Have a good winter break!

It has been a busy final week of school leading up to winter break. On Tuesday, students visited the Avalon and played games and coloured with the elderly. The class is looking forward to visiting again on January 7th. I was proud of the way our class interacted with others, asked questions, and taking time to make someone else's day. On Wednesday we went to see the Gift of Magi at Theatre Orangeville and on Thursday, we went to ODSS to watch the high school band play. Many students were inspired to put even more effort into music as this is something they may want to do in high school.

We're wishing you all a wonderful and safe winter break and look forward to seeing students in the new year and hearing about how they spent their time off.

This is what learning feels like...

Self Portraits

In art, students have been working on self portraits. Below are some of the photos their portraits were drawn from. They will be bringing them home today, with poems we wrote, to share with families.

 

     

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Festive Spirit Days -Week before Winter Break

Upcoming Spirit Days for the week before the winter break.

Monday December 14th: Red and Green Day
Tuesday December 15th: PJ Day (Avalon Visit)
Wednesday December 16th: Elf Day (Orangeville Theatre Play)
Thursday December 17th: Reindeer Day
Friday December 18th: Santa Hat Day

Sample test questions for Thursday's Retest

Very similar questions to these will be found on the measurement retest Thursday Find the perimeter of the shape below…

Find the area of the shape below (B x H /2)

Find the area of the shape below (B x H)

Find the area of the shape below (Base A + Base B/2 x H)

Convert the below measurements…

10 mm = 1 cm

100 cm = 1 m

1000 m = 1km

7 cm = __________ mm 300 mm = _________ cm 4500 m = __________ km

12 cm = __________ mm 9 km = ___________m 2m = __________ mm

What units of measurement would you use to measure the following…

1) a grain of rice  ________________ 2) a hockey rink _________________________

3) a book ______________________ 4) a long drive ________________________

The area of a rectangle equals 6 cm2. What are all possible side lengths?

Which side lengths equal a perimeter of 14 cm?

What is the relationship between the area of a parallelogram and the area of a rectangle?

Agenda Items

Update of Agenda items on the board today as there are quite a few.

• Media-good copy due Monday
• French Spelling test Monday
• Book talk (for certain individuals) Thursday
• Measurement test signed by parent with revisions due Tuesday (last chance)
• Measurement retest is Thursday -test prep 2nd recess on Tuesday
• Permission forms for extra help sessions for music with ODSS students -due by Friday Dec 11th if interested
• Music -playing test on Monday Dec 14th, #24 Lightly Row with a partner
• Book Fair -our class attending Monday period 3
• Christmas in the Meadows Thursday evening 
• Dec. 15th and Jan. 7th- visit to the Avalon in the afternoon for carolling and games
• Book Orders due December 9th

Link to music blog

I just want to share the link to the music blog so you can be checking this as well. There is a calendar at the top to keep you updated with upcoming events and you will need to scroll past it to see the new posts. Thanks!

http://musiccmes.blogspot.ca/

Area with tangrams

To practice solving area and applying different formulae, students made designs with tangrams. They solved the area for each shape then added the sum of each shape together to find the total area of their design. We haven't finished yet but here are some pictures of their designs. Very creative!