Fond Farewell to Daniela

We wish Daniela and her family well as they travel to South Africa to be with relatives for the summer. We'll miss you, Daniela! See you in September!

Thank-you to parent volunteers, Mrs. Hector, Mrs. Freedman, Mrs. Porte, and Mrs. Morris, for their help with Reading Interviews today. Notes taken will inform us as we set individual goals for each student. We want summer reading choices to be appropriate in theme, difficulty, and style.


N.B. Dates to Remember
Reading Rainbow #3 - due Tuesday, June 15
Graphic Novels - due Monday, June 21

MATH - Thursday - Decimals worksheets (4), P.O.W., Fractions & Decimals Quiz
(We will do some review on Wednesday in preparation for quiz)

Reading Interviews Monday - have S.Q.U.I.R.T. book!

MATH - 4 decimal worksheets - Wed. (5th one is bonus; complete if you can!)

Graphic Novels - you should be half way there - see you Monday in the Computer Lab

Shabbat Shalom

Literacy Day Gala

We had a fascinating afternoon of Storytelling - with Professor Potassium in the Science Lab, Kevin and his "Twelve Dancing Princesses" in the Gym, and Mrs. Piccinato (accompanied by her cat and three dogs) live on Skype.

Wordles Galore

LA - Keep working on Reading Rainbow #3. If you're following the time line, you should be working on your Publicity Poster this week. 8 X 11 paper was passed out today for the final copy. Hand-drawn or computer generated posters are all acceptable. Use artistic and design skills in whatever style you prefer.

Spelling 29 - Workbook & Test - Friday

MATH - P.O.W. and all other worksheets due Thursday

While waiting for our guest accordionist, Mr. Ricky Mann, we tried and created lots of Wordles. Our language and visual/spatial skills were put to the test! Unfortunately, Mr. Mann will have to rebook, as he was unable to make it today.

Comfy Pajama Day

Thanks to everyone who contributed to helping students live & learn in Uganda.
We had a lovely comfortable day in honor of this cause.

LA - continue with graphic novels on Toon Doo - be half way through (first 5 pages) by Monday, May 31.

MATH - be up-to-date for next Thursday - Fractions & Decimals worksheets, Equal Buckets worksheets & single Renaming Decimals worksheet

Pizza Party Thank-yous

We had a special party today in second block to celebrate our accomplishments this year. Bravo, everyone! We also honored our two classmates, Abrish & Daniela, who will be leaving for various destinations in Europe at the beginning of June. We will miss them!

Thank-you to all who contributed to our party. Music, drinks, carrots, celery, fruit, cheese & vegetarian pizzas, and chips were enjoyed by all.

Over the mid-week holiday:
1. Work on Toon Doo Graphic Novel - 5 pages by Monday, May 31 - Log in at home.
2. Work on Reading Rainbow #3 assignment. Time management suggestion: complete paragraph summary of your character's life and accomplishments this week.

Monday, May 17

A short week this week! No school on Wednesday & Thursday.

Poster Projects are looking great. They're displayed in the classroom.

LA - Toon Doo graphic novel to be halfway ( 5 pages) by Monday, May 31.
Log in at home. I'll send plot lines home tomorrow for reference.
- No Spelling unit this week

Friday - PJ Day & bring monies to donate to students in Uganda.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Shabbat Shalom.
Remember Poster Projects due Monday.

Terrific Thursday

No new homework.
Spelling 27 Workbook & Test tomorrow.

In the warmer weather, remember the students are welcome to have a water bottle at their desks.

Musical Wednesday

We danced in Music class, watched musical and dance arts in P.E., and built musical instruments in Science. What an interesting day for the ears and the eyes!

LA - Poster Project due Monday
MATH - P.O.W. & 4 Equal Buckets worksheets - due tomorrow

Tuesday's Tales

Remember Poster Projects (from a variety of genre) due Monday, May 17.
Remember to add lots of colour! Visual appeal is one of the criteria for final evaluation.

A few students still need to pass in their green Communications Skills Workbooks for marking.

Sunny Day

What a lovely day today. We hope you liked your marbled treasure boxes, Moms!

LA - Poster project - due Monday, May 17
- Reading Rainbow #3 - due Tuesday, June 15
(assignment & time-line were passed out today)

MATH - P.O.W. & "Equal Buckets" (4 sheets) - due Thursday

Shabbat Shalom

Have a great weekend, Moms!

Toon Doo Prep

LA/Computer - finish Science Fiction plot list in preparation for Toon Doos graphic novel work on Monday.

Blue Mood Legend Paintings

No new homework today.
Reading Rainbow #3 will be introduced on Monday coming.

Our Blue Mood Legend paintings are coming along beautifully in the Artroom.
We look forward to showing them to you.

Monday. Monday

We had an excellent day, in spite of the fact that we were all disappointed with the weather and the cancellation of our Lag B'omer picnic. We all got ready to produce our Science Fiction Toon Doo Graphic Novels by filling out a skills checklist. We awarded our Free-To-Read prizes for March & April.

Congratulations to:

Abrish Adamis
Jacqueline Belzberg
Asher Freedman
Rakeea Chesick- Gordis
Joey Hector
Anais Poirier


We played with a variety of fonts to create an accordion thank-you card for Michelle Cheong, who delivered two inspiring "Sustainability" lessons in the last couple of weeks.

Homework
LA - Poster Project - due Monday, May 17
Math - P.O.W. & Math Focus (pp. 63,64,65) - Thursday

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

LA - Spelling 26 - Workbook & Test - Friday
Remember to bring in green Communication Skills Workbook for marking.