Did You Know…? In Old English, hiccups were ælfsogoða – they were thought to be caused by elves
Student council will be holding a spirit week the first week of February. All donations will go to the Center of Hope. Aside from Toque Tuesday, we will be collecting daily donations. All donations are welcome, monetary or the items listed below.
Monday, Beach Day – Donations: Oatmeal and granola bars
Tuesday, Toque Tuesday, Hat Day – Donations $2 to wear a hat, Wool, or white socks
Tuesday, Pictures with Timmy, Donations $5 for a 4×6 picture with Timmy the Timberwolf
Wednesday, Crazy Hair Day – Donations: Laundry soap (most in need-any kind will do)
Thursday, Sports Day – Donations: Brushes or combs and chap sticks
Friday, Pajama Day
In celebration of Winter Walk Day, a day in which Albertans are encouraged to walk outdoors for at least 15 minutes, Timberlea Public School will be taking part in a Whole School Walk. This walk will occur on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 beginning at 1:00 pm. We will complete a short route on Brett Drive and around Barber Drive and back to Timberlea School. This event is weather dependent. If temperatures drop below -20 degrees with the wind chill factored in, our walk will be cancelled and rescheduled. As an important part of our community, Timberlea School would like to invite you to join us in this celebration of winter physical activity and to walk with our school! See the email that went home today for more information.
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Language Arts:
Words in Motion Poems – due Monday!
Math:
Practice multiplication (master 1′s, 5′s, 10′s, 9′s)
Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 pm
Teach a strategy – long division
Science:
Bring logbooks Thursday to variables, procedure, and materials
Classroom Science Fair – March 3rd
School Science Fair – March 6th
Robotics Club Forms – due Monday!
Multicultural Dinner Theater – February 19th (See email for ticket information)
Did You Know…? Gladiators are named after their gladius, which was a small, flattish sword.
Good evening,
Today we continued to work on long division. Students watched this MathAntics video and then we worked on breaking down long division into some steps that we could use to help us:
The steps that we are following are: divide, multiply, subtract, bring down, and repeat/remainder. Need a way to remember the steps? Just remember the members of a family: Dad, Mom, Sister, Brother, Rover!
Student have been asked to teach this strategy at home tonight, so please find some time to sit down together and review these steps. If you need help, click on the link for a full explanation of how to use these steps to complete a long division question:
In Language Arts, we looked at rhyme in poetry today. I shared one of my favourite poems, “The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carrol, with students:
The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright--
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.
The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there
After the day was done--
"It's very rude of him," she said,
"To come and spoil the fun!"
The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud, because
No cloud was in the sky:
No birds were flying overhead--
There were no birds to fly.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
"If this were only cleared away,"
They said, "it would be grand!"
"If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year.
Do you suppose," the Walrus said,
"That they could get it clear?"
"I doubt it," said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.
"O Oysters, come and walk with us!"
The Walrus did beseech.
"A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each."
The eldest Oyster looked at him,
But never a word he said:
The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
And shook his heavy head--
Meaning to say he did not choose
To leave the oyster-bed.
But four young Oysters hurried up,
All eager for the treat:
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat--
And this was odd, because, you know,
They hadn't any feet.
Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four;
And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more--
All hopping through the frothy waves,
And scrambling to the shore.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Walked on a mile or so,
And then they rested on a rock
Conveniently low:
And all the little Oysters stood
And waited in a row.
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
"But wait a bit," the Oysters cried,
"Before we have our chat;
For some of us are out of breath,
And all of us are fat!"
"No hurry!" said the Carpenter.
They thanked him much for that.
"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said,
"Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed--
Now if you're ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed."
"But not on us!" the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue.
"After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!"
"The night is fine," the Walrus said.
"Do you admire the view?
"It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"Cut us another slice:
I wish you were not quite so deaf--
I've had to ask you twice!"
"It seems a shame," the Walrus said,
"To play them such a trick,
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"The butter's spread too thick!"
"I weep for you," the Walrus said:
"I deeply sympathize."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
"O Oysters," said the Carpenter,
"You've had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?'
But answer came there none--
And this was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every one.
You might remember parts of this poem from the movie “Alice in Wonderland,” which we also watched a clip of today.
This afternoon we were able to go to the Computer Lab to work on our paragraphs that students wrote last week. We edited our paragraphs on Monday, and wrote out a second draft on Tuesday. Today students were able to review the edit that I did of their work, and then they had time to publish their paragraphs. They will be posted up on our publishing board tomorrow, but they will also be making an appearance at our upcoming parent-teacher interviews (February 11th and 12th – register on the Timberlea Website).
