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January 31st, 2017

1/31/2017

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In Science today students completed the "Will it Light?" experiment that we began yesterday afternoon. After testing out each circuit, we discovered that in order for a light bulb to light, we needed to make sure that both the lead tip and the threaded base of the light bulb were connected to the battery. Don't forget the rule about batteries that we learned last week: the negative terminal has to have a clear path (be connected) to the positive terminal. On to circuit diagrams and then open/closed circuits! 

In Math we reviewed another multiplication and division strategy. Today we discussed doubling and halving. Doubling is a strategy that we learned earlier this year for the following fact families:

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Today we reviewed how you can use doubling to solve an unknown multiplication problem:

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When attempting to solve the answer to the unknown 8x6, students can using doubling to assist them. Solve 4x6 instead. Or, we can use repeated doubling to solve 2x6 to find 4x6 to find 8x6. Getting confused? I always tell students to draw it out if they are struggling with using doubling as a strategy. Draw an array for 2x6 (2x6 =12). Now, double the array. You now have an array for 4x6 (4x6 = 24 which is twelve doubled; 12+12 = 24). Now, double the array again. You now have an array for 8x6 (8x6 = 48 which is 24 doubled; 24+24 = 48). You can use doubling to help you with your 2x, 4x, and 8x tables because 2+2 = 4 and 4+4 = 8. You can also use doubling for 3x, 6x, and 12x tables (3+3 = 6, 6+6 = 12), and for 5x and 10x (5+5 = 10). 

The same is true for division. If we are struggling with division, we can use halving to help us:

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When trying to solve the unknown 48/6, we can solve 48/3 instead (because 3+3 = 6). When we split 48 into 3 equal but separate groups (look at the purple lines), we get 16 in each group; 48/3 = 16. Now, halve this number again to find 48/6; half of 16 is 8; 48/6 = 8. Confused? Use a drawing strategy to help you break 48 into 6 separate but equal groups (look at all the lines). We get 8 in each group; 48/6 = 8. We can also use repeated halving as a strategy: 

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When trying to solve the unknown 48/8, we can first solve 48/4 (because 4+4 = 8). Or we can solve 48/2 to find 48/4 (because 2+2 = 4), to find 48/8. Confused? Draw it out. We can divide 48 into 2 separate but equal groups; we find 24 in each group. Halve this number to find 48/4; half of 24 is 12; 48/4 = 12. Halve this number to find 48/8; half of 12 is 6; 48/8 = 6. You can see this in the picture (orange squares). When we divide 48 into 8 separate but equal groups, we get 6 in each group; 48/8=6. I always tell students that if they are struggling with doubling or halving they should draw it out. This can be a hard strategy for some students and drawing an array makes it easier to visualize what we are doing. We will continue to work with doubling and halving tomorrow. 

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes

Math:
- Practice 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables
- pg. 78 #1-3 (Not Homework - Day 1)

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Thursday)
 
Music:
- Recorders (Thursday)

Science:
- Classroom Science Fair (March 9th)
- School Science Fair (March 15th)
- Presentation Board Orders (due February 6th; $7.50/board) 

Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)
Girls Basketball - Mondays, Wednesdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Boys Basketball - Tuesdays, Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Healthy Snack Sale for Bay d'Espoir - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ($2)
Toonie Toss for Bay d'Espoir - Monday, February 6th ($2)
Winter Walk Day - February 1st (10:00 am)
Toque Tuesday - February 7th
Valentine's Family Dance - February 9th (6:00-9:00 pm)
Ski Day - February 8th 

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January 30th, 2017

1/30/2017

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Today students answered the following question in their Writer's Notebook: What is something you've done only one time so far in your life that you can't wait to do a second time? Students had some really interesting answers. Remember, you can always view or review our Writer's Notebook questions by looking at the updated slideshow on the "Writing" page. Afterwards, students continued to work on their reading fluency using "Cinderella" as their text. Students did NOT read through "Cinderella" twice with the TOC last Thursday as I had previously thought; they had read it through once. So, today students read the text through again, practicing improving their ability to follow the text's punctuation marks and making choices about their reading rate. Tomorrow we add more expression to our reading! Students also practiced identifying the key story elements of this Fairy Tale (problem, solution, character traits, etc.). Students were also asked to draw conclusions about the characters - this is building off of the inferring strategy that we used earlier this year. Some of us really struggled to draw conclusions about the characters from the text. We had practiced making inferences about what would happen in the story, but this was a new form of inferring for us. This is something that we will continue to practice in upcoming classes. Don't forget that tomorrow is the due date of January's Book Talk! 

