Lest We Forget

Together as a school community we gathered to honour those who fought for our freedom.

After the ceremony, we took time to reflect independently about the assembly and about 

what Remebrance Day means to us.

What really touched me was how many people died because of war and how many people have to leave their families to protect their home and all of their loved ones.

Something that touched me in the ceremony today was the video with all the soldiers that passed away in war. Their sacrifices gave us our freedom!

I really liked how they showed our 6 word memoirs because we worked very hard on them.

C'est triste que plus de 66 000 personnes sont mortes pendant la guerre.

Merci. Thank you. I thank you for sacrificing your lives for our community. You did a lot and we will remember forever because 1 day isn't enough to remember.

I really appreciated the hard work that went into the ceremony and the effort that the band did to do that amazing O Canada song. Thank you Ecole Ness. The ceremony was fantastic.

I didn't know that Indigenous Remembrance Day was a thing. Respect to all the soldiers.

I appreciate how they mentioned people who didn't get honoured by their hometown because they didn't know.

Today I learned about Indigenous Day.

Thank you for serving our country and fighting for our freedom.

Today made me think a lot more about all the people who served our country. I want to say thank you to all the people and families who fought for our country.

My great-Grandma survived World War II.

I learned that there was an Indigenous Remembrance Day on November 8th to remember all the Indigenous people that were in the war.

I am grateful for all of the people who fought for our country and our freedom and risked their lives just for us.

I really appreciated the music and I really liked that they mentioned it was Indigenous Remembrance Day because it's nice to be celebrating not just 'ours' but both.

I am very grateful for all the people who saved Canada. Also the people who fought for our freedom.

I learned that one great or small act can change the world. It takes brave men and women to say I love my country, I will fight for it.

I am thankful for those who served for our country and fought side by side for our freedom.

I would like to thank all the soldiers that risked their lives for our country and for us. Merci.

A handy mental strategy to try!

Hi everyone!

Take a look at our new Mental Math multiplication strategy, "Noticing Nines."
Ex: 7 x 99
Yikes! That sounds hard! 😟
Don't worry! It's actually easier than you might think!
We can round up 99 to 100, making the question 7 x 100.
7 x 100 = 700.
In rounding, we included 1 too many groups of 7 in our answer, so we have to balance
our answer by subtracting 7. 700 - 7 = 693.
So, 7 x 99 = 693. Ta da!

This strategy is extremely helpful when dealing with money, too!
Four loaves of bread at $1.99? No problem!
1. 4 x $1.99 = $?.??
2. 4 x $2.00 =  $8.00
3. $8.00 - $0.04 = $7.96
4. 4 x $1.99 = $7.96

Please, try this one at home! :)

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Agenda items:
1. Les buts and inspiration boards were due today. Students who still need more time to complete this assignment are encouraged to work at home over the weekend and over the lunch hour next week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).
2. Science Projects - due Monday
3. Calcul Mental Section A - due Wednesday
4. November Scholastic Orders - due Monday, November 19.
5. Parent Network Fundraiser information was sent home today! Happy shopping! :)

Wednesday

Happy Wednesday!
We had a great morning of learning in Room 208.

In Math we started by working in our table groups to solve a word problem involving factors.
Please ask me how my group came up with seating plan options for Mme Chalifour and what the ideal seating arrangements would be!
Also in Math, we filled out a 100 chart using different symbols to indicate multiples of 2,3,5 and 7. Any numbers with a symbol were identified as Composite Numbers (les nombres composes) - numbers having 3 or more factors. All "left over" numbers (numbers without symbols) were identified as Prime Numbers (les nombres premiers) - numbers having only 2 factors: 1 and itself.
And then there is Number 1. Prime? Composite? Please ask me to find out! :)

In Français, we started with Mme Careen reading us the story, "Qu'est-ce que la paix?" The pictures in this book are absolutely beautiful and we noticed that there is a dove on every page.

We will be reading different peace-themed picture books over the next couple of days in honour of Remembrance Day, but also in preparation for our next writing task in Français.
After reading together, we continued our work on our "Suresh" article and listened to the remaining CFOO presentations before calling it a morning. Phew!

We are busy every day, getting ready to finish Term 1 with our very best work!
Bravo à tous!

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Agenda items!
1. Français - les buts et tableau d'inspiration - tomorrow (Thursday)
2. Remembrance Day assembly - tomorrow (Thursday) at 10:30.
All families and community members are welcome.

