Happy Last Day!

Hello families!

We had a great last-day-of-school morning together!

We started with holiday Math puzzles, then listened to a classic holiday song, Petit Papa Noël, then moved along to two holiday-themed Kahoots, and, after Phys Ed, finished our morning with Grinchématiques, a word scramble and a yummy treat!

The morning went by so quickly, Mme hardly had the chance to snap any pictures...

... but managed just these few.

The Grinchématiques questions!

Hard at work unscrambling French holiday words!

Eggnog in French? How DO you spell mittaines? Chéminée? 🤔

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Wishing you all a very safe, wonderful and restful winter break.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year!

Joyeux Noël! Meilleurs voeux!

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AGENDA

1. Supply bins are coming home today! Please take time over the break to organize and re-stock supplies so that we're ready for learning in 2022!

2. Please read information sent home from the school office about the recently announced back-to-school changes. Stay well and stay safe!

3. French reading loves being a part of holiday traditions! 
Be sure to keep you with your home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

December Assembly, the Grinch and a Battleship Game!

Hello friends of learning! Happy Tuesday!

Today was a special day for our class; we were featured in our school-wide assembly!

We shared our Tomatosphere learning journey from start to end, and each one of us had a special part to read during the slideshow! (Keep your eye on your email, families! Our assembly video will be sent home later today!)

We also had a chance to celebrate 3 of our classmates - Steff, Simon and Hayden - as our "chevaliers par excellence." With a class full of amazing learners, it was a hard task to pick only three, but we are so proud of their hard work! Bravo!

After the morning assembly, we worked on our trickiest mystery picture yet (photos coming tomorrow) and played a coordinate-inspired game of battleship, compliments of the superfab Mme Scham!

We had a great morning together and look forward to one more day of learning before we so long to 2021 in room 208.

Have a great afternoon! Stay warm! :)

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AGENDA

1. Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project"- OVERDUE!

2. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

3. Winter Spirit Week days are posted! See THIS POST for details.

Wednesday (22 décembre) - Célé-fêtes

Holi-day! Dress up for your favourite holiday or like you are going on a holiday!

Snow-themed Day!

Happy Monday!

Today in class we had a snow-themed morning!

We had a snowball esti-mystère, a "Brrrr" mystery Math picture, two videos about how snowflakes are made, a snowman-themed reading activity, and to end the morning, a snow Haiku complete with 3D snowflakes!

Please ask to see our snowflakes and ask us to read our Haiku to you! ❆

Stay warm!

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AGENDA

1. Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project"- OVERDUE!

2. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

3. Winter Spirit Week days are posted! See THIS POST for details.

Tuesday (21 décembre) - Chandails festifs!

Wear your favourite and nicest, or least favourite and not-nicest, seasonal sweater today!

12 Days of Christmas!

Happy Friday!

Today in Math we worked in randomized groups of three to calculate the cost of the 12 days of Christmas. Using a pre-set price list, students approached the solution from many different ways, and learned that someone spent a lot of money on so, so many birds!

Wishing you all great weekend! :)

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AGENDA

1. Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project"- OVERDUE!

2. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

3. Winter Spirit Week days are posted! See THIS POST for details.

Monday (20 décembre) - La tête décorée!

Crazy holiday hair, reindeer noses, Grinch faces, festive hats, winter toques and more!

Mmmm!

Today in Math we made festive art with coordinates on a Cartesian Plane! Fun!

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AGENDA

1. Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project"- due date is TOMORROW! (Friday)

2. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

3. Winter Spirit Week days are posted! See THIS POST for details.
(Tomorrow is Pyjama Day! Woot!)

3-in-a-row! A 'plan cartésien' game!

Hello! Happy Wednesday!

Today in Math we played a fun game to help solidify our understanding of placing coordinates on a cartesian plane.

Working with a partner, or in a group of 3, we rolled a pair of dice, determined a coordinate pair, and then places it on our cartesian place game board.

The first player to mark three coordinates in a row was declared the winner! Fun!

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AGENDA

1. Students have had their first three work periods for the Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project." Students will have one more period to work on this in class before it becomes an out-of-class task to complete. Due date is Friday, December 17.

2. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

3. Winter Spirit Week days are posted! See THIS POST for details.

Happy Monday!

Hello, friends of learning!

Today in Math, Mme Scham taught us another fun game; Tic Tac Toe multiplication!

Playing with a partner, we tried to outsmart (and out multiply!) each other to be the first to get three in a row!

What a fun way to practice our multiplication facts! :)

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AGENDA

1. Students have had their first three work periods for the Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project." Students will have one more period to work on this in class before it becomes an out-of-class task to complete. Due date is Friday, December 17.

2. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

3. Winter Spirit Week days are posted! See THIS POST for details.

WINTER SPIRIT WEEK!

Winter break is coming and we are going to send off 2021 in super-spirit style!

Here are the dress-up days for our holiday spirit week!

Friday (17 décembre) -  Les pyjamas parfaits!

End the week in your cozy pyjamas. You're welcome! :)

Monday (20 décembre) - La tête décorée!

Crazy holiday hair, reindeer noses, Grinch faces, festive hats, winter toques and more!

