math: Finish the multiplication sheet if you have not already done so.
Basic facts sheet number 2.
Any homework from Monday should be shown to me tomorrow.
I had a great day today!

Khan academy and mathletics practice!
We will be doing the tradtional method of multiplication.
read!
Review what makes the season-be able to draw it!
Pajama day tomorrow if you dare.
I had a great day today!

We worked on the lattice method of multiplication and everyone got it in one period! Great!
We read chapter 2 of Bridge to Terabithia and did some writing on it.
Great day!

The class did very well on multiplication of two digits by one digit. Awesome work, people.

For tomorrow: Please study provinces  and capitals for the quiz tomorrow. Ethan!

Basic facts practice. 

Read! Hayden, I'm talking to you and Kevin too. Read!

Practice multiplication.
Study the continents an oceans. Capitals and Provinces
Have a great weekend!

Science: I was not happy with the test and so I am rewriting it this weekend to make it better! The chemistry unit test will be on Wednesday!

Math: BASIC FACTS! We are starting our multiplication unit and MANY students are not fluent enough with their times table. DAILY practice is required!

LA: What Makes a Hero? piece of writing. This has been done in google docs and can be worked on from home. No excuses!
Reading-keep track of

We had an amazing Remembrance Day ceremony. Thanks for your excellent behaviour and respect during the ceremony. Have a great long weekend!

Math: we need to work on multiplying by multiples of 10.
Reading. Remember to get parents to sign your reading log if you read more than 20 minutes. We can log the  minutes on the Paws for reading website.
Science test on Friday. Go over the study sheet I've provided.

I had a great day today!

For tomorrow:
Swimming suit, towel, goggles.
you can bring a lock for locker.
We  will be having DARE. Costumes are ok for the AM.
bring a snack for the movie.
I had a great day today.

Math. Practice multiplication! Get a parent signature stating that you practiced at least 10 minutes.
Handwriting: finish L if you haven't already,
Science: study sheet from today on water tension and CO2 (carbon dioxide!)
I had a lovely day today!

Bring home Daily Language Review (DLR) and ensure that you are caught up to Friday, week 6.
Math: Estimation quiz: this was assigned for homework, make sure you finish it and hand it in.
Math: Math makes sense(Raccoon Text) page 74, 75 multiplication facts sheet: practice those you don't know.
Reading and reviewing books: put in the books you've read and give a short review. Here's the link. Use your regular sign in to get there
  Monday is the last day for scholastic book orders.
 Hand in immunization forms if you have not already done so.

I had an awesome day today!

Please get your multiplication facts sheet signed. Practice! Math estimation quiz for homework. Quizzes signed. I had a great day today.

Math: practice multiplication table and division. These are not where they should be. Science: quiz on mixtures and crystals tomorrow. Social: you can work on your Atlantic website at home! Just log in to google chrome and click on sites. Scholastic book orders by Friday. Immunization forms by Friday! Get quizzes signed. I had a great day today!

Math: p. 62 in Raccoon text (Math Makes Sense) Remember to have p. 47 1-24 completed. Many people forgot their homework today. We are starting multiplication this week. BASIC FACTS PRACTICE (multiplication) DLR: week up to and including week 6, Tuesday. Study Science: mixtures and crystals for quiz tomorrow. Thanks for your hard work today!

Math: page 31, estimating, 1-12,21-30. Science: quiz tomorrow on physical and chemical changes.

Math: basic facts as always. Mathletics, flashcards, superspeed. 3 people need to work on rounding. I had a great day today! Thanks for a very good Monday!

The class is doing very well with rounding and we'll do some estimated addition and subtraction next week. Keep practising basic facts.
Reading out loud.
Have a great weekend!

math: complete page 101 and 102 on rounding.
Subtraction quiz signed.
Basic facts.
Reading: if you finish a book, record it in our chart on google docs.

I had a wonderful day today and got no pepper whatsoever in my eyes...though I did sneeze a few times.

firstnamelastinitial7895@gshare.blackgold.ca
same as your login

Math: finish page 19.
Basic facts: addition - most people are at our goal. Six people need to practice.
subtraction 15 people are at our goal, 11 need to practice.
Reading!
I had a great day today!

Math: Practice your basic facts in addition and subtraction. We have done two practice tests in subtraction. Several people need to practice for the real thing tomorrow.

Social Studies: provinces and capitals-many people still don't know them. Review!

Read!

Please get tests signed.
Picture day is tomorrow!
I had an interesting day today!

Hello! Some folks need plenty more practice to get subtraction up to snuff!

