Word Study & Advanced Book Clubs

H/W
Read some great poems, 'I wonder' today. Really impressed by your creativity. Watch the class door tomorrow to see examples of  impressive poems.

• New Book clubs - Make sure you are reading and keeping up to date. Next meeting is next Wed. 
• Do this exercise. Win TQ ONLY if you score 10/10 on first try. Do not cheat..please - if you do, you are cheating yourself and your classmates. http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/comma_splices_ex2.htm

Optional

• Because you care enough...are  you willing for fun to go back and read one of your earlier writing assisngments and check for any fused sentences or comma splice errors. Let me know if you do!

Math
Study Link 8.5

Fakebook - How is your team progressing?

RLA - Word Study Assessment

• Do you feel comfortable on all of the Word Study topics for Friday's assessment?
• What is etymology and why is it important?
• What  are 'portmanteau' words
• Can you create word webs from root words e.g. 'read'
• Know the difference wit hexamples between homophones and homographs
• What is 'schwa'?
• Can you create vocabulary lines to show the continuum of synonyms  e.g. plot synonyms on a line for the word 'big'
• What have you learned in word study that has helped you the most?

Anisha - Can you copy the link to your book?

Enjoy Han's song again

The Sound of Silence

Boys - Anybody can make a promise. Do you have what it takes to keep the promise?

Math
Study Link - 8.4

Reprint your I/O poems if you have adapted them for white space and line breaks (Due: Wed)
Enjoy...the sound of silence again - What sounds does silence make?


I Wonder Poems (Due: Wed) - "Lesson leanred are seldom repeated"
Think purposefully about your line breaks and white space in this poem.

I wonder... Just another Lemon Tree

Math - Compulsory

• IXL M.1 and M.3 (F.Y.I. - IXL will always be fifth grade lessons unless I specifically write otherwise)
• Study link 8.2 and 8.3

Many of you were having difficult today wit hthis topic. I will be checking that you have done the practice
RLA

Enjoy this again.

I wonder... Can anybody write a poem that is even 'close' to the truly magnificent draft written today by Sabine...? Talk about setting the bar high!!!

Finish your I/O poem. Due tomorrow. Make sure you have a complete PRINTED version of this poem. We will be doing a few adaptations to it in tomorrow's session
S.S. Fakebook - Due: Fri

The Friday Message.

Bravo for your work again this week. 

For students who need further practice on integers: Your task during the month of February is to work through the Grade 6 IXL Unit -  C1,2,3,4, I4,5,6,7,8,9, Y9 Samamy Snake when all exercises are completed.

Don't forget to bring in something that you 'wonder about' for Monday - see complete post from earlier in this week that explains this topic more clearly.



Optional - Those students wanting to work ahead

Monday night's H/W

• Finishing your I/O poem
• Study link 8.2 & 8.3
• Social Studies:  Continue researching/ working on your fakebook project.

Congratulations on  'finally' reaching the top of the Ladder to Laughter. The class treat will be decided next week

Tech Integration
https://www.tikatok.com/  (make sure you have created an account by next Fri.) - You will be using this software to create digital copies of all of your poems into an anthology.


Stduent of the Week:  Camille

Blogger of the Week: Sabine

Enjoy Rachel's performance again

The lyrics in Harrisen's work are powerful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6UVhZTTWb0
Maady's intrepetation of title and presentation showed how much you can see from so little if you look hard enough

Song Interpretation on Prezi

Enjoy the Friday message below. (found by Madddy) - If you find a video that you think teaches a good point - Win TQs for sharing

I/O poems postponed until next Tuesaday.

Math
Study Link 8.1

RLA
Annoucements Poem - priority

Record your finished announcement poem using vocaroo. com and embed it into your blog. Listen back to your poem multiple times. What works well? What cannot be heard correctly?   Use this as a way to improve your performance

(Maya- can you work virtually with Caroline on this evening?)

Optional

1) Work on your I/O poems

2) Continue working on your Social Studies fakebook research.

• Do you have between 6-10 people.
• Can you make connections?
• Can you clearly identify the historical event/time period