Happy Monday everyone!

Thank you for your contributions to Kindness Day!

Today's agenda notes are:
-Read for 20 mins
-Math worksheet
-Spelling
-Write one sentence for each spelling word
-Cursive
(Spelling and cursive is due Friday)

Also please
Bring please back the trip form

After agendas we practiced and discussed our lockdown procedures.
We learned about where to go in the classroom and to lie or sit down quietly
When they announce it we have to walk to the area.
Meanwhile, the teacher will put up the curtains and lock the door.

IF
Students are in the washroom, they are to lock the door of the stall and stand on the toilet
If they are in the hallways to go to the nearest classroom.


Then, we went to PE with Mrs. Jans.

After PE we had math.

Today for math we looked at interpreting and comparing data using circle graphs and bar graphs.

First we collected data about our class's favourite fruit.

We talked about how a survey is used to collect data and use tally marks to record the data.
We discussed how tally marks are grouped into groups of 5. Why? Because IIIIIIIIIIII looks confusing and we can count by 5's, so it's much easier to group our tally marks into groups of 5.

Then we looked at 2 graphs with the same data. The graphs had information about student's favourite after school activities. We had to interpret each graph.

We asked each other questions about the graphs.

Which after school activity is the most popular?

Which is the least popular?

How many students like doing homework and playing games?

How many students were surveyed altogether?

Rank the activities from least popular to most popular and the other way around.

How do you KNOW that _____ is the most popular? (It is the biggest piece of the pie)

An interesting question came up

How do we know the amount of people for the circle graph people all be have is a piece of pie and a topic, but no specific numbers? 

The point is...The bar graph has more information compared to the circle graph. So we can only answer basic questions with the circle graph.

Then we went to work on our worksheets.

After math, we had first lunch and recess.

After recess we had language. We did spelling today.

We went over our new words.

These are the spelling words this week:

1) feed

2) sea

3) meet

4) real

5) keep

6) week

7) deep

8) easy

9) beach

10) clean

What do they all have in common? They are all long e sounds!

We defined each word and categorised it into adjective, verb or noun before working in our workbooks

Then we went to French.


After French, we had second lunch and recess.

To finish off the day we observed, and recorded our science fair experiment. Here is a look at them on Day 4.

We noticed that the hot one has the most growth! The cold one has the least amount of crystals!

We worked in partners to record our observations.

After we began our procedure writing of the experiment and will finish tomorrow!


Have a wonderful evening.

Today's agenda notes are:
-Read for 20 mins
-Math worksheet (on sorting three attributes, and graphs)
-PD Day Friday (no school)
-Kindness day Monday $2-$5 donate for an Oak Leaf and you will get to wear casual clothes!

We started our morning off with announcements and the Remembrance Day assembly.

We received  a very good presentation from our friends in grade 10. We know that it is the 99th year of Remembrance and we remember and on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour we will spend a moment of silence to remember those who sacrificed their lives to allow us to live in freedom and peace.

We went straight to PE this morning and after returning from PE we did our agendas and spelling test. The bonus words this week were also long O words. They were:

11) pillow
12) grown
13) throat
14) oak
15) goal

After spelling we had math: we reviewed sorting with three attributes and then moved on to reading and interpreting bar and pictographs.

Check out this video if needed: https://www.mathplayground.com/video_bar_graphs.html

We looked at a pictograph and interpreted how many people rented each type of movie. Since each box represents 10 videos we knew we have to count by 10's so for:

Science Fiction - 40 videos were rented
Comedy - 70 videos
Action - 60 videos
Drama - 30 videos
Kids - 50 videos
Romance - 20 videos

We then asked which movie type was the most rented, the least, and how do you know?
Also we asked:
 How many more comedy videos were rented than drama videos and we learned we have to see how many comedy there are (70) and how many drama videos (30) and subtract them. So there are 40 more comedy videos rented.

We could also count the movie symbols and see that there are 4 more symbols for comedy and since each symbol represents 10 that is 40!