In Social Studies today we put together the final components of our ongoing Geography projects. I am so excited to have finally reached the end of this unit and to be able to share what students have been working on! This was a new way of teaching this unit for me. Instead of direct instruction using lessons, textbooks, etc. this unit was done almost entirely through student research and student project work. Students will be sharing their work with the class throughout the week and I will be posting their work to the "Geography" page as well so that parents and families can see what they have been working on. Thanks for your hard work everyone! On to History and Identity (which I teach as a combined unit instead of two separate units). 

In Science today we reviewed the parts of a battery and students were reminded that the negative terminal and the positive terminal of a battery need to be connected with a conductor in order for electricity to be produced (in order for the electrons to flow from the negative to the positive terminal). Today we discussed the parts of a light bulb and began an experiment called "Will it Light?" that is meant to help students identify what parts of a light bulb need to be connected in a circuit in order for electricity to pass through the light bulb. We will be completing this experiment tomorrow. 

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Book Orders (due January 31st)

Math:
- Practice 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Tuesday)
- FRIENDS, pg. 71 (Tuesday)
 
Music:
- Recorders (Tuesday)

Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)
Girls Basketball - Mondays, Wednesdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Boys Basketball - Tuesdays, Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Healthy Snack Sale for Bay d'Espoir - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ($2)
Toonie Toss for Bay d'Espoir - Monday, February 6th ($2)
Winter Walk Day - February 1st (10:00 am)
Toque Tuesday - February 7th
Valentine's Family Dance - February 9th (6:00-9:00 pm)

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January 26th, 2017

1/26/2017

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Yesterday I was dressed as a Borrower. There were a few students who didn't know what a Borrower was. The above movies are based on the series of books, "The Borrowers" by Mary Norton. Curious students can also borrow the first book in the series from our classroom library. 

I was away for most of the day today attending a technology meeting at District Office. With the TOC (substitute teacher) the students reviewed the Math concepts covered yesterday. Students are continuing to look at using skip counting up or skip counting down, as well as related facts to help solve multiplication and division problems. Yesterday we also reviewed multiplying by zero, but we added dividing with zero. When zero is the dividend (what you are dividing), the answer will always be zero.

Eg. 0 / 8 = 0

Think about it this way: zero divided amongst eight groups, is still zero! There would be nothing to put in the groups.

When zero is the divisor (what you are dividing by), the question is impossible. You cannot divide by zero. 

Eg. 8 / 0 = impossible

You can not put eight into zero groups... it already exists as one group of eight, or two groups of four, or four groups of two, or eight groups of one. You cannot make eight change into nothing. So, we say that you cannot divide by zero. 

In Language Arts today, the TOC had the students respond to the following question in their Writer's Notebooks: 

If I could write a letter or send an email to anyone in the world, knowing it would be opened and read, to whom would you send it and what would it say? 

Students had time to write and edit their responses using the editing checklists on their desks. Students also continued to practice their reading fluency. Today students practiced using "Cinderella." Students were given the opportunity to read the story twice today, so groups were working on: their accuracy ("I read the words correctly"), the punctuation ("I follow most or all of the punctuation marks as I read the text"), and their rate ("I read not too fast and not too slow"). Students will be able to read the story again next week to add expression to their reading. 

This afternoon we were fortunate enough to have a positive and fun ending to our Literacy Week by Buddy Reading to Mrs. Loose's grade 2 classroom. Thanks for the positive attitudes and for being such wonderful leaders and learners grade 5! Have a good weekend everyone!

Special shout out to Aayan and Grady! Last night we had a lot of families and students visit our Family Literacy Night, including some familiar faces. Grady and Aayan were able to enjoy Family Literacy Night, but they also gave up a great deal of their evening to help me run the Digital Literacy station. I could not have done it without them and I have already heard from other staff members and parents appreciation for how patient, kind, and encouraging they both were in helping the younger students use Tynker and Mathletics. Great leadership in our class this year! 

