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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
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Per. 1
9:00 - 9:30
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French
room 101
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French
room 101
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French
room 101
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Science
room 101
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French
room 101
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Per. 2
9:30 - 10:00
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French
room 101
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Science
room 101
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French
room 101
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Science
room 101
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French
room 101
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Per. 3
10:00 - 10:30
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French
room 101
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Science
room 101
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French
room 101
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Science
room 101
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French
room 101
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Recess
10:30 - 10:45
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Per. 4
10:45 - 11:15
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Math
room 101
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Math
room 101
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Math
room 101
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Math
room 101
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Math
room 101
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Per. 5
11:15 - 11:45
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Math
room 101
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Math
room 101
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Math
room 101
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Math
room 101
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Math
room 101
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Lunch
11:45 - 12:45
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Per. 6
12:50 - 1:20
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Art
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Social Studies
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Social Studies
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Social Studies
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English Language
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Per. 7
1:20 - 1:50
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Art
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Music
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Gym
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Social Studies
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Health
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Per. 8
1:50 - 2:20
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English
Language
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D.P.A.
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English Language
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English
Language
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Music
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Recess
2:20 - 2:30
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Per. 9
2:30 - 3:00
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English
Language
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English
Language
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English
Language
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Gym
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Gym
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Per. 10
3:00 - 3:30
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Music
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English
Language
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English
Language
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Drama/
Dance
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English
Language
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May 2012
May is going to be a very busy month in room 101! We will be doing a lot of Math this month to make sure the 6s are ready for EQAO. Math duotangs should come home nightly to finish up work assigned in class and for review. Students are encouraged to seek help for Math on a daily basis. I am available for extra help in Math most morning recesses as well as Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at lunch. We will be working through EQAO questions in class since it is helpful for students to hear how their peers solve problems. As you already know, there is more than one way to work through a Math problem and the more strategies the students know, the better. EQAO questions will also be sent home nightly and reviewed in class the following day.
Thank you,
Mme Jessup
Math ~ We are currently working on Transformational Geometry.
French reading ~ Up to this point we have focused on four reading strategies (visualizing, predicting, making connections and making inferences). We are currently working on questionning.
French writing ~ Students are currently working on how to write a summary.
Science ~ The grade 5's are currently working on the Human Body. The grade 6's are currently working on Space.
Important Dates
Thursday, May 10 - Junior/Intermediate Spring Concerts (afternoon and evening)
Tuesday, May 22 - School track and field meet
Monday, May 21 - Victoria Day (no school)
Monday, May 28 - Wednesday, May 30 - EQAO (Grade 6)
Friday, June 8 - P.A. Day
Routine Reminders
- Math quiz on Thursdays
- Fridays the sheet indicating ‘Pages read’ is due, signed by parents
- Homework duo-tang is due every Friday
- Any homework assigned during the day is due the following day
- Parents read and sign agenda every night as students record important information in them on a daily basis
Mme Bencze and Mrs. Wray
Room 101
Homework
Every Friday, you will be given a new duo-tang, which is due back to school the following Friday.
There will be a reading comprehension component (will rotate between English and French every week),a math component, an English spelling word list to practise, reading in French 5 pages grade five 6 pages grade six (record on bookmark) and English reading for 15 minutes (record in Brooklin Village Reading Sheet)
Reading includes newspapers, magazine articles, novels, comics, fiction and non-fiction books, recipes, and internet articles,** Don’t forget you have a math quiz every Thursday and an English Spelling quiz every other Friday. First Spelling Quiz is October 7th.
Spelling Ideas
Draw a picture of what your spelling word means and Label your spelling words
Silly Sentences: Write silly sentences using a spelling word in each sentence.
ABC order: Write your spelling words in a list; then write them in ABC order.squiggly or fancy letters.
Write a story using all of your spelling words.
Draw a picture of what your spelling word means and Label your spelling words.
Write your spelling words in a list; then write your words again in
Write your spelling words in block letters and decorate!
Write your vowels in different colours than the consonants. (Vowels: a, e, I, o, u)
Write a riddle for each of your spelling words. Example: I cry when I am hungry I wear diapers. I am cute and cuddly. What am I? Answer: baby
Write your spelling words in a list; then find three words that rhyme with it. Write your spelling words in secret code. Example: A = B = C =
Pyramid Writing: Example:
Reading:
Shared and Modelled Read Aloud: We have started the next novel study. It is called, THE MISFITS by James Howe. It is a great read that follows a group of students who have been bullied and decide to take a stand against bullying and to celebrate their differences!
Guided Reading : Students will be reading in groups that will focus on their reading strengths and help them with reading comprehension strategies. These strategies are: Inferring, Connecting, Predicting, Questionning, Synthesizing, Previewing.
Independent Reading: During our Guided Reading Groups, other groups will be expected to read independently books of their choosing. We have a varied library in class and have access to the many books in our School Library. Independent reading also occurs when a student has finished their work for the day early.
Writing: We have started to write persuasive essays as well as continuing the better answer model of writing.
Word Study: We have differentiated word study groups (different levels based on their strengths and needs.) Word study is more for learning about how words connect, relate and the meanings behind word usage in the English Language.
Guided Reading : Our guided reading groups have begun! I will be reading with a couple of groups per week. Each group will be focussing on different reading strategies at different times, depending on their needs. So far, we have covered visualizing, predicting and making connections. Our next focus will be making inferences. Please feel free to review these strategies at home!
Class Novel study : We are currently reading 'La fievre du trésor', written by Andy Griffiths, as a class. Up to this point, we have worked on and implemented two reading strategies : visualisation and making predictions. We are now focusing on making meaningful connections.
Writing : We have been focussing on answering questions using the 'Better Answers' format, which contains five elements.
1 and 2) The first sentence is a response to the question in full sentence format, but rather than giving all of the information in this sentence, finishes with a gist statement. ex. Question : What did you do after school last night? Instead of giving a specific answer such as "Last night after school, I came home and received a phone call from my Grandma.", students would be less specific in order to entice the reader to continue reading. "Last night after school, something out of the ordinary happened".
3) Proof from the text supporting their claim made in the first sentence.
4) Relate this situation to self (make a connection).
5) Concluding sentence.
We are currently working on writing recounts.
1) Math Quiz - Geometry and Spatial Sense Monday, May 14th
2) Math Test - Geometry and Spatial Sense Wednesday, May 16th
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Grade 6
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- locate objects using a coordinate system
- compare grid systems commonly used on maps (letters and numbers)
- identify, create and perform rotations, reflections, and translations
- identify prisms and pyramids from their nets
- construct nets of prisms and pyramids
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- explain how a coordinate system represents location and plot points in the first quadrant of a Cartesian coordinate plane
- identify, perform and describe rotations of 180 degrees and clockwise and counter clockwise rotations of 90 degrees
- create and analyse designs made from rotations, translations and reflections (90 degrees or 180 degrees)
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How to practice your spelling:
ABC order: Write your spelling words in a list; then write them in ABC order.
Write a story using all of your spelling words.
Draw a picture of what your spelling word means and Label your spelling words.
Write your spelling words in a list; then write your words again in squiggly or fancy letters.
Write your spelling words in block letters and decorate!
Write your vowels in different colours than the consonants. (Vowels: a, e, I, o, u)
Write a riddle for each of your spelling words.
Example: I cry when I am hungry. I wear diapers. I am cute and cuddly. What am I? Answer: baby
Write your spelling words in a list; then find three words that rhyme with it.
Write your spelling words in secret code. A = $ B = & C = * *$& means CAB
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