We then also looked at the same data on a bar graph and learned how to read and interpret a bar graph.

We know what the bar is about by the Title

We know that the Number of Videos is an important title so we know that tells us how many videos were rented.

We know that the Category tells us the type of video rented.

First we ask a question such as "How many action videos were rented?"  So we have to find the action category and go across horizontally and line it up with the number of videos.

We then worked on our worksheets. On Monday we will collect data in tallies about our favourite fruit and make our own bar graph using that data and we will also be learning how to interpret circle graphs.


Afterwards we went to first lunch and recess.

Next, we started our science fair we talked about the scientific procedure and started off our scientific question:

1) Does the temperature of water affect the growth of rock candy crystals? and
2) Do rock candy crystals grow better in hot, cold, or room temperature water?

We discussed that:

Solutes are the substance being dissolved and solvents are substances doing the dissolving.
Together they make a solution.

For our experiment sugar is the solute and water is the solvent.
We talked about what a hypothesis is and formulated our own in partners.

The words If...and then were important in making our hypotheses. We use these words instead of I think because we are scientists and are showing confidence in our hypotheses.

Then we went to music and French and second lunch and recess.

After recess we began our experiments. We had three variables:
Hot boiling water
Room temperature
Cold Icy water!

First we mixed three cups of sugar with one cup of boiling water. Then everyone helped stir so that the sugar dissolved. Once it was dissolved we added the food colouring. Then we stirred some more and poured it into the mason jars.

We then repeated the steps for the room temperature and cold water.


We will be observing these in the next few days to see changes. It will take about a week and when it is complete we will do our analysis and formulate our conclusion.

We finished off with some golden time! :)

Have a wonderful weekend. Remember no school tomorrow!

Today's agenda notes were:

-Read for 20 mins
-Math worksheet
-Sign and return math test
-PD Friday - no school
-Spelling pg 42-44
-Cursive up to pg 47
-Spelling test tomorrow

For morning work today we worked on a word search with our spelling words and putting them into detailed sentences. Then we reviews math concepts of sorting into two attributes because we have the War Memorabilia presentation during some of our math time.

The two attributes we used were blue and circles. In the middle the two attributes were blue and circles!

Then we went to PE with Mrs. Jans.

After PE we had the war memorabilia presentation. We were able to look at memorabilia from the past that were used during the World Wars. It was very exciting!

We thanked our guests for allowing us to explore their memorabilia before returning to class.

For math today we used three attributes to sort data and objects. 

We looked at the three looped venn diagram and choose three attributes. Blue, circles, and big. So were identified the attributes we used were colour, shape and size. We drew a big three looped venn diagram and labelled them. Then we located and labelled where to put objects that share two attributes and objects with three attributes. 

We put our knowledge into play and sorted shapes using hula hoops.

We checked each section to see if the correct attributes were in the right spot!

Then we worked on our worksheet. It is for homework because our math period was cut in half so we finished the lesson first.

After it was time for second lunch and recess!

When we returned from recess we had art!

Today we explored warm and cool colours and started a fractured art activity.

We talked about what warm and cool colours are and categorised them:

Warm: red, orange, and yellow

Cool: green, purple, and blue

We watched a video about the colours and then discussed that warm colours make us feel cheerful, nice, excited, red was associated with an intense feeling and we learned it is the warmest of the warm (like fire!)

Cool colours make us feel relaxed, sleepy, and calm. We learned that blue is the coolest of the cool!

We also talked about elements of art, since it is fractured art we discussed line, shape and colour.

They were then given their worksheet to complete their animal in a fractured art design with the warm colours as the animal and the cool colours in the background.

Then we had French with Mme Stella.

After French it was time for second lunch and recess.

When we returned after recess we completed our artwork.

They are up on display! Come and see them.

