Realistic Fiction

Over the last week, our class has been taking a look at the characteristics of a Realistic Fiction in preparation for writing their own.  They should be able to tell you what these characteristics are!  It makes for a great dinner conversation.  Today, we worked in groups to look for the story elements found in a particular text and presented them to the class.  Take a look at our combined answers!

HOMEWORK

 

Read 15 mins

Math Assessment signed and returned tomorrow

Try Math quiz on Blog

Good copy of Owen and Mzee summary due tomorrow if not already handed in



I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families.  It is so important to take the time out of our busy lives to stop and think about what we are thankful for.

Today in math, we inquired about different ways to represent 100 thousand.  Many ways were explored.

 

We then created a mini book to illustrate the many different ways to represent numbers (e.g., standard form, expanded form, place value chart).

 

Take a look at this quiz and see how you do!

 

Grade 5http://www.mathk8.nelson.com/math5/quizzes/math5quizzes/gr5_ch2_les2.htm

 

Grade 6http://www.mathk8.nelson.com/math6/quizzes/math6quizzes/gr6_ch2_les2.htm

Homework

Math test tomorrow!
Spelling due tomorrow

Patterning Game!

Feel free to try out this cool patterning game!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/number_patterns/play/popup.shtml

Homework

Math test Friday

Math Chapter Review due tomorrow

Spelling due Friday

Tickled Pink and Green to Grow

What is a level 1, 2, 3, 4?  That is what we discussed today!  We looked at exemplars of a "summary" activity we completed last week and discussed ways to improve our answers to move up a level.  In groups, we gave feedback on how to improve an answer using Tickled Pink and Green to Grow".  Tickled Pink represents what was done well and Green to Grow represents what we can do to improve next time.  We will continue to use this strategy throughout the year!

Homework

There seems to be a glitch with the website and it's not allowing me to update the Homework section so I'll post it here until it's figured out!

Math test Friday

Math Chapter Review due tomorrow

Spelling due Friday

Math Equal Expressions due tomorrow

What a beautiful start to the morning!

Today we had a beautiful liturgy in the gym and the kids at McMaster did a fantastic job at using their wonderful singing voices.  For some reason, I get shivers every time I hear our school sing together.
This month, we have been focusing on "Hospitality" and what it means.  Each class decorated a letter to the word WELCOME to put up in our gym or front entrance to help make McMaster a welcoming place to be.

In math, we talked about variables and how they can be represented by a letter or symbol.  They got together in groups to discuss a problem I had posted on the Smart Board.  Here's a glimpse at what they came up with and the different strategies they used.