Homework

The only homework this week is the four times table worksheet that went home Monday (along with signing the math tests and quizzes). Try to review/make corrections on your tests. Practice 4 and 3 times tables using Sketch's World on multiplication.com.

Bus Cancellations

The school buses are canceled for today due to the storm that is approaching. Any times tables math quizzes/mad minutes promised for today will be postponed.

Homework Monday

Grade 4 math text- pages 129, 130 and 131

Grade 5 math text- pages 104 (read) and do all questions. Page 105 and page 106 (use hundreds chart given to the students and glued in homework books)

We are beginning our spotlight on memorizing Times Tables. Students should be spending every night on multiplication.com, on Monster Math or with flashcards to help. Weekly activities such as Mad Minutes and Friday Multiplication Quizzes will be beginning this week. This week STUDY THE 3 TIMES TABLE. QUIZ FRIDAY. MAD MINUTE ON WEDNESDAY. Keep trying those times tables!

Homework

HOMEWORK is the math text is...
Grade 4 - pages 126, 127 and 128

Grade 5 - pages 124, 125, 126.

Study Guide for Math: Patterning Unit Test, comes home TODAY. All students were given them. Make sure no one is hiding it. :)
TEST DATE: Next Monday, December 12th

Photos: Individual portraits come home tomorrow, including those that were retakes.

Homework

Grade 4- math text pages 123, 124 and 125... all if possible
Grade 5- page 71 and page 83...all

YIPPEEE!!! The free SkiPass information will be coming home for all students in Grade 4 and 5. Apply with the form sent OR online. It gives your child 3 free ski days at local ski slopes! Everyone loves FREE.

----Monty

Homework

This weeks homework is shorter, due to the upcoming PD day:
Grade 4- pages 114 and 115 all.
Grade 5- pages 65 and 66 all.

Please welcome Amy Howe, our Physical Education specialist who will be working extra hard with the students on daily phys. ed for the next 3 weeks!

REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY

Our class has worked on preparing for the Remembrance Day ceremony. We are in charge of running it, along with the Grade 6 class. If possible, we would love for you to attend. It will be in the gym at 11:00 am.
In addition, your child may be bringing home a reading to practice Thursday evening. Keep watch in the agenda.

REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY

Our class has worked on preparing for the Remembrance Day ceremony. We are in charge of running it, along with the Grade 6 class. If possible, we would love for you to attend. It will be in the gym at 11:00 am.
In addition, your child may be bringing home a reading to practice Thursday evening. Keep watch in the agenda.

Homework this week

Textbook homework is as follows:
Grade 4 pages 109-113
Grade 5 pages 62-63 and page 64 # 1 to 5.

Hopefully on the weekend those students who had family members or relatives from long ago who fought in a war were able to find some information to tell our video cameras! If you didn't, that's OK too. Our class is helping to run the Remembrance Day Ceremony, along with the Grade 6 class. We will be performing poems, songs and intentions for our special liturgy, as well as airing our class video in honour of those who fought for our freedom.

All parents are invited to attend and encouraged to come out! It will be this week; November 11th, beginning just before 11am.

homework

This week's math is:
Grade 4- Pages 104 to 108 all (working on times tables)
Grade 5- pages 56 and 57 all and pg 60 and 61

Homework

Grade 4 pg 116 and 117 (All questions)
                   pg 100 to 103 (All questions)

Grade 5 pg 52 to 55 (All questions)

Math Test came home in the special yellow duotang. Please make any corrections and return it with a Parent's signature. They are due Friday.

Homework This Week

This week's homework, in addition to studying for our Unit Test with the study guide, is as follows:

Grade 4: pg. 59 # 1 -16 and 25-27 AND page 60 Magic Squares Fun.

Grade 5: pg. 37 (all the page) AND pg. 38 AND pgs 40 - 41

As always, feel free to try more if you finish early, or visit multiplication websites located here such as MONSTER MATH.