Math: subtraction 20 questions! Basic facts as always.
LA: Reading!
Science: review for quiz on Thursday. (Sarah hopes)
I had a great day today! (but the volume and transitions need improvement)

scholastic September book order-anyone else?
hot lunch forms!

Please make sure you are caught up with handwriting-up to H

Math: basic facts. Review subtraction. Subtraction quiz on Monday (most likely)

Toonie for Terry Fox run. We've raised $24 so far, let's raise $56 for our class.

I had an awesome day today!

Please bring in a toonie for the Terry Fox run if you can!
Handwriting: H
Math: Keep honing you skills with basic facts.
Our average on the addition quiz today was 98%. Excellent work everyone. Let's hope we can achieve similar results with subtraction, multiplication and division!
I had an awesome day today!

Three students from our class ran at the Cross Country Run today and they did a great job! Thanks for your participation.
Homework:
Handwriting G
Math: Basic facts-all 4, Superspeed practice. Review addition of larger numbers!
I had a great day today!

Your homework is to review science. We will do the quiz soon...
Math: practice addition and subtraction.
Terry Fox run next Friday!
I had a great week!

Handwriting: please do E
Please practice basic facts with superspeed, mathletics or flashcards. Be above 20 in addition tomorrow.
science quiz will actually happen tomorrow!
I had a great Thursday today!

Math: Expanded notation sheet p. 39 and 40.

Science: Study notes!
Things to study: What is an atom? What are the parts of an atom? What is chemistry? What are the states of matter? (Don't remember Plasma or BoseEinstein condensates.) changes of state-melting, evaporation, condensation freezing, sublimation, What is the difference between physical and chemical changes?

I had a great day today!

DARE letter: Jackson, Kaiya
Handwriting: letter D
math: exploring one million sheet (p. 16, 17)
science: Study notes!
Things to study: What is an atom? What are the parts of an atom? What is chemistry? What are the states of matter? (Don't remember Plasma or BoseEinstein condensates.) changes of state-melting, evaporation, condensation freezing, sublimation, What is the difference between physical and chemical changes?

I had a lovely day today!

Important: DARE letters need to be in by Wednesday morning at the latest in order to participate.

Math: finish homework sheet on numbers up to 100 000. Remember to either add zeros or take them away, simple!
Handwriting C!

Hello again everyone! I hope you are ready for the week ahead. We spent time this past week doing more testing to get information about your kids and to find out what skills and concepts we need to focus on right away this year. We have done testing of vocabulary, spelling, reading comprehension, reading fluency, math concepts, math basic facts and general geography.
This week:
In language arts, we will be working on sentence construction and addressing some common problems in writing. Students will also be recording themselves reading short passages and work to improve their reading fluency. You will see some spelling come home as well. You can always check the work they have been doing by looking at their writing on our class kidblog. Your child can give you their password and you can log in under their name at: http://kidblog.org/MrMaltais2012-2013/
In math, please continue to have your child work daily on basic facts...they need it. We are now up and running on mathletics and you can log in through the parent portal,(see Friday's letter) again with their username and password. Our class was in the top ten in Canada last week, so let's encourage our kids to get us there again! We will continue to work on mental math strategies this week as well as more number sense concepts, such as expanded notation.
We will continue our study of Canadian geography and history this week in social studies and we continue to have exciting experiments in our chemistry unit in science.
Please email or call me if you have any questions or concerns.

School fees. If you have paid, ignore invoice!\
scholastics orders by next Friday.
Math: addition facts above 20 for Monday.
Handwriting B!
Mathletics: parent portal.

Handwriting one full page - (second page)
Math: timed tomorrow. Increase addition by at least 5. Superspeed!
Mathletics: practice basic facts on math live, finish assignments on reading and writing numbers.
social: practice quiz on provinces and capitals tomorrow.

I had a great day today!

Practice math facts.
Study provinces and capitals.
Great day today!

LA: Read!
Math: practice basic facts by doing Superspeed orally (out loud) with parents. DON"T WRITE ON THE SHEET!
Reading and writing numbers up to 999 999.

Social: show your parents the practice quiz. Get its signed - study the mnemonic for provinces. Billy And Sally Made Our Queen Nervous Playing Near Needles. You're Not Nice.
What is a region?
Science: experiment
I had a great day today!
Meet the creature 5:30 - 7:00

LA: Chapter book! Read! Handwriting - first page. Write it several times.

Math: All 4 basic facts. Not timed.

Social: provinces and capitals (practice) test on Monday.

