Enjoy your long weekend! Remembrance Day event in Sooke starts tomorrow at 10am at the Evergreen Centre and continues on to the Sooke Legion.

Today's Classes:

Div. 4 Socials - Inquiry project work time in the lab. You're doing a fantastic job typing your big questions together with your little questions.

Math - Today we practiced some basic review (multi-digit multiplication) and played a jeopardy game based on this. We will continue multiplication and division review next week before moving into your fractions unit.

Homework to consider for the weekend:

* Any late work!!! Lord of the Flies Setting Maps, plot charts, society writing assignment, and movie comparisons.

* Lord of the Flies final project - Due Monday!!

* Social Studies Viking Inquiry Project - research and artifact due Friday, November 18th. 

Wednesday, November 9th

This morning we have the privilege of having the Sooke Fire Department here to lead us through six different activities and demonstrations. I think we can all agree that it was awesome! You were all amazing listeners, participants, and asked meaningful questions. Well done!

Math - no class today due to the fire fighter activities. Unit 1 retest is tomorrow at lunch! Make sure to study from your errors. 

English Div. 4 & 5 - Today was your last work block before your LOTF project is due on Mon. November 14th. 

Div. 3 Socials - Viking inquiry work block. Please make sure to hand in your missing work. You will have two more work periods next week to complete the artifact portion of your project. 

Announcements:

* Please return your field trip permission forms and P.A.C. fundraiser coupon books ASAP! 

* Remembrance Day assembly tomorrow right after recess. A reminder that is a solemn assembly - no talking or clapping is permitted. 

Phrase of the day: Lest We Forget 

Tuesday, November 8th

We had so much fun hosting our little buddies at Journey today! You all did an awesome job being scavenger hunt guides.

Tomorrow you will be outside with the firefighters doing the activities discussed, rain or shine! You will have a short quiz in the morning reviewing what Madame Abell went over with you last week (see her blog for what you need to know).

 

Today's notes:

English Div. 4 - We discussed the due date for the final project. We both agreed that since you were losing a few class times due to the firefighter activities and Remembrance Day assembly, the new due date will be Monday, November 14th. This will give you the long weekend to complete the project.



English Div. 5 - You continued work on your project. They are coming along great!! Your last class time to work on this is tomorrow afternoon. New final due date since you're missing a class time tomorrow  for the firefighter activities: Monday, November 14th. 

Social Studies - No classes today due to little buddy fun. Continue working on your project at home if you feel you're falling behind. Check-in conferences will be next Monday and Wednesday (informal chats about where you are at with your project). Final due date next Friday, November 18th. 

Math - You received your unit tests back. There will be a retest option this Thursday at lunch for those who feel they could improve their mark. If you're taking the retest please come in before or after school or lunchtime tomorrow for extra help!!

Question of the day: What does the "P" stand for in the fire extinguisher acronym, PASS?

Monday, November 7th

Today was a busy day of hard working!

Div. 4 - You wrote your math unit tests and will have them handed back tomorrow for you to see your mark and make corrections. In Socials you had a work block for your Viking Inquiry.

Div. 5 English - LOTF project work block. We will review the rubric and criteria in tomorrow's class.

Div. 3 Socials - Continued work on Viking inquiry project.

Socials & English Homework:

* LOTF Project due this Thursday, November 10th for both classes. Quite a few of you are slipping behind so doing some each night for homework would be a wise choice!

* Viking Inquiry Project - due next Friday, November 18th. This is quite a large project with both the research and artifact pieces. Doing a little bit each night at home may help you stay on top of it :)

See you all tomorrow for a terrific Tuesday. Word of the day: scavenger.

This Week at a Glance Nov. 7-10

Hope you all had a fabulous fall weekend and are enjoying your extra hour in the day!

This week's announcements:

Monday - Math unit test * I will be at school tomorrow morning at 8am is you need some extra help before the test!

Tuesday - Little buddies in the afternoon!

Wednesday - Sooke Firefighters activities with rotating stations. P.A.C. lunch (sushi and hot dogs).

Thursday - Remembrance Day assembly in block 2 after recess. LOTF project due for both classes.

Friday - Remembrance Day holiday (no school).

Question of the day: what do the Remembrance Day red poppies symbolize?

Friday, November 4th

  

We made it to the weekend!


Today was a "cruisy" day as they'd say down under in Australia land.

Mrs. Abell reviewed BEDMAS with 3 math challenge questions for you during numeracy blockWe discussed how it was Random Act of Kindness Day and you wrote little notes to give to someone today as a random act of kindness. You had a work block where it was your choice to work on your Socials viking inquiry, English LOTF final project, or get some extra help with math before your UNIT TEST ON MONDAY!


 LOTF Movie finale! The 1963 version was fabulous in my opinion :) If you missed today you can find the film on youtube (see link under English tab). We did a comparison worksheet on spotting the similarities and differences between the novel and the film.

Div. 3 Socials - We continued our viking inquiry investigations. Most of you have finalized your inquiry question and what exactly you'd like to investigate further.

 Possible homework for the weekend:

- Study for Math unit test on Monday (great practice links under Mrs. Bridal's math section on her blog)
- Continue working on your English LOTF project
- Socials vikings inquiry assignment
- Missing work (LOTF setting maps, LOTF plot chart, Norse mythology worksheet, Science/French)


Hope you all have the most wonderful weekend!!

Thursday, Novemnber 3rd

We started off this morning with a ravishing game of dodgeball. After that you were pumped up and ready for a fabulous hardworking day! 

Div. 4 English - You continued your work on your projects. Your ideas are coming along together and some of you have changed your original ideas. It's all part of the learning process and deciding what project works best for you. Tomorrow we will be watching the Lord of the Flies 1960's film in class!

Math - We had our last unit review today. You have unit review text questions as well as a package to work through. Your unit test on area, perimeter, factors, perfect squares, square roots, and Pythagorean will be this Monday, November 7th. I am here tomorrow at 8am, available during lunch, or after school if you need some extra help before the test. 

* Tomorrow's "health" talk is postponed. New date TBA. 

* Please stay on top of your English project work period goals! Work on some for homework if you feel like you're falling behind. 

* We will brainstorm some more ideas tomorrow in class of what to do with our little buddies next Tuesday afternoon. It sounds like some kind of outdoor scavenger hunt may be in favour! 

See you all tomorrow. Question of the day: In what country was the island from the 1963 Lord of the Flies movie filmed?