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Language Arts:
Biography Poems – due Tomorrow!
Words in Motion Poems – due Monday!
Math:
Practice multiplication (master 1′s, 5′s, 10′s, 9′s)
Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 pm
Teach a strategy – long division
Science:
Bring logbooks Thursday to questions and hypothesis
Classroom Science Fair – March 3rd
School Science Fair – March 6th
Book Orders – due Tomorrow
Recorders – MUST HAVE FOR TOMORROW
Basketball Forms – due ASAP
Robotics Club Forms – due ASAP
Multicultural Dinner Theater – February 19th (See email for ticket information)
Did You Know…? Greenland’s glaciers produce 10,000 to 40,000 icebergs each year, dumping 125 cubic miles of ice into the sea.
Good afternoon!
Today we began by having students work on a second draft of their paragraphs from last week. Yesterday students used an editing checklist to edit their own work. They were asked to check that they:
had reread the paragraph looking for mistakes
had used a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence
had used correct end punctuation
had indented the first line of their paragraph
that their writing was neat and well-spaced
Today students rewrote their paragraphs, making the appropriate changes based on their editing from yesterday. Tonight I will be editing student work using the same checklist. Tomorrow, students will then use the edited version of their second draft (with my feedback) to publish their paragraphs for our publishing board. Stay tuned!
In Math today, we reviewed how students could use base-10 blocks to help divide 3-digit by 1-digit division questions. Check out the example below:
First we estimated the question, using our estimating strategies from last week. Then, we use base-10 blocks to model the question. Students build 410 (4 hundreds, 1 ten). They then divide the blocks into 4 groups. 4 hundreds divided among four groups means that each group will contain 1 hundred. 1 tens rod cannot be divided equally among four groups. So… we take it to the bank and exchange it for 10 ones cubes. 10 ones cubes divided among four groups means that each group will contain 2 ones, with 2 remaining. So… 410 divided by 4 is 102 r2. Our estimate was about 100, so our answer is reasonable and we can move on to the next question. Tonight, students have been asked to teach this strategy to someone at home. Remember, you can use this video to help:
Students also spent time today finishing an Art project that we started last week. We looked at the ornate style of Kente cloth from Ghana and other areas of Africa:
We discussed what some of the colours symbolized:
black—strong spiritual energy
blue—love, fortune, peacefulness, harmony
green—plants, harvesting, growth, good health
gold—royalty, wealth, high status, purity
grey—healing and cleansing rituals; associated with ash
maroon/purple— mother earth; associated with healing and protection
pink—female essence of life; mild, gentle, tender
red—strong political moods; bloodshed; death
silver—serenity, purity, joy; associated with the moon
white—purification, healing; festive occasions
yellow—preciousness, beauty, holiness
Then students did some paper weaving (instead of cloth weaving) to make their own unique cloths. The finished cloths are on display at Family Literacy Night tonight (from 6:00-7:00 pm). Didn’t get a chance to finish in class today? Don’t worry, we are going to put them back up for the upcoming Multicultural Dinner Theater!
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Language Arts:
Biography Poems – due Thursday!
Math:
Practice multiplication (master 1′s, 5′s, 10′s, 9′s)
Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 pm
Teach a strategy – base ten blocks
Science:
Bring logbooks Thursday to questions and hypothesis
Classroom Science Fair – March 3rd
School Science Fair – March 6th
Book Orders – due Thursday
Recorders – MUST HAVE FOR THURSDAY
Family Literacy Night – tonight from 6:00-7:00 pm (Reading Around the World)
Basketball Forms – due ASAP
Robotics Club – will start in February, stay tuned! (Will be Mondays from 3:00-4:00 pm)
Multicultural Dinner Theater – February 19th (See email for ticket information)
Our finished Kente cloths.This student did a great job using different texture and colours to create a vibrant piece of cloth.You can see how unique each cloth is based on which colours and patterns students wanted to try.
Did You Know…? Bats breathe 200 times a minute when flying but only 10 times an hour when hibernating.
Don’t forget that we have a Science Test tomorrow. Students all took home a copy of the questions from our review game on Friday, but an extra copy can be found below:
At the bottom of this document I’ve also included some study tips. They are:
These questions are only a general outline of our Weather Watch unit. It is important the you can explain WHY these answers are correct. Look through your notes in your Science duotang and the weblinks on our blog to help you to study.
