive means and looks like. We saw some great skits showing us how we can be SUPPORTIVE at school. After recess Mr. Collins taught a lesson on natural selection. You used coloured dots to represent pray and students were the predators. In the afternoon, we did our 2nd ecosystem observation, finished up our comparing fractions inquiry and then worked on or Op Art projects. This is the last day of Ms. Chohan and Mr. Collins short practicum. We will see them next Thursday and then not again until January. Thanks for supporting the learning in our classes, we really enjoyed having you both here at Laurier where, as you know.........#THE LEARNINGNEVERSTOPS!!!!!

1)MATH:

click here to practice comparing fractions (click)

2) LANGUARE ARTS:

Complete the legend of writing tips in your Alphabiography
Home reading

3) SKATING DRIVERS: (Parents We Need Your Help)

We will be going skating at Kerrisdale Arena on:
Thursday, November 29 @ 10:30-11:30am
Thursday, December 13 @ 10:30-11:30am
We need parent drivers (click here to sign up)

3) POST A RESPONSE:

THIS PAR WILL BE PART OF YOUR ALPHABIOGRAPHY PROJECT
In paragraph format, please complete the following

    SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Include an engaging hook, 2-3 supporting sentences using examples and details, and a
  concluding sentence.
2.) In your paragraph, you should explain the importance of self-regulation. How do these skills help
  us? Feel free to get some ideas from the posted video.
3.) Include examples of when you are unable to self-regulate (in class or at home).
4.) Include examples of strategies you can use to help yourself self-regulate better and how you will
  do this in class.
5.) Pay attention to the powerful personal writing criteria we have been using in class
6.) Edit/revise your original post based on the feedback you received from the PAR POLICE.

PAR POLICE: You will give as many students feedback based on the criteria above. Please limit this to 2-3 suggestions for improvement.
After you have revised please cut and paste this into you Alphabiography Writing Project

VIDEO LINK:
Self-Regulation Skills
RESOURCES:
Comparing Fractions Link

I need my Alphabiography if i'm going to flip that sentence

11/22/2018

Today we got to work on our French posters. Students finished their drafts, got some feedback and then carried on to start their good copies. Soon the posters will be up in the classroom and we will start using our new french phrases. From recess to lunch we worked on our Alphabiography writing projects. Ms. Chohan gave a writing tip on different ways to make sentences. The lesson was called The Sentence Flip! After lunch, we stared an art project called Op Art Shading Blogs. We reviewed the process to create the composition and then looked at some examples to help us build the success criteria for the project. Then students got to work on their first drafts. It was amazing that in just a short time drafts were vastly improved based on teacher and peer feedback. Outstanding job being persistent in sticking to the principles of learning.

1) Writers Workshop:

Make sure you have done at least 3 sentence flips in you Alphabiography

2) Science:

We will do science observations tomorrow so bring anything you might like to add to your ecosystem tomorrow

3) Post A Response:

Part 1: Use the Sentence Flip Tip on the title of todays blog post and post the flipped title here
Part 2: Go though your Alphabiography writing and make note of what writing tips you have clearly identified in your work. If you have not already made a legend to identify the writing tips you have used then make a legend tonight.
Go through you writing and make a list of which writing tips you have highlighted in your work.
Any writing tips that have not yet been highlighted must be completed by tomorrow. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ALL ALONG
EVERYONE MUST HAVE A COMPLETE LEGEND WITH ALL WRITING TIPS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED
The writing tips you MUST have INCLUDED in your legend and IDENTIFIED in your work are:

Starting at an exciting part
Breaking down ideas to add complexity
Using different transition words
Adding Figurative language
Make new paragraphs when: locations change, new ideas start, detailed explanations or powerful moments, concluding ideas
Sentence Flips

Post the list above here when it is complete.
You should have at least two examples of each for each tip

math Inquiry: How can we compare Fractions?

11/21/2018

Click the picture to see a smashing video!

