Hello there!
We had a busy morning of: percents-learning, CFOO-presentation-listening and
Science-"what-do-we-know-about-air"-brainstorming!
It's going to be a great (and busy!) week!
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Agenda items:
1. To think about: "Comment est-ce que l'eau est comme l'air?"
2. Pink Day (Let's Stand Up to Bullying!) - Wednesday, April 11
3. SOUPer Bowl - through to April 25
4. Scholastic orders - Friday, April 16
Have a great week! :)
Monday, 9 April 2018
We Need Your Help!
Did you know...
* More than 64 000 Manitobans receive food from food banks each month?
* Close to half of the Manitobans to receive food from food banks are children?
* That Winnipeg Harvest shares food through the Manitoba Association of Food Banks and through nearly 400 agencies (including soup kitchens, food banks and youth programs) to distribute food
to hungry families all over Manitoba?
What better way to support our local food bank than by donating non-perishable food items to our SOUPer Bowl?
Donations are being accepted through to April 25. Please give as generously as you are able.
Thank you! :)
* More than 64 000 Manitobans receive food from food banks each month?
* Close to half of the Manitobans to receive food from food banks are children?
* That Winnipeg Harvest shares food through the Manitoba Association of Food Banks and through nearly 400 agencies (including soup kitchens, food banks and youth programs) to distribute food
to hungry families all over Manitoba?
What better way to support our local food bank than by donating non-perishable food items to our SOUPer Bowl?
Donations are being accepted through to April 25. Please give as generously as you are able.
Thank you! :)
Friday, 6 April 2018
If the World Were a Village...
Happy Friday, learning friends!
We started our day in Math with a short video, "If the World Were a Village."
We learned how the world's nationalities, languages, food, ages (and more!) would all be presented if the world's population were scaled down to 100 people.
After we finished watching the video and filling out our sheets, we began to represent the data in tables and diagrams. We learned that when comparing things to a group of 100, we can easily determine the percent of each category. This will be the starting point for a new unit on percents, fractions and decimals.
In Français today, we began our novel study on the book, "Zamboni" written by François Gravel.
We will be studying the novel as a full class, listening to Mme Careen read as we follow along. The study of each chapter will allow us to predict and share what we read, add new vocabulary to our repertoire (and our word wall) and make text connections to our own lives as well as other texts we may have read. Stay tuned to find out all about the young goal tender, the Zamboni and the Zamboni's special secret!
Have a great weekend!
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Agenda items:
1. CFOO #10 - Monday!
2. Report card confirmation emails and envelopes returned - ASAP.
3. Scholastic orders - April 16
4. SOUPer Bowl donations - through to April 25.
We started our day in Math with a short video, "If the World Were a Village."
We learned how the world's nationalities, languages, food, ages (and more!) would all be presented if the world's population were scaled down to 100 people.
After we finished watching the video and filling out our sheets, we began to represent the data in tables and diagrams. We learned that when comparing things to a group of 100, we can easily determine the percent of each category. This will be the starting point for a new unit on percents, fractions and decimals.
In Français today, we began our novel study on the book, "Zamboni" written by François Gravel.
We will be studying the novel as a full class, listening to Mme Careen read as we follow along. The study of each chapter will allow us to predict and share what we read, add new vocabulary to our repertoire (and our word wall) and make text connections to our own lives as well as other texts we may have read. Stay tuned to find out all about the young goal tender, the Zamboni and the Zamboni's special secret!
Have a great weekend!
*****
Agenda items:
1. CFOO #10 - Monday!
2. Report card confirmation emails and envelopes returned - ASAP.
3. Scholastic orders - April 16
4. SOUPer Bowl donations - through to April 25.
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Thursday!
Hello everyone! Happy Thursday!
Today in Math, we worked in groups at the white boards to figure out the following problem:
Today in Math, we worked in groups at the white boards to figure out the following problem:
In how many ways can 105 be expressed as the sum of at least two consecutive positive integers?