Create a distraction free place that you can study. It should be quiet, and you should have easy access to all the supplies you need (Eg. duotang, computer, pencil, paper, etc.)
You should study for 15 minutes and then get up and take a 5-10 minute activity break. This will allow your brain to accurately store the information in your schema while keeping you awake and alert. TV, video games, computer, etc. are NOT activity breaks!
Make sure you are not hungry (have a snack if you need it) or thirsty (drink lots of water). Get lots of sleep after studying. Your schema “files” information at night.
Remember: Talk it Out, Work it Out, Add Colour, Play “Beat the Buzzer,” or Draw it Out
Don’t remember our Talk it Out, Work it Out, Add Colour, Play “Beat the Buzzer,” or “Draw it Out” strategies that we have been using to help review? Check out the link for descriptions and examples of how to use these strategies:
Did You Know…? The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. They may have been lost in restoration.
Good afternoon,
We started our morning with a game of four corners to help us review for our Science test on Tuesday. Each corner of our classroom was assigned a corresponding letter (a, b. c. or d) and students went to the corner that they believe had the correct answer. There was a twist to our game though. It is too easy for people to follow the crowd and for everyone to get in the right corner if everyone is aiming for the correct answer. That’s why we split the class up into two groups – liars and truth tellers. The liars wanted to pick a corner that wasn’t the correct answer. Everyone received a card with either an “L” or a “T” on it, and students kept their roles a secret. We switched roles every 5 questions so that people couldn’t figure out who was a liar or who was a truth teller. This is a great way to get up and get active while reviewing. Everyone is also forced to think a little deeper about the question. If you see a lot of people in a different corner from you, you have to read the question again to see if you are right or if the liars are trying to trick you. If you are a liar, you also want to look hard for the correct answer, so you don’t go there by mistake! Students all took home a copy of the questions from our review game, found below:
At the bottom of this document I’ve also included some study tips. They are:
These questions are only a general outline of our Weather Watch unit. It is important the you can explain WHY these answers are correct. Look through your notes in your Science duotang and the weblinks on our blog to help you to study.
Create a distraction free place that you can study. It should be quiet, and you should have easy access to all the supplies you need (Eg. duotang, computer, pencil, paper, etc.)
You should study for 15 minutes and then get up and take a 5-10 minute activity break. This will allow your brain to accurately store the information in your schema while keeping you awake and alert. TV, video games, computer, etc. are NOT activity breaks!
Make sure you are not hungry (have a snack if you need it) or thirsty (drink lots of water). Get lots of sleep after studying. Your schema “files” information at night.
Remember: Talk it Out, Work it Out, Add Colour, Play “Beat the Buzzer,” or Draw it Out
Don’t remember our Talk it Out, Work it Out, Add Colour, Play “Beat the Buzzer,” or “Draw it Out” strategies that we have been using to help review? Check out the link for descriptions and examples of how to use these strategies:
Today we had indoor recess because of the ice conditions around the school. So it was timely that we also had the climbing wall booked this morning, so we still got in some great physical activity today. This something that we are really going to start considering in the coming weeks. We are planning on having a school-wide “Screen Time Challenge” starting February 9th. Students will be asked to consider and track how much time the spend each day being active, travelling, sleeping, at school, and using a screen. Screen time includes playing video games, watching tv, surfing the internet, or even just answering a text message. Mr. D shared this great video with us to have us consider some of the negative impacts that technology may be having on our lives. Check it out:
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Language Arts:
Completed paragraphs – due Monday
Biography Poems – due January 29th
Math:
Practice multiplication (master 1′s, 5′s, 10′s, 9′s)
Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 pm
Pgs. 98-99 #1-7, 9-11
Science:
Bring logbooks Thursday to questions and hypothesis
Weather Watch Test – Tuesday
Classroom Science Fair – March 3rd
School Science Fair – March 6th
French/Health:
FRIENDS – pg. 21 (Share a happy part of your day with your family)
Book Orders – due January 29th
Recorders – MUST HAVE FOR TUESDAY
Grade 5/6 Dance – tonight from 7:00-9:00 pm ($5 admission)
Family Literacy Night – Tuesday, January 27th from 6:00-7:00 pm (Reading Around the World)
Basketball Forms – due Monday
*Don’t forget to wear red on Monday to honour Constable Wynn
We got to use the climbing wall today.Students were really trying hard and being active.They all start at one end.And try to get to the end!