----------Monty

HOMEWORK

The text homework for the week is:

GRADE 4: PAGE 31# 1 to 20 and page 35 # 1 to 10 AND then #33 and 34

GRADE 5: PAGE 27 # 1 to 17 THEN # 20 to 25 AND # 37 to 39

The math test study guide will be sent tomorrow (Wednesday) since due to Mass today, we did not finish completing it.

Homework This Week

Students should be finished their art backgrounds...they were weekend homework for a handful of students. This week in Math Quest:
Grade 4: pages 22 ad\nd 23 read and try all questions, AND page 26 (Check-Up review) try all.

Grade 5: pages 21 (all), pages 22 and 23 (read and try all). PLUS page 24 (Check-Up review) try all.

A Math Unit Test study Guide will be ready to come home next Monday. We have been filling it out in small chunks in class.

GRADE 5 SCIENCE NOTE

Grade 5's try CELL CRAFT as extra homework. It has moved to the link right down here...
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Homework

Math Homework:

Grade 5 pages 15, 16 and 17 (all)

Grade 4 pages 14 to 16, read and do all questions, page 18 all.

Art homework will come home Wednesday for those not finished. It is due Friday.

Field Trip Friday!

Hello all! I hope everyone is excited about our first field trip to the Richmond Fair. It looks like the weather will be nice. Please dress according to the temperature outside and pack a good lunch and snacks. The buses will depart the school at around 9:30am and we are expected to be at the Fair by 9:45ish. We leave at 1:15 and are due back by approximately 1:30. We will have regular class for the rest of the afternoon. It looks like fun!

Welcome Back

Hello! Welcome to another year of Grade 4/5 at St. Martin de Porres school! Please check this site often... your child can practice times tables, math basics, as well as try language arts activities and fun creative programs on evenings that they have completed any homework. News will also be posted, as well as due dates for projects, field trips and any other news that may affect your child. I am looking forward to a great year!

Miss Sturgeon

End of the year

As the end of the year comes to a close, I would like to say how pleased I was to have taught your children this year. It was a fun and busy year! I wish you all a fabulous summer vacation, wherever it may take you.

If any parents wish to have a worksheet/book assembled for extra practice over the summer, please write a note. I am already making a few for other parents. It is a great way to stay on top of the math, as I always see regression in September, especially with times tables. You can also encouraged visiting the site on this blog for practice games. Thanks!

Miss. Sturgeon

Miss. Sturgeon back for Tuesday

Homework and the Graphing Math test will be delayed until Tuesday this week. Miss. Sturgeon had a medical problem that required time in the hospital and should be back at work shortly. Keep practicing any math games on this site for extra work. The decimal games are handy!


----Monty

Science Project Links

Check out the science project links at the side bar. It will help you out with research!

Monty

LIVE INTERNET CHAT!!

Our class has been lucky enough to register in a live Webchat with Discovery Education. We are chatting with distinguished physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku, as he discusses the nuclear crisis in Japan following March's devastating earthquake.

Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, best-selling author, and co-founder of string field theory. A leading and popular figure in science education, Dr. Kaku also serves as Host of Sci Fi Science on the Science Channel.

We are registered and ready to go! We simply will need to login to http://links.discoveryeducation.com/JapanWebinar

Students will have the chance to submit questions to ask live!
SO EXCITING!!!! The action begins at 1:00pm sharp.


----Monty

Science Projects: Grade 5

The students will be bringing home their science project on Tuesday May 17th. It is a large project and requires the help of the internet, and some parental guidance. If students are having any technical problems, such as printers or are not able to access the internet (and cannot find anything in the Kanata Library) they are to contact Miss. Sturgeon right away and use the school computers at recess times. Web links will be provided here to help, so check for frequent additions.

Please refer to the handout sent home, as it includes all the instructions, the expectations, and even a level 4 sample report as a guide for you child.

Both the short report (1 page single spaced) and the poster (each for a different resource) will be due Monday May 30th.

