It has been quite a week and it's not over yet. We are continuing to move forward working on a variety of independent and group tasks online both in-class and at-home.

SCIENCE: share your last ideas and research on the assigned area in the four forces of flight.  You will be placed into your build groups and share your expertise.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki in a new wiki page, take your co-constructed paragraphs and organize them as a second draft.

VISUAL ARTS: once you have selected an artist to research, begin to organize your research/dates on Timetoast (online timeline)

Congratulations Room 308 ! 

A big thanks to all of the students in Room 308 for being present and actively participating in complete the 2013 EQAO session.  I am so VERY proud of all of you, as each of you stepped up and put forth your best in the math and language tasks.

It has been quite a week and it's not over yet. We are continuing to move forward working on a variety on independent and group tasks online in-class and at-home.

SCIENCE: share your last ideas and research on the assigned area in the four forces of flight.  You will be placed into your build groups soon  :o)

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki in a new wiki page, take your co-constructed paragraphs and organize them as a second draft.

VISUAL ARTS: once you have selected an artist to research, begin to organize your research/dates on Timetoast (online timeline)

Please continue to read the two posts below.

Call for Fun Fair Volunteers

The Count Down is non the McM Fun Fair 2013: Thursday June 13th from 3:30 - 8:30 pm!

The Fun Fair is a fun celebration and a chance to meet the kids, parents and teachers in the McMurrich School community.  It's also a big fundraiser for our school for stuff like...
- Enrichment activities like Scientists in the School
- New musical instruments
- Building an outdoor garden to extend classrooms outdoors
- special events

Step Right Up - We Need Your Support!
If there is a family member who can volunteer, please connect with the McMurrich School Council  :o)

Find us on the Web!  http://mcmurrichschool.blogspot.com/

McMurrich is having a waste audit done on the morning of Wednesday, June 5th. This audit is provided by the TDSB Eco Team and its success is dependent on volunteer help.

We are in need of 2-3 parents/supervising adults to record audit findings, take photographs and/or interpret for visiting classes. We will have a teacher present for the morning as well as 8-10 Jr. students who will help to facilitate set-up and auditing. Parents would need to arrive at school by 8:30 am.

This waste audit is being carried out to help with our Eco School Re-certification process and to inform our school community about our waste habits as we prepare to possibly apply for inclusion the board's green bin pilot project.

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McMurrich School Council

EQAO: Success Criteria:

1. be present  :o)
2. plenty of rest
3. have a healthy breakfast
4. bring in reusable water bottles
5. come in with a positive attitude

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki in a new wiki page, take your co-constructed paragraphs and organize them as a second draft.

VISUAL ARTS: once you have selected an artist to research, begin to organize your research/dates on Timetoast (online timeline)

EQAO: Success Criteria:

1. be present  :o)
2. plenty of rest
3. have a healthy breakfast
4. bring in reusable water bottles
5. come in with a positive attitude

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki in a new wiki page, take your co-constructed paragraphs and organize them as a second draft.

VISUAL ARTS: once you have selected an artist to research, begin to organize your research/dates on Timetoast (online timeline)

EQAO: Success Criteria:

1. plenty of rest
2. have a healthy breakfast
3. bring in reusable water bottles
4. come in with a positive attitude

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki in a new wiki page, take your co-constructed paragraphs and organize them as a second draft.

LANGUAGE / MATH: complete the EQAO practice package (apply strategies discussed in class for both multiple choice and open response questions)

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Continue to organize/cluster your jot notes into focussed groups within a new wiki page. 
(Guiding Questions #1 - 3)

SCIENCE: begin to research the assigned area of the four forces of flight within the Structures & Mechanisms Wiki.  This research needs to be completed by Monday May 27th as you will be the expert group and jigsawed into a new group.

