Thoughts of the day- June 23

What did we do today?

• Today a couple more people presented their science PowerPoints.  One was on komodo dragons, wolves and the western lowland gorilla.
• In gym, we played capture the flag with room 4.
• We had daily 5 first thing in the morning to catch up on things such as presentations, social centers and top ten lists.
• This morning we started the Measurement Olympic Games, with our first event being the toy car race.  After that we did the paper ball shot put toss.  The teams competing are: Malaysia, Canada, Japan, Norway, Greece and Ethiopia.
• There was the grade 6 farewell this afternoon, and they all received the book, Oh The Places You Will Go, by Dr. Seuss.
• We also typed out the top ten reasons we like the portable on the computer.

What questions do we have after today?

1. Who will win the Measurement Olympic Games?
2. Which team will win the next event?  Will it be a team that hasn't won an event yet?

Thoughts of the day- June 22

What did we do today?

• In math, we finished our measurement scavenger hunt and our book analysis.  Tomorrow we start the Measurement Olympic Games!
• So that we will be prepared for the assembly Friday, we practiced our song with the grade 1/2s and the MCs.
• Today five people presented their animal presentations to the class.  They were about gorillas (two presentations), mandrils, flamingos, and the grey wolf.
• In social, the Alberta group had a test.  The Ukrainian group worked on finishing their centers.  
• This morning in LA, we started our top ten lists about being in the portable based on the ideas we brainstormed yesterday.
• We played another game of kickball with room 4 and we divided the classes to make it more fair.

What questions do we have after today?

1. Which team will win the Measurement Olympics?
2. Who will present tomorrow and what animals will they be?
3. Whose project will have the most information?
4. What teams will win in Rio?
5. How many questions will a certain student keep forgetting?
6. What Olympic game will be liked most?

Thoughts of the day- June 21

What did we do today?

• We had a Calgary Public Library presentation today and we learned about the summer reading program.  We also got cool monster origami bookmarks.  The lady from the library read us a poem from one of the books she brought and she showed us a variety of books we can find there. This summer there is a reading contest where we colour in bird ballots and there is a question contest as well.  With the question contest, we could win a $250 ToysRUs gift card and be the boss of the library for one day!
• Today in gym, we played against room 4 in a game of kickball.  We won (and had lots of fun!)
• In health, the grade 3s did a mirror activity that focused on positive self-image and the grade 4s finished their puberty lessons.
• This afternoon in social we continued our centers.  If we finished, we did a survey and crossword about Ukrainian food.
• In math, we continued our measurement scavenger hunt and we analyzed the weight of books.
• During music, we played a game of bingo with instruments and we practiced our song that we will sing on Friday.

What questions do we have after today?

1. What person guessed the most instruments right?
2. Will anybody in our class win the CPL contest?  What books would they buy?
3. Who will win the most measurement Olympic games?
4. What Olympic game will most of us like?

Thoughts of the day- June 20

What did we do today?

• Today in math, we had our last class time to finish our zoos.
• In science, it was also our last class to finish our animal presentations.  If we finished early, we got to try figurative language baseball.
• After computers, we read the book The Places You Will Go.  We then started to brainstorm what we have liked doing in the portable this year.
• We played kickball in gym.
• Right after recess, we went into the computer lab to finish our photos from our residency.  We put our finished pictures in Ms. Jones' dropbox and she is going to print them onto photo paper.
• In social, we continued working on our Ukraine centers.  Ms. Jones told us we will be tasting foods from all the countries we studied this year next week.  The Alberta group had some catch up time.

What questions do we have after today?

1. What is the length, width and height on a chapter book?
2. How many people have finished their science presentations?
3. Who will be first to present their science slideshow?

Agenda- June 20-24

Read 30 min

Calgary Public Library presentation Tues @ 9:30am-Summer Reading program

Grade 6 farewell Thurs @ 2pm

Fresh Air Friday celebration and Nose Hill picnic Fri @ 9:00am- please bring a drink and snack to enjoy on Nose Hill
Tasting foods from India, Tunisia and Ukraine changed to Tuesday lunch
Bring water guns, towel, extra clothes for water fight Tues morning

Forms to bring back:
Nature ground weeding forms 
Library Books!!!!!
Toy cars needed for math Thursday

Thoughts of the day- June 17

What did we do today?

