November 23-27, 2015

Reading: Mysteries – Guided Reading & finishing the Garage Sale Mystery
Writing: Essay/Report (Non-fiction) Writing – research, note-taking using 2-column jot notes
Math: Data Management – Culminating Task (designing an experiment/survey, collecting data, organizing and displaying data, making conclusions)
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Body Systems
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship – Review Game, Quiz, Rights & Responsibilities
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Adjectives & Numbers
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: People in Motion: Using Proportions when drawing people
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Basketball

November 16-20, 2015

Reading: Mysteries – using clues to solve a mystery
Writing: Essay/Report (Non-fiction) Writing – generating ideas, introduction to research & note-taking
Math: Data Management – Bar Graph, Histogram, Line Graphs, Quiz this week
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Body Systems
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship – Local/Municipal Government (Toronto’s City Council)
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Adjectives, Numbers, quiz this week
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: One-Point Perspective – Gallery Art; Using Proportions when drawing people
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): Basketball

Statistics

As part of our Data Management unit, students are learning to use mean, median, mode and range to summarize a set of data. Here is a quick review:

Here is a link to the song we sang in class to help us remember:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB_033ID7i8

To calculate the mean, students will need to divide and some students have yet to master long division.  We did a review of long division in class today, but I've told the students that they will not be penalized for not being able to divide, and that they can use calculators for this unit.  However, division is an important skill, and we will be spending several weeks in Term 2 on multiplication and division strategies (including long division).  

We will continue to have our weekly after-school extra help sessions on Tuesdays (3:25-3:40), and any student who need some extra review with statistics or division is encouraged to come.  

November 2-6, 2015

Reading: Mysteries – Characteristics of a Mystery, Elements of a story (Story Map)
Writing: Personal Narratives – Final Piece (editing, revising, publishing)
Math: Data Management – Interpreting Data, Statistics (Mean, Median, Mode, Range)
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Body Systems - Cardiovascular
Social Studies: Government & Citizenship – Current issues & How a Bill becomes Law
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Avoir – To Have
Music/Drama (Mr. Kotyk): TBA
Visual Art: One-Point Perspective – Gallery ARt
Phys. Ed (Mr. Mouratidis): TBA

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