Tabitha

The Tabitha speech was very inspiring today. It shows that, "if you want to move mountains, you must begin by taking away small stones." - You can make a difference. Do what you can to help.

Important Dates
• Now – Wed 25 Apr (and to end of campaign): collect pledges at home
• Wed 25 Apr: Jumpathon (during your Sci/SS period in the morning – more specific info about the event itself will follow)
• Thu 26 Apr – Fri 4 May: turn in pledges to home form teachers (more info about the daily collection of these funds from you and collation of all funds will follow as well)

The aim is for each class to raise a minimum of $1,550 which will put the grade over the $20,000 goal. As in the past, there is a pizza lunch offered as a reward for the class with the highest amount raised. I WANT TO WIN THIS PIZZA PARTY!

Social Studies: Make sure your: Statement of Purpose for your Singapore research project is due for Wednesday. - You probably need to spend 30 minutes doing notes on your project
You must have visited your site by May 2nd
Due Date for this final project = Week of May 21st

RLA: Spend 30-45mins working on your fantasy story. People that did not give their pitches today, must do so tomorrow. - Feel free to post your pitches on the blog for common. Those students who didn't receive a financial investment in their stories from 'Buxtoversal Studios' should not be perturbed. Harry Potter was rejected 26 times before finding an investor.

Fantasy story due date pushed back until next Wed. 25th

Verb Package Booklet:  Pages numbered p.48,34,49 (Due: Tue) - POSTPONED (We will work on this tomorrow)


No Math H/W tonight

The Friday Message





Student of the Week: Jacqueline

Blogger of the Week: Nakul

Next Week: Elevator pitches

Grand Conversation

Congratulations on finishing the ITBS.

Tomorrow we have our Grand Conversation. Feel free to pracitce this topic tonight with your parents.

Defiance  against authority is simply wrong.

Other Grand Conversation discussion topics tomorrow will include:

The government has a responsibility to make sure its citizens are fed and clothed. There have to be rules everyone should follow. If it includes population control, it is for the benefit of everyone.

Luke is a prisoner in his own home; he should escape. It’s better to die than to live Luke's. What’s the purpose of life if you live like a prisoner without friends?

From now on, make your list of grand conversation words and phrases part of your everyday vocabulary.

Coming next week: Elevator pitches

Grand Conversation / Vocabulary Games

Grand Conversation - We are getting better! ...Continue discussing this question tonight at the dinner table with your parents or via 'face talk' with your friends

The adoption of the 1979 ‘One Child Policy’ in China is both justifiable and necessary to control the excessive population growth in the country.

Remember:

Banned - I think, I agree/disagree

• You must quote back another person's opinion/articles/movies when possible
• Pose alternatives - "Imagine if..."
• Show empathy towards...
• Use quotes/statistics when possible
• Avoid, 'sitting on the fence'
• Use advanced vocabulary  when possible ( cliche, proposterus,  etc...)

 
Link to April Vocabulary Words - Will you be ready to compete?
https://docs.google.com/a/sas.edu.sg/document/d/10eCd8aoCcdprEGzsbVv4nOSQWXBB6oIycAj110bLlNU/edit#
"May the words be ever in your favor"

Congratulations on another great day of testing. Only 1 more to go. How will you make sure that you give your very best tomorrow?

Be thinking about this topic and have ideas to contribute to Friday's Grand Conversation -

When  is defiance not just acceptable but required?

ITBS - Day 1

Congratulations on completing your first day of the ITBS. Reflect on your performance.

• What did you do well?
• What  didn't go so well in terms of  your test technique?
• What can you do better tomorrow in terms of your test technique?

Feel free to share any ideas that you may have

For those of you who love learning new vocabuary - enjoy
Vocabulary Game
http://www.vocabsushi.com/

Again - This is a NO H/W night - Catch up on your reading

Excellent video that explains where the formula for the area of a circle comes from



Video explanation of how to calculate Area of a Circle
http://youtu.be/4usWfCfEnqY

Verb - To Be Circumference

ITBS Test taking tips: (from  Maya)
http://taft.cr.k12.ia.us/itbs_test_taking_tips.htm

Banned from your writing: TO BE as the main verb in the sentence. You'll be amazed how much your vocabulary improves by eradicating this one verb in its six voices

This is OFFICIALLY a no H/W week. If you choose to work at home on any of the projects (fantasy story/book club, updating your blog etc), feel free to do so.