All students will receive a poppy to wear tomorrow morning before the ceremony. All students are welcome to bring in a monetary donation for their poppy. Please give as you are able.

3. Science Design Process (aliens) project  - Monday, November 12

*Mme Careen's room will be open over the noon hour tomorrow for those who would like a place to work and/or need access to an iPad to finish their assignments.

Tuesday Agenda Items

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Agenda items!
1. Français - les buts et tableau d'inspiration - Thursday
2. Remembrance Day assembly - Thursday at 10:30.
All families and community members are welcome.
3. Science Design Process (aliens) project  - Monday, November 12

*Mme Careen's room will be open over the noon hour tomorrow and Thursday for those who would like a place to work and/or need access to an iPad to finish their assignments.

CFOO!

Félicitations!

We have just finished our first round CFOO presentations and we are already showing that we are a promising group of public speakers!

What is CFOO, you ask?

CFOO (Le Club Fabuleux des Orateurs et Oratrices) is a public speaking "club" (similar to its English friend, TUSC) that will help students improve their oral French skills through short presentations. There are fifteen different presentation options, separated into three categories: Research, Opinion and Creativity. 

Our CFOO preparation and presentation periods alternate on Day 2, period 3.

For the first presentation, we chose one of the five Opinion options. We prepared a short oral presentation, fulfilling all of the criteria (listed on the page we have in our binder). Our presentations this time were mostly in the form of speeches, but they can also take on various other forms: a poster, a puppet play, a song, a poem, a painting, a PowerPoint, a movie, etc. - the possibilities are endless!

 

We discussed what we should keep in mind while making an oral presentation to the class and Mme Careen has the criteria written on a chart paper so we can review them before each CFOO session. Our list includes: keeping eye contact with the audience, speaking clearly and enunciating all of our words, projecting our voice and speaking at a good pace with expression.

Now that we have our first presentations under our belts, we will review as a class what went well and what we should work on for our next set of presentations. Our next CFOO work period will be next week - Tuesday, November 13, with the next set of presentations following on Wednesday, November 21.

Bravo à tous! :)

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Agenda items!
1. Calcul mental assessment - tomorrow (Tuesday)
2. Français - les buts et tableau d'inspiration - Thursday
3. Remembrance Day assembly - Thursday at 10:30
(All families and community members are welcome)
4. Science Design Process (aliens) project  - Monday, November 12

*Mme Careen's room will be open over the noon hour all week for those who would like a place to work and/or need access to an iPad to finish their assignments.

Friday!

What a week!

We packed in SO much learning, along with a field trip, Halloween and Spirit Week! Whew!

We have a lot of due dates coming up over the next couple of weeks as we approach the end of 

Term 1, so please be sure to be checking the daily agenda items to stay up-to-date!

Have a great weekend!

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Agenda items:

1. CFOO #1 (Opinions) - Presentations on Monday!

2. Factors and Multiples page - Monday

3. Final revisions and good copies of "Les buts" - due Tuesday and 

the accompanying "Tableau d'inspiration" due Thursday

4. Science Design Process (alien design) project - due Monday, November 12

Thursday!

Happy November, everyone!

We had a great morning of learning today!

In Math, we worked at the white boards in our randomized groupings to solve two different Math problems: "la croix des cartes" et "le cercle magique."

We all had different strategies of how to approach solving these tasks, and many of us were successful in finding multiple solutions for each task.

Please ask us about the questions from class today! We challenge you to solve them, too! :)

In Français we continued working on our drafts for our second writing piece "Les buts." Many of us have now reviewed and edited our drafts and are ready to start our good copies. Once we have handed in our good copies to Mme, we will be able to start designing our inspiration board on the iPad using the PicCollage app! Fun!

In Science, we are continuing with our daily observations of our tomato seeds. Many have now germinated and the tiny plants are growing taller every day!

We also had time in Science this morning to work on our Design Process project. We will have one more work period in class on Monday and then the remainder of the project will need to be completed on our own time, with projects being due at school on Monday, November 12.

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Agenda items:

Friday: Motif-dredi (Pattern Day)!

Polka dots, plaid, and stripes, oh my!

1. Section B and the Factors/Multiples sheet were not corrected today in class.

We will be correcting them tomorrow.

2. CFOO #1 (Les opinion) presentation - Monday, November 5

(iPads will be available over the noon hour tomorrow for those who need).

3. Good copy of "les buts" and "le tableau d'inspiration" - Thursday, November 8

4. Science design process project - due Monday, November 12

Have a great afternoon! :)