Tuesday (21 décembre) - Chandails festifs!

Wear your favourite and nicest, or least favourite and not-nicest, seasonal sweater today!

Wednesday (22 décembre) - Célé-fêtes

Holi-day! Dress up for your favourite holiday or like you are going on a holiday!

Chessboards and Published Poetry

Hello, friends of learning! Happy Friday!

Get your whiteboard markers ready for today's Math question!

L'échiquier énigmatique

Il y a combien de carrés sur un échiquier?
Question boni: Combien de rectangles?
* Un échiquier a 64 cases.

The Chessboard

How many squares are on a chessboard?
Bonus question: How many rectangles?
* A chessboard has 64 spaces.

And, here are our published tomato Haiku!

Happy reading!

(And happy weekend!) 

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AGENDA

1. Students have had their first three work periods for the Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project" that was introduced in class yesterday. Students will have one more period to work on this in next week. Due date is Friday, December 17.

2. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

3. Winter Spirit Week days are posted! See THIS POST for details.

Tomato Plants and Tomato Haiku!

Hello! Happy Thursday!

The theme of this morning was tomatoes!

We had a chance to re-pot our tomato plants to bring home and also celebrated our tomatoes by writing and special tomato-themed Haiku! Many of us finished our drafts today and will be ready to publish our poems tomorrow. Be sure to check back to read our poetic words! 🍅

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AGENDA

1. If you brought your tomato plant(s) home today, please be sure to set them up near a window and water them often! When time to replant again, there is no need to remove the plant from its current pot; the peat pot will break down in new soil allowing the roots to continue to grow and take root in its bigger home. Happy tomato growing! :)

2. Blue and Gold Day Tomorrow! - Wear blue, gold, or Bombers gear to cheer on our team in the Grey Cup this weekend! :)

3. Students have had their first two work periods for the Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project" that was introduced in class yesterday. Students will have a chance to work on this in class this week. Due date will be announced by Friday, but expect Friday, December 17.

4. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

Lecture Avec Partenaire

Happy Tuesday, friends of learning!

Today in Français we started the second "LA" of our "LALALA" daily reading time.

Today's "LA" stands for "Lecture Avec Partenaire" - Reading with a partner.

When reading with a partner, it's important to: each be reading the same book, read at a good volume, follow along on the page with what our partner is reading, help our partner if they're stuck on a word that we're familiar with, stay on task and read for the entire time, discuss (in French!) what we've read and what we've learned.

We will continue working on "Lecture Avec Partenaire" this week before adding in our next "LA."

Please ask me about the book I read today during LALALA. What was the text about? What new words did I read/learn?

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AGENDA

1. Students has their first work period for the Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project" that was introduced in class yesterday. Students will have a chance to work on this in class this week. Due date will be announced by Friday, but expect Friday, December 17.

2. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

Scientiferrific Tuesday!

Today we had our first work period to plan our Tomatosphere-inspired experiments today. We are coming up with some great ideas! Please ask me if I'm working independently or with a partner and what ideas we researched today.

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AGENDA

1. Students has their first work period for the Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project" that was introduced in class yesterday. Students will have a chance to work on this in class this week. Due date will be announced by Friday, but expect Friday, December 17.

2. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

Monday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Français - CFOO#2 - Créativité. Presentations are TOMORROW! (Tuesday)

* Project outline is posted in Teams. Visual supports can be submitted to Teams as well.

2. Math "Arbre de facteurs" - purple booklet - TOMORROW (TUESDAY)

3. Consider logging into NetMaths and working on the two 'livres' assigned in class today if you were unable to finish. (Instructions are also posted in Teams.)

4. Science "Tomatosphere Experiment Extension Project" was introduced in class today. Students will have a chance to work on this in class this week. Due date will be announced by Friday, but expect Friday, December 17.

5. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

Have a great weekend! :)

Thursday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Supply bins being sent home TODAY (Thursday) for weekend organization!

2. Français - CFOO#2 - Créativité. Presentations are Tuesday, December 7.

* Project outline is posted in Teams. Visual supports can be submitted to Teams as well.

3. Consider logging into NetMaths and working on the two 'livres' assigned in class today if you were unable to finish. (Instructions are also posted in Teams.)

4. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/

Have a great weekend! :)

Assembly and NetMaths

Hello! Happy Wednesday! Happy December!

We started our day today with our November (virtual) assembly!

We finished our morning with Math. Today we created our NetMath accounts and had a chance to log into the NetMath site and complete the intro booklet that introduced us to how working in NetMath works. We will mostly be using this site in class, but students can access their account from home as well, and may be asked to finish-up class-assigned tasks from time to time. (A link to the NetMath site has been added under the 'Helpful Websites' menu on the right-hand side of the blog page).

Please ask me about some of the questions and tasks I completed during the "intro à NetMath" task I completed today!

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AGENDA

1. Report cards emailed home from school office today.

2. Supply bins being sent home tomorrow (Thursday) for weekend organization!

3. Francais - CFOO#2 - Créativité. Presentations are Tuesday, December 7.

* Project outline is posted in Teams. Visual supports can be submitted to Teams as well.

4. French home reading with Je lis! https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student/