Planning the Steps

Day 8

We began our day with math class. Students continued to work through the review package. Unfortunately, due to my forgetfulness, everyone’s reviews packages were forgotten on my desk. Students will be unable to work on them for homework as I requested they do in class today. To solve this problem, I am switching the due date for the book summary and the date of the math unit test. This will allow an additional day of review in class to ensure everyone is well prepared for the test. Sorry about this everyone. The unit test will be written on Tuesday, March 7^th.

After math, students continued working on their final project for the explorers unit. Their challenge was to plan their RSA Animate today. They had to decide on the 10 facts they want to teach the class about the interaction between first peoples and early explorers. They also had to draw doodles to represent each fact. Students will be doing a rehearsal of the RSA Animate tomorrow. They may even get the chance to do their video recording. They will need their cameras to do this. Devices are needed for tomorrow’s class.

We had novel study time at the end of the day. Students had the treat of doing novel study with Ms. Chang. They discussed the questions for chapters 21 and 22 of Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt as a class. Students are asked to read chapters 23, 24, and 25 (the Epilogue) and complete response pages 59 to 68 for tomorrow. Their final project for the novel study is to write a summary of the book. This is now due on Monday, March 8^th. Students may begin working on this now if they wish. The summary prompts can be found on pages 69 – 72.

Students attended French, gym, and music class today.

Remember to return the ski trip permission forms.

 Homework & Reminders

• Math review questions 4 – 6. Math unit test on Tuesday, March 7
• Explorers
• Timelines are past due
• Bring cameras to school tomorrow to shoot your RSA Animate video
• Novel Study
• due tomorrow
• Read chapter 23 - end
• Complete response pages 59 – 68
• Summary report due on Monday, March 7, p. 69 - 72
• March 6 – 10: Spirit Week
• Monday, March 6 – Patterns in Number and Geometry Unit test, Pyjama Day
• Tuesday, March 7 – Tuck Everlasting Book Report is due, Colourful Outfit and Crazy Hair Day
• Wednesday, March 8 – Ski Trip, Princess and Super Hero Day
• Thursday, March 9 - Ski Trip, House colours day
• Friday, March 10 – St. Patrick’s Day – wear green
• March 13 - 24 March Break