Homework and Fractured Fairytale Notes!

French Test on May 8th

Social Studies:  Research who our mayor, city councilors, which ward we belong to, our Premier, Prime Minister, our Minister of Education

Page 382 #2-4

We are currently working on Fractured Fairytales in Writer's Workshop.

Homework and Muskoka

Earth Day Poster due Wed

Math Test on Wed

Kleenex Please

I am heading to Muskoka with the Grade 8s this weekend!  Lucky me, I am so excited!!!  These Grade 8s are amazing, I am so fortunate to be part of the trip, but I will miss my munchkins!

I will be back on Thursday!

Homework

Reader Response

Brainstorm Bubble

Art

All due tomorrow!

Homework and Ninja Update and the return of Word Study!

Math:  Page 363 #1 and #2

Art due Friday

Science Test tomorrow

Ninja Update:
We will be finishing this round of Number Ninjas on Friday.  The next round will focus on division facts.  Please take the time to practice with your child a few minutes a night.

Current Black Belts:  Anthony, Charlie, Luke, Victoria, Nathan, Sebastian, Zack K, Zack B, Dom, Nathaniel

Word Study returns soon.  Time will be allotted in class daily to work on word study (15 minutes/day).

Homework and Holy Names High School

Rant Presentations Tomorrow!

Success Criteria:  enthusiasm, voice fluctuation, body language, eye contact.

Art:  due date moved to Friday

Science test on Thursday

Get those marks back!!

We had a great day at Holy Names High School today...the kids were amazed with the Science lab, and many of them stated that they can't wait to take physics in High School!

This is what Catholic Education is all about...learning and sharing, leadership and guidance.
The Grade 12 Physics students were wonderful with the Grade 5s, and Mr. Mancina at Holy Names High School was so generous with his time, expertise, and enthusiasm!

We were very blessed that he took the time to teach us.

Science Review

“What’s the Matter?”  Review for Test

The following material will be on the Science Test on Thursday, April 23.

1. Know the definitions of the following vocabulary:

• mass
• volume
• properties  (all three)
• matter
• physical change
• chemical change
• gas
• liquid
• solid
• melting
• freezing
• evaporation
• condensation

2.  Explain the properties of liquids, solids, and gasses:  (shape, mass, and volume)

3.  Fill in the following:

Change of State	What Happens
Melting	solid changes to liquid
Evaporation
Condensation
Freezing

4.  Give examples of the different changes of state

ie:  butter warming in a frying pan

5.  Define physical and chemical changes.  Give an example of each.

6.  Know that the most effective way to change state is by changing temperature.  Give an example.

7.  Study your changing state worksheet on temperature of steam and water.  Know the evaporation/condensation/melting and freezing points.

Homework

Rant Presentation on Wed

Art due Wed

Bring 2 pennies tomorrow

Science Test on Thursday

Get marks signed for tomrrow

Crazy Day and a Science Lab

Friday!!!

Rant presentations on Wed

Art due Wed

Holy Names High School on Tuesday!

Homework

Crazy Day on Friday

Rants are due Friday.  Presentations are Wed.

Bring in a calculator

Math:  Page 360 #3

Apologies for anyone that did not get a picture form, I will get some more from the office!

Homework

Math worksheet:  tomorrow

Rants due Friday.  Presentations are on Wed.

Bring a calculator!

Crazy hair and dress on Friday

Homework

Rants due Friday

Rant Presentation on Wednesday

Art due tomorrow

Page 356 #1 and 2 in Math

Bring a calculator

Physical and Chemical Changes Anchor Chart

In Class Assignment: Physical and Chemical Changes

Recently we have been studying physical and chemical changes in class. We have done a multitude of experiments to allow us to understand exactly what a physical and chemical change is. Photos will be posted soon.

Below is an in class assignment we will be doing as a reinforcement of our learning.

Physical and Chemical Changes in Matter

Monday, April 13, 2015

Curriculum Expectations:

3.4 describe physical changes in matter as changes that are reversible.  

3.5 describe chemical changes in matter as changes that are irreversible.

You have investigated physical and chemical changes in matter.  

1.  What is a physical change?  Give three characteristics and explain with examples.

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2.  What is a chemical change?  Give three characteristics and explain with examples.

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Are the following examples of physical or chemical changes?

a)  Mixing vinegar and baking soda: _____________________________

b)  Dissolving sugar into water: _________________________________

c)  Mixing cornstarch and water: _________________________________

d)  Mixing lemon juice with red cabbage: _____________________________

e)  Mixing oil and vinegar: __________________________________________

f)  A nail rusts:  _____________________________________

g)  A glass breaks:  __________________________

h)  A piece of paper burns:  __________________________________

i)  Ice cube melts:  ____________________________

Homework

Math Test on Monday

Fully Alive Instruction Manual due Tuesday

Art due Wed

Homework

Math test on Monday.  Review was done in class today.

