Canada's Connections

We continued exploring Canada’s connections to the world in our new inquiry unit. Students received the second page of their Global Connections Treasure Hunt. Please complete these for tomorrow’s class. Next we read a story about The Global Kid. The reader was interrupted by classmates who explained how products in the story came from countries around the globe. We did this activity twice, listing the countries and products on the second round. We checked the locations of these countries on our class map and added pins if they were not already pinned. Students need to be able to identify and locate all pinned countries for their unit test. Students worked on a mapping activity where they created a legend for the continents and coloured the continents as per the legend. They also added the cardinal directions, oceans, major lines of latitude and longitude and coloured seas, oceans, bays, and lakes in blue. Finally, we watched a video about different map projections by Peters and Mercato. Students are growing in their understanding of the advantages of the different maps and the inaccuracies produced when representing the continents of a 3-D object spherical object (the Earth) on a 2-D object (a map). Students are to complete the rest of the Mapping our World: Lesson 2 for homework.

Next we had art and worked on our Viking longboat projects. Today students worked on their longboats, sails, and seas. They used a tearing technique to divide up their seas into waves.

Students had gym, French and math class at the end of the day. In math, students practiced questions on sketching a triangle:

 - when  3 sides are given using a ruler and compass

 - when 1 side and 2 angles are given using a ruler and protractor.

Students are reminded to line up the protractor correctly. For homework, complete questions 3 & 4 from the worksheet. Students received their math unit tests. These need to be signed by parents and returned to school by tomorrow.

Re-registration packages are past due. Please send these in as soon as possible. We look forward to seeing you back for next year!

The next Caribou contest will take place this Wednesday February 13th, 2019. Please arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. You will have one hour to complete the test. Bring your own device. Ensure your device is full charged.  The interactive question will be Sudoku which you students can practice now on the Caribou games page. There is no history question in the coming contest.

 Homework & Reminders

·         Re-Registration Packages are past due

·         UOI

o   Complete the second page of the Global Connections Treasure Hunt for tomorrow

o   Complete the Canada’s Connections to the World map work page as follows

§  Colour the continents as per the legend you received in class

§  Add the cardinal points in the south east corner of your map

§  Label all the oceans

§  Label the lines of latitude and longitude (Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Prime Merdian)

§  Colour the oceans, seas, bays, lakes in blue

o   Complete OXFAM Mapping the World Lesson 2

·         Math

o   Complete Q. 3 & 4 from the worksheet

o   Review the test with your parents, have them sign it, & return it to school tomorrow

·         Jump Rope 4 Heart Fundraising is ongoing

·         Wednesday, February 13^th

o   Caribou contest – arrive 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start

o   Oral competition at the Maples Academy

·         Thursday, February 14^th

o   Spirit Day – Wear pink, red, and white

o   Jump Rope for Heart event

o   Cookie Love – Parent Guild cookie decorating

·         Friday, February 15^th – PD Day for teachers, no school for students

·         Monday, February 18^th – Family Day, No school

·         Wednesday, February 20^th 

o   Grade 5 & 6 Ski Trip to Glen Eden, 6:45 am – 3:30 pm

·         Friday, February 22^nd

o   Graduation and Sibling Pictures

·         Monday, February 25^th – Grade 10 Personal Projects

·         Tuesday, February 26^th

o   Bake Sale

·         Wednesday, February 27^th  Bake Sale & Casual Day

·         Thursday, February 28^th – Anti-Bullying Day

·         March 4^th – March 8^th – Spirit Week

·         Tuesday, March 5^th – Pancake Tuesday

·         Thursday, March 7^th - Grade 5 & 6 Ski Trip to Glen Eden, 6:45 am – 3:30 pm

·         March 11^th – March 22^nd – March Break

·         March 25^th – Back to school, Term 3 begins