Monday, January 7, 2013

Welcome back everyone!  We have started our next stretch in our learning  :o)

MATH: Complete the guiding questions and MMMR analysis to the graph co-constructed in class focussing on the total bowling scores of Room 301 vs Room 308.  You will need this for Wednesday's class.
  • Entrance Pass for tomorrow morning:
    • Create a 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication sentence and solve it in 2 different ways. Extension: use numbers in a word problem. (e.g., 111 x 11 = )

POETRY: Several students have finalized and published their poems "A JOURNEY".  Please ensure that you have your poem typed, organized and used font to emphasis gist words.  We are sharing in small groups to refine our poems prior to the final printout.   

Swimming at Winona this Thursday.
Scientist in the School focussing on Electricity will be hosted in-class this Friday.

Friday, December 21, 2012



Thank you for all of your warm wishes.  
It has been a great four months into the school year.  
I can't wait to see what the next six months bring! 
Have a WONDERFUL winter holiday!


 


We'll see everyone back on January 7th, 2013!



Cool art to try out at home with crayons .
Materials needed include crayons, canvas board and a hair dryer.  Enjoy    :o)



Thursday, December 20, 2012

Vote for Pia Graham, former McMurrich student with a talent in visual arts and photography.
Math: 
- Bowling Project: Part 1b: create a graph for your team total scores, complete the 3 guiding questions  and justify which data calculation (mean, median, mode and/or range) best describes a set of data for Friday December 21st.
- use the sample co-constructed responses to the guiding questions  individual graph in google docs as a guide when responding to your team data.

Summary:  Review the different writing stages of the summary your group co-constructed within the wiki.  Students have started their independent summary task which is completed in-class.

Poetry: read and/or listen to the poem written by your assigned and one choice class author which is posted in voicethread and provide descriptive feedback (a star and a wish) 

Congratulations on winning the Golden Shoe Award this month for the most squats.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Social Studies:  Civilizations & Social Needs, sharing what you learned about those you interviewed (google docs)

Math: 
- Bowling Project: Part 1b: create a graph for your team total scores, complete the 3 guiding questions  and justify which data calculation (mean, median, mode and/or range) best describes a set of data for Friday December 21st.
- use the sample co-constructed responses to the guiding questions  individual graph in google docs as a guide when responding to your team data.

Check this out - crack the code in this Name Letters challenge

Summary:  Review the different writing stages of the summary your group co-constructed within the wiki.  Students have started their independent summary task which is completed in-class.

Poetry: read and/or listen to the poem written by your assigned class author which is posted in voicethread and provide descriptive feedback (a star and a wish) 

Swimming: please come prepared tomorrow for swimming in the afternoon

Monday, December 17, 2012

Social Studies:  Civilizations & Social Needs, sharing what you learned about those you interviewed (google docs)

Math: co-constructing a response to the guiding questions for your individual graph; finalize the example response within the google docs.  Use this as a guide when responding to your own analysis of the data.
- Bowling Project: complete the 3 guiding questions for your individual graph and justify which data calculation (mean, median, mode and/or range) best describes a set of data for Wednesday December 19th
- Math Talk Blog discussion focussing on computations & misconceptions (offer an original response and a choice of piggybacking off another idea or asking questions for clarification), we will be discussing the responses on Wednesday December 19th.

Summary:  Review the different writing stages of the summary your group co-constructed within the wiki.  Students will be writing their independent summary task later this week.


FYI: On December 19, 2012, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfieldwill launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to reach theInternational Space Station (ISS).

Saturday, December 15, 2012

A few pics of this weeks students in action  :o)