Did You Know…? Puffins are faster than giraffes (top speed of 50 mph vs 33 mph).
In Math today we continued to work on estimating quotients. We have been working at using compatible numbers and front-end rounding to help us estimate the answers to division problems. Today we wrote a procedure that students could use, and practiced it. Take a look at our procedure and an example below:
Please make sure that students review this procedure and finish their practice problems before Monday.
For our Science Fair check-in today, students were asked to have selected their projects and to have done some initial research. They should also have thought about narrowing down their topic to a specific question or problem – the essential question. What is the essential question? In our logbook, it describes the question as:
“The question I am trying to answer is: (be specific)”
The essential question should require that instead of simply looking up an answer, you conduct your own research in order to create an original answer. For our Science Fair projects, this research is usually conducting your experiment and tracking your observations and results.
Asking how, what if, should, or why can be a good way to structure an essential question.
Here is an example: You really find the subjects of plants interesting and decide to do research on botany. Through your research, you narrow down your topic to a smaller area of interest – seed germination (sprouting). Next, consider the relationship between sprouting and another variable. How about temperature? This will suggest a question that you can use to form an essential question: How does temperature affect the rate of seed germination?
Use this checklist to help test your essential question:
Will you be measuring change in the variable studied (example – seed germination)?
Will you change the other variable (example – temperature)?
Can you find background information on the subject?
Will you be able to collect enough data?
Can you get all the materials quickly?
Do you have time to do the experiment at least twice?
If you can answer yes to the above, you are on your way to creating a strong Science Fair project!
Check out this article on education.com (http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_How_Develop_Project/) for more ideas on narrowing your research down into an essential question. Our next Science Fair check-in will be next Thursday, January 23rd. Students have been asked to consider the above and use the checklist to test the strength of their essential question. Then on Thursday, they may bring in any questions they still have about writing a question and about writing a hypothesis.
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Language Arts:
Completed paragraphs – due Monday
Biography Poems – due January 29th
Math:
Practice multiplication (master 1′s, 5′s, 10′s, 9′s)
Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 pm
Pgs. 98-99 #1-7, 9-11
Science:
Bring logbooks Thursday to questions and hypothesis
Weather Watch Test – Tuesday
Classroom Science Fair – March 3rd
School Science Fair – March 6th
French/Health:
FRIENDS – pg. 21 (Share a happy part of your day with your family)
Book Orders – due January 29th
Recorders – MUST HAVE FOR TUESDAY
Grade 5/6 Dance – Friday from 7:00-9:00 pm ($5 admission)
Family Literacy Night – Tuesday, January 27th from 6:00-7:00 pm (Reading Around the World)
Did You Know…? The word ‘companion’ comes from the Latin for ‘a person with whom we share bread’.
Don’t forget that we have extra Math from 2:45 – 4:00 pm each Wednesday. Ms. McNeil, Mr. Rutledge, Ms. Kelly, and I are available to provide students with assistance and support in Math. We meet in our classroom and will be reviewing concepts covered in class. For example, today we reviewed 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication, and then worked on using base-ten blocks to help us to start dividing 3-digit numbers. Students are not required to attend, and they are not required to attend each week, but they should do their best to attend if they are struggling with our current daily lessons and practice questions, and would like further support. Please talk to your student tonight about whether or not they should be taking advantage of this extra support. Students are allowed to walk home, take the city bus, or even carpool with another student. Click on the link below for an extra copy of the permission form sent home in October and please provide me with a signed copy if you would like to have your student attend our Math help.
Students all also have a Mathletics account (www.mathletics.ca). The lessons and activities on this website are a wonderful way to practice the concepts covered in class, and are all related to our curriculum. Students can also use the LiveMath feature to get in some Math fact practice. I generally try and assign students work on Mathletics every two weeks. This work is treated like classroom work, and I am able to look at students results to help me to better understand which topics may require further support. These accounts can and should be used at home as often as possible. This is a great resource. For students and parents who are struggling with our Math curriculum, you can click on the question marks and get examples and tutorials on how to solve different problems, and don’t forget to check out the interactive glossary of Math terms that is available!
