We made it! The last Friday of 2017!

Greetings, learning friends!
What a wonderfully cozy day we had today!

We started our morning with our "Le Grinch" reader's theatre.
We all read so well, with such grinch-tastic expression! Bravo!

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

After our presentation, we played holiday-themed Scattergories and Grinchématiques! So fun!

(The Grinch-Math challenge all happened so fast Mme couldn't even get a picture!)

Before heading off for our special activities, we took time to enjoy a beautiful, delicious treat!

Aren't these cupcakes just incredible?! Many wonderful thanks to Peggy-Lee and her Mom for bringing in such a yummy, festive treat to share!

We spent period 4 and the afternoon periods rotating through special last day activities. As a class we had the chance to: do a tech scavenger hunt or play Kahoot, play in the gym, do a holiday craft, do yoga and play board games. What a great way to celebrate togetherNESS before heading off for the holidays! :)

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Wishing you all a very wonderful and restful winter break.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year!

Joyeux Noel! Meilleurs voeux!

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1 more sleep!

Happy Thursday everyone!

It's hard to believe that there is only one more sleep until Winter Break! Wow!

Here's a quick look at what we were up to this morning.

We started our day with our 5th CFOO presentation! Today we were sharing our opinions on: restaurants, websites, stores, movies, TV shows and even ourselves!

Our presentation skills are improving with each presentation and we are definitely raising the bar when it comes to incorporating visual aids into our presentation pieces. Great work, team!

After CFOO, we completed our Mental Math Assessment, "Think in 25c" and then got to work on a very special secret Math coordinate picture. Hmmmm.

At first we were stumped, trying to guess just what it might be. But as we added more and more coordinates, the picture began to appear!

It's the Grinch! Ha! Math Art is SO fun!

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Agenda items:

1. Pyjama Day (no blankets, please!) - tomorrow (Friday)

2. Reader's Theatre presentation - tomorrow

3. Special last day activities - periods 4 - 8 tomorrow

4. Last day of classes 2017 - tomorrow! :)

Have a great afternoon! 

❄ Stay warm! ❄

A busy Wednesday!

Hello friends of learning!

Let's take a look at what we were up to this morning!

We had a special treat in math this morning - we got to do a special 12 Days of Christmas question... in English! 😄 Working in randomized groups at the white board, we first figured out how many items we would receive throughout the 12 days of Christmas, and then, using a special price list, we had to calculate the total cost for the 12 days of gifts. 5 golden rings and 12 drummers drumming are NOT cheap! :)

In Français, we were very happy to welcome Mme Buckwold and Mme Banks to our classroom.

We started with a celebration of our writing, and then introduced the writing process of our "La paix" poems. We were divided into two groups, one staying in Room 208 to read to Mme Buckwold, with the other group reading to Mme Banks in Room 207 (Thanks, M. Sorowkowski!).

Our poems were very personal to us and both Mmes learned a lot about us from listening to us read our writing.

We all presented very well, reading with volume and expression.

For the last part of the morning together, we worked in groups to practice our special Grinch Reader's Theatre. 

The story is divided into 4 parts, with each group responsible for presenting one scene.

In each group there is one Grinch and a series of narrators who will tell the story.

We will present our Grinch Reader's Theatre Friday morning!

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Agenda items:

1. CFOO presentations (Opinions) - tomorrow (Thursday)

2. NESSness Day - tomorrow (Thursday)

3. Mental Math assessment - tomorrow

4. Pyjama Day - Friday

5. Reader's Theatre presentation - Friday

6. Special Last Day of School Activity Fun! - Friday periods 4 - 8.

Have a great evening!

Agenda items - Tuesday

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1. Holi-Day dress up day - tomorrow
2. Section B Mental Math - tomorrow
3. Reading our "La paix" poems to Mme Banks and Mme Buckwold - tomorrow
4. NESSness Day - Thursday
5. CFOO presentations - Thursday
6. Mental Math Evaluation - Thursday
7. Pyjama Day - Friday
8. Special last day of school activity fun - Friday

Monday Agenda Items

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1. Un béret pour la bien faisance (Hat Day) - tomorrow
A donation of 25c will allow you to wear your hat for the day. All proceeds go to Christmas Cheerboard!
2. Math assessment on coordinates - tomorrow
3. Holi-Day dress up day - Wednesday
4. Section B Mental Math - Wednesday
5. Reading our "La paix" poèmes to Mme Banks and Mme Buckwold - Wednesday
6. NESSness Day - Thursday
7. Mental Math Evaluation - Thursday
8. Pyjama Day - Friday
9. Special last day of school activity fun - Friday

Friday!

Happy Friday, friends of learning! :)

We had a great morning of learning today!

In Mathé, after learning our new Mental Math strategy, "Pense à l'argent" we took time to review for our upcoming Math assessment and then used our coordinate skills to get artistic! We can connect a series of coordinates to create many different shapes... even a snowman and a gingerbread man!

In Français, we started our class by listening to the story, "Si j'avais un requin." This story ties in nicely with what we are currently learning in Science, as it includes the characteristics of what makes a shark a part of the "poisson" group. (And, did you know, if you invited a shark to your BBQ, he would eat 5000 sausages and then not eat again for 2 weeks! Oh my!)

After reading together as a class, we continued working on our "La paix" poems. Many of us have now finished our good copies, with many others not far behind. If we are not ready to hand in our good copies to Mme on Monday, she will have her room open over the noon hour and will work with us to ensure we are successful with publishing our work.

To finish off our great morning of learning, Mme Champagne came to work with us again! Today's goal was to write a summary of the text, "Tout sur les tomates." We are using a new graphic organizer to help us plan and organize our thoughts to ensure the summary we write includes the main ideas of the text. Going through "les 4 fantastiques" each time we read a text ensures we have a complete understanding of the text's message. Once these steps are mastered, we will be able to apply them to any text in any subject! What an amazing thing! :)

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Agenda items:

1. Section A Calcul Mental - Monday

2. Good copies of La paix poems - Monday

(We will work with Mme Careen at 12:15 if we still need more time).

3. Spirit Week starts! "Lundi-forme" - Sport jersey/uniform day - Monday

4. Math assessment on coordinates - Tuesday

5. Reading our La paix poems to Mme Banks and Mme Buckwold - Wednesday

6. CFOO Opinions - Thursday

Have a great weekend! :)

Thursday Agenda Items

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Agenda items:
1. Good copies of "La paix" poems due by end of FC tomorrow.
2. Cannes pour une cause - last day to purchase candy-grams is tomorrow.
3. Math assessment on coordinates - Tuesday
4. CFOO (Les opinions) - Thursday (DAY 5)
*Please note this is one day sooner than we would normally have it. The switch is to accommodate last day activities on Friday.
5. Spirit Week - All next week! CLICK HERE for the Spirit Week post.
6. Knights Clothing - we have been in touch with the clothing company and we are expecting the order to arrive early/mid week next week.