In our volleyball unit we practiced doing overhand smashes. Students really enjoyed hitting the ball hard. It felt good to hear the slap on the ball and see it rocketing away. We will soon be incorporating all the skills we have been practicing into a game. After more 1 or 1 writing conferences we had music and then did our first math inquiry. Students were posed the question: How can we compare fractions? They were challenged to find as many strategies as possible to order and compare fractions. It was great to see the collaboration and different thinking. In the afternoon, we had an extra PE period and then started our first French project. We will be learning some basic phrases that can be used in the classroom for simple daily requests and conversations.

1) Homework and Reminders:

WEday tomorrow. Attendees be at school at 7:45 sharp!
Home reading
French poster plan
Any unfinished math from the week

2) Post A Response:

Today Ms. Chohan spent a bunch of time responding to your PAR's from yesterday.
Copy and paste your PAR from yesterday along with her feedback into your post today.
Then reply to your cut and pasted post and answer any questions or make any revisions needed based on the feedback you received
If you did receive any feedback from myself, Ms.Chohan or any other student yesterday please post here and either myself, Ms. Chohan or another student will give you some
If you already reviewed feedback yesterday and made revisions please post copy and paste your original post the feedback and the revised post here!

Natural Selection with Ms. Chohan

11/20/2018

Today was crazy awesome! We participated in a fantastic natural selection simulation with Ms. Chohan and from recess to lunch we learned how to use a balance scale for weighing heavier objects and a very sensitive digital scale that can weigh objects as light as one one thousandth of a gram. Students worked hard to complete their first ecosystems observation. In the afternoon we got into INQUIRY. Today in our NOVEL APPROACH MEETS INQUIRY LESSON we practiced making our thinking visible. Teachers modeled using the reading strategies of: setting a purpose, making connections and using background knowledge and monitoring comprehension and then students practiced. It was great to be ale to see all the great thinking. After telling Mr. Hong about the great day of learning he missed he was so pumped up he sent me about 35 text messages. We are so sorry you missed it Mr. Hong, but as you know........#thelearningneverstops!!!!!!

1) MATH:

Complete any unfinished assignments
Finish marking the handout from Monday

2) ECOSYSTEMS:

The next observation will be on Thursday or Friday

3)POST A RESPONSE:

Complete any unfinished PAR's from this week. I will be checking and handing out homework alerts tomorrow
In a complete paragraph, explain the simulation we did today
What were the results of the simulation?
How does this simulation explain the theory of natural selection
In your conclusion answer tis question: After completing this activity, what does the theory of natural selection mean to you?
Give one student feedback based on the above criteria and the givens (spelling, capitals, punctuation, grammar).
Edit/revise

Novel Approach Meets Inquiry!!
Whoot whooot!!!

Natural Selection

11/19/2018

Mr. Hong (AKA master of the volleyball dance) set us on the path to success and now it Is time to: BUMP, SET, SPIKE! That's where we want to get to in volleyball! In science, we learned the difference between qualitative and quantitative data and then planned out the data we will collect when observing the ecosystems. Students then started organizing their data collecting sheets to get ready for observations #1, which we will complete tomorrow! After music, we practiced comparing and ordering decimals. Tomorrow we will learn about natural selection from Ms. Chonan and Mr. Collins so do the PAR very carefully to help build your background knowledge!

1) MATH:

Complete the math handout (click)

2) SCIENCE:

Complete the unit self assessment (click)

3) POST A RESPONSE:

Watch the following video and in a paragraph with an introduction, body and conclusion explain the ideas of: Common descent and natural selection.
Use these questions to help guide your paragraph:
What is the theory of common descent?
What is the theory of natural selection?
How did the theory of natural selection help support the theory of common descent?
Give another student some feedback on their paragraph
Edit/revise to improve you post

VIDEO LINK
WHAT IS NATURAL SELECTION

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Skating!

Winter craft fair & Earth bites

Drivers for tomorrow
Thnak you!!!

Writng tip #10

Ordeing & comparing fractions

thank you ms. chohan and Mr. Collins

I need my Alphabiography if i'm going to flip that sentence

math Inquiry: How can we compare Fractions?

Natural Selection with Ms. Chohan

Novel Approach Meets Inquiry!!
Whoot whooot!!!

Natural Selection

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Drivers for tomorrow
Thnak you!!!

Novel Approach Meets Inquiry!!
Whoot whooot!!!