This is a great video song on circles to help you learn the facts about circles



Add any test taking tips you received from your parents for others to read.

Rest tonight - Use the next 3 days to show what an excellent student you have grown into in 5th grade.

The Friday Message

How are your goals coming so far?

The Friday Message (found by Riya)

ITBS Week

Next week is ITBS - Make sure you get plenty of rest and eat well in the morning. We will have one more practice test on Monday.  What did  you learn today about test taking that you will remember forever?

Next Week

Glogster Presentations

H/W
Use this link to do 30 mins research for your Singapore History project
http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/

Math Study Link 10.7

This is just creating a line graph similar to the ones we did in class at the end of today's lesson. e.g. Your line graph might be of two people running a race. You must explain what the line graph you have created shows. e.g. the heating up of a frozen pizza in a microwave oven.

Presentations of most Ch.4 Glogs will take place tomorrow. Please  remember to print out a hard copy of your work

Add your glog to your blog

Midnight Magic

H/W

Use your notes from today's lesson to write up your paragraph about the issues (problems) what of the main characters experiences in the story. 

WILF

• Effective paragraph structure
• Integrates some advanced vocbaulary
• Mentions and explains some problems your character faces
• Comma Rule - goals people - don't forget to label usage

(Click the link on the class 'read a loud' - image to go to a website full of additional info. about the story)

Due: Wed

Math: Study Link 5.6

Book clubs: your final discuss will be tomorrow. Make sure you have an interesting/controversial discussion topic. 

I will not insist that Glogs are ready for tomorrow. Teams will be  given sometime in class tomorrow putting finishing touches on presentations and organizing an interesting delivery of the glog. 

You all worked well today...  :-) -  1 step on the ladder!

Monday - Dialogue

Did you enjoy your Spring Break? I did.

Make your own scrapbooking design

Welcome Back...

Math Study
 link 10.5

Dialogue - Your written test on dialgue on Tuesday will focus on your ability to effectively punctuate dialogue. This exercises is good practice.
Complete this online worksheet to help you practice the punctuation of different dialogue sentences.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/rws/mslessons/grade6/lesson30/exercises.shtml

Remember... Book club books must be finished by Wednesday.

Spring Break

Math Link - Use this for classwork today.
http://www.mathplayground.com/algebraic_reasoning.html

Have a truly relaxing holiday. Thank you for all your hard work.

Enjoy Rachel and Carter's excellent movie trailer again.

http://www.youtube.com/user/fuzzybunny488/videos
Coming after the break:

• Dialogue Test
• New Book Clubs
• New Read alouds with cross class Grand Conversations
• Verbs Grammar Unit
• Final Fantasy Story
• Week of 9th April - ITBS Exams

Blogger of the Week - Han
Student of the Week

Study Link 10.4

Put the finishing touches to your trailers. Make sure you have either uploaded your trailers to youtube  or that you have copied your link on the blog so that I have quick to them. Use the name: Mr Buxton. 5th Grade. Fantasy Trailers

I am excited to see them all tomorrow. I will not be on the blog later as I am off to see Hunger Games!

What did you enjoy the most about our archaeologist's presentation?

Friday Math activitiy
http://www.mathplayground.com/algebraic_reasoning.html

Studylink

10.3
Creating alegebric equations: Recap: YOU MUST  WATCH THIS VIDEO. Make a list of all the words that are red flags for creating alegebric equations
e.g. product = x (multiply)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=g6jeSuHYhyY&NR=1

Movie Trailer Work

Work on your movie trailer. You should have finished the writing portions of two more of your boxes. When people listen to your trailer, it should be abundantely clear your setting, your character traits: flaws, strengths, motivations etc. Make sure the quest is clear. Some fantasy elements should be explained in your trailer in addition to some reference to the true message behind the movie.

Congratualtions on the Ch. 3 letters.  They were detailed, specific, and engaging.