• During Fresh Air Friday, we went on an insect hunt.  We had to collect three bugs, observe and write down notes about their appearance and behaviour.  Insects we found were: dragonflies, damselfly, crane fly, aphids, thread waisted wasp, red headed ant, bees, wasps, beetles, moths, mosquito, black flies, red ants, butterfly and a grasshopper.
• Insects have 6 legs, a head, a thorax and an abdomen.  We observed insects we didn't know existed until today.  We also observed that some insects have different coloured body sections.  The insects that have wings only have wings coming from the thorax section.
• We also learned there are two kinds of life cycles for insects.  Cockroaches, grasshoppers and dragonflies only go through three stages: egg, nymph and adult.  This is called an incomplete metamorphosis.  The other 90% go through the complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa and adult.
• Before the insect hunt, we had the choice of working on our zoos and 3D animals, our science presentations, social centers and our Library Olympic journal.

What questions do we have after today?

1. Will we do any more science activities with bugs?
2. Will anyone see any of these bugs on the weekend?
3. What is the most common insect in Alberta?  To be found today?
4. How many species of insects are there?
5. Did anybody find a painted lady butterfly?
6. How many different types of ants are there?
7. Which insect family has the most species in it?
8. What was the biggest insect found?
9. What was the most colourful bug found?
10. What group found the most insects?

Thoughts of the day-June 16

What did we do today?

• This afternoon, the grade 1/2 had their assembly.  It was about Nose Hill and the animals they have learned about during Fresh Air Fridays.  One thing that we learned from them is that the little brown bats in Nose Hill are endangered due to the use of pesticides.
• Today in health, the grade 3s played time bingo.  The grade 4s learned about personal hygiene.
• After quiet reading, we continued working on our zoos.  We are very close to finishing.  We will also be learning about how to measure mass and length.
• In social, many of the groups are working on their last centers.
• During gym, which happened after 11, we played Capture the Flag.  Afterwards we had a catch up time to finish some work (aka smorgasbord).

What questions do we have after today?

1. How long will it take for the whole class to finish their zoos?
2. Will the person who has not returned their library book return it?
3. What kind of bugs will we find tomorrow?
4. Will any groups finish all four centers next social class?
5. Will Russia reclaim part of the Ukraine?
6. Will we see any of the animals from the assembly next Friday?

Thoughts of the day- June 15

What did we do today?

• In health, the grade 4s had another puberty lesson and the grade 3s finished their time charts and calculated their sleep.  Many of us are not getting enough sleep.
• Instead of having gym in the morning, we had it in the afternoon and because of the wind we played capture the flag instead of frisbee.
• Since the grade 6s were writing their PATs, today in math we got a double period to work on our zoos and keep the school quiet.
• Today in social, we were introduced to the government center and many of us are on our third centers.  In the Alberta group, we finished our definition word search and we learned about Father Lacombe.
• After recess, we continued our animal presentations.

What questions do we have after today?

1. How many more people will finish their PowerPoint presentations tomorrow?
2. How much more will the Alberta group learn about Father Lacombe?
3. What will be the zoo with the most buildings?
4. How did the grade 6s do today?
5. Will we have to write the PATs when we are in grade 6?

Thoughts of the day- June 14

What did we do today?

• Today the grade 4s continued to learn about puberty and the different changes for different genders.  The grade 3s talked about sleep and they charted their activities in a day.
• In science we continued to work on our animal presentations.
• This morning in math, we had a double period to work on our zoo structures.
• For gym we did frisbee golf with nine holes and we warmed up by playing pass.
• During music, we played wax museum and practiced our Fresh Air Friday song.
• In social we continued working on our social centers and looked up definitions for Alberta's past.

What questions do we have after today?

