Thursday, February 13, 2014

Math Unit Test - Thursday Feb 20th

Study Tips


Grade 5:  
  • Volume of rectangular prisms made with centimetre cubes
  • Time and distance relationship  ex.  80km in 1 hr....how far in 7 hrs? or Steve leave the house at 7am and walks 2km every hour.  Will Steve make the opening bell if school starts at 9am?
  • Measuring mass - converting from kg-g or kg - t  ** memorize the chart **
Grade 6:
  • Surface area and volume of a rectangular prism  **know your FORMULAS**
    surface area = L x W (for each of the 6 sides), then add together (cm2)
    volume = L x W x H (cm3)
  • converting units of mass kg-g  or t-kg
  • converting units of capacity  L-ml  or m3 - L
  • How much it will cost to paint a room based on its surface area




Friday, February 7, 2014

Book Talk - due Feb 24th

Students have received an outline for their book talk. Please make sure to have your book at school on Monday February 10th.   We discussed the different types of ways that we can present and what additional pieces we could add to our presentation.

***PRESENTATION DATE:  FEBRUARY 24th ****


Your task is to do a book talk about a book of your choice.  You must include the points below and can add any additional information you feel that is relevant to your talk.  You can present it in anyway you would like. 
Some examples of how to present are:
  • On-line presentation such as Prezi, Powerpoint, moviemaker, etc
  • Drama or skit or puppet show
  • Character acting (dress up as the character or author)
  • Models of the main characters
  • Diorama
  • Poster or Collage or sketch
  • Anything else you would like (approved by teacher)

Make sure to include:
  • Title, author, publisher and date of book.
  • Why you think the author gave the book this title?
  • A summary of the book (use the Shape Go Map)
  • Describe one exciting event in the story
  • Which character is most like you and why
  • Which character is least like you and why
  • What happens in the story that you wish could happen to you and why
  • What is your overall opinion of the book and would you recommend it to others and why
  • Focus on Faith connection
  • Anything else you feel is interesting and relevant to your presentation

Speeches

All of our speeches are ready to be presented.  On Monday February 10th we will be having our classroom competition of our speeches.  Students will be selected later in the week to move forward in the competition again the other grade level students for a spot in the school finals.

Good luck to everyone.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Sweater Donations

We are having a sweater drive.  If you have any lightly used sweaters that you would like to donate, please bring them in this Thursday February 6th.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

WinterFest - January 31st

Looking for something fun to do this Friday.  Check out the link below for more information about Winterfest at Glen Eden.

http://ohf.akaraisin.com/Common/Event/Home.aspx?seid=7802&mid=8

Friday, January 24, 2014

Cyber Safety

After watching the video on Being Safer and Smarter Online, write a one page reflection how you can be safe online and why it is important.  
Please go to hcdsb.elearningontario.ca to log in and post your assignment in the dropbox under the section Health - Cyber Safety.
Due:  Tuesday January 28th.  

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Grade 5 - Government assignment - Due Thursday Jan 23rd

Grade 5 - please complete the levels of government assignment posted on the elearning ontario site.

All students have their own username and passwords.  Please make sure to submit your report into the dropbox.

hcdsb.elearningontario.ca

Boys....Looking for a new book to read?

Check out some of these sites for some interesting books to choose from.  Girls, the sites may say books for boys, but you can read these too.

http://www.pbs.org/parents/best-books-for-boys/

http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/boys-books

http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/toppicks/a/books_boys.htm



Friday, January 17, 2014

Literacy Groups

We are starting our 2nd week of literacy groups and reading such interesting books.  We came up with some tips to help us become successful while working independently.  Students, share your favorite part of the book with someone.  Explain why connected with it.