Track-Meet Tuesday!

Hello everyone!
While our track athletes were away running, jumping and throwing, we were busy at school reading, writing and designing! We also had a chance for some Bill-Nye-ing, too! :)

Looking forward to having the whole team back together tomorrow for another great day of learning!
Have a great afternoon! :)

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Agenda items:
1. We will be busy this week in class finishing up a few remaining 'things' before Mme starts writing reports. A reminder to all students that even though the school year is winding down, we still have LOTS of learning left to do and should arrive to class each day ready to learn and try our best! :)
2. Tornado Drill - Wednesday a.m.
3. Short in-class Science assessment - Thursday
4. June Scholastic orders (last order of the year!) - due Thursday.
*A great time to stock up on books for summer reading!*
5. School Musical - Law and Order: C-Rhyme and Pun-ishment - Wednesday, June 20 and Thursday, June 21 at 7 pm.
(See school website for details).
6. Final locker clean out - Friday, June 22
7. Grade 5 Visit and Homeroom Transition Day - Monday, June 25 p.m.

Three Mondays Left!

Happy rainy Monday, learning friends!

We had a jam-packed two periods this morning at school!

After watching two short videos about Bernoulli's Principle and the four forces of flight, we got to work on this month's design process activity: building an "aéronef" - a simple aircraft - with a straw, different types of paper and tape.

After building and testing our first prototype, we recorded how it flew and decided what changes we could make to help it fly better (further). After making and recording the changes, it was time to test again! Our goal was to create four different prototypes and, in the end, decide which one flew the best and explain why.

We will have one more work period tomorrow morning to finish of the testing and assessing of our flying creations! Wish us luck! :)

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Agenda items:
1. We will be busy this week in class finishing up a few remaining 'things' before Mme starts writing reports. A reminder to all students that even though the school year is winding down, we still have LOTS of learning left to do and should arrive to class each day ready to learn and try our best! :)
2. Good luck to all Track and Field participants who are off to their meet tomorrow (Tuesday)!
3. Tornado Drill - Wednesday a.m.
4. June Scholastic orders (last order of the year!) - due Thursday.
*A great time to stock up on books for summer reading!*
5. School Musical - Law and Order: C-Rhyme and Pun-ishment - Wednesday, June 20 and Thursday, June 21 at 7 pm.
(See school website for details).
6. Final locker clean out - Friday, June 22
7. Grade 5 Visit and Homeroom Transition Day - Monday, June 25 p.m.

Friday!

Happy Friday!

We had a busy morning of learning today!

In Math, after reviewing some fraction concepts, we completed our final Calcul Mental assessment of the year. We had 20 minutes to answer as many questions (out of 50) as we could. Each of our goals with this assessment will be different, and our success is measured to what we were able to do back in September. 

In Science, we began learning about Bernoulli's Principle and how it relates to flight (as well as every day objects). To help demonstrate how Bernoulli's Principle works, we did two short activities; one with a sheet of paper, and one with a funnel and a pingpong ball. These activities helped us see the differences between high and low pressure zones and how they work together to create lift!

Please ask me what I noticed and what I learned!

To finish the morning, in French, we started writing our Zamboni resumes. We will have one more period to finish these next week. Both our chapter work and our resumes will be used for the assessment of our overall novel comprehension.

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Agenda items:

1. Scholastic orders due June 14.

2. A longer list of important dates coming up between now and the end of June will be posted early next week.

Have great weekend! :)

Thursday

Hi everyone!
We had a great morning of learning today!

In Math, we continued working on fractions. Working either independently or with our table partners (and referring to our Math journals if needed), we completed a series of questions all touching on the different aspects of the work we have done so far with fractions, including: finding equivalent fractions, reducing fractions, working with decimals, fractions and percents, and finding improper fractions and mixed number fractions.
Some students were able to work through the questions quite quickly, while others were able to tackle some of the questions and have now identified the different areas they should be reviewing to further their understanding. We will review "areas of concern" again in class tomorrow before moving on to our next concept. Any students who would like to work through the questions/concepts with more one-on-one support are welcome to pop by at 12:15 tomorrow at lunch!

P.S. Visiting previous posts on this blog to access the numerous video links posted can also be a great way to review concepts at home! Try HERE, HERE, and HERE to get started!

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Agenda items:
1. Cumulative Mental Math assessment - tomorrow (Friday).
2. June Scholastic orders - due Thursday, June 14.

Have a great afternoon! :)

Global Running Day!

Happy Global Running Day!

After starting our day with Math (more improper fractions!) and Science (learning about the four forces of flight), we took a walk in our community, as a class, to celebrate Global Running Day!

Here we are getting ready for our walk!

Here we are being oh-so-silly! :)

Once back from our walk, we finished our morning together with Français... and we finished reading the last chapter of our Zamboni novel! Now that we've finished reading and studying the book, we will work on writing resumes and short, one-sentence book reviews to finish of our unit. (I know reading about hockey this time of year seems a bit out-of-season, but it seems as though the end of our book study will coincide nicely with the end of the NHL season, too!)

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Agenda items:
1. Final mental math assessment - Friday, June 8. [Students can't really prepare too much in advance for this, but are welcome to review the strategies covered this year if they feel that will help them be more confident Friday morning. (Sheets should be in their binders)].

Have a great afternoon! :)

Thinking fractions!

Hi everyone!

Were our Math brains ever busy thinking today!

Working in randomized groups at the white boards, we created different Math expressions involving fractions by placing the digits 1-9 into the given blank squares. We worked with proper fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers. This activity gave us the chance to review and explain many different concepts involving fractions, including: equivalent fractions, ordering fractions, and how to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers (and vice versa).

There were many great discussions amongst the students as they worked together. It was great to hear how well they could explain the reasoning behind their solutions.

Bravo!

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Agenda items:

1. Fraction practice - See yesterday's post for video/game links.
2. Global Running Day! - tomorrow (Wednesday). Carve out some time to be active!
(For more info, visit: https://globalrunningday.org).

Four Mondays Left!

Happy Monday, learning friends!
It's hard to believe that June is already here!
The year might be winding down, but we still have a lot of learning left to do.
Here's what we were up to this morning:

In Math, we continue to work with proper fractions and mixed numbers. We are learning different methods of how to convert one form to another. Below are links to three videos that we used as teaching tools in class and that we can re-watch if we are still unsure about certain concepts.

MATH ANTICS - MIXED NUMBERS

LES NOMBRES FRACTIONNAIRES

MIXED NUMBERS AND IMPROPER FRACTIONS

Playing this Math game can also help:

Fresh Baked Fractions

In Science, we continue to look at the 4 four forces of flight. We have already learned about lift (la portance) and gravity (la pesanteur) and will continue exploring the remaining two forces in class tomorrow.

Today in Français we finished our evaluations for our Reader's Theatre groups and had some additional work time to complete our reading comprehension, Céline Dion... quelle chanteuse "amour"veilleuse that we started in class on Friday. While some of us were able to finish in class or over the noon hour today, many of us have opted to take our work home with us to finish this evening. Please note that the reading comprehension assignments are due back, completed, TOMORROW. (Thank you for your support with this, families!)

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Agenda items:
1. Céline Dion reading comprehesion - due tomorrow (Tuesday)
2. Fraction practice - visit links posted above to review!