Happy Monday!
Looking forward to a great week! :)
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Agenda items:
1. Science assessment: Les fluides - Wednesday
(We reviewed the questions for the assessment today in class. Please ensure you take time to review the necessary info before Wednesday).
Monday, 30 April 2018
Friday, 27 April 2018
Friday!
Happy Friday, learning friends!
We started our day watching THIS VIDEO and then did some Fruity Os follow-up.
Ex: Out of her group of 20, Mme Careen has 4 yellow Fruity Os. What percentage of Fruity Os are yellow?
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Agenda items:
1. Get outside!
2. Read!
Have a great weekend!
Go Jets!
We started our day watching THIS VIDEO and then did some Fruity Os follow-up.
Ex: Out of her group of 20, Mme Careen has 4 yellow Fruity Os. What percentage of Fruity Os are yellow?
The ratio of yellow Fruity Os to ALL of the Fruity Os is 4 : 20.
In order to find the percentage of yellow Fruity Os, we need to find an equivalent ratio (fraction) over 100.
4 : 20 = 20 : 100.
(We found the equivalent ratio by multiplying by 5).
This means that 20% of the Fruity Os are yellow!
Cool!*****
Agenda items:
1. Get outside!
2. Read!
Have a great weekend!
Go Jets!
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Fruity Os!
Happy Thursday!
This morning in Math we continued learning about ratios (les rapports). Ratios are a comparison of quantities. We use ratios almost every day, especially in the kitchen! We see ratios when we mix frozen orange juice, cook rice and bake a cake! Specific ratios ensure of juice won't be watered down, our rice won't be too mushy and our cake won't be dry!
And, because there's no better way to kick off a new Math concept than with a sugary cereal treat, we opened up a box of Fruity Os to practice our ratio-writing skills!
We each got a small cup of Fruity Os and counted out 20. We then worked to answer specific questions comparing one colour of "O" to another. Mme Careen tried to trick us by asking us to write a ratio of how many BLUE Fruity Os we had. Silly Mme! There is no such thing as blue Fruity Os! :)
Our next step - which we will continue working on tomorrow - will be to find the percentage of each colour represented in our group of 20 Fruity Os. Because percents are fractions over 100 (and not over 20 like the fractions we had written), we'll have a bit of Math thinking to do!
This morning in Math we continued learning about ratios (les rapports). Ratios are a comparison of quantities. We use ratios almost every day, especially in the kitchen! We see ratios when we mix frozen orange juice, cook rice and bake a cake! Specific ratios ensure of juice won't be watered down, our rice won't be too mushy and our cake won't be dry!
And, because there's no better way to kick off a new Math concept than with a sugary cereal treat, we opened up a box of Fruity Os to practice our ratio-writing skills!
We each got a small cup of Fruity Os and counted out 20. We then worked to answer specific questions comparing one colour of "O" to another. Mme Careen tried to trick us by asking us to write a ratio of how many BLUE Fruity Os we had. Silly Mme! There is no such thing as blue Fruity Os! :)
Our next step - which we will continue working on tomorrow - will be to find the percentage of each colour represented in our group of 20 Fruity Os. Because percents are fractions over 100 (and not over 20 like the fractions we had written), we'll have a bit of Math thinking to do!
Ex: Out of her group of 20, Mme Careen had 4 yellow Fruity Os. What percentage of her Fruity Os are yellow?
In addition to learning about ratios, this activity is also getting us ready to review and tackle fractions and equivalent fractions next week! Who knew there was so much Math hiding in a box of Fruity Os ?!
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Agenda items:
1. Fun lunch - tomorrow!
2. Congratulations and Thank You! Our class brought in 73 non-perishable food items and a $25 donation in support of this year's SOUPer Bowl! Hooray! A final school-wide count will be announced early next week.
Way to go, les chevaliers!
Agenda items:
1. Fun lunch - tomorrow!
2. Congratulations and Thank You! Our class brought in 73 non-perishable food items and a $25 donation in support of this year's SOUPer Bowl! Hooray! A final school-wide count will be announced early next week.
Way to go, les chevaliers!
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Wednesday!
Hello, friends of learning!
We're already half way through the week and we've busy learning so many things in Math, Science and Français.
In Math this morning we got our brains working with some picture algebra puzzles, like this one:
We learned that we have to pay close attention to the images, as sometimes small details will be changed which will in turn affect the answer. (Notice the amount of petals on the blue flower in the final expression as compared to the second and third lines, for example). These types of puzzles let us practice our basic mental math skills and allow as to apply concepts previously learned in class, such as PEDMAS.
In Français today, we were treated to many wonderful CFOO presentations. This week's theme was "Les opinions," so we heard critiques about many different websites, restaurants and stores. We also learned a bit more about our classmates who presented "On s'explique" - a presentation that involves sharing your favourites of things from a list of provided categories.
Finally, in Science, we predicted and discussed whether or not sand and rice are considered solids or fluids.
We saw that a group of sand or rice grains can take the shape of its container and can flow when poured, but noted that each individual grain does not adhere to these properties, therefore making them solids, not fluids. Our homework task this evening is to take a look around our homes to see if we can find more examples of small solids that together can take on certain properties of fluids. Not sure where to start? Looking in a kitchen pantry is a great place to explore!
