Merry Christmas!

Since I am not sure if it will be an ice/snow day or not, I will say Merry Christmas now to all the families and my students! I love teaching you all and watching you learn new math and improve your writing skills. Rest up over the vacation and I will see you all in January!

Best Wishes for a wonderful, joyful Christmas!

Advent Padlet

Our class is doing some research on Advent in the form of a Padlet. Try it out here:

Shopping for a good cause...

Our annual White Elephant Sale is back and its tomorrow! Bring a few dollars for our fundraiser and do some Christmas shopping! Students will be going by class down to the gym to take a peek at items and buy a few things for friends and family. This is also a bonus as it helps our EcoSchools Initiatives: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! 

Code Breaker: Equation solving game

Want some equation problems to solve?

https://mathup.ca/Games/Grade5/CodeBreaker/

I forgot my study guide!! :(

If you forgot your math test study guide (I see a few in desks!!) for the weekend, there will be a copy posted Saturday right here.

Miss. Sturgeon

Main parts of the guide:

Photos!

Our photos were delivered today! The class photo and personal portraits will be coming home tomorrow. They look wonderful!

Math Test

There will be a Unit Math Test Study Guide coming home Friday. Watch the agenda for it. We will work on filling in the guide on Friday and then it will come home. Students can review on the weekend and bring it Monday for final practice. They can also study Monday night with it.

The topics covered will be from the Patterning and Algebra Math Strand: solving pre-algebra style equations, representing equality, problems solving with variables, in and out pattern boxes and solving patterns with a table of values. The test will be Tuesday.

Advent Begins

Advent has begun! Our class will be participating in weekly Advent Liturgies. If your child has been selected (via random draw from the many volunteers) for a reading, watch for the piece of paper to practice to come home Tuesday evening in the agenda.

Wednesday Math Games

If you finish the math algebra work, try Math Games from this site:

MATH PLAYGROUND

Miss.Sturgeon Back tomorrow afternoon

Miss.Sturgeon will hope her voice is back for tomorrow afternoon. She will be back at lunch. A short homework will be posted tonight.

Photo Retakes tomorrow!


Don't forget---Christmas Basket donations are for the theme Puzzles and Games.

It is a PD Day on Friday.

Lest We Forget...

LIVE LINK FROM DOWNTOWN OTTAWA TO WATCH THE CEREMONY ONLINE:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/remembranceday

Christmas Theme Basket

Our class Christmas Theme basket (fundraiser) is GAMES AND PUZZLES! Feel free to send in items if you want to that you feel fall into that category.

Spaghetti Dinner November 22nd

Spaghetti Dinner November 22nd!

Our Catholic School Council is pleased to announce its first-ever Family Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser!  Lets enjoy a fun night.  Please pay for your entries on SchoolCashOnline

Please note that each family member meal must be entered individually. Dinner will be held in the gym on Thursday, November 22, 2018

This will be a fun, social evening! Come out for it!

No Homework

Miss.Sturgeon's lingering flu cough has turned into pneumonia. She will be trying to get better for Wednesday. A small homework will be posted on the site Wednesday.

Not happy with your photo?

Our photo re-take day is Wednesday NOVEMBER 14th. Please let us know if you want another photo taken.

Thanks!

Spook-Tacular Week!

Ooooooooh, it's going to be a scary week! Math tests coming home to be signed, progress reports coming home...EEEEKK...oh, and of course...Halloween!
Students will be engaging in creative, Halloween themed activities on Wednesday. Some activities are math, some are literacy based and some are art.
Don't forget to wear Black and Orange on Wednesday to show your SPIRIT!

Bake Sale Tomorrow

Our class will visit the Grade 6 Fundraiser Bake Sale tomorrow morning. If you wish to purchase items and support their initiatives, please send in a dollar or two.

Thanks!

Miss.Sturgeon

Away Sick

Miss Sturgeon is away sick with the flu. She hopes to be back Wednesday afternoon. Some information as flu season approaches:

Coding Fun

Several parents have shown interest in coding with their children. Here is a site I love:

https://hourofcode.com/us/learn

Click on a theme you enjoy (Star Wars, Minecraft).

Choose BLOCKS instead of JavaScript for your choice if you have not done a lot of coding before.