Today's agenda notes were:

-Read for 20 mins

-Library Survey

-Sign and return math test

-Math worksheet

-Spelling pg 42-44

-Cursive up to pg 47

Here is a fun spelling game online to practice long O words
https://www.education.com/game/long-o-spelling/

Ms. Braun was covering for me today. :)

After we did daily 5.

Then we went to P.E with Mrs. Jans.

After PE we had math. Today we did math activity centres to activate our prior knowledge so we can get ready for our next unit.

One station was a spin and graph activity with questions for understanding. (Which had to most, which has the least)

Another activity was a partner sorting activity where students had to sort their shapes/pom poms/or animal shapes into venn diagrams and their partner had to guess their rule.

The third station was a Holiday spin and graph. Race to the top! We versed our partners. Each partner had to spin, and use a bar graph to document which object it landed on. The objective was to reach the top of our bar graph.

The fourth station was a worksheet where students looked at attributes of buttons and had to describe and then add or sort new buttons.

After math it was first lunch and recess.

This week's spelling words are:

1) those
2) low3) goat4) own
5) coat
6) go
7) hope
8) sold
9) over
10) ago

It all includes the long O sound. We will spend extra time practicing in class since the test is on Thursday and received the words today.

They worked on spelling in their spelling workbooks and then moved on to cursive writing.

Afterwards, we went to Music and French with Mr. Oliver and Mme. Stella.

Then we had second lunch and recess.

For UOI today we looked at a wordless picture book titled "The Arrival" We looked at each page and talked about stories of migration. After we had to write our own words for the wordless book.

I returned just before home time and tomorrow we will continue on this lesson.

We sang Hunter Happy Birthday and gave him his card, and Mr. Braun also sang with them earlier.

Then we got ready for home!

Meanwhile...I was at our flag football tournament here are a few photos of the day.

This is the co-ed elementary team! Made up of grade 6,7, and 8's!  Hoping to have some competition and matches for our younger students soon. :)

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!

Here is a friendly note from our friend at Oakwood Academy

Kindness Day is celebrated nationwide annually, on the 13th of November.  It is a day to celebrate and promote kindness in all its forms. World Kindness Day falls on the same day and unites people in kindness globally.

On November 13th, St. Jude's Academy is celebrating World Kindness Day by encouraging all students to share  kind words to each other and unite as a whole school with their neighbours at Oakwood.  By bringing in $2, students can participate in a special World Kindness Day event by writing a kind message or quote on a leaf and then post it on our World Kindness Tree for all to see.   In addition to sharing their kind words, they will be supporting their neighbours at Oakwood and also be allowed to dress casually.

As part of a united world school, IB learners strive to be kind everyday. This year, we are looking forward to emphasizing and celebrating acts of kindness on Monday, November 13th and we hope everyone is able to participate in our World Kindness Day events!

Thank you!

Today's agenda notes are:

-Read for 20 minutes
-Library Survey
-Sign and Return math test
-Math worksheet
-Bring in buttons :)

Just a reminder that I won't be here tomorrow, I'll be away coaching our elementary co-ed flag football team at a tournament. I have left detailed lesson plans and everything will be ready to go for the cover teacher. Spelling and cursive will be tomorrow.

At announcements we had a few students go up to recite the Guy Fawkes poem. Aashrith went up and recited the poem.

When we came back to class we had a few other friends recite the poem.

We had some friends help others out

After we went to PE with Mrs. Jans

For math we started our new unit: Sorting and Data Management, we looked at sorting by two attributes today.

Last week before the pre-assessment I drew a Venn diagram and asked what they think it is...I got replies such as the Olympic rings that were incomplete, or the Audi sign. 😂😂 Today they were able to say its a Venn Diagram!

We started off discussing what attributes are; they are characteristics or properties of an object or number (size, colour, shape, etc)

We discussed how one side of the venn diagram sorts one attribute, and the other side sorts another attribute. In the middle, we have both attributes. That is why we are sorting by two attributes.

