Wednesday 12 December 2012

It’s December  Seasons Greetings!

 
A quick reminder for students to please remember to bring indoor shoes and keep them at school so that we can keep our classroom clean!  Remember to dress warmly for recess.  This includes wearing a hat, gloves, a scarf and sweaters! Layer up. Canadian weather is so unpredictable!

School will end for the year 2012 on Friday, December 21st and shall begin again in the New Year on January 7th, 2013!

We will have a small Christmas party so the Bat Crew should bring peanut-free, gelatin-free snacks for all to enjoy. Juice, chips, fruits and veggies, chocolates, and candy canes are some ideas. Napkins, and paper plates are also needed.

What's happening in Room 206:

November had two superheroes on our door: Marvel superhero Shaman and his daughter Talisman.  They are two First Nation superheroes from Alberta!  Congratulations to Brendan for answering the riddle correctly! It was a two-part question and he earned a prize of his choice: A large Caramilk! Coming soon: Our door for the month of December and January!  Hint: The superhero will be a DC character who is a speedster!
News:
Congrats to Samuel for getting the Attitude award and Tia for the Academic Award for the Month of November. For the month of December it's all about PERSEVERANCE! Let's also continue Our Random Acts of Kindness!

Class President: Wesley has been taking his role very seriously and has made good with one of his promises: We changed our seating arrangement and accommodated many students’ requests.
 Math: Geometry.  Grade 5s: Naming and Classifying Angles and Polygon; Measuring Constructing angles and Triangles, Making Nets. Grade 6s: Invetsigating Angles, Classifying Figures, Constructing Figures; Nets of Objects and Illustrating Objects.

Language: Narrative Writing continued, Historical Narratives, Holocaust adnd Canada in the early 20th century, Finding the Main Idea, Summarizing, Personal Logos.  Completing the First Half of our Read Aloud of Touching Spirit Bear! We will recommence the second half of Touching Spirit Bear in January!

CASI testing will start on Friday
Spelling Test and Word Study work due Thursday, December 20th !
Still have not received the spelling words from a number of students! Get those in please!

Social Studies: Grade 5s: Human Body: Organ Systems
Grade 6s: Our trip to the ROM was spectacular! We had a great time learning about and getting to touch artifacts from our First Peoples! We learned so much and had the opportunity to check out the rest of the Museum! We even got to see aplace we’d all enjoy! The BAT CAVE! No not Batman’s! LOL!
Biodiversity: Animal Kingdoms, Invertebrates and Vertebrates
Visual Arts: Line and Colour Pop Art and Class Quilt and Christmas crafts

Drama: More Drama games and Script Writing for a Fractured fairytale or a Fairytale from another perspective

Health: Body Image and Self-Esteem: Bulimia and Anorexia


Below is our second Wall Wisher Question for our novel study Touching Spirit Bear! It's easy to do! Just read the question and leave a "sticky note" answer on our cork bulletin board!

Check out our next blog for our new spelling words! Have a great December and Happy Holidays and a safe and fun New Year!

Mrs. Etto