Semaine du 13 au 17 mai

Bonjour,

What a great week we had!
In reading, we were working on retelling the story with details and using our own words. We worked individually and with a partner. A great partnership has been made between students. Many students did very well at helping their partners to read and self-correct.

In Social Studies, we studied real maps of Ontario and other regions. The students realized that every map had a legend and that different color and symbols were used to identify certain elements. Then, we used the ipads to look for maps to help us fill out a blank map of Ontario. The students had to create their legend and identify the capital, the Great Lakes, some major parks, and 2 towns of their choice. 

In sciences, we did our last experiment before the big project. We tested different shapes to determine which are the strongest and the weakest. All the experiments that we did are very helpful for the final project of building a bridge out of recycling materials.  Project is due on May 30th to be presented and tested. :)

The school is playing kindness tag. We were tag by the grade 8 class. They organized fitness stations for us. It was amazing and the students had fun. Now it is our turn to organized something to another class. I won't tell on that blog which class we have tagged to keep it a surprise. 

Important dates: 

EQAO : May 22,23,24, 27,28,29.

Sciences project due May 30

Semaines du 29 avril au 10 mai

Bonjour tout le monde,

On Thursday, May 4th was the multicultural potluck night. Thanks to anyone that was able to attend. It was a really great event. The walls of the school were filled out of students' art project and it looked amazing.

In writing, the students finished correcting and coloring their Easter Bunny stories. We have started to work on poetry. Reading many poems and making a list of characteristics of a poem. We looked at different rime patterns. The students wrote a small poem and made a beautiful flower for the Mothers Day. We will continue to work on poetry.

In Social Studies, we have learned about the different relief of Ontario (physiographic regions) such as les basses-teres du St-Laurent et des Grands Lacs, les basses-terres de la Baie d'Hudson et le Bouclier canadien. We have discussed good and the bad side of a mine, and learning to write our opinion on the subject using the information of the text.

Lots of reading have been done (individual, in peer). Students showed great partnership skills during those sessions: listening to the partner, helping to correct. Students are improving their reading skills but it is not the time to stop practicing as the books are getting more complex.
Speaking in French during French class has been discussed more often in the past two weeks as many students have shown some difficulties in that domain.

Dates to remember:
May 22,23,24,27,28,29: EQAO tests