We used hula hoops and shapes to sort objects. We started off basic: red and black, triangles and squares...but then we moved on to sort into two attributes where we can have objects sorted in the middle which share both attributes. 

We used the hula hoops:

One category was BIG SHAPES, and the other was RED SHAPES, and in the middle it is BIG AND RED shapes. (So small red shapes go with the red shapes, and big, black shapes go with the big shapes.

Each student was given a shape to sort, some student's shapes did not fit and they had to explain to me why it didn't gfit.

After, our activity we went to our worksheets. I have handed out another homework sheet for tomorrow as well. 

Tomorrow we will be doing activity centers to get us excited for some new concepts in our new unit. (Like GRAPHS too!)

Then, it was time for lunch and recess.

For language today, we finished reading chapter 2 of Song Lee in Room 2b.

When reading I use strategies such as thinking aloud, making predictions, visualising, making inferences (using my knowledge to help me make meaning of what's in the text) and reciprocal reading.

After we discussed and answered our comprehension questions as a class. We discussed how to reply in full sentences using evidence from the text.

How did Song Lee overcome her shyness?

Song Lee overcame her shyness for her presentation by making a tree to stand behind and present.

We then acted out the chapter in small groups.

We then had a few more participants recite the Guy Fawkes poem.

We also discussed Remembrance Day and what it means and began to colour in a poppy.

After we went to second lunch and recess.

French was cancelled today.

When we returned we had UOI.

Today we finished off our journal writing of how we would feel if we had to move to another country. The challenge was to discuss if it was a push or a pull and which category it belong to. 

Since our Mom got a new job in a new country it is an economic pull factor!

Then we discussed our UOI summative. Students will need time at home to interview a family or friend about their migration story. 

Finally, we got ready for home!

I will be posting the spelling words today even thought they are doing the lesson tomorrow.

Happy Friday!

Today's agenda notes are:
-Read for 20 mins
-Library Survey
-Sign and return math test
-Practice Guy Fawkes Poem
-Bring in buttons (if you have any to spare)

After we started our novel study titled "Song Lee in Room 2b." We started off making predictions about that book. We looked at the cover, the blurb at the back and did a picture walk through of the few pictures in this chapter book. I hinted that this is related to our UOI unit.

Many students in pairs made predictions about the book being about bullying, some made predictions about Song Lee being scared in a new school, and some said that it was about migration...because that is one of our lines of inquiry.

Afterwards we had PE with Mrs. Jans.

After PE we had math. Today for math we had our math pre-assessment for the new unit. Sorting and Data Management. We talked about what sorting means, and data management. Then we went through the test together to understand some of the questions. Before starting, we reviewed what venn-diagrams are and how they are used for sorting, how to read pictographs and some new vocabulary they may not have heard before.

I reminded them this is a pre-assessment and it is for me to see what they know already so if they don't know something we can try another question. So as to not stress over it!

After the pre-assessment we had lunch and recess.

For our spelling test today the bonus words were:
11. social
12. train
13. streetcar
14. country
15. community

All are related to our current or past unit of inquiry.

Afterwards we started reading chapter 1 of our novel study. Song Lee in Room 2b.

Then we went to music with Mr. Oliver and French with Mme. Stella.

Afterwards it was second lunch and recess.

When we returned we swapped classroom jobs for the month of November. After, we had our class monthly draw. For October Esha, Alexa, and Alister were the draw winners.  It was great to see our classmates supporting each other and cheering for their winners. We reminded each other that if we didn't win...it's just not our turn yet and there is still 8 months left so everyone will get their turn eventually.


Have a lovely weekend.

Please see a note from Oakwood:

November 13^th is World Kindness Day!  

We are asking St. Jude’s students to join in celebrating  this day and spread kindness to one another and support their neighbours at Oakwood Academy as well! By donating $2.00, each participant can purchase an Oak Leaf, share a kind message to anyone of their choice and place it on  a school-wide  Kindness Tree.

All proceeds will go to supporting Oakwood Academy’s program development and the purchasing of new supplies defraying costs to families.

