Wednesday, 1 February 2017

FEBRUARY

February



Monday Feb. 6 - MATH TEST- Chapter 3 & 6
Tuesday Feb. 7
Wednesday Feb. 8
Thursday Feb. 9
Friday Feb. 10- spell test 19

Monday Feb. 13
Tuesday Feb. 14 -VALENTINES: class celebration
Wednesday Feb. 15
Thursday Feb. 16  NO SCHOOL -Teachers Convention
Friday Feb. 17  NO SCHOOL - Teachers Convention


Monday Feb. 20  - NO SCHOOL - Family day HOLIDAY
Tuesday Feb. 21
Wednesday Feb. 22
Thursday Feb. 23 - SCIENCE SOUND PROJECT and presentations DUE
Friday Feb.  24 - spell test 20


Monday Feb. 27 -
Tuesday Feb. 28
Wednesday  March 1- ASH WEDNESDAY -Mass 1pm
Thursday March 2-  spell test 21
Friday March 3-MATH TEST CHAPTER 4- DATA MANAGEMENT

Monday March 6-    SCIENCE - HEARING and SOUND TEST
Tuesday March 7-
Wed. March 8-


In our Learning ....FEBRUARY 21-24

MATH
Data Management -chapter 4
tallies and data
bar graphs
communicating data using bar graphs
line plots

LANGUAGE 
dialogue and quotation marks
-spell test 20

SCIENCE 
vibrations and sound waves
Pitch and Volume
safe hearing
*** students should be working on their SOUND PROJECT at home- it is due this week!!

SOCIAL STUDIES
comparing community work and life : jobs, education, health care, transportation
Venn diagram : graphic organizer

RELIGION
the ten commandments


In our Learning ....FEBRUARY 6-10

Math
Test chapter 3 & 6
intro to data management chapter 4
tallies and data
bar graphs

Language
punctuation practice and review
introduction to dialogue and quotation marks
spelling lesson 18

Science
vibrations and sound waves
introduction to SOUND PROJECT

Social Studies
comparing of community work and life - jobs, education, health care, transportation

Religion
the ten commandments



Sunday, 29 January 2017

JANUARY -This week

THIS WEEK


Monday January 30
-Spelling lesson this week : 17

Tuesday Jan. 31

Wed. FEBRUARY 1

Thursday Feb. 2
-1/2 day

Friday Feb. 3
-spell test 17

Monday FEBRUARY 6
MATH TEST - CHAPTER 3&6 - ADDITION and SUBTRACTION

Math
- Problem solving strategies for Addition and Subtraction
- Chapter Review

Language
-Paragraph writing

Science
-musical instruments and how they work
-the science of SOUND

Social
-samples of urban and rural work in Peru, India, Ukraine and Tunisia

Religion
-Free Will
-Making Choices
--The story of Jonah
-God forgives us

Handwriting-
Introduction of basic hand movements


Monday -Wed.  January 23, 24, 25
International days at school
Elementary: For International week at St. Michael next week the Elementary wing will be having a “culture walk” and sharing pictures, maps, flags or pictures of artifacts from your family’s culture. Please bring in something to display in the hallway (pictures work best) to share with the rest of the elementary classes. It will be on display all week and need items brought in on Monday.
Thank you for helping us celebrate!

Tuesday-
wear a sport jersey

Thursday Jan. 26
1/2 day
Spell test 16
MOVIE NIGHT AT SCHOOL  6 pm

Friday Jan. 27 
NO SCHOOL. PD DAY

Math
-Rounding numbers
-Estimation and Rounding strategies to add / subtract

Language
-Paragraph writing

Science
HEARING and Sound:
-our voice :parts and how it works
-our ears: parts and how they carry sounds

Social
-Urban and Rural communities

Religion
-the Holy Spirit : Who/What is the Holy Spirit?
-Fruits and gifts from the Holy Spirit,
-Signs and symbols of the Holy Spirit

Winter Paragraphs

















RECENT PHOTOS

classmates with African heritage



Classmates with North American Heritage

Classmates with European heritage
Classmates with Asian heritage
Fiyin in her African cultural dress
Zinnia in her African cultural dress
Arlise in her European Cultural dress
Elsa in her Asian Cultural dress
Elsa with her Indian flag and cultural dress

winter art

SCIENCE- HEARING and SOUND unit

Hearing and Sound

  • our voice and how it works
  • our ears and how they work
  • sounds and how they work
  • instruments and how they produce sounds
  • protecting our hearing
  • animals and hearing