Outdoor Phys. Ed.

Our class will be having Gym classes OUTDOORS for the next 4 weeks, focusing on hockey. Please make sure students are dressed appropriately for the weather. As the weather cools down, hats, mittens, scarves and boots will be needed for the extended period of being outdoors.

October 27-31, 2014

Reading: Mysteries - introduction
Writing: Personal Narratives – final piece
Math: Addition & Subtraction – review, test on Tuesday; Data Management - introduction
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Organ Systems
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship – Federal Government (ridings & parties)
French (Ms. Bordonaro): months, seasons, adjectives
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): Ostinato, through vocal and instrumental music
Visual Art: Colour Theory – 100 Hue (Colour) Challenge continued, colour wheel, complementary colours
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): TBA

Social Studies - Elections Research (optional)

As part of our Social Studies unit on Canadian Government and Citizenship, and to prepare students to our upcoming Student Vote election, we have been researching Ward 26’s Councillor Candidates in class.

Unfortunately, we’ve run out of class time and did have a chance to research the different mayoral candidates. I’ve encourage students to do some research at home, if they have some extra time. They can use campaign materials that have been delivered to their homes or campaign websites to find information. The websites for the 3 forerunners are:

Oliver Chow - http://www.oliviachow.ca
Doug Ford – http://dougford.ca/
John Tory - http://www.johntory.ca/home/

There are a total of 65 candidates running for the mayor’s office. Students who are interested in researching some of the other candidates can find their names at this link:

http://app.toronto.ca/vote/searchCandidateByOfficeType.do?criteria.officeType=1

In class, we used a graphic organizer to record our notes and information. Here is copy of that graphic organizer:

http://goo.gl/0mXM5e

We will be holding our Student Election on Friday, October 24th (in Social Studies class). Try and do your research before then, so that you can be an informed voter!

October 20-24, 2014

Reading: Biographies – guided reading groups; comprehension strategies and summarizing
Writing: Personal Narratives – review last week’s mini-lessons, using interesting leads and hooks
Math: Subtraction Strategies, Word problems (multi-step) involving addition & subtraction
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Organ Systems
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship –Upcoming Election: issues facing our city, candidates & their platforms
French (Ms. Bordonaro): TBA
Music/Drama/Dance (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Colour Theory – 100 Hue (Colour) Challenge con’t
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): TBA

October 14-17, 2014

Reading: Biographies – guided reading groups; focusing predicting, pausing & checking & connecting strategies
Writing: Personal Narratives – Buildings narrative step by step & Conferencing
Math: Subtraction Strategies – partial subtraction, compensation & traditional algorithm
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Organ Systems
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship – Municipal Government & Upcoming Election; Field Trip to City Hall on Friday
French (Ms. Bordonaro): -er verbs
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Colour Theory – 100 Hue (Colour) Challenge
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): TBA

October 6-10, 2014

Reading: Biographies
Writing: Personal Narratives - Qualities of a good personal narrative (focused, detailed)
Math: Mental Adding STrategies review, Mental Subtraction strategies (quiz this week)
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Body Organ Systems
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship - Municipal Government
Music/Drama/Dance (Mr. Kotyk): Rhythm & Beats
French (Ms. Bordonaro): -er verbs
Visual Art: Colour Theory
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): TBA