Each St. Jude’s student who purchases an Oak leaf will be allowed to dress casually on November 13^th as well.

Teachers will be provided with Oak Leaves for each student (each student can ask for more than one ($2 a leaf, or $5 for 4), During their lunch hour they can pin their leaves to the Kindness Tree.

Today's agenda notes are:
-Read for 20 mins
-Cursive up to pg. 37
-Spelling pg. 38-40
-Practice Guy Fawkes Poem

Then we worked on our writing from UOI yesterday.

Afterwards we went to PE with Mrs Jans

Today was our math assessment, we went through the test together to understand what the questions were before starting.

They worked hard and used their math knowledge to answer the questions.

After the test, we had first lunch and recess.

When we returned we had our writing assessment. We had to write a letter recount of our day of school. Sound familiar? They worked really hard and used our writing conventions we have been learning.

Afterwards we went to French with Mme. Stella.


During UOI today we looked at push and pull factors. We reviewed the four categoies; social, political, economic, and environmental. We, were given scenarios of push and pull factors of people either:
-pulling towards new country, to meet family, find new jobs, or other better opportunities
-pushing away from their country to escape war, escape terrifying situation, or because there was no money. We had to work together in groups to sort them into the four categories.

After sorting them we discussed each scenario and which category it belong to and WHY. One key understanding we learned today was when people move to a new country to be with their family that was already there that is a social pull factor. To move towards a country because we desire a warmer climate is a pull factor for the warm country in the environment category. If the government of the new country is providing great opportunities for refugees that is a political factor.

Have a lovely evening!

1st of November!

Hope everyone is recovered from their Halloween!

We will be donating any leftover candy or candy you don't want to the Food Bank so please bring it in by Friday if you wish to donate it.

Welcome to a new month!

Today's agenda notes are:
-Read for 20 mins
-Math unit test tmw (study and review)
-Complete math review
-Cursive up to pg 37 (Due Fri)
-Spelling pg. 38-40 (Due Fri)

Then we finished up our letter recount from yesterday about our weekend.

Next, we went to PE with Mrs. Jans.

After PE we had our final day of math review. We started off with some of our friends finding the sum and difference of some math problems using the standard algorithm.

We then worked on our review package. If it was not completed it has been sent home. Some students have been working closely with me carefully on each question. We spoke about the importance of completing this package to help with the test tomorrow.

After math we practiced our Guy Fawkes poem. A hard copy of the poem has been sent home to practice, here is the poem.

Remember, remember the 5th of November.
The Gunpowder Treason and plot;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should even be forgot.

Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'Twas his intent.
To blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below.
Poor old England to overthrow.
By God's providence he was catch'd,
With a dark lantern and burning match

Holloa, boys, Holloa boys, let the bells ring
Holloa boys, Holloa boys, God save the King!

Hip hip Hoorah!
Hip hip Hoorah!

Next week on November 6th house points will be given for students that can recite this poem on their own in front of the school and/or in front of our class.

Then we had first lunch and recess.

After lunch and recess we did shared writing of another recount letter. This letter was to Jordan who was absent yesterday so we recounted what we did yesterday and highlighted what made a successful letter and recount.

Then we went to music with Mr. Oliver and French with Mme. Stella.


For UOI today we worked on using emotive language. They asked what emotive means. We broke it down from emotive to emotion and then to EMOJI and they all realised emoji's show feelings so emotive means to show strong feelings in our writing.

We described a possible scenario. You go home from school today, and your Mom has a new job in a new country where they don't speak English. The weather is unbearably hot and you don't want to move at all! You have to leave your friends, pets, and toys behind to make new friends at a school where they don't speak English. The rest of your cousins, aunts, and uncles are staying in Canada. How would you feel?

We brainstormed a list of feelings and some reasons for these feelings, and then worked on our writing.


We finished off the day by handing out agendas and getting ready for home. Please check your e-mail for a very important e-mail!