Missed Math Help today, but want some extra support? Check out the LiveMath links for Multiplication (http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html?goLesson=8) and Division (http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html?goLesson=9). These come with step-by-step lessons on the given topics, as well as additional worksheets that can be printed for extra practice and assessment. There are even worksheets available for parents who are looking for ways to further support their student at home, that provide ways to teach and discuss the concepts with your students. You may need to log in to LearnAlberta to access this resource. The link is on the right hand side. Hold your mouse over the link for username and password information.
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Language Arts:
Topic Sentences – due tomorrow!
Biography Poems – due January 29th
Math:
Practice multiplication (master 1′s, 5′s, 10′s, 9′s)
Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 pm
Science:
Bring logbooks Thursday to share research and questions (tomorrow!)
Classroom Science Fair – March 3rd
School Science Fair – March 6th
French/Health:
FRIENDS – pg. 21 (Share a happy part of your day with your family)
Book Orders – due January 29th
Recorders – MUST HAVE FOR TOMORROW!
Grade 5/6 Dance – Friday from 7:00-9:00 pm ($5 admission)
Family Literacy Night – Tuesday, January 27th from 6:00-7:00 pm (Reading Around the World)
Sign in to your mathletics at home and get in some extra practice!
Did You Know…? The ‘wiki’ in Wikipedia is Hawaiian for ‘fast’.
Good evening,
Today in Language Arts, students worked on using their brainstorming from yesterday to develop body sentences for their paragraphs. We discussed looking over their brainstorming, and finding information that would fit well together, had a similar topic, etc. Then we wrote some sentences inspired by our brainstorming. See the example below:
Notice that we didn’t use all of the information from our brainstorming, because not all of the information made sense with the main idea we were building. We also made sure that our sentences flowed together. You can see that we begin with talking about nature, then we discuss the environment, and then we discuss places to be active, but we were careful that all of these ideas had a connection and fit together. We also did our best to vary our sentences. We tried to write sentences of different lengths, structures, and we even used some different end punctuation. This will help our writing to be more interesting to our readers. Tomorrow… topic and concluding sentences!
In Math today, students completed their last day of multiplication practice for this unit. We reviewed the three strategies that we have focused on, and students were given time to work on some practice questions in our Math Expert groups. To work in these groups, students move to a specific location in the classroom. All of the students practicing the traditional method work together, all of the students practicing the lattice method work together, and all of the students practicing the box method work together. That way, students are able to ask their elbow partners (3 before me!) if they run into trouble. You can see a review of our current strategies below. Remember, you are allowed to use whatever strategy you choose in your practice!
In Science today, students continued to work on developing the best raincoat to withstand the weather. They are focusing specifically on the materials, zippers, pockets, fit, and hood design of their coats. Today students put together their first draft. Then we watched the video, “Austin’s Butterfly,” below:
We discussed how we could use peer feedback in our work to make our raincoats even better. Students were asked to present their proposed raincoat to another group, who was asked to consider it with a critical eye, and then to provide specific feedback on how they thought it could be improved. This is a really difficult skill we are practicing! It can be difficult to not take feedback negatively or to feel that we have done something wrong. However, learning to listen to our peers and to remember that we can make multiple drafts that make improvements, leads to us submitting a higher quality of work. We are going to use our feedback to make our second drafts tomorrow!
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Language Arts:
Body sentences – tomorrow!
Biography Poems – due January 29th
Math:
Practice multiplication (master 1′s, 5′s, 10′s, 9′s)
Pgs. 90-91 #2, 3, 5, 7, 11
Science:
Bring logbooks Thursday to share research and questions
Classroom Science Fair – March 3rd
School Science Fair – March 6th
French/Health:
FRIENDS – pg. 21 (Share a happy part of your day with your family)
Did You Know…? Talk Like a Pirate Day is a spoof holiday, celebrated on the 19th of September.
Good evening,
Students were given the opportunity today to begin a new writing activity. We will be focused on writing a paragraph every second week, and on the alternate weeks we will be focused on editing our work. This includes being able to organize their paragraphs based on their main ideas. Each day has a new writing task that students will be focused on:
Monday – Brainstorming (jot notes, as much as possible, don’t have to include everything in final paragraph)
Tuesday – Body sentences (using brainstorming ideas to form complete, varied sentences)
Wednesday – Topic and concluding sentences (summarizing the main idea of your paragraph)
Thursday – Paragraph (take completed sentences from previous days and combine into complete paragraph)
Today students were given a choice. They could brainstorm about their favourite food or their favourite sport. Tomorrow we will be using or brainstorming information to write some body sentences. Some students wondered why we aren’t starting with the topic sentence. Working from the inside out when writing paragraphs actually helps students to avoid selecting too narrow of a topic and then struggling to write detailed, descriptive body sentences. This way, students will be challenged to write a topic sentence that summarizes their information clearly and accurately. Next week, we will have a day to edit our paragraphs. To begin, students will be looking at :
re-reading my writing (checking for mistakes)
capital letters
end punctuation
word spacing and neat writing
indentation
Once students have begun to grow confident with the above, we will be adding new editing criteria to our lists. We will also be working towards longer and longer pieces of writing.