1. What will be the most commonly used 3D object and what size?
2. Which zoo will have the most interesting animals?
3. Will any of the health classes be really bad?
4. What have the group's named their restaurants/ gift shops?

Thoughts of the day- June 13

What did we do today?

• Today in math, we started to build 3D objects as buildings and as an animal for our zoos.
• In gym, we continued frisbees.  We practiced the forehand throw and worked on our backhand throws.  We also focused on passing and catching, and we earned points for completed passes.
• During LA we started and finished a journal about what character we would be if we were on Team Kyle from the book the Library Olympics.  Most of us thought we were a combination of two characters.
• After math, we went to the library to work on our science presentations and research.  During that time there was a power outage.
• We also found out there was a power outage during the Roughriders game and Ms. Jones' brother got a birthday cake from Gainer the mascot.

What questions do we have after today?

1. How many people started their animal presentations today?
2. How many people are researching gorillas and wolves?
3. What was the most popular combination of characters?
4. What will we do for the last day of school?
5. Who lost the most work due to the outage?
6. How tall will the tallest building be for math?
7. Which class will get all the their library books back first?  Ice cream is on the line!
8. How much money will be raised for the Environment Club tomorrow?

Agenda: June 13-17

Read 30 min
Treat day tomorrow- bring $1
Bring back library books
Grade 1/2 assembly tomorrow @ 2pm
Fresh Air Friday tomorrow
Summer Weeding Schedule
Next Friday is our Fresh Air Friday assembly and picnic

Thoughts of the day- June 8

What did we do today?

• In science, we worked on finishing our research on our animals.  A few of us have started our presentations.
• This afternoon in LA we continued to read the Library Olympics.  We found out that Mr. Peckleman has taken out all books from the library that had squirrels in them.  We also found out he is working with Mrs. Chiltington.
• The grade 4s had their first HS class and the grade 3s had a health class about healthy choices with regards to smoking and alcohol.
• In social we continued our Ukraine centers.
• This morning in gym, we did passing for five minutes then played a lacrosse/kickball/baseball game.
• In math we learned how to calculate the area of circles and irregular shapes.  Then we continued to work on our zoo designs.

What questions do we have after today?

1. Will we finish the Library Olympics tomorrow?  How will it end?
2. How many blogs will we complete by the end of the year?
3. How big will the biggest building be in math?
4. Will Mr. Lemoncello give his library to the new trustees?
5. Will Marjory give back the book Flora and Ulysses?
6. What will the grade 3s do in health next class?
7. Will Kyle's plan work?  What will they have to do to find the books?

Thoughts of the day- June 7

What did we do today?

• With our buddies, we let the butterflies go in the Whispering Woods. Eleven flew away, two had broken wings and one died in the sugar water.  One was left in its chrysalis but it would not turn into a butterfly as the pupa was black.
• Today in music, we finished Beethoven Lives Upstairs and did a test to show our understanding.
• This afternoon in social, the Alberta group reviewed the regions for an upcoming test. The Ukraine group reviewed the centers and continued to work on them.
• In science, we continued our science research.  Ms. Jones wanted us to have four topics done by today.
• In the Library Olympics, more books have gone missing!  Mr. Lemoncello has suspended the Library Olympics and has given everyone a "go to college free" card.
• Today in gym we continued lacrosse and we played keep away and games for those who are more confident in their skills.
• First thing this morning, we worked on our zoo and most of us were calculating the perimeters of their animal exhibits.  To measure the perimeter of a circle, you need to use string!

Thoughts of the day- June 6

What did we do today?

• Today in art, we finished our symmetry bug art and we started our name aliens in cursive.  We wrote our name in cursive on one half of the paper and then we traced the other side.  Then we looked at it to find and create an alien within our names.
• In Library Olympics, Team Kyle had to do this challenge where they were the librarians and they had to find a book based on a cryptic clue.  We were also asked to decide which character we would be most like if we were in the story.
• In math, we continued our zoos, and we started to glue our final draft onto card stock.  Ms. Jones asked us start calculating the perimeter of each animal exhibit in meters.
• This afternoon, we researched more facts on our animals and we got a few more topics to research on.
• This morning in gym, we did passing in lacrosse and then we played games.

