Have a great week off!

Math-finish up to and including page 270

Review science vocab - see the wiki for the list

Language arts -read, read, read. You can work on the sentences on Kidblog and your Bridge to Terabithia paragraph.

Homework for tonight:

Language Arts: sentence variety using parts of speech

List 3 examples for each of the following:
1. Nouns 2. Adjectives 3. Verbs 4. prepositions (12 words in total)

Write four sentences. Sentence 1 starts with a noun. Sentence 2 starts with an adjective. Sentence 3 starts with a verb. Sentence 4 starts with a preposition.

Math: p. 264, 265, 266 had better be completed and ready to correct tomorrow.

Science: review the 50 vocabulary words we went over. The sheet is posted on my wiki.

Wacky hair/hat day tomorrow!

Math: p. 264, 265, 266 in the measurement booklet.

Math P. 263. We will do 262 in class tomorrow.

No paper and pencil homework. We played a fur trading game for social studies then worked on creating our own board games based on the fur trade. If you want to work at home, here's the link to the templates.
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/home/memories-and-crafts/articles/all-a-board-create-a-personalized-board-game.aspx

Below are some math related sites for practice on the computer.

http://mrmaltais.wikispaces.com/Subitizing

http://mrmaltais.wikispaces.com/Math

http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id90_en.html

Math: 256-261 in our measurement booklet.

Math: finish pages 153, 154, 155, 156. Mathletics. Review the measurement song. Know how to find the perimeter of a shape! Big, Huge, massive test on this tomorrow. (Just checking if you were reading this.)

Science: We worked on creating electricity from magnets today. Fun!

Social Studies: Finally the Social quiz arrives! Know your explorers, aboriginal peoples and New France! Tomorrow.

LA: DLR week 23, DPE, week 20.

Science: think about your switch - you can work at home if you want.

Math: Know your angles. Learn the measurement song!

Social: quiz on explorers, New France, Aboriginal Lifestyles.

LA: DLR wk. 22 Thurs. DPE Wk 19, Thurs.

We had a great day today!

We did some great learning today! In math, we explored angles using an interactive protractor in the Notebook program, then found angles in the real world using Scribblemaps.

Social Studies: we are working on a brochure for New France (Canada in the 1600s) convincing someone to come start an new life there.

LA: Caught up on DLR - Tuesday week 22 and DPE - Tuesday week 19. Finish reading Bridge to Terabithia.

Science: Review electricity. We worked on vocabulary on our class Wikispace and then did some work on Prezi (a presentation program)

French: did word review, learned new words and sang some songs in French.

We've had a very busy week. We've been working on electricity in Science which has been fun. We've built series and parallel circuits. Today we built a working motor! Review your notes.

LA: We've been doing plenty of grammar and editing, as well as reading and discussing Shakespeare's Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Catch up on DLR week 22 and DPE week 19. Finish reading Bridge to Terabithia. Don't worry about the chapter questions for now. Work on spelling city!

Math. P. 211, 212. Mathletics, Some people are in dire need of MORE BASIC FACTS PRACTICE!

Social Studies: We've been doing plenty of work on the computers, currently working on a brochure for New France. Students should be very familiar with chapter 7 for a quick quiz on Monday.

Math: Nothing new today. Be finished up to 208, skip 209, 210. Mathletics, basic facts.

Social: Read chapter 7 in the textbook. We're working on a brochure for New France

LA: Make sure you are caught up on DLR and DPE.

Science: review your notes. Know your symbols for circuits.