What We Learned Today...October 27th

Assembly: This morning we started out our day by heading to the gym for a special assembly celebrating all our Cross Country runners this year.

ELA: Once we got back to our classroom the students were given a brief AR period before we began the "Youtube Hero" presentations.

Religion: After lunch the students continued to work on their Patron Saint research assignments.  If you would like to view a copy of this assignment, it can be found here as well as under the Religion Tab.

Math: Students were given the entire period to write Unit Three Exam.  Students who finished early were able to work on any other homework they had or silently read.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

Youtube Hero Assignment is overdue

Math:

No video for tomorrow.

Health:

Understanding Your Emotions questions are due on Wednesday, October 28th

Genius Hour:

Blog Post #1 is overdue

Reminders:

-Stargazing Field Trip is TBA (Stay tuned)

What We Learned Today...October 26th

Mr. Meyers giving his amazing presentation!

Presentation: This morning we were very fortunate to have Mr. Meyers join us to give another one of his amazing guest presentations.  Today we learned more about the three levels of the Greek Underworld and the similarities between our Catholic view of Hell.  Mr. Meyers also took a little bit of time to teach us about the history of Halloween and the origins of Trick 'r Treating.

Health: Students were given the entire hour to work on their "Understanding Your Emotions" response questions as well as any homework they had.

Religion: After lunch the students continued to work on their Patron Saint research assignments from last week. 

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

Youtube Hero Assignment is overdue

Math:

Unit Three Exam is on Tuesday, October 27th

Health:

Understanding Your Emotions questions are due on Wednesday, October 28th

Genius Hour:

Blog Post #1 is due on Tuesday, October 27th

Reminders:

-Stargazing Field Trip is TBA (Stay tuned)

What We Learned Today...October 23rd

Our new substitute teacher, Mr. S!

ELA: This morning we started out our day with an extended AR period from 9:10 - 9:45. Our second AR deadline is coming up fast (November 2nd), so students be sure that you getting close to completing your books!

Assembly: At 9:45 we headed to the gym for a special Kindergarten Liturgy where we officially welcomed our new kindergarten students to our Deshaye family.

Health: Students were given the entire period to work on a few response questions from our last lesson on "understanding your emotions".

Math: Since students flew through the Unit Review and Practice Exam, we got a head start on Unit 4 by learning how to represent percents on a hundred grid.

ELA: During the last hour of the day the students got into their pairs from Wednesday and continued to work on their Youtube hero assignment.  Students will need to ensure they have answered all questions for Monday as we will begin presentations next week.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

Youtube Hero Assignment is due on Monday, October 26th

Math:

Unit Three Exam is on Tuesday, October 27th

Health:

Understanding Your Emotions questions are due on Wednesday, October 28th

Genius Hour:

Blog Post #1 is due on Tuesday, October 27th

Reminders:

-DQ lunch money is due on Monday

-Stargazing Field Trip is TBA (Stay tuned)

What We Learned Today...October 21st

Working hard on their hero assignment!

ELA: Following AR, students were given four lists of adjectives and were tasked with identifying which ones could best be attributed to our list of heroes from last class.  Once they completed their lists, students were then given an assignment in partners that will require them to find a Youtube video that depicts an everyday hero.

Religion: Now that we've wrapped up our Creation Story Projects, we've now shifted our focus to Saints.  Over the next month we will be looking at the numerous Saints and the process involved when someone is canonized as a Saint.  Today we briefly looked at the canonization process and students were then tasked with researching the Saint of their choice for their next project.

Math: Students were given the entire period to finish up their 3.5 problem solving assignment and work on the Unit Review and Practice Test from their text books.

Science: During the last hour of the day we briefly reviewed the terms "Decomposer" and "Scavenger" before the students created their own "Decomposer in a bag" using bread, water and cottage cheese.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

Underworld Questions are due Tomorrow

Math:

3.5 handout is due on Friday, October 23rd

Unit Three Exam is on Tuesday, October 27th

Social:

Quiz Tomorrow

Reminders:

-Stargazing Field Trip is TBA (Stay tuned)

What We Learned Today...October 20th

Today we launched our ELA class by listening to this classic tune!

ELA: This morning we shifted our focus from the Underworld and began exploring the question, "What is a Hero?".  Students then worked together to answer this question by creating a list of known heroes and villains and comparing the different character traits that they possess.

Health: We continued through our unit on mental and emotional health by learning about properly deal with the different emotions we feel as well as how to meet our emotional needs in a positive way.

Religion: After lunch we spent a little bit of time finishing up the Emotions Power Point from this morning before viewing an awesome Creation Story project created by one of our fellow classmates.

Math: Students spent the period working on their 3.5 handouts as well as the Unit Review from the textbook.  We also spent some time going through the Unit Exam outline so students are able to study effectively for their exam next week.

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

Underworld Questions are due on Thursday, October 21st

Math:

3.5 handout is due on Friday, October 23rd

Unit Three Exam is on Tuesday, October 27th

Reminders:

-Stargazing Field Trip is TBA (Stay tuned)

What We Learned Today...October 19th

We continued to learn about Mother Teresa today!

ELA: Students were given the entire hour to finish up the questions about the Underworld that we started last week. *This assignment will now be due on Wednesday, October 21st.  After the band students headed to Leboldus, we had an AR period from 10:00 - 10:20.

Genius Hour: With the band students away, the remaining students spent the hour working on their Genius Hour projects as well as any other homework they had.

Religion: After lunch we watched a brief biography on Mother Teresa before completing the response questions from last week.


Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

ELA:

Underworld Questions are due on Thursday, October 21st

Math:

Pg. 110 is due tomorrow, October 20th
a) 1-4, 7, 8, 9
b) 3-5, 7-11, 13
c) 4-8, 10-14

Religion:

Mother Teresa questions are due tomorrow.

Reminders:

-Stargazing Field Trip is TBA (Stay tuned)

What We Learned Today...October 16th

Posing with Dr. Papandreou

ELA: This morning we were very fortunate to have Dr. Zisis Papandreou, a professor from the University of Regina, visit our classroom to teach us about constellations and Greek myths.  Dr. Papandreou's presentation was outstanding and we can't wait to learn more from him next week at the Observatory!  If you would like to experience Dr. Papandreou's presentation, please see his fantastic power point below:

Science: Today we learned about two other important types of Consumers: Scavengers and Decomposers.  We also took some time to examine the role they play in the circle of life through a detailed illustration by Mr. B.

Math: Over the period we took some time to go through the 3.3 handouts as well as the Unit 3 Quiz the students wrote yesterday.  Due to the fact that we took a little longer than anticipated to go through the quiz, the textbook assignment from Pg. 110 will now be due on Tuesday.

Genius Hour: During the last hour of the day we had our long awaited weekly Genius Hour class.  Instead of continuing their research, today students were tasked with writing a blog post that detailed their progress so far.  They were asked to answer the following questions in their post:

1. What is your project and why did you choose it? (Most important question)

2. What have you learned so far?

3. What has gone well? What has been challenging? How can you overcome these challenges?

4. What sources have you used to help you learn about your topic?

5. Where do you see this project going? What will your final product look like?

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework

Math:

Pg. 110 is due on Monday, October 19th Now due on Tuesday, October 20th
a) 1-4, 7, 8, 9
b) 3-5, 7-11, 13
c) 4-8, 10-14

Health:
Mental and Emotional questions are due on Monday

Religion:

Mother Teresa questions are due on Monday, October 19th Tuesday, October 20th

Reminders:

-Stargazing Field Trip is TBA (Stay tuned)