"MOM, DAD, DID YOU KNOW THAT MR. MALTAIS HAS A BLOG?"

Meet the teacher on Monday from 5:30 to 7:00!

Math: orange text. finish p. 4, 5. sheets: finish page 33.

LA- Chapter book at school. Think about what makes a sentence.

Social: Start studying geography! Agenda-last page. Provinces and Capitals.

Science: on Monday, NOT tomorrow - we'll make a non-Newtonian fluid!
Mathletics $15
parent letter or email about you if they haven't already sent it in.

I had a great day today!

LA: make sure you have a chapter book! We are not yet in the habit of reading...get on it.

Math: Review your notes. P. 32 is for homework. Place Value.

Science: Finish gluing notes! Review atoms!

Social: Provinces and capitals. Google the Canada song by Stompin' Tom Connors. OR Camren...use your agenda to study them. (OR both!)

Go over and have parents sign internet agreement.
Mathletics $15
parents have homework - letter to me about you!

Hello 5C!
This is the homework blog, where I will write what needs to go in to your agenda. While I type in the blog, you can fill it in under the proper subject.


Reading: I need a chapter book!

Language Arts: memorize the parts of speech song.

Math: Start practicing basic facts

Science: watch some Bill Nye if you can!

Social Studies: in your agenda, start studying the provinces and capitals.
Mathletics money $15
Parents: letter about you! 
You did a great job today! This is going to be a fantastic year! I had a great day today.

Mr. Maltais

Elk Island field trip is on Monday! There is a possibility of rain. Dress appropriately. You don't need rubber boots but mosquito spray is recommended. Bring a bag lunch and sunscreen.

Pot luck lunch on Friday. Please confirm the item you are bringing with mom or dad!

Math p. 264, 265
Language arts: DLR week 28 Monday and Tuesday.
Field Trip forms in if you haven't already.
I had a great day at track and field!

We have completed our fractions and decimals unit. We will be starting data and probability tomorrow.
Science: we are continuing our Wetlands unit. Social: we will be looking at immigration to Canada, LA: Advertising, reading comprehension, reading fluency and writing. Book review and Loyalist Letter were due today!
Field trip forms for our visit to Elk Island National Park and year-end swimming ASAP.
I had a great day today!

Math review sheet for fraction and decimal quiz.

I had a great day today!

Hollow Tree: Chapter 15.
Math: page 144. Long division.
basic facts - goal is 25 per minute.
I had a lovely day.

Hi!
Good job on the science test. The average was 80% which is great! Get them signed!
math: review of division. Finish p. 143 up to 30. Our goal for basic facts this week is for all operations to be above 25. Practice!
Reading: chapter 14 of The Hollow Tree. Make sure you keep up with the class.
I had a great day today!

Science test tomorrow: review your Prezi, do the practice multiple choice test- for marks and to be handed in tomorrow.
Math: adding decimals 202-203 should be completed. Do subtracting decimals p. 208, 209 for tomorrow.
Hollow Tree: make sure you are caught up. you should have read chapter 8 yesterday!
I had a great day today!

Science unit test for electricity is on Thursday.
read chapter 8 in Hollow tree.
I had a great day today!

Math: finish page 189, 190. Mathletics - you have been assigned a decimal activity.
Basic facts. You must pass 20 in all operations or you will practice with me on your own time.
LA/social: finish reading chapter 6 in The Hollow Tree.
Science: work on Prezi.
I had the best Monday possible!

LA: Please finish reading chapter 4 and 5.
Math: pages 181 and 182 should already be completed. Do page 185, 186.
DLR: we will correct week 256 on Monday.
Science test-electricity on Tuesday.
Happy mothers' day!

Math: finish pages 181, 182. Review fractions...you know who you are. 179 is good review) mathletics
Hollow Tree: finish reading chapter 2...yes, I know it's long.
Science: review-unit test on electricity on Tuesday.
I had a lovely day today. Thanks, Pierce.

Math: Fractions finish page 13
practice basic facts.
Review social - explorers and New France
please return museum field trip forms. Thanks!
 Also - return sheets for registration next year!
I had a great rainy day today!

Review fractions!
Science: find your electricity meter and get a reading!

Math: review fractions -assignments on mathletics. Basic facts - show me four completed sheets tomorrow.
Watch a movie or think about a movie you've seen and watch some scenes from it. We will be doing a movie review. 
I had a great day today!

We've started our fractions unit. Review fretful army so you don't get lost! We made an electromagnet today and we are beginning a project on life in New France.

