Monday, November 17, 2014

Political Party Commercials


We started our week with the Grade 5s joining us for government inquiry time. Today's challenge was for students to complete their slideshow presentations, complete writing the script for their party's tv commercial, practice the commercial, and record the commercial. Most students accomplished this. Some students still do not have iMovie, Movie Maker, or similiar software on their devices. Students will work on editing their commercials and writing their persuasive speeches tomorrow.

Grade 6s wrote their government test today. We did not have time to work on science fair or novel studies today. Students who are behind are strongly encouraged to come to school early each day to work on their projects from 8 am to 8:45 am daily. Students should all have purchased their trifold display board.

In math, we continued learning about decimals. Today's focus was on thousandths. We used Base Ten Blocks to help us understand tenths, hundredths, and thousandths.  Students used a fraction and a decimal to represent a flat, a rod, and a unit if the cube is the whole. We showed our work in many ways, including grids, pictures, fractions, decimals, equivalent decimals, words, and expanded form. We did not finish up our math lesson today. We will continue with it tomorrow.

Homework & Reminders:

  • Thurs. Nov. 20 - Government Presentations @ 12:15 All welcome
  • Look out for an after-school programs letter coming home today
  • Science Fair: Students are encouraged to come early, 8 am to 8:45 am, to work on their science fair projects.
  • Bring devices to create a slideshow, record the video component of your commercial, and edit the video using Movie Maker, iMovie, etc.
  • Lunch forms and payment are due Friday, November 21
  • Mon. Nov. 24 - Term 2 begins
  • Please return pictures if not purchasing. Please send payment and order forms if you are purchasing. Picture retake is on Tuesday, November 25
  • Wed. Nov. 26 - Casual Day & Christmas Tree Decorating in Streetsville, 1 - 3 pm
  • Thurs. Nov. 27 - Science Fair
  • Fri. Nov 28 - Term 1 Report Cards go home
  • Thurs. Dec. 4 - Parent-Teacher Conferences

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