La classe de Mme Nielsen

 

 

 

 Hi all, Here is an image of the calendar of work we're doing in class by due date. Your child should be able to explain what each item is. If not, please have them speak to me. I intend to update this calendar periodically. It does not have the other information about events and activities happening in our class or our school, so that homework and things to study are easier to find.

 Yup, tried to learn to play today... If you know how, please play with your child. If you used to know, here are the rules of Cribbage  It's a great game that many of the grandparents in Canada know how to play. If you don't have a board, there are some cribbabe board apps available. Other games we've been playing at school include chess , battleship , connect 4 , and mancala . 

 Sorry about my lousy communication of late (other than field trips, I mean). I've had this stupid (pardon my strong language) cold for a month and a half!! And it's not getting better! Anyway, there's lots going on this month, so here is the newsletter/calendar thing. I sent them home on Friday, on dark green paper. I haven't sent home a missing work email in a while, and I won't before break. Report cards are coming digitally, though.  Permission slips for bowling have already gone home, but I haven't sent the ones for skating, yet.  I put the first week back in January on this calendar, too. I also included some half birthdays, since not everyone is lucky enough to have their birthday during the school year. I also put my son's birthday on the calendar, since it's a milestone. Wish me luck in the passenger seat of my own car!! In case I don't check in again before the break, Happy Whatever Holiday You Celebrate Even If It's No Holiday At All, ...

Tuesday we will have our French quiz. This is the practice from today. The verb portion is CLOSED BOOK, but there is a word bank on the sheet. The theory portion of the quiz is OPEN BOOK, so students should check that they have all of the notes they will need. Here are the notes about the passé composé.  

 

 On Friday, I sent home emails to parents regarding missing work. If you did not get an email, your child is either caught up or was away and I need to follow up with them before I send notification home or you already know why. Here is the list of the 8 items I was chasing during our multiple work periods yesterday.  The ALPIN (French reading assessment about sugar) This is hard copy only The math evaluation that we started at the same time as the ALPIN This is hard copy only Their English Novels notebook with chapter questions 1-10 for Touching Spirit Bear answered inside The questions and a PDF of the book are available on your child's Google Classroom Their French autobiographical poem The template, which was distributed in hard copy and explained, is available on your child's Google Classroom Their math word problem sheet (double sided) with problems about leaf collections This sheet was handed out in hard copy, the front side could be done with a partner, the back indivi...

Spelling Words: rewrite reappear recall recover rebuild dishonest disagree disappear disappoint disconnect disapprove misbehave misfortune misunderstand misspell misuse illegal illegible  

 Just two weeks left until spring break. I hope anyone going anywhere hot enjoys it double for me... I'm going to Winnipeg.  Anyway, here's the info you need for this week and next. 

 

 Today's art activity can be found here .

 Here is what is happening this week and next, so far as we know. . . Life is full of unexpected surprises. Please email me if you would like a paper copy. Here are the extracurricular activities, including the teachers responsible for each one, happening before school, after school, and at big recess at school. The activities highlighted in pink (surprise, surprise) are the activities available to our class. We are not invited to music club because we already play band instruments in our music class. The grade 5/6 classes do not. Please let me know if I've made an error.  

 

 

 We have a French verb test on Friday: the 5 verbs we've been studying in the "passé composé" We also have a Math cumulative test on Tuesday the 29th. Here is an image of the study list. If you have any questions, please shoot me an email. Have a great week!

Because we don't have Spiralundi, a math quiz or a Spelling test this week, I have assigned 4 small projects to complete over the next week or two. The class will have sufficient time to complete these projects at school, provided they use their time wisely .  All projects are to be completed IN FRENCH.  Here are the details for you to discuss with your children. All projects will be shared with the class, and I hope to post some pictures here as well. Social Studies: Individual work; Free choice format; due Friday, November 4 Explain in detail why you are lucky to live in Canada. Give examples of advantages you have that you may not have in some other countries. Math : Individual work; Poster created by hand (8 1/2" x 11"); due Friday, October 28 Create a poster that explains one of the following sets of divisibility rules: 2, 3, 6 2, 4, 8 3, 6, 9 2, 5, 10 There will be points for aesthetics. Students may include additional rules on their poster, provided they have addre...

 

 Hi folks,  Just thought I'd let you know what we do each week, so you know where to focus your attention at home in the evenings and want to do school-y stuff. Mondays  Spiralundi. This is a quick 5 question math review quiz-like deal that checks on the retention of all concepts since the beginning of the year. We did our first one this week, and it looked a lot like last week's math quiz because, well, that's all we'd done so far.  Practice for the math quiz. Is exactly what it sounds like. I give them a practice quiz, we correct it together, and they keep it so they know a) what the quiz is going to look like, format-wise, and b) so they know where to focus their last-minute studying. Gym. Wear/bring appropriate attire. Skirts are not ideal on this day. Tuesdays Math quiz. Pro-tip, it's going to look a LOT like the practice quiz. Usually, the questions are the same, just with different numbers being used. I'm not looking to trick anyone, and it's way more...