Math: Continue working on the basic facts sheets for homework.
Complete the booklet on slides, flips, and turns. Quiz tomorrow.

LA: Work on your mystery piece on Loch Ness, Nazca lines etc. on Kidblog.

Science: quiz on parallel and series circuits tomorrow.

Write on Stationary sheets - supplies for next year. Please return by the 19th.
Pre-registration sheets for next year need to be returned ASAP.

March Scholastic book orders due ASAP
I had a great day today!

Math: review vocabulary for our shapes unit.
Science: review circuit symbols.

Homework: one more reading comprehension. One more math sheet. Have you timed yourself?

Math: a few of you need to review some of our math vocabulary for geometry. parallel, vertical, perpendicular, etc.

Science: again, some of you need to review the symbols for electrical circuits. Series circuit sheets - please finish.

homework duotang: please complete ONE reading comprehension page 17, questions on 18. and one Math sheet (both sides). It's put in backwards! read the page numbers./

Homework: make sure it is here and ready to correct!

Science: quick quiz on circuit symbols tomorrow.

Make sure you have all of last week's homework ready for correction tomorrow.
Science: know the symbols for circuits!
I had a great day today!

Study social questions so far.
MM math number 3
Editing
reading comprehension.

Homework duotang:
Math: one basic facts sheet
LA: one reading comprehension and one editing paragraph.

Science: Know the parts of a bulb and parts of a battery. Be able to identify how a bulb will light.

• Get all 3 tests signed (including re-write)
• 1 math basic facts page, (both sides)
• 1 editing
• 1 reading comprehension

Math test on Monday!

Great job on the science test!
Thanks to Regan's dad for coming in and helping us begin our science unit by showing us safety rules for electricity.

Math: First page of review sheets, both sides.
I had a great day today

Math: page 158, 159.
Science: weather test tomorrow! Electricity
Social: drawing aboriginal village.

Math: please complete page 140 except for 4b

Social: work on our research summary drawings!

LA: kidblog - add any sentences/words you notice in your reading! We have read 55 books so far in February!

I had a great day today!

Math: Know the measurement song!
Can you find the area and perimeter of shapes????

Science: please bring your science journal home and look it over. Re-do questions on the seasons and tilt of the earth on Monday!
I had a great day today.

We did well on the math quiz.
Basic facts - review them!

I had a great day today.

Math: we are finishing our algebra unit. Quiz tomorrow. To study, go over these pages:  p. 8, p. 11, p. 16, p. 22, p. 24, p. 27. Choose one question to do from each page (total of 6 questions)

Book orders due Monday.
I had a great day today!

Hello! Field trip to CBC tomorrow afternoon. Please make your lunch one that is quick to eat!
I had a great day today!

Math p. 27 and 28.

IMPORTANT:
We still have many forms that need to be returned!
1. Hot Lunch
2.Pink Shirt Day2.
3.Winspear Field Trip
4. CBC field trip (WE ARE GOING THIS FRIDAY! PLEASE RETURN FORMS!)
Girls - bring in a helmet and skates.

I had a great day today!
Selena, Josh, Alex, Mckenzie, J.T., Blake, Taylor, Randy (Winspear)

Hi there Rohan!
Math. p. 24, 25
IMPORTANT:
We have many forms that need to be returned!
1. Hot Lunch
2. Winspear Field Trip
3. Pink Shirt Day
4. CBC field trip (WE ARE GOING NEXT FRIDAY! PLEASE RETURN FORMS!)
Girls - bring in a helmet and skates.
I had a great day today!

Math: finish 15 and 16.
Basic facts 10-15 minutes minimum!
I had a great day today!

Wow, day three of indoor recess. Today we did more algebra work and wrote cinquain poems that we will post to kidblog tomorrow. Please make sure you've completed p.11 and 12 in the math textbook and have yesterday's homework completed. (C.S. p.23, 47, 57, math p.8) I had a great day today.

Please finish the math pages from today.
Review science - test next week.
I had a great day today.

Hi!
Social Studies: please finish  all six drawings for the regions of Canada. To be handed in tomorrow.
Math: basic facts! Seriously, practice them. NO, I REALLY mean it!

I had a great day today!

Math : please finish all the way up to page 10.
Social: Drawings for the regions. You need your textbook and your chart.
Basic facts: practice on mathletics or flashcards.
Khan Academy or algebra on IXL

I had a good day today!

Math-please finish pages 1-5!!!!
Social Studies: finish regions chart!
I had a great day back.

School begins again tomorrow!

Are we excited to get back to school yet?