June 6-10, 2016

Writing: Persuasive Writing – Graphic Organizers, Drafting, introductions, organization
Media Literacy: Creating TV commercial – music and jingles, creating storyboards
Math: Measurement – volume (displacement & V=l x w x h), quiz/test this week
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Properties of liquids
Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers – Motivations for Exploration; Benefits and Consequences of their relationship
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Writing
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Tesselations
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Soccer

May 24-27, 2016

Reading: Perspectives & Points of View
Writing: Persuasive Writing – Introduction, examining mentor texts
Media Literacy: Creating TV commercial – music and jingles, creating storyboards
Math: Probability – unit review, test on Friday
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Properties of Matter
Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers – First Nations Inquiry –Stage 4 – creating Glogs to demonstrate learning
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Writing
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Portraits – final pieces
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Soccer

May 2-13, 2016

Reading: Perspectives & Points of View
Writing: Narrative (Stories) – publishing final pieces inspired by The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Media Literacy: Text Features of a poster, techniques used in advertisements
Math: Fractions, Decimals & Percentages – comparing fractions, decimals and percentages, adding and subtracting decimals, relating division and fraction, test
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Properties of Matter & taking accurate measurements
Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers – First Nations Inquiry –Stage 4 – creating Glogs to demonstrate learning
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Writing
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Portraits – final pieces
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Track & Field

April 4-8, 2016

Reading: Historical Fiction – Shared Reading, inferring
Writing: Narrative (Stories) – final pieces inspired by The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Math: Fractions – review of vocabulary, different ways to model fraction (area, set, linear), equivalent fraction
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Forces on Structures
Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers – First Nations Inquiry –Stage 2 & 3 – sorting and organizing information
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Writing
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Portraits – Picasso & Cubism
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Track & Field

March 21 - April 1, 2016

Reading: Historical Fiction – Read alouds, Shared Reading, looking at the characteristics of historical fiction & making inferences
Writing: Narrative (Stories) – “Showing not Telling”, using graphic organizers to plan stories, starting “Mystery of Harris Burdick” piece
Math: Division – reviewing facts & related fact families, strategies for 3 digit by 1 digit division, word problems, quiz this week
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Forces on Structures
Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers – First Nations Inquiry –Stage 2 – Searching (Jot Notes, different sources of information)
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Writing
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Portraits – Lichtenstein (pop art)
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Track & Field

March 7-11, 2016

Reading: Non Fiction – Independent Practice (Stating the Main Idea and Supporting Details, Cause & Effect), quiz this week
Writing: Narrative (Stories) – Publishing Mid-Unit Piece
Math: Patterning – unit review, test this week (extending patterns, writing pattern rules, tables of value, problem solving involving patterns)
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Forces, Science Centre trip this week
Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers – First Nations Inquiry – stages of research/inquiry; Stage 1 – Exploring the topic, Stage 2 – Searching (Jot Notes)
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Reading
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Portraits – Modigliani con’t
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Health – Substance Abuse, quiz this week

February 22-26, 2016

Reading: Non Fiction - Shared Reading (Stating the Main Idea and Supporting Details, Cause & Effect)
Writing: Narrative (Stories) – Launch, planning with a graphic organizer, matching solutions to problems
Math: Patterning – extending patterns, writing pattern rules, tables of value
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Forces
Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers –Geographic Context & working with Atlases, Historical Context & Timelines
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Reading
Music/Drama/Dance (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: Portraits – van Gogh con’t
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): TBA