My favourite is this Star Wars one:

https://code.org/starwars

Math Test Thursday

Our math test is on THURSDAY. Please refer to the study guide that should have come home last week. I noticed many students carrying it back and forth and working on answers or asking me questions over the last few days. This is wonderful.

Just make sure (parents) you have seen it so you know what your child will be tested on!

Our next math unit is Algebra. Here is a direct copy from the curriculum on the 3 main expectations we will be delving into:

In reading we will be placing focus on the goals below, especially inferring (1.5). Here are the curriculum expectations:

BOOK FAIR TOMORROW

Don't forget, tomorrow is our Book Fair purchase day! As a class, we will go to the library at 9:50am to buy books that we would love to read. If you wish your child to purchase a book, send in cash in a baggie or envelope for tomorrow. Student away at cross country can buy a book with me on Thursday, if they want to.

Free Pizza Thank You!

Our class donated the most (for the Grade 4-6 category) for our Terry Fox Run Cancer Research fundraiser. Well over 220 dollars!

As a result, we will be receiving a free PIZZA LUNCH!!

Good Job Grade 5!!!

The pizza lunch date will be posted as soon as we are informed about it from the office.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL WHO DONATED and those eager students who gathered pledges or worked on cleaning their room, or washing dishes after dinner to earn some money.

Prodigy Math Homework

If you have time, or on weekends, please try to do some of our weekly questions in Prodigy. So far, half of our class has done so. Try your login at home. If you lost the page or it doesn't work, send a note in the agenda and I will re-issue the code page.

There are 30 questions entered into Prodigy game. They correspond with types of math we are discussing and working on in class. Currently, it is place value practice and decomposing numbers.

The practice is excellent for students to sharpen skills and the teacher feedback is wonderful, suggesting areas of need for you child and showing gaps in their learning that we can improve on.

Math Test Study Guide

We will be filling in our math test study guide this week, reviewing some of the big ideas we covered in math. It should be in your child's bag on Friday. The test will be next Thursday.

If you have not received your child's Class Dojo login information or Prodigy login information (both pages were sent last week), please write a note in the agenda.

Picture/Photo Day this Friday

Our school photo day is this Friday, October 12th. So get that hair combed and favourite outfit on. Plus, don't forget to smile. Let's not have photos that look like these classics:

Fall News

 Our class is finishing our place value unit in math, so watch for a short test study guide to come home towards the end of the week.

    Prodigy account logins will be sent this week, as well as Class Dojo login information.   **Watch for these pages in the agenda.

Our next math unit will be Patterning and Algebra, in conjunction with ongoing practice of mental math; addition and subtraction of numbers up to 100,000.

Our focus in language will be narrative writing, variety of sentence structure (to avoid the use of  repetition such as and then, and then, and then....) as well as adjective use to describe.

    Science will continue to focus on different human body systems. We are almost finished the Digestive System, and move on towards the parts of the cell and circulatory system.

    Our class welcome Miss. Martin, our student teacher who will observe our class every Wednesday. 

*****Our Terry Fox run was a success! Our class raised $220.00 (and that is not yet counting the online payments) for cancer research!*****

It's Homework Time Again!

The homework will begin tonight. It is posted in the tab above labeled HOMEWORK DUE FRIDAYS.
Use a notebook that you like from a store (Dollarama) OR ask or one from the classroom, OR if you have a printer you can print the sheet.
Using a notebook? Write the TITLE of the page and number your answers properly.
We will correct and discuss the homework on Friday in class.

Miss. Sturgeon

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to Miss.Sturgeon's Grade 5 class blog. This is where homework, news, important events, and units of study will be posted. If you wish to communicate, please place a note in your child's agenda. A welcome newsletter with several sheets attached about your child was sent home today. Please review, fill in where needed, and return to the school. Thanks!

Miss. Katrina Sturgeon

Had time to spare at lunch...

We had a wonderful day at the Solstice Festival. Photos to come!
In the meantime, two girls came upon some fairy folk near a crop of rocks and trees during lunch: WOW! (Warning---when Miss.Sturgeon isn't doing marking, she is teaching herself Adobe Photoshop)

This week's Carnival!

Test Wednesday

Our class is writing their Ontario Divider's Licence Test on Wednesday. Practice some 3 digit by 1 digit division! Extra practice help is every last recess, so no excuses for not understanding!
Mrs.Wilson presents them every years in a small in-class 'ceremony'.

Final Countdown!

