Friday, November 14, 2014

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario


SJA students were treated to an unexpected house game by Ms. Nelson this morning. House teams worked as a group to take turns drawing a snowman. Well done to Kappa for winning, but Zetas snowman was better!;-)

Grade 5s joined us for government inquiry time. Today's challenge was for students to complete the good copy of their constitution and their slide shows. This was a tough challenge as we had to leave for our trip to the Legislative Assembly. Students were also asked to start thinking about their political party's commercial. For inspiration, we watched some commercial put out by major political parties, such as the Bloc Quebecois, the Conservative Party, the Green Party, and The liberal Party.
 
















Our trip was to Queen's Park was awesome. Students got to see the mace, tour the building, and participate in a mock debate. Ask your child to tell you what they learned.

Once back at school Grade 6s met for novel study discussions. Students had class time to complete the reading of chapter 18,  and also had time to answer the questions for chapter 18.

We did not have time to work on science fair projects 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 are also asked to make time to purchase the trifold display board.

Homework & Reminders:

  • Novel Study chapter 18
  • Science Fair: Students are encouraged to come early, 8 am to 8:45 am, to work on their science fair projects. Make time to buy the trifold display board sometime soon.
  • Study for the Government Unit Test on Monday, November 17.
  • 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
  • Picture retake is on Tuesday, November 25

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