Dear families, A big thank you to the volunteers who are supporting our neighborhood trip to the library and our field trip to Young People's Theatre. The School Cash Online form for the trip should be active. If not, it will for sure be accessible on Monday. Many thanks for making the payment before May 8th. schoolcashonline.com (Note: a few parents didn't pay for the Scientists in the Schools visit. Please send in $6 cash on Monday so I can make a deposit to the office. Thanks.) Homework It was almost comical how the fire alarm went off just as students were about to begin their spelling quiz for this week and so it has been postponed to Monday. Please see last week's post if you need to access the words. Math test on Friday - fractions Yesterday in class students began writing a practice test that we will continue on Monday. I thought about sending it home as homework but I think it's best for the students do you have a chance to review the questions in class with me and their peers to offer support. after hour review session on Monday if students feel like they would like to practice more at home they can bring their practice tests home for extra review. Here are some big ideas That we have been working on in class:
From Mme Gooden: Share your ideas on enhancing French programs starting May 1: There are 5 public consultation meetings scheduled across the city during May. Come share your experiences with our core, extended and immersion French programs and your ideas for enhancing them. Parents/guardians and community members are welcome to attend: Tuesday, May 1 – 7-9pm Cafeteria Danforth CTI 800 Greenwood Avenue Thursday, May 3 – 7-9 pm Cafeteria Etobicoke CI 86 Montgomery Road Tuesday, May 15 – 7-9 pm Cafeteria Birchmount Park CI 3663 Danforth Avenue Thursday, May 17 – 7-9 pm Cafeteria Northview Heights SS 550 Finch Avenue W Wednesday, May 30 - 7-9 pm Cafeteria John Polanyi CI 640 Lawrence Avenue W Bon weekend! M. Quigg
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Dear families,
It sure is nice to have this sunny gift on Earth Day weekend. The grade 4s did an excellent job of presenting their cardboard arcade creations to the school at our Earth Day assembly. They hosted a lunch-hour arcade on the stage in the gym shortly afterwards and the games are so popular that we’ll have to host more to include more grades! Homework It’s been wonderful to see students incorporating our “better ways to say” words into their writing. The new list of words is posted here for reference: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vxp1Uc1JLwtl4KkdzGXvtrnoiLDQ5zIKNkV2y5P44z0/edit?usp=sharing I look forward to reading student responses to the Earth Day homework. Math - Fractions This week we looked closely at improper fractions (fractions impropres) and mixed numbers (nombres fractionaires). This is a helpful video to help with the concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2oP6FZ6HA -We will be having a math test on fractions in early May. May Field Trip to Young People's Theatre We are off to Young People's Theater on May 8th for their production of Salmon Girl. The play ties in nicely with our unit on Indigenous Peoples of Canada. In order to make this trip possible we will need at least two parent volunteers.
I won't be sending home field trip forms because the forms in the fall for Beauty and the Beast covered this trip as well. Payment I will set up leave school cash online form on Monday. Admission is $13.20 per student. Volunteers are also charged the same admission. Please let me know if your child has a planned absence on May 8th so I can update the invoice. About the play: As far as Margie is concerned, she is the best fisher in her family. Then one day she slips on the rocks and tumbles into the water. But instead of drowning, she sprouts fins and a tail and discovers she can breathe! Margie’s perspective changes as she learns from animals and elders, of her Indigenous forebears, the Salmon People. This beautiful dance-drama encourages you to consider your own relationship to the world around you. About the themes we will be exploring in class surrounding the play. Students will explore the values and teachings of the Coast Salish People that are woven throughout the play. They will be encouraged to examine the environmental and cultural concerns of Indigenous peoples, and explore these on a local, national and global scale. In the pre-show unit, students will create personal connections to ideas that are fundamental to Indigenous ways of knowing, with a particular focus on the importance of salmon and their positive contribution to the act of environmental stewardship. In the post-show unit, students will establish connections between problems the characters experience throughout the play and the physical realities they encounter in today’s society. They will collectively brainstorm ways to give back to and protect the environment in their own communities. Through these explorations, the goal is for students to be inspired and empowered to learn that even the smallest act can make a difference. Bon weekend! M. Quigg Dear families,
I hope you’re able to have a road free weekend. Students copied their list of “Better ways to say” words for this coming week on Friday. Here is the link to the word in case your child was absent. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vxp1Uc1JLwtl4KkdzGXvtrnoiLDQ5zIKNkV2y5P44z0/edit Math We are nicely into our unit on fractions. Here are some helpful videos: Equivalent fractions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcHHhd6HizI Adding fractions (Grade 5s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDQipFjAoT8 Bon weekend! M. Quigg Dear families,
We are starting a spelling quiz homework routine that will focus on synonyms to make writing more exciting. The first round will last four weeks. The quizzes will be on each Thursday. Students copied the list of words on Friday. For the students who were away, here is a link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vxp1Uc1JLwtl4KkdzGXvtrnoiLDQ5zIKNkV2y5P44z0/edit?usp=sharing There is also HW on equivalent fractions. Students who were away on Friday can pick up the sheet on Monday. A note from Mme Dungo: Thursday, April 5, 2018 Dear Parent/Guardian, For the remainder of term, we will be learning how to play the recorder for the 3/4 , 4/5 , 4/5 , 6 classes this year as part of the music curriculum. Through this instrument, the students will acquire musicianship, notation, composition and listening skills. For uniformity, the recorders have been purchased through the school’s distributor and are $6 each. We would like to have the monies in as quickly as possible and will ask to please hand it in by Monday, April 16, 2018. Please see attached hand-out regarding how to pay on-line. Thank you for supporting music education at Lord Lansdowne PS. Musically yours, Mme Dungo Bon weekend! M. Quigg |
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