What questions do we have after today?

1. What will the League of Concerned Library Lovers do next?
2. Which name alien will be the cutest?
3. Will Mr. Lemoncello actually leave town?  Will he leave the library?
4. Which character will most of us relate to?

Agenda: June 6-10

Read 30 min
Bike to School Day Tues
Library books to be returned back to library
POW due Thurs
No school Fri day- PD day

Swimming report cards
Science homework- journals and building write ups
Grade 4- Ask an adult

Thoughts of the day- June 3

What did we do today?

• Today was sports day!  There was 11 stations to go through.  They were tug-o-war, croquet with soccer balls, water sponge relay, parachute volleyball, kickball, three legged race, feed the cowboy, survey, rest station, pick up marbles with your toes and wheelbarrow race.  The parachute volleyball was run by Ms. Jones and Ms. Pearson.  On the way, we all got a 15 min certificate for free time which we can use next week or the week after. :)
• The volleyball station was kind of hard because you really had to work with your teammates to make sure you could throw and catch with the parachute.  During the sponge race we had to hold the sponge using different parts of our bodies other than our hands, like between your elbows.  In the croquet game, you had to kick a ball under a stick balanced on chairs and you had to keep track of how many times you kicked the ball.  With the tug-o-war, we did team vs team, kids vs adults and individuals vs individuals.  A few kid teams beat the adults!
• In the wheelbarrow race, a lot of people fell over and a kinder held up a grade 2 student in one race!  One team picked up 150 marbles!

What questions do we have after today?

1. What was the most liked station?
2. What were some of the different ways people held the sponges?
3. How many of the stations will be at next year's sports day?
4. Which team will win it next year....it was a TIE this year!
5. Will we have another winter's sports day?
6. What student got the most free time certificates?
7. Which team in volleyball worked the best?
8. Did Mrs. Polski count the points right?
9. Which team in Feed the Cowboy got the most birdies?

Thoughts of the day- June 2

What did we do today?

• We started the day with the school rooftop photo.
• After we had the rooftop photo we had our math quiz.
• This afternoon, we started our social centers for the Ukraine.  We had the choice of egg art or comparing life in the city compared to the village.
• In science, we observed the butterflies.  Eight are now out of chrysalis and one was walking around the mesh enclosure and one was trying to fly.
• In LA we read some more of the Library Olympics and there were two more competitions.  We found out Marjory is going to take the book from the library.  We also finished the Fireworks song and we sang it after we were done looking for figurative language.
• Today in music we continued to watch the movie Beethoven Lives Upstairs.  We also had to answer comprehension questions about the movie.
• In gym we started passing and catching in lacrosse.  Most of us can pass two in a row.

Thoughts of the day- June 1

What did we do today?

• Today in gym we started lacrosse.  First we played a warm up game of blob tag, then we did relays with the lacrosse sticks.  After that we learned how to cradle the ball and played What Time Is It Mr. Wolf with the lacrosse sticks.  If you dropped the ball, you became part of the wolf pack.
• We had our last book Cafe today and we had cookies with pink lemonade. Yum!
• In LA we sang the song Fireworks while looking for examples of figurative language.  We also read some more Library Olympics.  The fifth competition had them guessing books from clues and the sixth one had them identifying book titles using clues from a parade of actors.
• In social, we were introduced to our new centers for the Ukraine.  We will be learning about beliefs, city life versus country life, egg art and a government timeline. The Alberta group continued to work on our presentations on the regions.
• Today in math we kept working on our zoos.  We are now working on our final drafts on cardstock paper.
• During science we continued our research on our animals.

What questions do we have after today?

1. Will Team Kyle stay in the lead?
2. What will be the most popular social center?
3. Will Team Kyle win the next competition and what will the next one be?
4. Will there be any butterflies tomorrow?  There are now three!
5. How will our zoo plans turn out?
6. What unit is after lacrosse?