Wednesday April 6, 2022

 Happy Wednesday April 6, 2022!

Reminders:

Provincial Government Test Friday

Integers Test Thursday

Narrative stories final copies are now late! 

Spelling Test and sentences due Friday!

Spelling words: (Some "words" are multiple words such as the MLA one. The students need to know them for their test social test Friday. Spelling does not count on the social test but knowing the words and what they mean is the key to success!)

premier

cabinet

minister

capital

bill

act

opposition

political party 

legislative assembly

member of the legislative assembly (MLA)

constituents

referendum

Lieutenant Governor

representative democracy

Pillar of the month: Self Reflection

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with our basic facts quiz. We will mark this test tomorrow and have it sent home. The rest of math was spent reviewing the integers material for our test tomorrow. 

For the test.... 

Students need to be able to add and subtract integers and decimal numbers

Compare integers using greater than or less than

Order integers from greatest to least and least to greatest.

Solve integer word problems.

Practice sheets can be found at the bottom.

After math we started our social presentations. These presentations are on different sections of provincial government and are used as a way to help the students teach each other about what they have learned.

We had quick science lesson today in which we continued our exploration of air pressure. We learned how air pressure is controlled in part by altitude! 

We finished our day by going over the rest of the study guide and doing some fun kahoots about provincial government. SOOOOOOOOOO study study study!!!

Integers video

Add and subtract integers with decimals

Practice questions:

Social Test review:

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening!

Mr Lancee

Monday April 4, 2022

Happy Monday April 4, 2022!

Reminders:

Provincial Government Test Friday

Basic Facts Test Wednesday

Integers Test Thursday

Narrative stories final copies are now late! 

Spelling words and sentences due Friday!

Spelling words: (Some "words" are multiple words such as the MLA one. The students need to know them for their test social test Friday. Spelling does not count on the social test but knowing the words and what they mean is the key to success!)

premier

cabinet

minister

capital

bill

act

opposition

political party 

legislative assembly

member of the legislative assembly (MLA)

constituents

referendum

Lieutenant Governor

representative democracy

Pillar of the month: Self Reflection

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with a quick appreciation circle to talk about the week and our goal of not spreading rumours or gossip around the classroom. 

We also had our artist in residence come for a visit! This awesome experience has the students each creating a board with a piece of a design on them. Every student in the school paints the boards and we then they will be combined and placed on one of the fences. 

After recess and snack we moved into spelling. The spelling words are from our provincial government unit as a way to help the students study for their test Friday.

In gym today we began creating our own games. These games will be presented to the class for everyone to play. 

After gym we had a large work block in social. I gave the students a big chunk of time to work on their social posters. We will present these posters Wednesday and Thursday to the class to help us study. The posters are an in class project.

In the afternoon we had our math block. With their being two tests this week we did basic facts and integers review. Below are some examples for all students to practice. I sent home a check in test the other day to see how students are doing. 

Integers video

Add and subtract integers with decimals

Practice questions:

Social Test review:

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening!

Mr Lancee

Friday April 1, 2022

Happy Friday April 1, 2022!

Reminders:

Provincial Government Test next Friday.

Basic Facts Test next week.

Narrative stories final copies were due today.

Pillar of the month: Self Reflection

Today in room 16:

Adding and subtracting integers

We started our morning with some time to finish spelling sentences, study for the spelling test, and read. We then went off to our early morning gym to play some cooperative games. 

The next chunk of our morning was spent doing some testing! First our spelling test on the different properties of air. Followed immediately by a math integer check in. The integer check in showed me which students are able to compare integers and add/subtract integers. Sheets were marked and sent home to be signed! PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN BOTH TESTS.

After testing we did a new desk arrangement before working on our provincial government posters. Our plan is to have the next test for provincial government on Friday next week. Below is some review sheets that will greatly help students prep for the test. 

