Volunteers Needed

Our School Council will be hosting the annual BBQ on Thursday, June 8th, from 4:30-6:30pm. This is a great opportunity to come together as a community, enjoy some tasty food and explore Circus Delights inflatable attractions. The council is looking for volunteers to help out at the BBQ. You can sign up to volunteer at: http://signup.com/go/kxjiSJZ

Homework

We are still without a photocopier at school so I am unable to put together our regular homework page with spelling words and math. I did however send home a math page on Thursday which will be due this coming Thursday as Friday is a PD day. Just a reminder that Thursday is the junior track and field day. Students should come dressed appropriately and have a water bottle and sunscreen as they will be outside for the majority of the day.

Homework / Spelling Quiz

There will be no homework this week.  Our photocopier has been down for a week so I am unable to put a practice page together.  There will however, be a word wall quiz on Friday.

The words will be intelligent, excellent, document, predict, communicate, other, people, climate, finally, and almost.

Spelling Quiz

I apologize for the late post but here are the word wall words that are on the quiz today. They are also all on the homework sheet that is due today. 

because, capable, restaurant, question, practice, schedule, clothes, beautiful, especially, and realize

Homework this week

There is a regular homework page due today.  There will not be a new one coming home tonight as I already sent home a review sheet for the upcoming math quiz.  The review sheet was sent home Wednesday, is due Tuesday (will be taken up in class) and we will  have our quiz on Wednesday May 10.

I will find another time for the students who miss it due to the ultimate frisbee tournament.
A regular homework page will be sent home next Friday with two week's worth of spelling words on it.

Spelling Quiz #13

We will have a spelling quiz this Friday, May 5.  The words will be: document, intelligent, outstanding, its, it's, reduce, reuse, recycle, wouldn't, and unique.

Spelling Quiz #12 - THURSDAY

We will have our spelling quiz on Thursday this week as Friday is Good Friday.  

The words on this week's quiz will be: subject, weight, thought, won, though, purchase, necessary, average, consider, and advantage.

Gem Jar Day

The grade 5's filled their gem jar again! To finish off our book study of Holes, we will be watching the movie Holes and students are invited to come to school in their pajamas.

Homework

I will not be sending a regular homework page home this week. Students have a measurement quiz on Monday that they can study for. We also have our last week of literature circles next Thursday April 6.  after students have a chance to share their last assignment with the group I will be collecting their entire folder and book that I assigned to them. Students can use this week to ensure that each of their six tasks are complete to the best of their ability, including a title (which names the task) and gathered together in their folder.

Measurement Quiz

We will be having a measurement quiz next Monday.  Students will need to use the metric conversion stairs to complete conversions between, km, m, cm, mm / kg, g, mg / L, ml
There will also be questions on finding the perimeter and area of rectangles, choosing the most appropriate unit of measure, and finding the volume of rectangular prisms.

I will be offering extra help and a chance to study for the quiz on Friday over lunch recess.  We will be working on a review sheet in class tomorrow which will be sent home.

Spelling Quiz #11

We will have a spelling quiz this Friday.
The words will be: ability, frequent, passage, remember, complete, height, solution, symbol, individual, and ourselves.

Literature Circles

We started reading the novel Holes last week and students were given their literature circle folders and weekly tasks were assigned.  This will be in addition to our regular homework which will be handed out tomorrow.  They do however, have the opportunity to use their class time to complete the reading and weekly tasks.  Each day we read for about 20 minutes in the morning, this is a perfect opportunity to work on this task and each Thursday second block will be devoted to sharing their work from the week and working on the next week's assignment. In order for them to receive participation marks for this project, they must bring their completed weekly task to share with the group.  It will remain in the folder until the end of the six weeks.  At that time, I will be collecting the entire folder and marking the assignments included in the folder.  That way, if students miss a week, they will only lose a participation mark but they have the opportunity to complete the task and receive full marks for it.

EAP Charity

We had our final presentations yesterday and the Grade 5's voted to support OK Clean Water project.  We look forward to seeing what ventures they get into to raise money for this great cause.

Spelling Quiz #9

The words on this week's spelling quiz are: weather, whether, don't, exclaim, friendly, analyze, doesn't, opposite, locate, and became.

We will also be having our Data Management quiz this Friday. A review sheet went home last Friday as their homework sheet for the week.  We will be taking it up in class on Friday.

Valentine's Day

Students are welcome to but not expected to bring Valentine's day cards for their friends on Tuesday.   I will provide materials for students to make a little mailbox/bag to hold them.  So nobody get missed, here are the first names of students in our class.

Francesco          Kayla          Connor          Xavier
Abigail              Ryan           Michael         Nathan
Frankie              Rosa           Leila              Aiden
Mackenzie         Carter         Hunter           Declan
Sydney              Ashlyn        Claire            Elijah
Addyson            Sam            Brennan
Anthony            Ethan          Don-Beni

Entrepreneurial Project/Homework this week

Today students were fully introduced to the Entrepreneurial Adventure Program (EAP)  and met with Adrian Lachowski, our financial advisor for this venture from the Bank of Montreal. Over the next few months, our class along with Ms. Arcuri and Miss Hodgins' class will be working together to raise money for a selected charity.  This venture is sure to touch on many aspects of the curriculum while promoting collaboration and giving students an opportunity to make a real difference.  This is my second year participating in this program and I was blown away by what I saw in my student last year. I am excited to once again embark on this journey with the grade 5's at St. Stephen Catholic School.  Instead of the regular homework assignment, I am asking that students choose a charity from the list provided in their language folder in their Google drive or if approved by me, a charity of their choosing and create a Google slides presentation in their group to present next Thursday February 9th. Student will continue to practice their world wall words in class during the week and I will post them on the blog as well. Thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions about the program or anything else, don't hesitate to contact me at the school.
Have a great rest of the week and an even greater weekend!

Spelling Quiz #8

The words for our spelling quiz this Friday February 3rd are:
Typical, achieve, new, knew, appropriate, between, annual, before, explain, and knowledge.

Spelling Quiz #7

The words for tomorrow's spelling quiz are to, two, too, quantity, piece, guardian, believe, visual, observe, and usually.