Dialogue Practice

H/W
Study Link 10.2
Pan Balance Problem Recap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbX83p0xJ9c

Movie Trailer

work on the writing portion for two boxes for your movie trailer. This is approx. oneparagraph per box. Tomorrow you will start collecting digital resources for your movie. Be thinking about how you will 'show' your plot with images.

Think about what made this an engaging trailer.
http://youtu.be/fwavA7RIVpQ What will you be able to do to make yours interesting?

Tomorrow's Book club discussion will be shorter than normal. All you need to have done is read thes section you were assigned and bring a discussion statement/opinion. e.g. The use of typical, uncreative archetpyes in this novel makes the story too predictable.

Social Studies letter: Due in Wed

How to make a glog: Recap

Dialogue -

Math
Study link 10.1

RLA
Finish your dialogue text with your partner. Work together on a google doc. Your text should be a mix of dialogue and narrative. Try to integrate some of the dialogue techniques we discussed today. You must EACH bring a hard copy of your text to class tomorrow for me to inspect.

Mrs. Huggins work in due in tomorrow.

End of Quarter

Congratulations on a fine quarter. Tomorrow and Friday, you will get the chance to show your parents so much  of how you have grown as a student and a person.

Next Week:


Tech Integration
Set up accounts at and check out the software
http://www.glogster.com/
http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/
http://www.kizoa.com/

Antagonists....

How will you make your antagonists believable?
Due...Wed

Last h/w before next week

Don't forget sports equipment for fun afternoon if you promised to bring it in

No Homework - Puppetpals App

This is a 'no compulsory H/W' evening due to the many students who have to  perform in a concert this evening. I hope it goes well.

 

If people would like to do some work:

• Grammar Test is tomorrow - you should have tackled many of the exercises from the blog post of last week
• Math Tests  Unit 9 - coming soon
• Only with your parents' permission - You may bring you ipad in tomorrow for an activity. Download the puppetpals app. and make sure you know how to use it. - There is a free version.If you bring in your ipad - you do so at your own risk and it must stay in your bag until you are given permission to take it out of your bag.

 

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Do not forget to check out the comma exercises on the blog - These will be Monday's H/W

Next Week


The Friday Message


Student of the week

Comma Questions

Tonight's H/W

• Study Link 9.10
• Be prepared for your book club
• Some comma exercises from below (Tackle some from each category)

You should 'almost' be finished with your photopeach and have it uploaded to your blog.

Photopeach

Goals Sheet: Due: Thur - This is a priority!

Math: Study Link 9.7 and  9.9 (Due:Thur)

Recap video from today's session
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlyyVrHnp8&feature=related
Social Studies Photopeach: Due (Fri) - It should be embedded into your blog by then. We will be using them in the class.

Symbolism Recap (This is a VERY good slideshow that you can click through in 3 minutes that clealy explains symbolism)

symbolism

View more PowerPoint from rablair

http://www.slideshare.net/christinab983/symbolism-1837587

Commas Recap

Comma Practice

Complete these exercsies.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=ABC301

Math worksheet: Due :Wed

Conferences - work on your goals  with your parents (Due: Thur)

Bonus:
Win a TQ if you can find an example of both coordinate adjecticves and culmulative adjectives in any book you are reading.

Cumulative Adjectives: Recap (This is for you Han) - and anybody else  too!

Adjectives: Coordinate or Cumulative? - win a TQ if you read this H/O.

Unit 9: Further Practice

IXL - B. 19
IXL - B. 23

Win a TQ for finishing this exercise
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book7/bk7i9/bk7_9i5.htm

Area - Challenge exercises
http://www.xpmath.com/forums/arcade.php?do=play&gameid=11
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/quizengine?quiz=area&templateStyle=maths

Volume practice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/quizengine?quiz=volume&templateStyle=maths

http://www.aaastudy.com/g5_79_x2.htm#section1

Unit 9 -  You can find links to all the concepts we have practiced here:
http://www.southamptonpublicschools.org/webpages/KPalumbo/math.cfm?subpage=1169832

No H/W Night

No H/W tonight - Take a break.