As a result, there will be less weekly homework for Grade 5s in order to allow time to work on this nightly. It should not be a lot of work if done for about a half hour or so nightly. It should never be left until the last week or last few days. It will count as part of their science mark, and homework learning skills.

EDUCATION WEEK

Education week is upon us. It will be a busy week, so there is less assigned homework; only a few sheets of math graphing review. Our Open House is Friday morning at 8:15am and our school Mass is tomorrow at 10:45am. The Dance club will be away performing their talents on Thursday and will show their moves on Friday morning.

Please keep checking the agenda nightly and signing. I see many unsigned or un-initialled days and worry parents do not know what is happening at school.

We said farewell to our Student Teacher today with a party and a presentation of a beautiful book the students made for her.

Our school was surprised this morning by an incredible rock performance to kick off Education Week. They performed songs about being different and its chic to be a geek.

The ECOTEAM is still busy taking care of recycling and Green Bins. We are doing very well with our collecting. Thanks to all the students who participate!

-----Monty

Miscellaneous News

Our student teacher has been hard at work planning lessons for the students. She is teaching many lessons in math, language, science and computers. In math, we are saying goodbye to fractions and beginning graphing- looking at bar graphs, pie graphs, pictographs, surveys and broken line graphs.

We have a Fraction math test on Monday. Hopefully all students used their study guide AND self test AND self test answer sheet (sent home Friday) to help study throughout the week and on the weekend.

In language, students have been creating brochures and studying advertising through brochures/pamphlets, which also links to media literacy curriculum.

In science, the grade 5's are exploring Conservation of Energy, which fits in nicely with our Ecoschools Program. Our class is still busy collecting all the school's Green Bins throughout the week and are sorting recycling in addition to checking that teacher's have lights out and computers off at lunch.

-----Monty

Put It in the Green Bin by Loudlove

EARTH HOUR IS TONIGHT

Remember to participate in this worldwide event to show your support for our planet. Turn off your lights at 8:30 tonight.

Turn Off the Lights- Nelly Furtado

ST. MARTIN DE PORRES IS GREEN!

Check out the information below. Our school is trying hard to join the environmental movement. But we need your support. Watch the Earth Hour Videos below.

EARTH HOUR INFORMATION

GOING GREEN!!

Our school is going green and OUR class leading the way! Beginning this week, or class will be in EcoTeams to help boost our recycling program, and begin our Green Bin organic recycling program. One of our EcoTeams will be in charge of collecting recycing materials, the other will be conducting review of lights/electricity usage in the school at recesses and lunchtimes. The EcoTeams will be wearing green t-shirt with logos designed by the winner of an in-class competition, as well as carrying a special green clipboard to record data. They will be easily spotted in our school!

We are asking all of you at home to participate in EARTH HOUR on Saturday (March 26th) at 8:30pm. Please power down your house for that one hour! It is fun and exciting to be part of something that is happening in over 100 countries around the world. Our school is registered in the school Earth Hour challenge for Friday. We will power down for the lunch hour. Check out the posted videos here for exciting information!

CANS!!!

As you may know, our class was in charge of collecting the cans for Spirit Week. We did our final totals today and counted a grand total of 532 cans!!!! That was over 2 days and was not even an 'official' Canned Food Drive. We are all extremely impressed by the enthusiasm, kindness and generosity the students and families have shown. That was a perfect end to Ottawa Kindness Week.

-------Mr. Pickles (the baby seal in charge of Spirit Week)

Skating tomorrow

It is once again our turn to skate! We are skating in the afternoon tomorrow at the arena. Bring your helmets!

Buses Cancelled

Please note, due to freezing rain, the buses are canceled.

SPIRIT WEEK and other news

Don't forget our next phys.ed skating day is next Tuesday, March 1st. It is another afternoon skate time. Please come volunteer if you ca. We need help tying skates! The rink also wants volunteer skater adults to wear a helmet if they can!