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Book Orders (due January 31st)

Math:
- Practice 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Tuesday)
- FRIENDS, pg. 71 (Monday)
 
Music:
- Recorders (Tuesday)

French:
- Clothing Quiz (Monday)

Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)
Girls Basketball - Mondays, Wednesdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Boys Basketball - Tuesdays, Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Winter Walk Day - February 1st (10:00 am)
Toque Tuesday - February 7th
Valentine's Family Dance - February 9th (6:00-9:00 pm)

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January 25th, 2017

1/25/2017

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Short post tonight because of Family Literacy Night tonight. Hope to see you all there! Thank you to the students who are coming to help me run our Digital Literacy Station. 

Mr. Rutledge came to visit today and read a story to the class. There was lots of interest in what they will be doing in Grade 6 next year. Want to know more or follow Mr. Rut on social media? Visit his classroom website: ​http://mrrutsclass.weebly.com/

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Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Book Swap - Bring 1-2 Books (Tomorrow)
- Family Literacy Night (Tonight, 5:30 pm)

Math:
- Practice 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables
- pgs. 74-75 #1-4, 9, 10

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Thursday)
- FRIENDS, pg. 71 (Monday)
 
Music:
- Recorders (Thursday)

French:
- Clothing Quiz (Monday)

Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)
Girls Basketball - Mondays, Wednesdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Boys Basketball - Tuesdays, Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)

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January 24th, 2017

1/24/2017

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In Math today, we started our new unit on Multiplication and Division. Today students practiced two strategies that they can use to help them with their multiplication and division facts: skip counting and using related facts. Students can skip count up from a known fact or skip count down from a known fact when trying to solve multiplication questions. Take the example below:

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When trying to find the answer to 6 x 8, you can start at 6 x 6 and count up by 6s until you reach 6 x 8. You can also count down from a known fact. When working with division questions, remember that multiplication and division are inverse operations (they "undo" each other). So, when solving a division question, think of a related multiplication fact instead:

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Did you know that you can use both of these strategies together? If you don't know the answer to the related multiplication fact, use skip counting to help you to find your answer:

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We were visited today by the Fort McMurray Oil Barons as part of our Literacy Week activities. We had Nick and Nick (Nicholas Nietubyc and Nicholas Leeseberg) join us to read "Where's My Hockey Sweater?" by Gilles Tibo. This book is about Nicholas, who is running late for hockey practice. That's a lot of Nick's in one post! It was fun listening to story and then getting to ask them both questions about their experiences on the team. Congratulations Ravnoor and Manish on winning some tickets to Friday night's game! 

We also had an assembly today on the second Leader in Me strategy: Begin With the End in Mind. This strategy is all about goal setting, something we have been working on a lot in our class. It's about having a plan and being prepared. It also asks students to look ahead. The choices we make now can have an impact on our future. All choices have positive and negative consequences. Think about the consequences before acting. Thank you Grade 3 for hosting such a great assembly! 

In Health today we used our FRIENDS for Life books to look at who would be in our support teams. Who are the people around you that make you feel comfortable? Safe? Who could you turn to if you are struggling at school? If you get into a fight with a friend? It is important to think about who these people are in our lives. They help to make us stronger. It was really interesting to hear all the different answers that students had. A lot of us rely on our family and friends. Make sure you show them some love and appreciation for all they do to you. With an act of kindness maybe? We are over 70 on our Acts of Kindness board! 

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Dress Up Like a Book Character (Tomorrow)
- Family Literacy Night (Tomorrow, 5:30 pm)

Math:
- Practice 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Thursday)
- FRIENDS, pg. 71 (Monday)
 
Music:
- Recorders (Thursday)

Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)
Girls Basketball - Mondays, Wednesdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
Boys Basketball - Tuesdays, Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)

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January 23rd, 2017

1/23/2017

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Thanks for the wonderful day everyone! See you tomorrow! 

​Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Family Literacy Night (Wednesday, January 25th, 5:30 pm)

Math:
- Practice 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Tuesday)
 
Music:
- Recorders (Tuesday)

Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)

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January 20th, 2017

1/20/2017

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It’s that time of year again! Christina Gordon School is looking forward to our upcoming school Science Fair. Science Fair logbooks were sent home today. Students are required to use these logbooks while conducting their experiments. The logbooks contain the steps needed for students to follow the scientific method, the rules, and the specific forms that are needed to be filled out depending on the topic of the Science Fair project. Please read through the logbook with your child this evening, and let me know if you have any questions. Students will be given time this week (Tuesday, January 24th) to do some initial brainstorming and researching about their projects. This is a good opportunity for them to develop their essential question. I also recommend that students work on this project well ahead of the due date. A sample schedule of a student work schedule is included below:

January 26th - Research, Essential Question
February 2nd - Essential Question, Hypothesis
February 9th - Variables, Procedure, Materials
February 16th - Data Collection
February 23rd - Data Analysis, Conclusion

Students are NOT required to follow the above work schedule, and may work on the project at their own pace, but students need ensure that they are not leaving this project until the last minute. I will also be allowing students the opportunity to bring their logbooks to school and to ask questions or advice about what they have completed so far and next steps on their projects.  

Our Classroom Science Fair will take place on March 9th and our School Science Fair will be on March 15th. Students are assessed on their Science Fair projects, so please review the rubric located in the Science Fair logbook. Students have the choice to complete their projects on their own or with a partner. If working with a partner, please ensure that the students are able to meet outside of school.   

For further information and tips on the Regional Science Fair please see http://wbrsf.ca/links/. This resource provides students and parents with websites that they can use to help design, plan, organize, and present their projects. You can also visit our "Science Fair" page for a list of resources. Thanks everyone! 

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Family Literacy Night (Wednesday, January 25th, 5:30 pm)

Math:
- Practice 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Tuesday)
 
Music:
- Recorders (Tuesday)

Ski Day - MONDAY (dress for the weather and remember to pack a lunch)  
Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)

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January 19th, 2017

1/19/2017

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Today in Math we mailed our donations to the Centre of Hope, the Fort McMurray SPCA, and the Salvation Army. I want to quickly thank all of the families for their support in helping us to complete this project. It was wonderful getting to watch the students utilize the Math skills we have been learning first-hand, but none of it would have been possible without all of the families who helped organize our events and encouraged their students. Thanks everyone! We also started a new Math project today in our Whole Numbers unit. We are going to be creating a book together with examples of how we can use estimation to help us in the real-world. Students are going to be finding an image and explaining how you could use estimation to find how much, how far, etc. I'm really excited to work on this project tomorrow and then to send our completed books home so that everyone can see them. 

In Social Studies today we continued to work on the next part of our final regions project. Students are pretending to take an imaginary train journey through their region. They are writing postcards describe their trip, the places the visit, the landmarks, bodies of water they visit, etc. I am really excited to get to share these when they are completed as well. Students have been working hard and VERY cooperatively on this project. I was really impressed all day long with the level of work students are putting into them. 

In Language Arts today we explored two more versions of Cinderella. The first was the Grimm version, "Ashputtel." We noted a lot of similarities between this version and Charles Perrault's version that we read yesterday: the step-mother, step-sisters, magic, she loses a slipper, etc. but this version was missing some elements that many of us strongly associate with Cinderella, such as the pumpkin and the glass slipper. Other differences were the trials that Ashputtel undergoes (finding peas amongst the ashes), no fairy godmother - instead there is a magic tree and bird growing on her mother's grave that assist her, a golden slipper, etc. This version also demonstrates more clearly to students that fairy tales were not always considered children's stories; in this version the step-sister cuts off her own toe to try and squeeze into the golden slipper. Students are doing really well at mastering making comparisons as our current reading strategy. We also watched a fractured fairy tale version of Cinderella today. This version has modernized the text in an interesting way... it is entirely Taylor Swift lyrics. Be sure to visit the "Reading" page if you want to watch either of these versions again.

