Friday, October 9, 2015

It has been a fantastic week of learning... Have a wonderful THANKSGIVING weekend with family and friends.

 POETRY:   Voki: Record you descriptive words to describe a fruit, without identifying the fruit
Picture Poem: Ink & Tagul picture poem DUE Tuesday October 13th.
**This is a Poem That...
Visit the website Instant Poetry Forms and scroll down the menu on the left side of the screen.  Select "This is the Poem That ..." and fill in the boxes following the prompts based on the a topic of choice.  DUE Tuesday October 13th. 



MATH:  Looking at Subtracting Fractions (common denominator; lowest common multiple) using number lines and diagrams
Practice your multiplication tables for 7, 8:  Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

 DRAMA: Shadow Performances:  Create shadow images along the wall using your body (movement or tableau) to convey a message.

SCIENCE: students are looking at how tree classifications systems organize information; focussing on Diversity of Living Things over the next few weeks in class
* collect leaves within our school community: we will be creating a 'tree classification system' in class later this week

Global Read Aloud: We have completed our first week participating in the Global Read Aloud! We are reading Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, having read 8 chapters this week.  Today students were introduced to creating their own post in Kidblog, reflecting on the book thus far.




Thursday, October 8, 2015

POETRY:   Voki: Record you descriptive words to describe a fruit, without identifying the fruit
Picture Poem: Ink & Tagul picture poem DUE Tuesday October 13th.
**This is a Poem That...
Visit the website Instant Poetry Forms and scroll down the menu on the left side of the screen.  Select "This is the Poem That ..." and fill in the boxes following the prompts based on the a topic of choice.  DUE Tuesday October 13th. 
MATH:  Looking at Subtracting Fractions (common denominator; lowest common multiple) using number lines and diagrams
Practice your multiplication tables for 7, 8:  Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

SCIENCE: students are looking at how tree classifications systems organize information; focussing on Diversity of Living Things over the next few weeks in class
* collect leaves within our school community: we will be creating a 'tree classification system' in class later this week

 Global Read Aloud: We have completed our first week participating in the Global Read Aloud! We are reading Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, having read 8 chapters this week.  Tomorrow students will be introduced to creating their own post in Kidblog, reflecting on the book thus far.

MEDIA LITERACY:  published Motivational Poster based on question "What does success mean to you?"


Wednesday, October 7, 2015

POETRY:  Voki: Record you descriptive words to describe a fruit, without identifying the fruit
Picture Poem: brainstorm a list of words and/or phrases describing anything of choice that will be used to recreate your poem in the shape of the item. Sign up for a Tagul account to create your picture poem tomorrow in class.

MATH:  Looking at Subtracting Fractions (common denominator; lowest common multiple) using number lines and diagrams
Practice your multiplication tables for 7, 8:  Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

SCIENCE: students are looking at how tree classifications systems organize information; focussing on Diversity of Living Things over the next few weeks in class
* collect leaves within our school community: we will be creating a 'tree classification system' in class later this week

MEDIA LITERACY: Coming Soon..... published Motivational Poster based on question "What does success mean to you?"

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

POETRY:  Voki: Record you descriptive words to describe a fruit, without identifying the fruit
Picture Poem: brainstorm a list of words and/or phrases describing anything of choice that will be used to recreate your poem in the shape of the item. Sign up for a Tagul account to create your picture poem tomorrow in class.

MATH:  Looking at Adding Fractions (common denominator; lowest common multiple)
Practice your multiplication tables for 7, 8:  Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

SCIENCE: students are looking at how tree classifications systems organize information; focussing on Diversity of Living Things over the next few weeks in class
* collect leaves within our school community: we will be creating a 'tree classification system' in class later this week

 MEDIA LITERACY: Coming Soon..... published Motivational Poster based on question "What does success mean to you?"

Monday, October 5, 2015

Teacher Appreciation Day: nominate McMurrich
POETRY:  Voki: Record you descriptive words to describe a fruit, without identifying the fruit
Picture Poem: brainstorm a list of words and/or phrases describing anything of choice that will be used to recreate your poem in the shape of the item.

MATH:  Looking at Adding Fractions (common denominator; lowest common multiple)
Practice your multiplication tables for 7, 8:  Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

SCIENCE: students are looking at how tree classifications systems organize information; focussing on Diversity of Living Things over the next few weeks in class

GLOBAL READ ALOUD: FISH IN A TREE (PADLET) Predictions - write a prediction about our global read aloud book: Padlet Link for Fish in a Tree:  
Here is a quick glimpse into the story Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt


Friday, October 2, 2015

POETRY:  Voki: Record you descriptive words to describe a fruit, without identifying the fruit
Picture Poem: brainstorm a list of words and/or phrases describing anything of choice that will be used to recreate your poem in the shape of the item.

MATH:  Looking at Comparing and Ordering Fractions using number lines
Practice your multiplication tables for 7, 8:  Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

SCIENCE: students are looking at how tree classifications systems organize information; focussing on Diversity of Living Things over the next few weeks in class

 GLOBAL READ ALOUD: FISH IN A TREE (PADLET) Our Focus for Monday October 5th: Predictions - write a prediction about our global read aloud book: Padlet Link for Fish in a Tree:  
Here is a quick glimpse into the story Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt





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