 

LANGUAGE / MATH: complete the EQAO practice package (apply strategies discussed in class for both multiple choice and open response questions)


SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Continue to organize/cluster your jot notes into focussed groups within a new wiki page. 
(Guiding Questions #1 - 3)

SCIENCE: begin to research the assigned area of the four forces of flight within the Structures & Mechanisms Wiki

 

LANGUAGE / MATH: complete the EQAO practice package (apply strategies discussed in class for both multiple choice and open response questions)

SCIENCE: begin to research the assigned area of the four forces of flight within the Structures & Mechanisms Wiki

 

 

We are taking an informal group GRAD 2013 PIC tomorrow morning.  

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize/cluster your jot notes into focussed groups within a new wiki page. 
(Guiding Questions #1 - 3)

MATH: complete the EQAO practice package (apply strategies discussed in class for both multiple choice and open response questions)

SCIENCE: graphic narratives on a perspective of aviation 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize/cluster your jot notes into focussed groups within a new wiki page. 
(Guiding Questions #1 - 3)

MATH: practice your 6 - 9 timetables
POETRY AUDITIONS:

SCIENCE: graphic narratives on a perspective of aviation 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize your jot notes into focussed groups. 
(Guiding Questions #1 - 3)

MATH: practice your 1 - 6 timetables (use a pair of dice and multiply the two numbers). 

SCIENCE: we will begin printing finalized graphic narratives on a perspective of aviation tomorrow

 

LANGUAGE:  PAST DUE: Letter writing:  Use feedback to revise your letter and finalize it .

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize your jot notes into focussed groups. 
(Guiding Questions #1 - 3)

MATH: practice your 1 - 6 timetables (use a pair of dice and multiply the two numbers). 

LANGUAGE:  PAST DUE: Letter writing:  Use feedback to revise your letter and finalize it .

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize your jot notes into focussed groups. 
(Guiding Questions #1 - 3)

MATH: practice your 1 - 6 timetables (use a pair of dice and multiply the two numbers). 

The Game of Pig (2-dice)
Practice thinking strategically as you roll the dice by Marilyn Burns
What to do:
1. two or more players take turns rolling two dice
2. on a turn, you or the other player roll the dice take turns rolling the dice, recording the product of the numbers rolled
3. if a 1 comes up on one of the dice, the player scores 0 for that round and misses a turn BUT if a 1 comes up on both dice, the turn ends and the players entire accumulated total becomes 0
4. the first player to reach a total of 100 points wins.
5. after playing the game, think about the math strategies you used during this game

LANGUAGE:  Letter writing:  Use feedback to revise your letter and finalize it for Tuesday May 14th.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize your jot notes into focussed groups.

SCIENCE: Flight Wiki (Structures & Mechanisms) Build your realistic fiction graphic narrative. Due Tuesday May 14th.  We will be sharing your graphic narratives in class.

MATH: practice your 1 - 6 timetables (use a pair of dice and multiply the two numbers). 
PAST DUE: Entrance Pass on the equations challenge in selecting a new bowling location for a fictional class trip.

MATH: continue to solve the equations challenge in selecting a new bowling location for a fictional class trip.

LANGUAGE:  Letter writing: students who came prepared today with their third draft, received descriptive feedback from peers.  Use this feedback to revise your letter and finalize it for Tuesday May 14th.

PAST DUE: several students have not completed their second draft of a letter to a future Grade 6 students focussing on Business Day.  Have the second draft with revisions (strikethrough & bold) typed in your wiki page.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize your jot notes into focussed groups.

SCIENCE: Flight Wiki (Structures & Mechanisms) Build your realistic fiction graphic narrative using ONLY the research related facts that will support your perspective (approx. 12 frames).  Due Tuesday May 14th.  We will be sharing your graphic narratives in class.

MATH: continue to solve the equations challenge in selecting a new bowling location for a fictional class trip.

LANGUAGE:  Letter writing: students who came prepared today with their third draft, received descriptive feedback from peers.  Use this feedback to revise your letter and finalize it for Tuesday May 14th.

PAST DUE: several students have not completed their second draft of a letter to a future Grade 6 students focussing on Business Day.  Have the second draft with revisions (strikethrough & bold) typed in your wiki page.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize your jot notes into focussed groups.