Our final weeks are arriving. These last few weeks of math will be a focus on division and some fractions, in addition to other strands and problem solving (as always) woven in. Students will be trying to earn their Ontario Dividers License this month!

Language will be practicing persuasive writing and reading out loud with good expression and intonation (through poetry) for oral communication.

Science will focus on Conservation of Energy.

Education Week Schedule

Our busy schedule this week! In addition, our student teacher will be teaching most lessons this week.

Monday, May 7th     

 9:30 - 10:00am               Grades 4 - 6 Catholic Education Week Liturgy

1:30 - 2:00pm                 Community Health Nurse - Learning Commons

Tuesday, May 8th  

School-wide Yoga- Gym closed all day -Our Class is 10:50 - 11:20am

7:30 pm Education Week Eucharistic Celebration at Notre Dame Cathedral

  

                              

Wednesday, May 9th

Wear St. Martin de Porres school clothing/school colours (red, black & white) - Spirit Day

** Students need to have a parent with them to come early for the Open House**

8:15 am - 9:00 am Rise and Shine Breakfast and Open House - Grandparents and special guests are encouraged to come!
Staff and parents need to bring 6 nut-free muffins.

Student lead initiatives - booths set up in the Learning Commons:

-Used Book Sale - between 50 cents - $5.00 (proceeds to CHEO)

-Handmade Bookmarks for sale - 50 cents each (proceeds to Water Aid Canada)

-Raffle tickets sold for 50 cents each to be Principal for a Day (proceeds to Social Justice Club)  

9:15 am Students go to classrooms for attendance

Parents/visitors invited to the gym to see Dance Showcase

1:10 - 1:40pm                    Police officer Presentation

Thursday, May 10th   

9:30 - 1:30 pm     Dance Showcase
9:30am-10:20am              Photography Buddy Teaching Mrs. Corrigan's Class

10:45 - 11:30                  Clean up the Capital

2:30 - 3:00 pm                  Staff and Students go to the gym to watch Dance Showcase

Friday, May 11th

8:00 - 9:00 am                Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast      

1:15 pm               School wide Bingo

                      
Throughout the Week:
Photography sessions - Junior students teaching Kindergarten and Primary students photography skills
with a theme of empathy and kindness.

PULSE Retreat Day- Whole School-- Wednesday---Don't Miss It!

Our school is having a wonderful PULSE retreat on Wednesday. There will be a whole school gathering, workshops and a musical concert wrap up. Check it out:

This week

There will be a lockdown drill Monday afternoon, so hopefully no one needs to get picked up for dental appointments etc.

Tuesday we are celebrating our own School Earth Hour, with lights and devices powered down.

Our Field Trip to Ottawa University for coding is on Thursday.
Remember a good lunch and water.

This Friday is a PD Day.

Tuesday Chicken Cam

Here is the link for the new Chicken cam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTS2BKfErcM

Snow Day

Today is a snow day. It is now 10:00am and we only have 2 students in our class. Be careful if you are walking, the sidewalks are VERY slippery.

Watch for Weather News and Bus Information

The weather is quite bad outside and the walkways are very slippery. Be careful if you are planning to walk to school.

To check the bus and be sure it is not a snow day click below (or check the school website):

Don't worry about the chicks, they are safe at Mrs.McCleary's house!


http://www.ottawaschoolbus.ca/

Baby Chick Cam Returns

Baby Chick Cam (to watch the adorable lives of Peeper, Wobbles, Will Smith and Tiny Tot) will continue Monday morning! There will be a new link posted here.

STAY TUNED for more fuzzy fun!

Chicken Cam new

Chicken Cam is running again.

https://youtu.be/i72AHmZT6Yo

Chicken Cam

We are trying to get our chicken cam Live Stream on YouTube going. It works here at the school, but getting it at home may be trickier. So far, it is streaming live from this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3BrzNW66E

Math Test

There will be a large unit math test for 2D geometry and co-ordinate ordered pairs next week on Wednesday, April 11th. The study guide will be coming home this week. Watch for it in the agenda. Topics will be naming and categorizing triangles, angles, proficient protractor use, translations and coordinate mapping (ordered pairs) as well as creating triangles following a list of directions.

Stations of the Cross

Our class will be walking the Stations of the Cross tomorrow morning during first block. We have made crosses to each carry as we pray and reflect on this important Holy Easter event.