If you would like to work ahead, look at some of the H/W tasks for later days in the week.

Volume: Video - Recap


This is our volume song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JijhDDJvExo

Next Week

The Friday Message (From Han)
What have you done for another person recently?

• Math: Study Link  9.5 & 9.6
• Use this to recap  how to do area of a triangle
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEapgixOWUY&feature=related
• Setting/ Character: Description - Due Fri

Science (From Mrs. Clayton)

Response Sheet – Schoolyard Models is due tomorrow (Friday). 

Field Trip tomorrow - Remember:

• Sanck and lunch
• Camera
• Small amount fo money for gift shop

Settings

Principals' Lunch tomorrow - Don't forget you do not need  to bring  in a lunch, but you do need a drink

Don't forget: Friday is Sentosa field trip  - You will need a camera. You are responsible if it gets lost. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR PARENTS' PERMISSION BEFORE TAKING THE CAMERA

Math
IXL  B. 16 compulsory
IXL B. 21 optional

RLA - Fantasy Story Settings - Collect research on your fantasy story setting

The way to begin is to try and find a picture of a place that is similar to where you would like your fantasy story to occur.
Collect research on a real place for the setting of your story. Facts you collect might be related to:

• Names of Roads
• Possible businesses/shops
• Names of buildings
• Description of Vegetation
• Noises associated with the place
• Smells associated with the place
• Events that might occur there
• Description of movement in the place
• Typical weather for the place

Next: Go to http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.com/ (find the setting thesarus on the rigght sidfe of the page.) Get ideas for a place that is similar to what you want to describe.

With your facts - ask yourself the question: WHAT IF...
e.g. What if the roads were named  Sir/ Madem - street?
e.g. What if the buildings were great towers?
Don't forget to add some 'fantasy elements' to your description.
Your  research should be completed by  tomorrow.  You will write your final draft in class using tonight's reasrch.

Poetry Party

Bravo. What a superb day we had. Congratulations to you all on your passionate delivery of your poems.
Poetry Party on PhotoPeach
Optional.
Select your best poem and enter a competition. See below. Get your parents' permission before doing so
http://www.poeticpower.com/

From your music teacher: “Memorize music festival songs”

Math Study Link 9.4 ( I won't give you extra H/W because you were all so good in the poetry party)

RLA - Make sure you have finished your fantasy character description (Due: Wed)

Make sure your tik-a-tok is on your blog.

Collect  research on a  setting from a famous fantasy story or movie. You should have about 10-15 facts. (Due:Wed)

EASA Announcment

EASA is offering a competitive Touch Rugby program for Under-11 girls this year. We are desperately looking for 3 more girls to try out for the team.  Check EASA website if you are interested.

Make sure you are ready for the poetry party.

You must turn in your poetry booklets at the end of the poetry party. Make sure they are completed.

RLA
Working with your partner on google docs, finish the description of your character. Bring a HARD copy of your finished piece (approx. 200 words) to class on Wed.

Math
Study Link 9.3
Watch this video to recap today's lesson

Poetry Party Preparation

Camille and Breann - A big thank you (You know why!)...
Well done on your narrative poems today. There were some passionate performances:

These are the poems that should appear in your poetry booklet.

• Kennings
• Everyday Object
• Noun Poem
• Extended Metaphor
• Memorized Published Poem
• Inside/Outside
• I wonder
• Song Interpreatation
• Slam
• Narrative Performance Poem
• Free Choice

You may also add other poems if you choose. By Tuesday, your poetry booklet should be completed and attractively decorated. Choose any two poems that you want to perform from the list above and be prepared to do short auditions on Monday.  The more you put into  your poems the more enjoyable the poetry party will be. What will you do to make your poems the BEST you have ever recited? - Amaze me!!!


Great game for fractions practice!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/fractions_to_decimals/play.shtml
Student of the Week: Arielle

Don't forget to to say why Sabine is cool on the blog this w/end! Happy B'Day Sabine! - I meant to eat the treat during free Friday - but we ran out of time...sorry :-(

Ordered Pairs

Teleprompter: Just copy and paste your text into this the wondow on this link and it acts like a TV teleprompter
http://www.cueprompter.com/

Make sure you have effective movements for your poem.

