Drama Characters were fantastic!

MATH

We started our Fractions and Decimals unit today.  All students need to know the 4 types of fractions for tomorrow.  They are:

proper       improper     mixed     equivalent
   1                  12           3  2           5 =  1
   4                   7                3          10    2


We also learned how to reduce fractions: (note:  blog doesn't make division symbols)

 8 =  4               17  =  3  2                  
10    5                5           5

                     (17 divided by 5)

ARTS ED

The students did a fantastic job of staying in character demonstrating emotion!  They worked through their nerves and overcame the dreaded "stage fright."  Tomorrow we will start developing the St. Francis Newscast.  Everyone is to come to school we various ideas to share as planning starts on Tuesday.

SCIENCE

Jan. 29 -   4 Healthy living questions are due

HEALTH

Feb. 3 - Food Journal due

READING

We have been working hard on our reading strategies in Balanced Literacy.  Our topics have been in non-fiction.  Please read everyday for 15 - 30 min. and practice these strategies.  WE WILL BE DOING Mr. Wahl's RAD test next week.  today, after school, I got approval to do it before our Science Centre Trip.  Remember, each of the 6 questions have a special format to answering the questions that you need to follow.  We have been practicing them every week, 1 question per day for weeks! 

WRITING

We completed a major expository last Monday.  Since then, groups have been given a poorly written expository on Sleepovers.  The groups are challenged with editing & revising it into an expository that achieves "Meeting Outcomes" in each of the 6 traits of writing as found on our rubric.  This is being done at school to  work on building stamina to complete a given task with a given time frame.  This time frame matches the amount of time each student will receive to complete the final expository done in May.

Warm Weather, please STAY!

Hi all, have a great weekend!  Remember to go onto IXL as we discussed in class to work on computation skills plus fractions/decimals. 

ARTS ED

Your character performance is Monday. Practice in front of the mirror/parents and make sure you read your marking sheet to know what to focus in on.

Monday is WEAR RED DAY as we are supporting the recent  fallen RCMP member and his family. 

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS
Jan. 26 - Arts Ed performance
Jan. 29 - Prince of Egypt video response shared with the setup discussed in class.

File Sharing setup review example:

1)Select:  Flinststone, Fred gr 5 assignments (personal folder)
2)Click on share
3)Type in w.brassard to get my full name to appear
4)Write the name of the assignment in the box below
5)Click share so it is emailed to Mrs. Brassard

NOTE:  You must have the proper file name in the proper subject folder to have Mrs. Brassard
               read  your assignment for evaluation. 

Proper Practice Leads to Success!

Math

Remember to study for your math test on Friday.

Focus on reading instructions:  know what the question wants you to do!

Draw accurate, labelled diagrams!

Show all the formula work:

Area      LXW =  
              5X2 = 

Volume  LXWXH =

Remember unit in the answer, record it the correct way! 
(sorry, blog can't show squared or cubed)

LXWXH =
4X3X5 =



Perimeter =  add up all the sides = cm or m unit answer
                                                                     

Perimeter = 24 cm

 

Follow classroom setup for work!  Think step by step!

Remember your conversions:  10mm = 1 cm, 500mL = 1/2 L, and so on!  Review your assignment sheets.

Practice accurate measuring with a ruler AND adding & multiplying!

Math sheets 62-65 due: Jan. 21

Fully Alive

Commitment sheet due:  Jan. 27

ARTS ED

Work on your Character assignment, plan what you will say, do, ways to show emotion.  Read rubric criteria.  STAY IN CHARACTER FOR 1 min.

READING

Always use reading strategies with home AR reading to cement answer setup into memory!  Complete blog Inference answer by Jan. 23.  If not posted by teacher, editing/revising needed.
Look at "Making Comments" video in Helpful Resources section above as you will soon be making these types of comments on each others posts.

Listening with stamina:  see below which also sets you up for success!

Warm Weather Alert!

The cold weather has finally left us for now!  The Win, Lose or Draw Tournament taking place at lunchtime is now into round 2 with lots of fun had by all!

ELA

The class has been working hard on their Three Wishes Expository. Each student, if on schedule, has been given 5 days of editing/revising for this major essay. 

Monday -      Draft #1 personal editing on typed draft

Tuesday-       Draft #2 peer editing (each student is required to have 2 comments from peers)

Wednesday - Draft #3 personal editing  along with teacher editing/revising via sharing.  I also demonstrated how to make a table in your document and how to copy/paste it from draft #2 into draft #3 so the table does not disappear. 

Thursday -    Draft #3 personal editing along with teacher editing/revising via sharing along with how to set up your 3 Wishes final in your OneDrive writing folder.

Friday -          Draft #3 independent work in any needed areas focusing on final copy that needs to have 2 self-assessment rubric criteria comments.  Follow setup discussed in class.  (If you need an example, I did one in an earlier blog but do not copy it.  You need to build on it with how you have improved in the chosen criteria from last essay as we discussed in class.)

Essay is due on Monday, January 19th.  All students need to share their personal name folder with Mrs. Brassard so she has them by Monday morning.   Also on Monday morning, students will hand in all their planning pages with rubrics to receive a complete homework check.  (A complete homework check is sharing with  Mrs. B his/her name folder, handing in all planning pages with 2 rubrics.)


Jan. 29 - Prince of Egypt video reading strategies response assignment.  Remember to following the instructions given in class as well as on the sheet.  (Save it in your Reading folder and share it with Mrs. B by Jan. 29)  Remember to follow answer setup.

Math

Volume sheets 56-59 due on Jan. 19
Jan. 19 - Small quiz on volume

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Jan. 19  -Health Food Labels assignment due
              Wishes Expositoery due
              Science Machines Test (open book)

Jan. 23   Math Exam

Jan. 29   Prince of Egypt assignment due (shared with Mrs. B using Office 365)

Week 1 in 2015 Reminders

L.ARTS

1a)  All students are to have their 3 Wishes draft completed by hand AND typed into OneDrive.

1b)  ***Make sure you are in your name folder, writing folder then create a new word document.

1c)  File name in upper black box should be:  3 Wishes Draft 1

1d)  Title of assignment is size 20, underlined, centered:  Three Wishes Expository

2)  Read everyday to work towards completing your AR goals!

SCIENCE

1)  Make sure you have your group lab material here for Jan. 12

2)  Jan. 19 - Machine Unit Test (open book)

3)  A big thank you goes out to Mr. Senger and Mrs. Lee for volunteering to help with the Science Centre Trip.

ARTS. ED

Practice Song (You know which one!)

MATH

We did a 10 question basic computation review today and a lot of students have forgotten the process and are having accuracy issues.  Please practice these skills at home 2-3X a week to maintain this extremely important skill.  Also, all students were reminded to go onto IXL to practice these skills as well as calculating perimeter & area.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Jan. 30      TPD so no school for students
Feb. 12      Class trip to the Science Centre

 STAY WARM AND HEALTHY!

Welcome back all to 2015!

 

Writing

Work on your "3 Wishes" expository planning organizer.  Be creative WITH DETAIL!

 

 

Reading

1)  Read to finish your level 1/2 goals as we are now on the level 3 goal of points.

2)  Practice RAD reading strategies for tomorrow's RAD assignment (all 6 questions) 

 

Math

1)  Practice perimeter and area on IXL plus multiplying/dividing skills.

2)  Make sure you have 1 cm graph paper at school with a ruler to do accurate scale drawings.

 

Formula:  LXW =

 

Science Centre Trip in Feb.

We still need a parent volunteer so asks your parents if they are available.  They can contact me at school or write me an agenda note.