Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on idea generation) - Writing first person narratives - Community of Readers work - Book Talks: March 7 - Geno, March 8 Deethi
Social Studies - Aboriginal Peoples research (focused on archeologists and anthropologists work) Should now be completed - Begin to write scripts (narrative) using their research moving towards creating iMovies
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies (draw a picture, guess and check, make a chart, table or graph) - Focus: Statistics & Probability - Data Analysis General Outcome: Collect, display and analyze data to solve problems. Specific Outcome 1
Differentiate between first-hand and second-hand data.
Specific Outcome 2
Construct and interpret double bar graphs to draw conclusions.
Science - Record weather over a period of time Classroom Chemistry focus: - looking at chemical vs physical reactions - looking at pH (acids and bases) - building inferencing skills and learning about varibles - Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)
Classroom Champions -March Topic: Leadership
Feb 20 - 24, 2017
Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on idea generation) - Writing first person narratives - Community of Readers work - Book Talks: Feb 21 - V. W., Feb 22 - Karam
Social Studies - Aboriginal Peoples research (focused on archeologists and anthropologists work) Should now be completed - Begin to write scripts (narrative) using their research moving towards creating iMovies
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies (draw a picture, guess and check, make a chart, table or graph) - Focus: Numeration: Division: - Use estimation strategies in problem-solving contexts. - Apply mental mathematics strategies and number properties in order to understand and recall basic multiplication facts (multiplication tables) to 81 and related division facts. - Demonstrate, with and without concrete materials, an understanding of division (3-digit by 1-digit), and interpret remainders to solve problems. - Students will continue to work through the Partial Quotient Method to dividing and move into the standard method for long division
Science - Record weather over a period of time Classroom Chemistry focus: - looking at chemical vs physical reactions - looking at pH (acids and bases) - building inferencing skills and learning about varibles - Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)
Classroom Champions - February topic: Friendship
January 30 - Feb 3, 2017
Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on idea generation) - Looking at Myths, Fairy Tales and Legends - Selecting books for community of readers - writing fables - performing small group fables - Book Talks: Jan 31 - Noor Feb 1 - April
Social Studies - Aboriginal Peoples research (focused on archeologists and anthropologists work)
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies (draw a picture, guess and check, make a chart, table or graph) - Mad minutes: multiplication facts up to 9x9 - Focus: Numeration:
Introduction of Division: - Use estimation strategies in problem-solving contexts. - Apply mental mathematics strategies and number properties in order to understand and recall basic multiplication facts (multiplication tables) to 81 and related division facts. - Demonstrate, with and without concrete materials, an understanding of division (3-digit by 1-digit), and interpret remainders to solve problems.
Science - Record weather over a period of time Classroom Chemistry focus: - demonstrate a procedure for making a crystal. (students will be researching and writing a scientific experiment for creating crystals: then using materials normally found in a kitchen or home to create their crystals) Daily observations will occur. - examining surface tension of water - building inferencing skills and learning about varibles - Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)
Classroom Champions - January topic: Perseverance
January 2017
Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on idea generation) - Looking at Myths, Fairy Tales and Legends - Selecting books for community of readers - Book Talks: January 24 - Jack January 25 - Adam
Social Studies - Aboriginal Peoples research (focused on archeologists and anthropologists work)
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies - Mad minutes: multiplication facts up to 9x9 - Focus: Numeration:
Continuation of multiplication - Apply mental mathematics strategies and number properties in order to understand and recall basic multiplication facts (multiplication tables) to 81 and related division facts. - Apply mental mathematics strategies for multiplication. - Demonstrate, with and without concrete materials, an understanding of multiplication (2-digit by 2-digit) to solve problems.
We have spent time talking about the properties of multiplication: Commutative property: When two numbers are multiplied together, the product is the same regardless of the order of the multiplicands. For example 4 * 2 = 2 * 4 Associative Property: When three or more numbers are multiplied, the product is the same regardless of the grouping of the factors. For example (2 * 3) * 4 = 2 * (3 * 4) Multiplicative Identity Property: The product of any number and one is that number. For example 5 * 1 = 5. Distributive property: The sum of two numbers times a third number is equal to the sum of each addend times the third number. For example 4 * (6 + 3) = 4*6 + 4*3
Introduction of Division: - Use estimation strategies in problem-solving contexts. - Apply mental mathematics strategies and number properties in order to understand and recall basic multiplication facts (multiplication tables) to 81 and related division facts. - Demonstrate, with and without concrete materials, an understanding of division (3-digit by 1-digit), and interpret remainders to solve problems.
Science - Record weather over a period of time Classroom Chemistry focus: - observations of Epsom Salt crystals - demonstrate a procedure for making a crystal. (students will be researching and writing a scientific experiment for creating crystals: then using materials normally found in a kitchen or home to create their crystals) Daily observations will occur. - building inferencing skills and learning about varibles - Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)
Classroom Champions - January topic: Perseverance
Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on idea generation) - Looking at Myths, Fairy Tales and Legends - Book Talks: January 17 - Scarlet January 18 - Jomana
Social Studies - Aboriginal Peoples tasks
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies - Mad minutes: multiplication facts up to 9x9 - Focus: Numeration: - Apply mental mathematics strategies and number properties in order to understand and recall basic multiplication facts (multiplication tables) to 81 and related division facts. - Apply mental mathematics strategies for multiplication. - Demonstrate, with and without concrete materials, an understanding of multiplication (2-digit by 2-digit) to solve problems.