SCIENCE: Flight Wiki (Structures & Mechanisms) Build your realistic fiction graphic narrative using ONLY the research related facts that will support your perspective (approx. 12 frames).  Due Tuesday May 14th.  We will be sharing your graphic narratives in class.

LANGUAGE:  Letter writing: students who came prepared today received descriptive feedback from peers on their second draft of a letter to a future Grade 6 students focussing on Business Day.  Have the second draft with revisions (strikethrough & bold) typed in your wiki page DUE TOMORROW.  

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize your jot notes into focussed groups.

SCIENCE: Flight Wiki (Structures & Mechanisms) and begin to work on the perspective you and your group have decided to focus on.  Build your realistic fiction graphic narrative using ONLY the research related facts that will support your perspective (approx. 12 frames). 

MATH: Entrance Pass: Solving Equations

LANGUAGE:  Letter writing: students who came prepared today received descriptive feedback from peers on their second draft of a letter to a future Grade 6 students focussing on Business Day.  Have the second draft with revisions (strikethrough & bold) typed in your wiki page for Thursday May 9th.  

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Begin to organize your jot notes into focussed groups.

SCIENCE: Flight Wiki (Structures & Mechanisms) and begin to work on the perspective you and your group have decided to focus on.  Build your realistic fiction graphic narrative using ONLY the research related facts that will support your perspective (approx. 12 frames). 

MATH: MMS Solving Equations, p. 16-19, #1-6

LANGUAGE:  Letter writing: typed first draft PAST DUE

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Research is due Monday May 6th.

SCIENCE: Flight Wiki (Structures & Mechanisms) and begin to work on the perspective you and your group have decided to focus on.  Build your realistic fiction graphic narrative using ONLY the research related facts that will support your perspective (approx. 12 frames).  

Dear Parent(s) / Guardian(s),

This Sunday’s silent auction at The Crest is shaping up to be an incredible event.  Advance tickets are still available at the McMurrich office and at EcoExistence on St Clair.  Tickets will also be available at the door, so don’t despair if you miss out on the advance sales.  

The party gets underway at 7:00 p.m. with the start of the silent auction.  The auction will run until approximately 9:00 p.m., followed by live music.  Purchasing a ticket entitles you to one drink and delicious appetizers.  The Crest, located at 794 St. Clair Avenue West, has a delightful patio that the McMurrich meteorologist has promised will be put to good use.

The response to this event has been enormous, with over 75 tickets already sold and over $8,000 in donated merchandise to bid on.  Don’t miss out on what will surely be a grand evening of fun, bargain hunting, and relaxation.  

Don’t forget your cheque book!

McMurrich School Council

MATH: visit your Student Math Blog: read the scenario and show/extend your understanding using online tools, pictures, numbers and words within your own blog post

LANGUAGE:  using the success criteria and the self-feedback, type up your second draft onto a wiki page in your Business Day Wiki or saved on your usb key for MONDAY.  Time in-class will be used on Monday for peer feedback.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Research is due Monday May 6th.

SCIENCE: Flight Wiki (Structures & Mechanisms) and begin to work on the perspective you and your group have decided to focus on.  Build your realistic fiction graphic narrative using ONLY the research related facts that will support your perspective (approx. 12 frames).  

Music Monday preparation for May 6th:  

MATH: MMS, probability, U11, L2 #2 - 5; great discussions today in class using various strategies and paths to solve a challenge.
  

SOCIAL STUDIES: Citizenship Global Issues Wiki begin to research information based on the guiding questions on PEEPS.  Research is due Monday May 6th.

SCIENCE: Flight Wiki (Structures & Mechanisms) and begin to work on the perspective you and your group have decided to focus on.  Build your realistic fiction graphic narrative using ONLY the research related facts that will support your perspective (approx. 12 frames).  

Business Day: PAST DUE reflection, answer the guiding questions below in your Student Business Day Blog:  "How do you feel about your company's performance during Business Day 2013? (success / challenges and how your overcame them)"

Music Monday preparation for May 6th: