Tuesday, November 22

Another day flown by!

Math - We reviewed long division with remainders. You had a choice to do a division colouring worksheet or create and solve 10 challenge questions of your own. Tomorrow you will have a short "check up" quiz on long division.

English Div. 5 - We reviewed quotes and summaries. We read and discussed a news article on the newest "Snapchat Spectacles." Tomorrow you will write a summary on the article based on the 5 W's and 1 H, your collected GIST words, and quotes.

The newest "Snapchat Spectacles" 

Little Buddies - It was so wonderful watching you help your little buddies with their portfolios. They really appreciated your assistance. How cool was the weaving project they showed you!? I was super impressed!

Reminders:

* Field Trip permission forms - Victoria trip and Commenwealth Swimming
* LAST DAY OF TERM THURSDAY - hand in all missing work!!
* Homework - Study math long division for tomorrow's quiz and any late work....
* Parent/teacher interviews on Thursday - sign up on Journey website

See you all tomorrow for another wonderful Wednesday.

Question of the Day: What does KWL stand for? 

Monday, November 21st

We began our morning with researching questions we had about depression and anxiety for your health and career mark. We will have two more lab times during advisory to complete your KWL chart on this.

Socials - I am so impressed with all of your amazing projects! We continued artifact piece presentations today in both classes. You should all be proud of your efforts!

Math - We started review of long division. You were to create a poster stating the steps of long division, three example questions, and one word problem. This is due tomorrow.

English Div. 5 - You took notes on how to quote/summarize/paraphrase and we reviewed how to embed quotes into your writing. We read a news article together and looked for the 5 W's and H of the article. We will continue this tomorrow and you will write a summary.

Announcements/Homework:

- Term cut off is this Thursday - please hand in any late assignments!
- Math "long division" poster is due tomorrow.
- Book fair starts tomorrow
- Hand in field trip forms and coupon books
- Parent teacher interviews Thursday - sign up on Journey website

Word of the day is a fill in the blank: This week Journey is hosting __________.

This Week at a Glance

November 21st-25th

Hope you all are enjoying the weekend!

Here's what's up for this short week:

Tuesday - Little buddies!

Thursday - Early dismissal at lunch (noon), parent teacher interviews start @ 1pm.
               - Ms. L's last day before Mrs. Bridal's return on Monday, November 28th.
               *TERM CUT OFF (all missing work must be handed in)

Friday - No School (Pro-D Day)

Reminders:

* Hand in your missing/late work! Danger zone slips were given to you on Friday. There are extra copies of all assignments in the class.

* Field trip permission forms and coupon books are due back

* Email your Inquiry research project to Ms. L (or submit USB or poster) if you have not done so yet. My email is clajeunesse@sd62.bc.ca. Remember to bring your artifact tomorrow if you did not have it completed Friday.

Word of the day: bodacious (what does it mean?) 

Thursday, November 17th

Today you had the wonderful Ms. Atwall. I hope you had fun together. 

English - You discussed a news article about bottle flipping using the GIST strategy then did a rotation activity looking for the GIST words in different news articles. 

Social Studies - Final work time before your assignment is due tomorrow. 

Can't wait to see all your artifact pieces and research put together!

Reminders & Homework:

* Field trip form and coupon book

* Submit your missing/late assignments - slips going home tomorrow 

* Math multiplication colouring package due tomorrow 

Question of the day: What does it mean to high five someone? How would you define a high five?

Wednesday, November 16

Can you believe we're over halfway through November!? One month today and we're almost on Christmas vacation!

Today's academic notes:

Div. 4 & 3 Socials - Work time for your inquiry project. Both the research and artifact are due this Friday. You completed a self assessment on your progress for this term. 

Math - You completed a self assessment reflection on what you've learned this term. You continued working through your colour by multiplication package. It is due for a homework check on Friday. 

Div. 5 English - Double block today. You completed a self assessment reflection on your progress for this term. We looked at the #MannequinChallenge article and summarized it using the GIST strategy. We discussed media on the internet and how videos, stories, and the latest crazes go "viral." In the second block you wrote! Hot writing creative free write. We will share some more of our stories next class. 

Reminders:

* Social Studies - Viking Inquiry Project due this Friday. Work on your artifact at home if you do not have your materials at school!

* Field trip permission forms and coupon books are due back

* Complete and hand in your missing/late assignments! End of term is approaching fast!

* Talent show meeting Friday at lunch for those of you interested in being apart of Journey's wonderful talent exhibition before Christmas break. 

Question of the day: where did the mannequin challenge originate? 

Tuesday, November 15th

Last night I went through your Lord of the Flies projects. I am very impressed with the amount of effort and time that went into them. They look fabulous!

Math - You took notes on multiplying multi-digits numbers. We reviewed the steps and discussed regrouping and the step of adding the zero to the second line. You continued with your math colouring package and I called over some math groups to work on practice questions together. Homework tonight is to finish the "soccer balls" page 2 sheet. I will check for completion tomorrow. 

English Div. 5 - We reviewed the GIST strategy. You did a rotation activity in small groups where you read and discussed a recent news article. In your groups you found the 5 W's, H, and 10 GIST words to summarize the text and you shared your findings with the class. 

Former First Lady Michelle Obama and LeBron James doing the Mannequin Challenge. (Photo Credit: Cleveland Cavaliers via Twitter)

English Div. 4 - You were introduced to the GIST strategy. We read through a recent news article called "Have You Taken the Mannequin Challenge?" We discussed the 5 W's, H, and came up with 10 GIST words together as a class. We did our own version of the mannequin challenge (minus the song... I'll look into that tonight). 

Social Studies Div. 4 - You had computer lab time to work on your inquiry project. There are only a few class times left so you may want to consider completing some for homework (including the artifact piece). 

Reminders:

* Socials Inquiry Project due Friday

* Missing/late work - please complete and hand in!!

* P.A.C. Pizza lunch for sale tomorrow

* Bring in field trip forms and coupon books 

Word(s) of the day (song): Black Beatles 

Monday, November 14th

Tonight is the biggest and brightest "supermoon" since 1948!

Today's academics:

Lord of the Flies Project was due today for both divisions. If you did not hand it in please get this done ASAP! If you're emailing me your attached Powerpoint or Prezi link, my email is: clajeunesse@sd62.bc.ca.

Div. 4 & 5 Socials - Viking inquiry project work block. You have two class times remaining to complete both your research and artifact portion of the project so make sure to keep on top of  it for homework if you feel like you are running out of time! Half of division 5 had their project conferences and the other half we will finish on Wednesday. Division 4, we will start your project conferences tomorrow.

Math - We reviewed multiplying by single digit and multi digit numbers (without a calculator!). You had an error analysis question to complete in class. For homework you're to complete the "Picture-Perfect Star" colour code sheet.

Reminders:

* Hand in signed field trip forms
* Return coupon book envelopes
* Missing work - please hand in!!

Word of the day taking after tonight's supermoon excitement: phenomenon