We were quick to find the first solution of 52 + 53, and then from there, each group had different approaches
as to how to move forward. We were collectively able to find 6 possible solutions to this question within our
work time this morning. Are there more solutions possible? What other starting numbers can we choose that offer the same variety of answers? Happy exploring!
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Agenda items:
1. CFOO #10 - Monday, April 9
2. SOUPer bowl food donations - through to April 25
3. April Scholastic orders - due Friday, April 16.
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Fraction splats!
Happy Tuesday, learning friends!
We were happy to have Mme Page back with us in Math today. We started with a review of what we already know about fractions and then she introduced us to fraction splats!
We started by determining the value of this picture:
Part of the picture is covered and we have to determine what value is being covered by the splat.
We also need to be able to explain our reasoning of how we arrived at our answer.
One strategy would be to 'count up' to the answer. So, we can 2 1/4 and our goal is 4.
We can add 1 whole to get to 3 1/4 and then we need to add 3/4 more to get to 4. Cool!
Here's another one to try:
We were happy to have Mme Page back with us in Math today. We started with a review of what we already know about fractions and then she introduced us to fraction splats!
We started by determining the value of this picture:
Based on the three 'wholes' and the four quarters, the total value is 4.
And then... SPLAT!
Part of the picture is covered and we have to determine what value is being covered by the splat.
We also need to be able to explain our reasoning of how we arrived at our answer.
One strategy would be to 'count up' to the answer. So, we can 2 1/4 and our goal is 4.
We can add 1 whole to get to 3 1/4 and then we need to add 3/4 more to get to 4. Cool!
Here's another one to try:
Happy SPLAT-ing!
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Agenda:
1. "Les nombres entiers" assessment - tomorrow (Wednesday)
2. Library - tomorrow
3. CFOO #10 presentations - Monday, April 9
4. SOUPer bowl donations - accepted until April 25.
Monday, 2 April 2018
SOUPer Bowl!
Ness Knights! We need your help!
We are on a mission to collect as many non-perishable food items as we can get!
Throughout the month of April, the Grade 6 and 7 students will be going head-to-head to see which Grade level will collect the most food items for Winnipeg Harvest!
Donations can be brought in to our homeroom (Room 208) anytime between now and April 25!
Please give as generously as you are able!
Many thanks! :)
We are on a mission to collect as many non-perishable food items as we can get!
Throughout the month of April, the Grade 6 and 7 students will be going head-to-head to see which Grade level will collect the most food items for Winnipeg Harvest!
Donations can be brought in to our homeroom (Room 208) anytime between now and April 25!
Please give as generously as you are able!
Many thanks! :)
It's great to be back! :)
Happy Monday, friends of learning! April is here!
We are happy to be back together, ready for a great week of learning!
After taking some time to share what kept us busy over the break, we reviewed, in Math, what we now know
about les "nombres entiers," in preparation for a short assessment this coming Wednesday.
In Science, we prepared for and completed the first test of the Science experiment, "Le volume des béchers et une bougie." We are testing to see how much time a candle will stay lit when covered with different sizes of beakers. We will repeat the experiment twice more in order to ensure our results are reasonable. We will then work on graphing the results and writing our conclusions. Please ask me about my hypothesis and what I noticed about the first set of data collected today in class.
Looking forward to a great week! :)
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Agenda items:
1. Short Math assessment - Nombres entiers - Wednesday
2. CFOO #10 - Monday, April 9
We are happy to be back together, ready for a great week of learning!
After taking some time to share what kept us busy over the break, we reviewed, in Math, what we now know
about les "nombres entiers," in preparation for a short assessment this coming Wednesday.
In Science, we prepared for and completed the first test of the Science experiment, "Le volume des béchers et une bougie." We are testing to see how much time a candle will stay lit when covered with different sizes of beakers. We will repeat the experiment twice more in order to ensure our results are reasonable. We will then work on graphing the results and writing our conclusions. Please ask me about my hypothesis and what I noticed about the first set of data collected today in class.
Looking forward to a great week! :)
*****
Agenda items:
1. Short Math assessment - Nombres entiers - Wednesday
2. CFOO #10 - Monday, April 9
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