We finished our morning with a sit spot outside and a quick appreciation circle.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Mr Lancee

Wednesday March 30, 2022

Happy Wednesday March 30, 2022!

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Reminders:

Narrative stories final copies are DUE FRIDAY!

Pillar of the month: Self Reflection

We have spelling this week and a test Friday. 

Spelling Sentence are also due Friday.

Spelling Test 12- Properties of Air

1. Oxygen

2. Argon

3. Carbon Dioxide

4. Atmosphere

5. Pressure

6. Temperature

7. Explosion

8. Extinguish

9. Altitude

10. Weight

11. Expansion

12. Compression

13. Nitrogen

14. Odorless

15. Contraction

Bonus Random word from dictionary:

Paralyze

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with some quiet DEAR time before starting math. In Math today we continued our practice with the addition and subtraction of integers. I have included some questions below for extra practice.

Adding and subtracting integers

After math we moved into social studies and began working on our provincial government posters. These posters are designed for the students to answer questions about the provincial government unit and teach it to their peers. They will be using textbooks in class to answer their given questions.

In science today I gave the students time to work on their spelling sentences which we will be due Friday. We then did an experiment using balloons to test if air takes up enough space to lift a textbook off of a desk.

We finished off our afternoon with a large chunk of time to work on stories. Students will be printing them Friday so I can mark them. Today some students were finishing while others revised and edited other students work. 

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Mr Lancee

Monday March 28, 2022

 Happy Monday March 28, 2022!

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Reminders:

Narrative stories final copies are DUE FRIDAY!

Pillar of the month: Self Reflection

We have spelling this week and a test Friday.

Spelling Test 12- Properties of Air

1. Oxygen

2. Argon

3. Carbon Dioxide

4. Atmosphere

5. Pressure

6. Temperature

7. Explosion

8. Extinguish

9. Altitude

10. Weight

11. Expansion

12. Compression

13. Nitrogen

14. Odorless

15. Contraction

Bonus Random word from dictionary:

Paralyze

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with an appreciation circle to go over what we did on the break and discuss how our goal this week is to not gossip or spread rumours about friends and classmates.

We then moved into math and focused on our new unit: Integers. Below is a link to a great video from today and some practice questions if you were away.

Integers

After Math we moved into social and continued our exploration of provincial government by learning about cabinet ministers and their responsibilities within the provincial government.

This week in phys ed we are playing cooperative games such as capture the gold, rock paper scissors war and twins.

In science we started our new unit: Properties of Air. We did a what do you know? and What do you wonder? before watching a Bill Nye.

The afternoon was a long block to do story writing and work to finish our stories due Friday!!!

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Mr Lancee

Friday March 18, 2022

 Happy Friday March 18, 2022

Happy St Patrick Day!

Reminders:

Pillar of the month: Truth

Pillars of Care March 18

Spring break March 19-27

Congrats to the winners of the pillars of care awards.

This is a friendly reminder that all stories should be finished over the spring break! We will be working on them when we get back!

Have a fantastic spring break! I will see you when we come back :)

Mr Lancee

Thursday March 17, 2022

Happy Thursday March 17, 2022

Happy St Patrick Day!

Reminders:

Pillar of the month: Truth

Pillars of Care March 18

Spring break March 19-27

Congrats to the winners of the pillars of care awards.

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with our 30 question multiple choice sky science test.

After the test we marked the answers and it will be sent home today. Both the transformations and sky science test will be sent home today. Please have them marked and returned tomorrow or I will email parents marks.

The next chunk of the morning was spent watching sky science presentations. We are now almost officially done! One or two more to go tomorrow!

After science we worked on creating some truth bubbles to reflect on how we show truth, be honest and be truthful to ourselves.

In gym today we had jump rope for heart competitions with Ms Sterne including who can skip the longest and team skip routines. 

After lunch we had mindfulness before diving into story writing for the last hour. I have students some time yesterday to work and then today/tomorrow will be big story days. 

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Mr Lancee