January Short Posting!

WOW! January flew by like a whirlwind! Bat Crew... I apologize for not getting out our blog out sooner! This is just a wrap up of the month as we are in the last week:

MATH: Grade 6s participated in Math Olympics! A competition of games that are Math related! They joined teams of Grade 7s and 8s and worked on Tangram puzzles and Sudoku!  Geimetry tests need to be signed and returned
Data Management: Means, Median, Mode, Surveys and Graphs

LANGUAGE: Writing: Narratives, Paragraph Writing and Figurative Language: Similes, Hyperboles, Metaphors, etc., Newspaper article writing
Reading: Non-fiction review and Reading comprehension practice, APE startegies, Historical Narratives (movie and reading comprehension of Candian Literary classic), Part 2 of Spirit Bear
Media: Advertsing Techniques and creating your own ad

HEALTH: Completion of Body Image and Health; will be looking at Substance abuse and peer pressure next

ART: Word Bombs! Pop Art a la Roy Lichtenstein

DRAMA : Script wriitng of Fractured Fairytales continued

SCIENCE: Grade 5s: Nervous System and Poster assignment, and Final Human Body Assignment

Grade 6s: Animal Kingdom Posters, Adaptations, Ecosystems and Final Assignment

JANUARY:
Thursday Jan. 31st -Pizza Lunch
Friday February 1st - Spelling work due and spelling test

So far only 1 guess for the Riddle from our Superhero of the month: FLASH and the question of whose faster: Him or Speed of light? Winner of the riddle gets a prize! Get your answers in!
Next Month hero/heroine: DC or Marvel? Hmmm....

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 21^st and shall begin again in the New Year on January 7^th, 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 20^th 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 20^th !

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

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The Bat Crew Has Elected Our Class Rep!

 

ELECTIONS 2012: THE RESULTS ARE IN!

 

 

After a hard fought, well-planned campaign, elections for our Class Representatives were held on Monday and Tuesday.  Our 4 candidates, Wesley, Saevion, Matthew and Nabila worked hard to get their names out there and to let the voters know their platform.  Thanks goes  out to our Campaign Managers: Khandro, Fahim, Ormim and Julianna, for support and advisory skills when assisting their candidates.  The day before elections, posters came down and the Bat Crew lined up at the poll station ready to vote! Hailey and Heather were our Deputy Returning Officers. They created the ballots, made sure students had ID and knew how to vote. Julianna stepped in as our poll clerk making sure the voters ID was valid.  Khandro also took on the role of photographer and got great pics!  In the end, the results were in and the ballots were counted! And the winner is:

Wesley 18

Matthew 12

Saevion 3

Nabila 3

 

Congratulations Wesley on running a smooth campaign! We are proud to have you as our Class Rep! Kudos to the other candidates, you worked hard and showed great sportsmanship!

 

 

It's November!

WHAT?! NOVEMBER ALREADY?!

 

As the clock "Falls Back" it reminds us of how dark our mornings will be and how cold it is becoming! Please remember to dress warmly and ALWAYS have a pair of indoor shoes at the school.

What's happening in Room 206:

Last month our door was Spiderman. He asked the question:  "I was bitten by this creature from this Animal Kingdom and when it bit me what system did the venom enter?"ANSWER: Arachnid, and Circulatory System. Coming soon: Our door for the month of November! Hint: it's about First Nations and our Canadian government!

News:
Congrats to Khandro for getting the Art award and the Athletic Award for the Month of October. For the month of November it's all about R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Let's Continue Our Random Acts of Kindness!

Grade 5 Elections: The grade 5s have been working hard on preparing themselves for the class mock elections. Our 4 candidates running for class president are: Wesley, Nabila, Saevion and Matthew.
Speeches will run on Tuesday November 13th! Elections are November 15th!

Math: Whole Numbers: Grade 5s: Adding and Subtracting of 3-4 Digit Numbers,  Multiplying and Dividing
 Grade 6s: Multiples, Factors, Prime Numbers, Exponents, Adding and Subtracting of 3-4 Digit Numbers, Multiplying and Dividing
Language: Narrative Writing, Finding the Main Idea,  Summarizing, Personal Logos
Continuing our Read Aloud of Touching Spirit Bear
Spelling Test and Word Study work due Friday, November 9th! Still have not received the spelling words from a number of students! Gt thos ein please!

Social Studies: Grade 5s: Mock elections are coming up on November 15th!  Government Quiz soon to follow and Bitstrips assignment!

Grade 6s: First Nations and their Environment Posters are due November 19th
Early European Explorers in Canada and Bitstrips assignment!
Trip to the ROM, Thursday, November 29th

Visual Arts: Colour Portraits and Line and Colour Pop Art
Drama: Reader's Theatre Performances of Emmy and the Rat went very well! With a sensational performance by all especially Michael and Heather's rendition and a special performance by Danielle as Goldilocks with her three bears Nyanna, Samuel and Saim... and starring our very special guest narrator Emmy (played by Fred)!
Next up: More Drama games and Script Writing

Health: Body Image and Self-Esteem


Below is our first 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 November!

Mrs. Etto

Ben Mikaelsen and your New Vocab

Welcome back Bat Crew!

We are now in Chapter 3 of our Read-Aloud Touching Spirit Bear.  We are enjoying it so far.  It's great to have the audio books, which is how we've been listening to the novel. 

Here is a little bio about Ben Mikaelsen, author of Touching Spirit Bear:

Ben Mikaelsen was born in La Paz, Bolivia, in 1952.

He currently lives outside Bozeman, Montana. He likes

adventure, travel, and odd pets. He and his wife adopted a 700-pound black bear named Buffy from a research facility because it had been declawed and could no longer survive in the wild.  Mikaelsen has loved writing since he was ten. He has won the International Reading Association Award and the Western Writers of America Spur Award.

Here are your new vocab words for October 29th. Your test will be November 9th:

1.taunt

2.unflinching

3.persistent

4.turbulent

5.charred

6.cavity

7.eternity

8.haphazard

9.relentlessly

10.torrents

11.solitary

12.suffocate

Remember, your mission is to do the following:

1. Write out the twelve words
2. Write the part of speech: is it a noun? a verb? an adjective? an adverb?
3. Define the words
4. Write your own sentence for each word.

You have two weeks to do it so you have plenty of time to get it done!

Touching Spirit Bear Vocab!

Touching Spirit Bear Vocab!

Welcome Batcrew!

Here is your first Vocab list for the Class

Read-aloud: Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen. There are twelve words. Your mission is to do the following:

1. Write out the twelve words
2. Write the part of speech: is it a noun? a verb? an adjective? an adverb?
3. Define the words
4. Write your own sentence for each word.

Sounds like a lot? Don't despair! You have almost 2 weeks to get it done! You will be tested on the words for Friday October 26th...so you have plenty of time.. BUT DON'T PROCRASTINATE!

Vocabulary for Chapters 1 -5:

1. defiantly
2. omen
3. banishment
4. juvenile
5. smirk
6. grudgingly
7. shrouded
8. venomous
9. sullenly
10. scoffed
11. collapsed
12. wavered

Author of Touching Spirit Bear, Ben Mikaelsen and his 750 lb pet Black Bear, Buffy Coming Soon: A little bit more about Ben Mikaelsen!

Welcome to the Bat crew's blog!

Hi! It's Mrs. Etto and this is Room 206's first blog entry for the school year! We are a Grade 5/6 class with a lot of spirit and a lot of Superhero lovers! I am the biggest fan...but that's debatable! LOL! :)

This blog is where we will respond to Read-Alouds, get information on what's happening in our class, our school and our community! Check out our Classroom door!