After you finish the test tomorrow, you can use the time to work on finishing your tikatok and hardcopy poetery booklets. Bring any printed copies of any poems you have written that are not already in your hardcopy poetry booklet. Make sure you have digital access t oyour poems in class as you will use Fri and Mon finishing your tikatok (e.g. quick access on your Blogs. This will save you the time to type out all your poems again)

Math
Study link 9.1
Review this video to recap the key points


Narrative Performances: Due tomorrow
Social Studies Test - Tomorrow (Do you know your Ch. 1& 2 facts and your countries and capitals?)

Work in progress

• Science Projects for Mrs. Clayton - Make sure you 'shine' tomorrow
• Book clubs work (Due: thur)
• Social Studies Test studying: Due: Fri (links to games are still on blog)
• Narrative performance presentations
• Final poem: (Due: Next Tue)
• No Math H/W tonight

Poetry Party Preparation - Next Tue

You need x2 poems for  the poetry party - perfectly memorized and ready to perform for next Tue. You can have one piece of work prepared using simple technology e.g. mailvu, vocaroo, presentme etc. I need to view all technology by next Monday. You may also sing or perform perfectly cheorgraphed poems in small groups. Auditions of all your work will happen on Monday.

Final Poems

Tonight, you are working on your final poems:

• Narrative Performance poem - Due: Fri (you wil lhave a little time in class to put movements to these poems)
• Final Poem - Free Choice: Select any topic/any perspective/any poetic devices and create your last poem. This poem should in many ways epitomize your growth in poetry.
• Don't forget: Social Studies - studying for Friday using links from yesterday's post
• Book club work for Thursday

Mr. Bliss

Science Presentations this week - Make sure you are ready!!!
 Mrs. Clayton needs to get any media you are using at least one day before the presentation. Also, bring your yellow rubric (only  Maya, Han and Alex have done so at the moment)

Math KMO -Information for Mrs. Shaw
• If they are signed up they must attend ALL three tryout sessions to be considered for the team. However, if they decide after Session 1 that it is not for them they do not need to continue coming.



• They will need to have lunch from 12:15 – 12:30 in the cafeteria – please be sure you give them that message as it wasn’t on the parent letter.


• Tryouts take place from 12:30-1pm in the 5th grade group room.


Math - Unit 8 Practice - Spend 15mins playing this game

Study Link - 8.11 & 8.12
http://www.math-play.com/adding-and-subtracting-fractions-game.html
Watch the division of fractions video again
http://youtu.be/-zMp-hBAzLs

Use these link to practice this week for your Southeast Asia States and Captial. (First links on page)
Who will get the fastest time?
http://www.mapquiz.net/en/
alternate
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Asian_Geography.htm (only focus on the countries we have studied)
Finishing Off from Last Week

• Photovisis must be handed in tomorrow
• Narrative poems due later in the week

Next Week

Goodbye - Mr Spencer....

The Friday Message
Thank you for a wonderful week Mr. Spencer..
Singapore Immigrants (1842-1891) on PhotoPeach

Narrative Poetry

• Bring your research for your narrative poem. (Can just be printed from internet)
• Watch the CNN video on paid schooling - Be ready with to discuss this topic in 'Grand Conversation' -v- another 5th grade class

• Math Study Link 8.10
• Photovisi - Not compulsory for tomorrow - I'm being too nice!!!(Make sure you are well preapred for Grand conversation and narrativce poem) - We will have time in class to work on them. They WILL be compulsory on Monday

H/W

• Math - Study link 8.9  & IXL V9
• Mrs Clayton's H/W - Due next week. - Make sure you have this on your calendars and are working toward completing this task daily. I would like to see your finished pieces placed on your blogs.
• Photovisi - Due: Fri
• Think about ideas and do research for your narrative poem. You will be drafting this in class tommorrow.

WILF

• Narrative performance poem
• Clearly tells the story of an event in history
• Uses advanced word choice
• Integrates some figurative language
• Contains purposeful  choreographed movements

Congratulations on your slams today. Many of you may decide to recite these in the poetry party.

