Monday 19 October 2020

Gr.41 Oct.19-23

Hello Group 41! This week we are going to work on Reading Activities – we will be Reading Detectives and presenting our favorite book in a “Book Tasting” to the class.

Remember, Friday is Dress Down Day for the Children’s Hospital, bring in your $2.

I will also be adding the Classwork to my blog from now on, that way the students at home can keep up with their work.

Videos and lessons will be sent on Google Classroom to go with the lessons I teach. They will only be posted on the day I am teaching that lesson.

Upcoming Tests:

Math:

Units 1-4 – sign in Yellow Test Duotang

Units 5-8 Test: Tuesday Oct.27 (during switch)

Themes 1-8 Exam: Wednesday Nov.4 & Thursday Nov.5

 

Language Power:

Unit 1 Work With Vocabulary Test – Tuesday October 20


Students will need their red math duotangs for the Tuesday/Friday switch periods during French week.


*PLEASE CHECK CLASS DOJO EVERY WEEKEND FOR UPDATES ON BEHAVIOUR*

Notes:

· Study x-tables, 5 minutes per night

· Please bring in a reusable water bottle every day.

 

ELA Classwork

Monday -Friday:

Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore Google Slides (42 Reading) -

·       Complete the Reading Response Slide if you haven’t already done so.

·       Complete the Figurative Language Slides – Remember to use complete sentences and give many details.

·       Language Power Writing activity (this activity is graded, it must be completed on your own) on pages 22 and 23.

·       Use the topic on page 23 (Planning a Surprise Party) – be sure to include vivid nouns and verbs, contractions, compound words and at least 2 of the similes and idioms found on the top of page 23. Do your first draft in the Language Power book on pages 22 and 23. It must be at least 1 ½ pages. Editing instructions will be sent home to those that are absent, later in the week.

·       Book Tasting: Pick a book that you absolutely love, one that you can read over again and that you would recommend for others to read.

·       Fill in the provided “Book Tasting” sheet so that your classmates can get a “taste” of why your book is so amazing and why they should read it. We’ll be presenting it to each other in class.

 

 

Language Power:

Monday: study

Tuesday: -

Wednesday: pgs. 25-26

Thursday: pgs. 27-28

Friday: pg.29


Spelling:

*Unit  4 – due Friday October 23 - It has been worked on in class during the week. If incomplete, it becomes homework Thursday night. There are no weekly spelling tests. There will be one test per term using lessons 6, 12 &18.


Math:

Monday:  stencil 1-7 (both sides) Class: Numbers: pg.39

Tuesday:  stencil 1-8 (side 1) Class: Numbers pgs. 40-42

Wednesday: stencil 1-8 (side 2) Class: Numbers: pg. 43

Thursday: complete class + - stencil

Friday: complete class Problem Solving Practice stencil – Study for Units 5-8 test

 

Let’s have a wonderful week!