We have spent time talking about the properties of multiplication: Commutative property: When two numbers are multiplied together, the product is the same regardless of the order of the multiplicands. For example 4 * 2 = 2 * 4 Associative Property: When three or more numbers are multiplied, the product is the same regardless of the grouping of the factors. For example (2 * 3) * 4 = 2 * (3 * 4) Multiplicative Identity Property: The product of any number and one is that number. For example 5 * 1 = 5. Distributive property: The sum of two numbers times a third number is equal to the sum of each addend times the third number. For example 4 * (6 + 3) = 4*6 + 4*3
Science - Record weather over a period of time Classroom Chemistry focus:
Recognize and identify examples of the following kinds of mixtures:
two or more solids; e.g., sand and sugar
a solid and a liquid; e.g., sugar and water
two or more liquids; e.g., milk and tea.
Apply and evaluate a variety of techniques for separating different materials.
- Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)
Classroom Champions - January topic: Perseverance
Week of November 28 - Dec 2
Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on idea generation) - Writing task: Poems about Natural Disasters and/or weather types - Book Talks: Nov. 30 - Benjamin, December 1 - Ashley
Social Studies - Regions Presentations
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies - Focus: Shape and Space - - 3D Objects and 2D Shapes - looking at edges, faces, and sides that are parallel, intersecting, perpendicular, vertical and horizontal - identify and sort quadrilaterals, including: rectangles, squares, trapezoids, parallelograms, and rhombuses according to their attributes.
Science - Continuing our study on weather - Record weather over a period of time - Climate Change work - earth surfaces and temperature loss - Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)
Classroom Champions - November/December topic: Community
Field Study Tuesday, December 29 COP/Canada Sports Hall of Fame
Week of November 14 - 18
Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on idea generation) - Writing task: If you could take a trip to anywhere, where would you go? - Book Talks: Nov. 15 - Owen, Nov. 16 - Shahyd
Social Studies - Students will be completing their Regions of Canada posters.
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies - Focus: Shape and Space - - 3D Objects and 2D Shapes - looking at edges, faces, and sides that are parallel, intersecting, perpendicular, vertical and horizontal - identify and sort quadrilaterals, including: rectangles, squares, trapezoids, parallelograms, and rhombuses according to their attributes.
Science - Continuing our study on weather - looking at understanding weather words - Record weather over a period of time - Identify some common types of clouds and relate them to weather patterns. - Reading thermometers, taking temperature in different locations - Looking at solids, liquids, gases - Creating hot air balloons - Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)
Classroom Champions - November/December topic: Community - Opportunity to Live Chat (via Bluejeans technology) with our mentor Barrett Martineau
Week of November 7 - 11
Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on idea generation) - Present tense retelling journal entries focusing on complete sentences and proper punctuation
Social Studies - Students should now have all research and paragraphs complete - Taking our Region research and turning it into an informative poster to teach others about our specific regions
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies - Focus on Patterning and early algebra
Science - Continuing our study on weather - looking at understanding weather words - Record weather over a period of time - Identify some common types of clouds and relate them to weather patterns. - Reading thermometers, taking temperature in different locations - Looking at solids, liquids, gases - Creating hot air balloons - Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)
Remembrance Day - we will be observing Remembrance Day on Nov 10 with an assembly - we will spend some time talking about and writing about Remembrance day
Week of October 24 - 28
Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on idea generation) - Elements of a Story - starting to concentrate on plot (beginning, middle and end) and development of characters
Social Studies - Taking our Region research and turning it into an informative poster to teach others about our specific regions
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies - Focus on Place Value foundational skills (writing numbers using symbols, numerals, and pictures, comparing numbers, expanded form, adding, subtracting larger numbers with regrouping)
Science - Beginning our study on weather - looking at understanding weather words - Record weather over a period of time - Identify some common types of clouds and relate them to weather patterns. - Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)
Kidcasters - research background information about Gilmore Junio and Isabelle Weidemann - learn about writing 'good questions' - interview athletes - write information into a short newscast
Week of October 3 - 7
Language Arts - Selecting appropriate texts for silent reading - Speed writing (focused on ideas) - Editing passages for spelling, grammar, punctuation - Figures of Speech
Social Studies - Continue learning about an assigned geographic region of Canada
Math - Focus on mathematical communication (explaining thinking using pictures, numbers, and words) - Examining problem solving skills and strategies - Focus on Place Value foundational skills (writing numbers using symbols, numerals, and pictures, comparing numbers, expanded form, adding, subtracting)
Science - Continued study of wetlands - Refining journalling skills and incorporating feedback (examining strong models)