Wednesday's homework

1. Read in French for 20 minutes
2. Heritage fair essay due Friday!
3. Maths: worksheet.  We're comparing fractions, and there's a great website that explains how to do it if you're having trouble:

http://www.mathplayground.com/fractions_compare.html

It's a lot of fun!

4. Parents: Interviews are coming up next week.  I've sent home an interview time (it would be about the same time as our last interviews).  Please check with your child and let me know if the time is good for you!

Tomorrow's homework (worksheet)

http://math.about.com/library/fractionsd.pdf

A slideshow of space pictures from National Geographic

We'll take a look at some of these picture in class next week, but they're pretty neat to look at now!

This is a photo of a sand dune on Mars

National Geographic Photos of the Week

Today's Class

Phases of the Moon

French story

Wednesday's homework

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Work on your heritage fair project!
3. Finish the math work begun today in class.

Apologies for the lateness of some of these posts - I'm having trouble using blogger at the school....

For those of you looking to buy plastic backboards for your heritage fair projects, just a quick word to let you know that they're not available at Staples, but you can purchase them at Colours (right by Captain Sub). Thanks to Michelle for the tip!

Tuesday's homework

1. Read in English for 20 minutes
2.  Keep working on your heritage fair essay.  Don't forget that it's due (good copy and all) next Friday!
3. Math - Work in your exercise book.  I can't quite remember the pages, but I believe they're 68 and 69.  Most of you should have finished these in class yesterday.

Tomorrow we will continue with our work on your essay.  Don't forget to check a few posts down for the links I included!

A copy of the letter I'll be sending home on Tuesday.

February 21, 2012

Dear parent,

The students have been hard at work on their Heritage Fair projects!  I thought I’d take a moment to update you on where we are and where we’re going.

Right now we’re working hard on our written essays.  Even if they have a partner for the project, each student is required to hand in their own essay.  I’ve looked over a rough first draft of your child’s essay, and we’ll be spending the next week revising and editing them.  Any way you can help your child, be it through going over their essays with them or helping them find more information would be greatly appreciated.  

We will be starting work on the actual displays for the fair some time next week.  One of the requirements for the fair is a backboard made from non-flammable material.  I believe that Staples sells some plastic ones, and many students are re-using backboards from previous projects or using home-made ones.  We will be doing the bulk of the project at school, but you can help your child by helping them find photos, art supplies to decorate their project, and any props that could add to the effectiveness of the project. 

Here’s a breakdown of the all the dates regarding the project:

Friday, March 2: Final copy of the essay due.

Wednesday, March 7: Report cards go home (not to do with the Heritage Fair per se, but good information to have)

Friday, March 16: Heritage Fair project due* I realize that this is almost a full month before the Heritage Fair itself.  This will be my last day at school before my maternity leave, and I am hoping to tie up all loose ends before leaving.

Friday, April 13: Heritage Fair at Elm Street.  This date is apparently tentative.  Usually parents are able to come and visit in the afternoon.

Your child is doing their project on: _______________________________

Their partner (if they have one) in the project is: _______________________

Visit our class blog (madamejen5b.blogspot.com) to keep up-to-date on the details of the project and what’s going on in class. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to call, email (jxgalle@edu.pe.ca) or write.

Jen Gallé 

Heritage Fair Websites

For fishing on PEI:

http://www.peionline.com/fishinghistory.php?sid=

Outdoor rinks on PEI:

http://www.city.charlottetown.pe.ca/pdfs/2012OutdoorRinksFirst1.pdf
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/mriver.htm
(this site has information about an old outdoor rink in Murray River)

Ashpan Annie:

http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/
http://dailyhodgepodge.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/saying-good-bye-to-ashpan-annie-one-of-the-last-survivors-of-the-halifax-explosion/

Joe Borden:

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Sports/Sports-facilities/2008-08-04/article-1304645/Former-light-heavyweight-boxer-helping-youth-in-Summerside/1

Farming then and now:

http://www.antiquefarmtools.info/ - This site has some details on the type of equipment farmers used to use

Hockey equipment:

http://stars.nhl.com/ext/pdf/NHL_UniformBooklet.pdf

West Point Lightouse:

http://www.westpointlighthouse.com/

There will be more sites to come as I find them!

Thursday's homework

1. Read in French for 20 minutes
2. Mental math for 5 - 10 minutes
3. Heritage fair - First draft rough copy due tomorrow.  We will have some time to work on this in class, but be sure to get most of it done so you're not rushing!

Tuesday's homework

1. Read in French for 20 minutes
2. Mental maths for 5-10 minutes
3. English: Heritage fair report rough copy due Friday!

Homework for Monday, as well as a short movie we will be viewing in class

1. Read in French for 20 minutes
2. Mental math - practice your subtraction!
3. French - Finish revising your fable.

In class today we looked at the rotation of the earth around the sun.  Here's the video we watched:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZCyBfA13zE&feature=fvwrel

Math quiz on Monday

Here's a question that will be on the quiz.  Email me (jxgalle@edu.pe.ca) if you have any troubles with it:

Utilise du papier quadrillé à 1 cm.
   a) Dessine tous les rectangles possibles qui ont un périmètre de 28 cm.
   b) Dessine un rectangle avec un périmètre de 32 cm et une aire de 60 cm2.

Good luck on Monday!

Wednesday's homework

1. Read in English for 20 minutes
2. Mental math for 10 minutes (please use the sheet provided)
3. Math (using the book): page 158, #'s 1, 3, 4, 5)

Some links to help you with your heritage fair project

http://www.canadashistory.ca/

This website generally talks about Canadian History.  It might be difficult to find information about specific people (especially famous Islanders), but it's a good place to get some background information.

http://www.wikipedia.org/

Don't forget about what we talked about regarding wikipedia: it's a great place to start, but you shouldn't base all of your information on it. It is very easy for people to edit the page and put in false information.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and use the "sources" section.

http://www.gov.pe.ca/

This is a good place to find the addresses of places of interest.  It doesn't have a lot of information, but it has contact information and maps.

http://www.gov.pe.ca/tourism/heritagefair

The heritage fair website!  Here you'll find all the official information you need to create your project.



http://www.islandregister.com/

I love this website!  It has all kinds of information about the history of PEI, including a list of islanders of the past (going back to the days of Acadians), and a list of ships and the people immigrating to PEI.  It might not help you with your project, but it could be fun to look up your Island ancestors.

Monday's homework

1.  Read in English for 20 minutes
2. Mental math for 10 minutes - keep using the sheet I gave you last week!
3. French story rough copy.

If you haven't already done so, please bring in your permission for for Lennie Gallant tomorrow!  We leave in the afternoon.  If you are at home and don't have the form with you, a note from Mom or Dad giving you permission is fine. 

Thursday's homework

1. Read in French for 20 minutes
2. Mental math for 10 minutes - please use the sheet that was handed out on Tuesday
3. Math (using the book): pages 149 and 150, #'s 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9

If you have not already done so, please remember to bring in your permission form and money for Lennie Gallant.