In Science today we reviewed the path of electricity. We also reviewed that electrons create friction as they move, heating up wires, etc. If we don't use the proper materials, the correct, voltage, etc. we can create too much heat and cause electrical fires. Today we demonstrated this by heating up some steel wool. Initially, the wool begins to glow, much like other resistors (eg. the filament in a lightbulb), however, steel wool is not a strong enough material to withstand too much heat. It eventually sparks and begins to burn. Tomorrow we will learn about other resistors and then begin practicing making circuits. We also had two groups present their safety posters to the Grade 2 class today. It was great to see students sharing their learning. The other two groups will be sharing with Grade 3 tomorrow. 

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Family Literacy Night (Wednesday, January 25th, 5:30 pm)

Math:
- Practice 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Friday - classroom)
 
Music:
- Recorders (Friday)

Ski Day - January 23rd 
Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)

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January 18th, 2017

1/18/2017

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Thank you everyone for working so hard on your Math test today! I know writing tests can be stressful. Remember, you can use some of the mindfulness exercises that we have been practicing in class to help calm down your amygdala (your guard dog) when you are nervous or stressed. This will help your prefrontal cortex (the wise old owl) to be able to focus on using your schema and the information from your hippocampus to make the best decision possible for the present moment. 

We started looking at a new fairy tale today - Cinderella. Cinderella is unique among fairy tales in that there are thousands of known variants from countries throughout the world. Folklorists study versions of "the persecuted heroine," commonly referred to as Cinderella in English-language folklore, from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, West and South Africa, Britain, the Middle East, and many more! The oldest documented version of "Cinderella" is actually from China. However, Charles Perrault's version (published in 1697 in Paris) is the most widely known version, and it is the version we read today. Stay tuned for some of the great comparisons that we are going to be able to explore as we keep reading different versions of this archetypal story.

The students and I also discussed why we are using fairy tales and fractured fairy tales in class right now. Typically students explore these stories in Grade 4, however, due to the evacuation many of our students did not cover this topic (including students from my class last year). In Grade 5, we also explore fairy tales, but as part of a larger study on genres and author's purpose. We will be looking at different genres within folk tales this year, including fairy tales, myths, legends, tall tales, etc. You can take a sneak peak at the upcoming genres with the slideshow below. We won't be going through all the genres at once however. We will finish some more fairy tales, then take a break for poetry, and return to myths.    
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We reached 57 acts of kindness today! Keep up the great work Grade 5. I love hearing about all the ways you are finding to be kind and helpful to others.

Stay tuned for more information on the Christina Gordon blog. Students from our class have been hard and work taking photos and beginning to type the very first blog posts that will be featured on this student run blog that highlights all the learning and great activities taking place at Christina Gordon school. 

Agenda

Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Family Literacy Night (Wednesday, January 25th, 5:30 pm)

Math:
- Practice 4x, 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Friday - classroom)
 
Music:
- Recorders (Friday)

Ski Day - January 23rd 
Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)

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January 17th, 2017

1/17/2017

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Whole Numbers Unit Test tomorrow! Please make sure you take time to review tonight, but DON'T stress yourself out. Make sure you eat a good supper, drink lots of water, get lots of sleep (at least 8 hours!) and have a healthy breakfast so you are ready to get straight to work tomorrow morning. 

In Science today, we started exploring electricity further. Students learned the parts of a battery (positive terminal, negative terminal, case) and that electricity is the flow of electrons. In a battery, the electrons flow from the (-) terminal to the (+) terminal when connected by a conductor of electricity. The flow of electrons causes friction as the electrons are moving. This can cause the device, wire, battery, etc. to heat up. This is why insulators around wires are so important. We don't want to cause an electrical fire. Students today used a D-Cell battery (1.5 V) with a copper wire to feel this change in temperature. We use PhET Simulations Circuit Construction Kit throughout this unit to model what we are exploring on the board. Feel free to start using it to model circuit building at home as well. Tomorrow we will further explore electricity, electrical safety, and how to build a circuit.   

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Book Talk (January 31st)
- Family Literacy Night (Wednesday, January 25th, 5:30 pm)

Math:
​- pg. 66-67 #1-13
- Practice 4x, 8x, 9x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables
- Whole Numbers Unit Test (tomorrow)

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (tomorrow)
 
Music:
- Recorders (tomorrow)

Ski Day - January 23rd 
Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)

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