Review Page 250, # 1-6

Homework and Rant Assignment

Math test (Chapter 7) on Monday.  Review will be given tomorrow.

French cube due tomorrow

In Class Rant Assignment  Below:

Word Choice Activity:  A Rant

A RANT is something people do when they are complaining about something that they don’t like/enjoy.  Your mission is to write a RANT about something that you don’t like, a “pet peeve” of yours.

Some examples of topics could be:

• onions
• people driving on their cell phone
• kids that sidle while they walk
• people who leave their cars on when they go into a store
• people biting their nals
• grinding teeth
• snoring
• people who pick their nose
• parents always sticking up for the younger sibling

Evaluation Focus:

• word choice
• spelling/grammar
• sentence fluency

Onions:  They Stink Up My Life

They are slimy and slippery...as soon as I bite into something of which they are contained I immediately feel the bile rising up in my throat.  They are pungent, and their odor can fill an entire house!  What is this I speak of you ask?  The culprit could be only one thing...ONIONS!

Ever since I was a little girl, I have absolutely detested onions.  They are a vegetable that I just can’t bear to even be in the same room with.  The problem is, onions aren’t a rare food, like rutabaga or plantains.  Onions are a key ingredient to many different recipes, including the recipe for a serious stomach ache for me.

Texture:  The first reason I can’t stand onions is their texture.  The feel of that slick, slimy, slippery slice of onion raises the vomit deep in the pit of my stomach.  As soon as I feel an onion on my tongue I want to puke.  I just can’t stand the feeling of an onion in my mouth, cooked or raw.

Taste:  I also hate onions because of the taste that they encompass.  The taste of them is very sharp, and overpowers the flavours of everything else in the dish.  Have you ever ordered a pizza, and looked so forward to the taste of cheesy, hot, saucy goodness, opened the box, carefully selected the perfect slice, and then bit into that piece of perfection to only find it had been tainted by the godawful flavour of the onion?  Oh the horror!  This has happened to me multiple times, and completely turned me off of pizza entirely.

Smell:  In my worst nightmares I am locked in a room with a bag of onions, a stove, a frying pan, and a mean chef that just continuously chops, slices, and sautes those viciously smelling vegetables.  Raw or cooked, although different, their smell is so pungent.  It gets inside your nasal cavity and festers there, overpowering all of your other senses, causing actual tears to come to your eyes.  After being around onions I smell them for at least three days!

They are the Ultimate Ingredient:  Unfortunately for me, onions are found in everything!  Pizza sauce, pasta sauce, soups, salads, casseroles, and the list continues.  Onions are the household ingredient, and are considered part of the holy trinity of cooking.  Even if they are minced to the point of juice, I can still find little slivers throughout the dish, and as soon as I do, I push my plate away.  The dish has been ruined forever!  I will not longer eat it, look at it, smell it or touch it within my free will.  I will starve to death before I willingly place a bite of anything containing onions in my mouth.

I hope I have shed some light on the absolute horror that onions bring me, and have explained all of the reasons why you should stay away from these seemingly harmless vegetables.  They have the capacity to destroy your meal, your tastebuds, and all of your culinary dreams!  Stay away...FAR away!

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Lab Report due tomorrow

math worksheet due tomorrow

Lab Report Outline

Investigating the Properties of Air

Purpose:  Identify and Investigate the Properties of Air

Hypothesis:  State what you think will happen when the cup/napkin is placed in the bowl of water

Materials:  List in bullet form

Procedure:  State the steps in order

Observations:  Explain what you saw.  Do NOT give an explanation.

Diagram:  Use a ruler, pencil, and coloured pencils

Application:  Does the outcome of the experiment agree with your hypothesis?  Yes or No?  Explain.

Analysis:  What did you learn about the properties of air in this investigation?

Easter Weekend!

Enjoy your long weekend!

Lab Report due Wed, Math congruency map and worksheet due Tuesday

Lit Centers, Homework, Hiatus House, and Holy Week

Literacy Centers:  The students have been working in literacy centers for about thirty-five minutes a day.  At the end of the rotation, they will choose their three best samples to submit for evaluation.  At the time of preparation we will analyze rubrics for each task, so that students can ensure their work is curtailed to the rubric.  All center work is done at school.  Students should not be bringing this home.  There is more than enough class time to complete the center work.

Hiatus House:  Thanks so very much for the items you have donated to Hiatus House.  We know the women and children will greatly appreciate your generosity

Holy Week:  We will be watching the Gr 8 presentation of the Stations of the Cross tomorrow at 11:05.  If you are home please feel free to join us here at CTK as we pray and show our reverence in the most holy time of our Faith.

Homework:  Religion assignment due tomorrow, Math Page 236 #1, 2, Art is due tomorrow, Word Study activity due tomorrow.