Field trip - Tuesday, March 6th
We will be visiting the Legislature to begin our study of government and then take in an IMAX movie to compliment our global studies. Suggested donation of $7 will cover the bus and IMAX costs. The film is on the Pyramids of Egypt. Letters went home on Friday. 

February 26 - March 2nd

Monday is CARNAVAL at Journey. 

Our class has decided to dress in bright rainbow colours, tacky is encouraged. We will be building a float for a parade to Poirier after lunch. After lunch, CARNVAL activities will take place all afternoon. Bring loonies for cupcakes!!

Ms. Stannard will be doing facepainting. 

The students French booklets are due. See previous post for more information. 

A Math Quiz on Ratios and Percents will take place on Wednesday. 

Science experiments need to be written up for Thursday using the scientific process, detailed observations and conclusions. 

In Social Studies: We will have a guest speaker in the class on Thursday from the Speakers Bureau at UVic. Gabriella McBee will present on life and human rights in Latin America, including Brazil, Cuba, Bolivia and Guatemala (where indigenous people make up a large portion of the population). 

This week - February 19 - 23

In Math this week we are working on our fractions and ratios packages. We have finished up to Lesson 3. We worked on Ratios (Lesson 4) and Equivalent Ratios (Lesson 5). We will begin percents this week. Here is a link to the worksheets. wiki space math worksheets download  (scroll to bottom and click arrow for next page for ratios and percents)

In Science we have been working to build water filters. We will continue to 
build this week. 

 

Link to: water filters album

We reviewed for a Science Quiz. There is a QUIZ on Monday, Feb 19.  I have linked to  a copy of the Study Notes here: science quiz notes - solutions

In Socials our country profiles were due January 31^st. These have been marked. The students will be sharing their research with each other in a country fair next week. Students will fill out passports and learn facts about countries as they take a tour of the world. We will also be able to ask questions of a couple of students who have lived in different countries. 

In French we will be finishing our booklets this week.

Students can chose to write about 6 different friends, animals or family.

The sentence structure and vocabulary are the focus.

C’est un chien (It’s  a dog). Elle s'appelle Chloe. (She's called Chloe)

Elle a 2 ans. (She's 2 years old)

Elle aime jouer la  balle. (she likes to play ball)

Elle n’aime pas les chats. (she doesn’t like cats.)

C’est un chat. Il s'appelle Marveau. Il a dix ans. 

Il n’aime pas les chiens. (He doesn’t like dogs). Il adore manger. (He loves to eat!) 

The rough copies look fantastic and the illustrations look great. 

In PE we have begun to play games in volleyball and are learning how to serve and score. Sign up for rugby is underway. The volleyball teams are finishing their games this week. 

Students have finished MUSIC with Mr. Rehman. :( 

They are now doing ART with Ms. Johnston. :) 

Permission letters will go home this week for a March 6th visit to the Legislative Buildings and the IMAX.

THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY FOR THE ProD DAY.

Week 22 - Welcome to February

Maker Space...

Today we had a great time designing, collaborated and refining  prototypes to solve a communication problem.

Students were in mixed groups and had to figure out how to get a message to a friend a block away if they were grounded and had no telephone or technology. Creative, Critical and Collaborative Thinking and Communication were set in action and pulleys, bows, arrows, straw telephones and catapults were built, refined, assessed and presented. Many thanks to all the teachers who coordinated in this neighbourhood activity. 

Math - fractions
We have continued to work with fractions and will have a final quiz next Wednesday on equivalent, converting and ordering improper and mixed fractions and  on ratios. 
Here is a website for those seeking extra help. 

http://mathies.ca/activities.html

English and Socials
Country research projects on Chromebooks were due this week and most have been handed in. Students will begin sharing and comparing their projects over the new 2 weeks, visiting "other countries and examining some of their similarities and differences. 

 A cool new website to compare international lifestyles is Dollar Street, which houses a database of photographs household items from around the worlds, classified by income level. See the fascinating TED talk and connect to the website below. 

Dollar Street