Happy Halloween!

 

Thanks to the Party Committee

for planning a super fun party!

Happy Jets Day!

 

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with negative numbers, problem solving

Français: daily reading, practicing grammar, writing dialogues, practicing oral comprehension, CFOO presentations

English Language Arts: daily reading, practicing critical thinking, listening & viewing, working on My Personal Artifact writing project

Sciences de la nature: learning about the Five Kingdoms of living things

Sciences Humaines: learning about Canada's involvement in World War I

Also this week: Spirit Week! Halloween!

Spirit Week!

It's time for our first Spirit Week of the year! 

This is completely optional, but students are encouraged to show their School Spirit by participating!

le LUNDI 30 octobre: Allez les Jets! 

Wear your Jets gear or blue & white!

 le MARDI 31 octobre: Jour de costume! 

Wear your Halloween costumes, past or present! 

Please remember that all costumes must be school appropriate.  

Masks and weapons associated with costumes will not be permitted.

le MERCREDI 1er novembre: La journée de  pyjama 

 You can stay warm and cozy in your jammies all day! 

le JEUDI 2 novembre: Je reviens jeudi

Dress as a decade: the 70s, the 80s, the 90s - it's up to you!

le VENDREDI 3 novembre: Ness-Ness!

Wear your Ness gear or Ness colours: green, black & grey! 

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with negative numbers, mental math: addition strategies, problem solving

Français: daily reading, practicing grammar, writing dialogues, practicing oral comprehension, CFOO presentations

English Language Arts: daily reading, practicing critical thinking, read aloud novel & discussion, listening & viewing, working on My Personal Artifact writing project

Sciences de la nature: learning about the Five Kingdoms of living things

Sciences Humaines: learning about immigration to Canada in the past, Canada's involvement in World War I

Also this week: Field Trip to see French film!

Science Projects!

 Students had the chance to share their Science Design Process Projects this afternoon.

What great work!

C.F.O.O!

 In Français, we are starting CFOO 

(Le Club Fabuleux des Orateurs et Oratrices)! 

This is a public speaking "club" that will help students improve their oral French skills through short presentations.
There are fifteen different presentations, separated into three categories: Research, Opinion and Creativity.

For the first presentation, students must choose one of the five Opinion options. They will then prepare their short oral presentation, fulfilling all of the criteria (listed on the page they have in their binder).

Students should also keep in mind eye contact, volume and expression during their presentation.
The presentation could take on various forms: a speech, a poster, a puppet play, etc. - the possibilities are endless!

The first CFOO will take place on 

Friday, October 27th.

My Personal Artifact!

 Students shared their personal artifact with the class.

Each student chose three artifacts they especially connected with. We represented our connections on this poster:

Our next step will be writing about our personal artifacts, describing them in detail and explaining their significance.

Class Library!

  As a class, we came up with six rules for our classroom library.

Students have signed their page to show that they are ready to follow the rules. Parents are also asked to sign.

Once students have handed in their signed page, they may start borrowing books from the Classroom Library.

Happy Reading!

Homework Alert!

 The Science Design Process Project is due Thursday, October 19th!!

Please see the post from October 2nd for all the details.

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with the Cartesian plane, mental math: addition strategies, problem solving

Français: daily reading, practicing grammar, writing dialogues, practicing oral comprehension

English Language Arts: daily reading, practicing critical thinking, read aloud novel, listening & viewing, starting My Personal Artifact writing project

Sciences de la nature: Design Process Project presentations

Sciences Humaines: learning about immigration to Canada in the past

A Personal Artifact

 For an upcoming writing project in English Language Arts, students have been asked to choose a personal artifact. This should be something irreplaceable - something that has great personal value.

On Monday, October 16th, students will share their personal artifact and its significance. If possible, students should bring their object to school. If not possible, students are asked to bring a photo of their object.

Reminder!

 Tomorrow is School Photo Day!

Remember to look spiffy!

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with the Cartesian plane, mental math: addition strategies, problem solving

Français: daily reading, practicing grammar, writing dialogues

English Language Arts: daily reading, practicing critical thinking, read aloud novel, listening & viewing, starting My Personal Artifact writing project

Sciences de la nature: Design Process Project

Sciences Humaines: learning about immigration to Canada in the past

P.O.O.F!

 Every other Friday, students will have the chance to reflect on the past week by completing a POOF (Positive Observations on Friday) page.

We shared our observations in class, and now students have been asked to share their page with someone at home.

What a great way to start the weekend!

Happy Friday!

Poetry Power!

 This week in English Language Arts, students were challenged to write Haiku poems around the theme of fall. 

Science Project!

  It's time for our first Science Design Process Project!

Here's a quick rundown of what students have to do:
-Invent a planet with at least 16 aliens
-Design a dichotomous key to classify all of the aliens
-Name and describe each final category on the dichotomous key, giving examples.

**The representation of the planet and aliens can take any number of forms: a poster, a drawing, a collage, a diorama, etc.
**The final project must also include the dichotomous key and the category descriptions, written, of course, in beautiful French.

Students will have ample class time to work on this project. The balance of the project will be completed at home.

Students have a rough copy (please see below), including all of the details of the project and a rubric showing how the final project will be marked. This rough copy must be handed in along with the final project.

The final project will be due October 19th.

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with the Cartesian plane, mental math: addition strategies, problem solving

Français: daily reading, practicing grammar, asking and answering questions, writing dialogues

English Language Arts: daily reading, practicing critical thinking, read aloud novel, writing haiku poems

Sciences de la nature: Design Process Project

Sciences Humaines: discussing Canadian identity, learning about immigration to Canada in the past