Slams

H/W

• Math 8.8 Study link
• IXL - N.11

Book Clubs - Make sure you are ready to have an interesting discussion.

 Slams - Due in tomorrow: We will do a slam off in class on Wednesday.

WILF

• Concern about YOUR world
• Strong language
• Beginning, middle, and end.
• Can be delivered with passion

Photovisis

You may wear PINK or RED for Valentine's Day tomorrow
H/W

Math  Study Link 8.7
IXL: N1 & N2 Due: Tue

Photovisi - Due: Friday
WILF:
Your task is to create a 'photovisi collage' that summarizes the content in Ch.1. Your collage should be organized in a symmetrical way. The following pieces of information must be represented in some way:

·The Reasons why the British wanted a new Trading post
·Why Bencoolen and Penang was rejected as an unsuitable settlement
·Information about the two sultans and why this was significant
·Treaty of 1819
·Explanation why Raffles was successful
·New vocabulary words

Your collage will be made up of text,quotes, phrases, images etc.

Step 1 - Read Ch.1 and take notes
Step 2 - Design your collage on paper

You will have to explain the reasons for all the content in your collage
(you will be given 45 mins of class time on Wed to work on this)


Book Club - Make sure you are ready for Wednesday!

Slam poem: collect further ideas for your slam: You will get time tomorrow to work on this. It must be finished by Wed. This is now an individual activity

Welcome to Mr. Spencer

Hi! My name is Spencer Hong. I just turned sixteen years old and this is my twelfth year in Singapore. This year I was on the varsity golf team and traveled to Taiwan for a tournament. But I also like to play basketball and volleyball (was on the freshmen volleyball team last year). I am here to help you guys with math and social studies, but also to get you ready for your up and coming middle school lives. I’m doing this because I have always wanted to know what it would be like to be in the shoes of a teacher, so, that is what I am doing. By the end of the week I believe that I will have a better understanding of what it is like to be a teacher, but also what it feels like to enrich the minds of our youngsters. Hopefully, I can offer some advice to the kids on how to be very successful not just in middle school, but also in years after that. My expectations of the students are that they treat me just like Mr. Buxton, they give their 110% when Mr. Buxton and I are teaching, and that they most importantly have fun!  Overall, I am very excited to help these kids with their emergence into young adults and into middle school.

Tik-a-tok

Use tik-a-tok next week to add your poems. Make your poetry digital booklet your most impressive piece of work to date.

Student of the Week: Riya

For next week:

• Be thinking about a topic that makes you really mad
• Be thinking about a world event that you would like to research (Be creative and think )

The Friday Message - How can you be greater than even you believe you can be?
 http://youtu.be/eVi4k44A1Yo

Piclits - A Picture Tells a Story

• Print out your  piclits that you made in class  today. (GATE) - You have the choice to do this activity or not.) See example if you are interested.  http://www.piclits.com/ 

See the full PicLit at PicLits.com

• Fakebook - Due tomorrow
• Remember - Word study assessment is tomorrow.  Make sure you are comfortable on the topics listed yesterday on the blog

Math
Study link 8.6

Class party - "Don't kick a gift horse in the mouth" ...Work that out'!

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

Fakebook

Maya and Harrisen: You are both a team and will work together on the fakebook assignment. You should communicate virtually. (wall)The instructions are below:  Watch the video in an earlier post to see how to create this. You will have one week to finish this.

http://www.classtools.net/fb/25/igjXKk

H/W -Compulsory

• Practice the noun exercises from yesterday's post
• Work on announcments poem (virtually)
• NO MATH H/W

Tonight is a light H/W night. (Especially for all those who have already studied for the nouns test) I expect BIG progress on your announcments poems!!! - I suggest you work virtually using a google doc. if you haven't already done so.

Optional

• Work on yout draft for your I/O poem
• 30minutes research on your fake book assignment

For next week... Be thinking about topics you would like to write about.
New... Bring in a 3 topics that you 'wonder about'
e.g. why do children cry?
e.g. why don't squares roll?
e.g. why is blood red?
e.g. why doesn't the elephant smile?
e.g. why am I not good enough?

Be creative!!!