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Agenda items:
1. Many thanks to everyone who generously contributed to our SOUPer Bowl! A final count of all donated items will be completed and submitted tomorrow at noon. (So, if you missed out and wanted to slip in a few more cans before the final count, that would be totally great!)
2. Calcul mental Section B - tomorrow
3. An example of a solid that shows some properties of fluids - tomorrow
4. Finishing up percents booklet and other Math items - tomorrow at 12:15.
Have a great afternoon! :)
We're already half way through the week and we've busy learning so many things in Math, Science and Français.
In Math this morning we got our brains working with some picture algebra puzzles, like this one:
We learned that we have to pay close attention to the images, as sometimes small details will be changed which will in turn affect the answer. (Notice the amount of petals on the blue flower in the final expression as compared to the second and third lines, for example). These types of puzzles let us practice our basic mental math skills and allow as to apply concepts previously learned in class, such as PEDMAS.
In Français today, we were treated to many wonderful CFOO presentations. This week's theme was "Les opinions," so we heard critiques about many different websites, restaurants and stores. We also learned a bit more about our classmates who presented "On s'explique" - a presentation that involves sharing your favourites of things from a list of provided categories.
Finally, in Science, we predicted and discussed whether or not sand and rice are considered solids or fluids.
We saw that a group of sand or rice grains can take the shape of its container and can flow when poured, but noted that each individual grain does not adhere to these properties, therefore making them solids, not fluids. Our homework task this evening is to take a look around our homes to see if we can find more examples of small solids that together can take on certain properties of fluids. Not sure where to start? Looking in a kitchen pantry is a great place to explore!
*****
Agenda items:
1. Many thanks to everyone who generously contributed to our SOUPer Bowl! A final count of all donated items will be completed and submitted tomorrow at noon. (So, if you missed out and wanted to slip in a few more cans before the final count, that would be totally great!)
2. Calcul mental Section B - tomorrow
3. An example of a solid that shows some properties of fluids - tomorrow
4. Finishing up percents booklet and other Math items - tomorrow at 12:15.
Have a great afternoon! :)
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
Tuesday agenda items
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Agenda items:
1. CFOO #11 Opinion - tomorrow
2. Last Day for SOUPer Bowl donations - tomorrow
3. Percentages booklet - students who are not yet finished have chosen either to complete their work at home this evening or to come in at 12:15 tomorrow to finish their work.
4. Section B Calcul Mental - "Compatibles" - Thursday
Have a great evening! Enjoy the sunshine! :)
Agenda items:
1. CFOO #11 Opinion - tomorrow
2. Last Day for SOUPer Bowl donations - tomorrow
3. Percentages booklet - students who are not yet finished have chosen either to complete their work at home this evening or to come in at 12:15 tomorrow to finish their work.
4. Section B Calcul Mental - "Compatibles" - Thursday
Have a great evening! Enjoy the sunshine! :)
Monday, 23 April 2018
Monday!
*****
Agenda items:
1. Section A Calcul Mental - "Compatibles" - tomorrow
2. Fun lunch forms and payment - tomorrow
3. CFOO #11 Opinion - Wednesday
4. SOUPer Bowl donations accepted until Wednesday!
Looking forward to a great week of learning! :)
Agenda items:
1. Section A Calcul Mental - "Compatibles" - tomorrow
2. Fun lunch forms and payment - tomorrow
3. CFOO #11 Opinion - Wednesday
4. SOUPer Bowl donations accepted until Wednesday!
Looking forward to a great week of learning! :)
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Thursday re-cap
Hello learning friends!
Today was a great Thursday!
We started the day by putting Math and Art together to create a unique masterpiece of our names! Using a series of 100-grids, we coloured in the letters of our names and then calculated the percents, fractions out of 100 and decimal numbers for each letter.
In Français, we continued with Zamboni and worked in groups to compare and contrast the Zamboni driver and the narrator's dad. We also wrote about a time when we had a lot of pressure put on ourselves and how we were able to perform under those circumstances.
We also had a very special treat this afternoon - a Talent Show! We were treated to 12 wonderful student acts
(and one teacher band!) and had the opportunity to raise money... close to $750!... for Keira's Krusade in the process. A very special congratulations to Alexis from our class who sang so beautifully during the show!
Bravo, Alexis!
Wishing you all a very wonderful weekend! :)
P.S. Please see previous post for weekend agenda items. In addition, please note that fun lunch order forms were sent home Wednesday and are due back (with payment) to school by Tuesday of next week. Bon appetit! :)
Today was a great Thursday!
We started the day by putting Math and Art together to create a unique masterpiece of our names! Using a series of 100-grids, we coloured in the letters of our names and then calculated the percents, fractions out of 100 and decimal numbers for each letter.
In Français, we continued with Zamboni and worked in groups to compare and contrast the Zamboni driver and the narrator's dad. We also wrote about a time when we had a lot of pressure put on ourselves and how we were able to perform under those circumstances.
We also had a very special treat this afternoon - a Talent Show! We were treated to 12 wonderful student acts
(and one teacher band!) and had the opportunity to raise money... close to $750!... for Keira's Krusade in the process. A very special congratulations to Alexis from our class who sang so beautifully during the show!
Bravo, Alexis!
Wishing you all a very wonderful weekend! :)
P.S. Please see previous post for weekend agenda items. In addition, please note that fun lunch order forms were sent home Wednesday and are due back (with payment) to school by Tuesday of next week. Bon appetit! :)
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