November 24-28, 2014

Reading: Mysteries – Guided Reading
Writing: Descriptive Writing – Using our 5 Senses to generate details
Math: Data Management – interpreting data, quiz this week on making graphs, starting the culminating task
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Energy - Launch
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship – Parliament of Canada review
French (Ms. Bordonaro): French songs
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Perspective – finishing atmospheric perspective landscapes
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): TBA

November 17-21, 2014

Reading: Mysteries – The Garage Sale Mystery (Ch. 1 & 2), continuing to make predictions and make connections during Shared Reading sessions
Writing: Descriptive Writing – Launch, 5 Senses
Math: Data Management – bar graphs, histogram, line graphs
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Body Systems – culminating web; Science Centre trip Wednesday
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship – Parliament of Canada (e.g., The Crown, House of Commons, Senate and different roles within each part)
French (Ms. Bordonaro): :Parts of the Body
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Perspective – atmospheric perspective landscapes
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): TBA

November 10-13, 2014

Reading: Mysteries – shared reading
Writing: Personal Narratives – publishing
Math: Data Management – discrete vs. Continuous data, bar graphs and histographs, intervals
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Body Systems – culminating web
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship – Federal elections
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Seasons, weather, months
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Perspective – atmospheric perspective landscapes
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Hockey (outdoor – please dress warmly!)

Data Management Homework

Looking at our class’ data

1) How many students did we survey?
2) What is the range of shoe sizes?
3) What is the median shoe size?
4) What is the mean/average shoe size?
5) Is there a mode? What is it?
6) The range, median, mean and mode are different ways to describe a set of data. Which one do you think best describes this set data? Why?
7) If we added Ms. Kwong’s size 9 shoes, how would the mean, mode, median and range change?

Progress Reports & Parent-Teacher Interviews

Progress Reports will be coming home next week (Nov. 12th), and I’d like to meet with all parents/guardians to discuss your child’s progress. At the Curriculum Afternoon event several weeks ago, some of you signed up for an interview time. At that time, I’d offered afterschool slots (3:30-5:30) during the week, Thursday evening and Friday morning. Unfortunately, I have to move the evening session to Wednesday due to scheduling conflicts (instead of Thursday evening).

I’m going to be sending a letter home today to ask for your preferences again (you can also download the form here). There were only 1 or 2 parents who had signed up for the Thursday evening slot, and I hope Wednesday evening will work for them as well. Please return the form with your child as soon as possible, so that I can create a schedule and confirm interview times for everyone. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and I will try my best to accommodate everyone’s busy schedule.

November 3-7, 2014

Reading: Mysteries – characteristics of the genre, story maps
Writing: Personal Narratives – revising, editing & publishing
Math: Data Management – describing sets of data using mean, median, mode & range
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Body Systems – digestive system
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship – Federal government: parliamentary system (political parties); TPPSLand elections
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Seasons, weather, months
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): scale
Visual Art: Perspective – atmospheric perspective landscapes
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Hockey (outdoor – please dress warmly!)