Test and Quiz duotangs are coming home tomorrow with the Divider's License quiz inside to be signed. It will have a colour photocopy of your child's license level...you can stick it on the fridge (they are pretty neat!). Their 'real' license is laminated in plastic and kept at school.

Keep studying those times tables at home. All grade 4's should have them memorized very shortly. Grade 5's are expected to already know them!

SPIRIT WEEK/KINDNESS OTTAWA WEEK- PJ day tomorrow and bring a canned food item as 'payment'.

Thursday: Rock/Pop Star day- Wear crazy hair or dress like a rock star. Bring canned food.

Special Musical Treat- DRUMHAND (part of the Juno-nominated band Mr. Something Something) performing for the school in the afternoon.

Friday- Outdoor Play Day-dress for the weather. Movie treat in the afternoon.

--------Monty

Update

It's been a little while since our last update. Valentines Day was a success and lots of fun, thanks to all parents who sent in fabulous treats, home baking and cards for the students to hand out. Sadly, we forgot to take photos of the class enjoying their afternoon.

In math, we are finishing learning long division. Students will be taking their Ontario Divider's Licence tests this week to determine whether they have a learner's permit, G1 or G2. Their licence is personalized and looks like a real licence! It will gain them access to special treats.

In addition, in math we are moving on towards fractions and decimals.This also requires memorizing of times tables. Your child should be reviewing them nightly, with either flashcards or the internet sites listed on this blog page. As we move towards reducing fractions or making fractions with common denominators, students who know their times tables tend to find this simple and fast. Those who don't sometimes begin to struggle. We want everyone on board and succeeding! Please let me know via the agenda, if you wish to have extra multiplication drill sheets sent home for weekends. I have already issued a few extra help duotangs to students! They are a big help.



-------Monty

Update for students on vacation

Happy Birthday CT! Hope you celebrated in Vietnam with something special! Your name was on our birthday announcements!

In math: We are finished with multiplication and as the class understood all aspects well and faster than expected, we have moved on to Probability to take a break from all the number sense. In you text, you can now check out pages 357 to 378. We will be completing this short unit next week.
Probability is very fun!

Language: we are continuing to focus on non-fiction report writing and are studying characteristics of non fiction books (index, glossary, diagrams, maps, cutaways, charts). we are beginning to examine proper note taking as we begin to write full reports. Student are researching Titanic to compose a report to focus on their area of interest.

Media Literacy: In class, we are creating White Star Line advertisements to encourage the purchase of tickets for the Titanic (pre-sinking of course!). Students are also creating their own product next week and filming a TV commercial.

Music: We are performing a variety of beats and rhythms as well as learning african ghanian drumming.

Skating again on Thursday

Please do not forget that we have skating again this Thursday, Jan, 13th at 10am. Bring your helmet and skates. Friday is a PD Day for all schools.

----Monty

Bulletin for CT and PP in Vietnam on vacation:

Hello CT and PP! Hope you are having fun across the world! This week in math we covered multiplying 2 and 3 digit numbers by one digit.
ex: 23 x 4 = or 452 x 6 =

We then went on to learn 2 digit by 2 digit multiplying, as everyone understood the process so well!!
ex: 23 x 42 = and 56 x 22 =

We did most of our work from the Smartboard and through practice sheets, but in the textbook you brought with you on vacation you can review especially pages 149, 157, 159 and 165.

We also worked on word problems involving multiplying. Page 239 and 247 in our text has examples you can try.

In language we did a dive simulation to the wreck of the Titanic and we are reading an article in our textbooks about how Robert Ballard found the shipwreck in 1985. You can check the History links here on this webpage for Titanic info and information on Dr. Robert Ballard. We also wrote reports on Friday about the Titanic.

Make sure to take lots of photos on your vacation so you can show the class when you return. If you keep a diary as suggested, it will help you do a presentation. You could even create a powerpoint show!

Talk soon! Check next week for more updates!