In French today we answered the question “Qu’est-ce que tu portes quand…?” or “What do you wear when?” Students used previously learned and some new clothing vocabulary to help them. We discussed the following weather conditions:
Il fait du soleil (It is sunny)
Il fait chaud (It is hot)
Il pleut (It rains)
Il neige (It snows)
Il fait froid (It is cold)
Il fait du vent (It is windy)
Il fait frais (It is chilly)
Il y a de l’orage (There is a storm)
Students then answered the question with some vocabulary. For example, “Qu’est-ce que tu portes quand il neige?” “Je porte un manteau” which means I wear a coat. We will be doing our final clothing activity next week.
Have you heard about our new behaviour tracking system. Each day students begin with a fresh start in our classroom. Then throughout the day they can be rewarded for succeeding to meet expectations, or asked to think about their current behaviour and what needs to change. If a student finishes on the succeeding side of the board with a check and their name circled, they earn a house point for the class. If a student finishes on the thinking side of the board, they are asked to fill out a “Think Sheet” considering what behaviours they demonstrated that were less positive and what changes they are going to make for tomorrow. Every time a student earns a house point, they are also moving closer to earning an individual award like getting a sunshine call home, sitting in the teacher’s chair, or having Ms. Barrington make their lunch. You can see our available awards by clicking on the chart below. When the class earns 100 house points, we are going to celebrate with a movie afternoon. Our top scorers from the previous week also get to display a “Good Work” pylon on their desk for the remainder of the week. Congratulations to Robin, Brody, and Preesha for being our top scorers last week!
Did You Know…? Sheep have a good memory for faces.
Good evening,
Today students were given the opportunity to start researching their Science Fair projects. We had some time (only 25 minutes!) in the computer lab today, and students were able to explore some of the following links. The hope was that students would see something that sparked their interest and would help them to get started working on their projects this week. Check out the links at home to continue exploring!
We will have our next Science Fair check-in day this upcoming week on January 15th (Thursday). If students could try and have their projects selected and be ready to share some of their research as well as begin planning their essential plannings, that would be great. This is a great opportunity to get peer/teacher feedback on what they have done so far, and on their next steps.
Toque Tuesdays forms also went home today. Unfortunately, there was an error on the letters student brought home in the students agendas. The correct information is below, or you can click on the attachment (Toque Tuesday) to view the PDF:
Timberlea Public School is proud to be partnering with The Centre of Hope and their Raise the Roof campaign to help bring awareness to homelessness in Fort McMurray. On Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015 Timberlea School will be hosting the 2nd Annual Toque Tuesday Assembly. To show your support of this cause you are invited to purchase a Toque or Socks for $10.00 with all proceeds going to The Centre of Hope. Toques and Socks will be delivered to your son/daughter’s classroom on February 3rd and students will be encouraged to wear this toque/socks for our 2nd Annual Toque Tuesday Assembly. Following this special assembly we will host a Sock-Hop to celebrate. There will also be other opportunities to assist in raising money through the Sock-Hop and a Spirit Week. Students also have the option of showing their support by bringing a toonie and wearing their own toque on February 3rd.
If you are interested in purchasing toque(s)/ socks to support this cause please fill out the bottom portion of the notice and bring it back to your homeroom teacher by Monday, January 19th. Photos of size and style of the toque being sold are posted on our school Facebook page as well as our twitter account.
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Language Arts:
Biography Poems – due January 29th
Math:
Practice multiplication (master 1’s, 5’s, 10’s, 9’s)
Pgs. 86-87 #1-6, 8-11
Science:
Bring logbooks Thursday to share research and questions
Classroom Science Fair – March 3rd
School Science Fair – March 6th
Book Orders – due January 29th
Hot Lunch Orders – due January 25th
Recorders Begin – January 18th
Toques/Socks ($10) – due Monday!
We changed our recommendation board into a connecting and comparing board!Students are doing a great job sharing observations about their reading.
