Before Spring Break

My time is going so fast! It is so hard to believe that at the end of this week, Spring Break is here! Everyone is need of a break, rest, and time away from daily class routine and learning activities. Spring Break begins at 12:00 noon on Friday, March 26th. Classes will resume on Tuesday, April 6th, at 8:30 am.

Over the last two weeks, we have been building up our conceptual understanding of multiplication, decimals, and multiplication of decimals. We have also continued with our investigation into the properties of air and how air moves, with a few experiments. This coming week, we will be conducting three more experiments to help us make inferences about air. Students will need a straw, two empty pop cans, paper, a ruler, tub of water, an index card (or sturdy paper), and a glass.

We have also been working through our understanding of Ancient Athens government forms and how elements of democracy are rooted within our own governance models. We are continuing to work towards our study into the Iroquois Confederacy. 

Over the last few weeks, we have also been working on deepening our understanding of how to craft interesting beginnings, suspenseful middles, and extended meaningful endings. Several students are still completing their narratives, and are encouraged to complete these before Spring Break. 

Here is the agenda for this coming week:

Agenda for March 22nd - March 26th

Classes will be run Monday to Thursday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30 am

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 

Assignments for this week:

 

Monday:

• Mathbeat visit with Robey

• Math -  Multiplying Decimals - Part 15

• ELA - Chapter 1

• Science - Air Test - Part 1

• Phys.Ed/Health - Duking it out with DC

Tuesday:

• Science - Air Pressure 5B

• Math - Multiplying Decimals  - Part 16

• Social Studies - Citizenship & Social Status - Presenting Part B

• ELA - Chapter 2

• Phys.Ed/Health  - Duking it out with DC 

Wednesday: 

• ELA - Chapter 3 and Quiz

• Math - Math Talk

• Science - Air Pressure (Part 5 C)

• Phys.Ed/Health - Duking it out with DC

Thursday/Friday:  (ALL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE RELEASED THURSDAY)

• Art - Intro to Colour Theory

• Science/Math/Social - Einstein

• Music - YouthBeat/MathBeat - Week 6  and Flipgrid Reflection

• Phys.Ed/Health - Duking it out with DC and Reflection

• Science Quiz - Air Part 2

• Reading Comprehension

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it. Please submit all assignments by March 26th except MathBeat/YouthBeat is due on APRIL 8th. 

Thank you for all that you are doing! Your support, encouragement and efforts in helping your child with their learning, is sincerely and deeply appreciative.

Warmest regards,

Mrs. Easton

Week 24

 This past week, we had fun learning more about air movement and finding evidence of air in the world around us. As we continued in our learning, we learned about oxidation, combustion, convection currents, and three sources of heat transfer (Conduction, convection and radiation). We also worked on adding and subtracting decimals to the thousandths place value. In our literacy investigations, we worked on finding themes using S.L.I.M.E. Our continuation in our investigation of democracy, we explored the Athenian government structure.

Thank you for attending our class's Student Conferences, it was a pleasure to meet with you all again. Thank you for your time, and all that you are doing within your role of Leaning Coach. Thank you for all that you do!

Here is next weeks schedule:

Agenda for March 15th - 19th

Classes will be run Monday to Thursday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 

Assignments for this week:

 

Monday:

• Social Studies -  Citizenship & Social Status - Part A

• Math -  Multiplying Decimals Intro - Part 12

• ELA - Building our background knowledge - Part B  and Vocabulary - Part C

• Phys.Ed/Health - Duking it out with DC

Tuesday:

• Health - What Qualities and Values can you Spot?  - Part 2

• Math - Multiplying by Tenths - Part 13

• Social Studies - Citizenship & Social Status - Part B

• ELA - Chapter 1 and Map

• Phys.Ed/Health  - Duking it out with DC 

Wednesday: 

• ELA - Chapter 2

• Math - Math Talk

• Social -  Citizenship & Social Status Presentation

• Science - Air Pressure (Part A5)

• Phys.Ed/Health - Duking it out with DC

Thursday:

• ELA - Chapter 3

• Art - Intro to Colour Theory

• Math -  Multiplying Decimals by Hundredths

• Music - YouthBeat/MathBeat - Week 5 and Reflection

• Phys.Ed/Health - Duking it out with DC

Friday:

• ELA - Chapter 1-3 Quiz

• Phys.Ed/Health - Duking it out with DC

• Math - POTW

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it. Please submit all assignments by March 22nd except MathBeat/YouthBeat is due on March 18th. Vocabulary is due on March 16th and Citizenship and Social Status Presentation is due on March 17th.

Please do not hesitate to connect with me, should you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you!

Mrs. Easton

Moving Forward ...

Thank you for all of the work that everyone is doing - students and Learning Coaches! I cannot thank you enough for the efforts and work that is being presented. Some students are really stepping up the quality fo their work, and are beginning to challenge themselves by extending their work to include more personal responses, details, care, and thoughtfulness within their thinking. Please keep up the hard work!

This last week, we completed a Solar System art project. Here are a few examples of students work:

  

Here is the agenda for the upcoming week:

Agenda for February 22nd - 26th

Classes will be run Monday to Thursday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 

Assignments for this week:

 

Monday:

• Social Studies - Ancient Greece Vocabulary

• Math - Frayer Model - Decimals - Part 1

• Math - Base ten review - Part 2

• ELA - Intro to Narrative Endings - Part 1

• Science - Properties of Air - Part 1

• Phys.Ed/Health - Fiction Fitness with Harry Potter

Tuesday:

• Social Studies - Where is Ancient Greece? Part 2

• Math/Art - Decimal Art - Part 3

• Science -Where is Air? - Part 2A

• ELA - How to Write an Ending - Part 2

• Phys.Ed/Health - Fiction Fitness with Harry

Wednesday: PINK SHIRT DAY

• ELA - How to Write an Ending - Independently

• Math - Decimals - Number Place Names - Part 4 and 5

• Science - Where is Air? - Part 2B

• Social - Primary and Secondary Sources

• Phys.Ed/Health - Fiction Fitness with Harry

Thursday:

• ELA - Story Planning and Template Introduction

• Social Studies - Ancient Athens Government

• Math -  Decimal Point - Part 6

• Music - YouthBeat/MathBeat - Week 2 and Flipgrid Reflection

• Phys.Ed/Health - Fiction Fitness with Harry

Friday:

• Phys.Ed/Health - Fiction Fitness with Harry Reflection

• Math - POTW - Decimal - Part 7

• ELA - Writing the Intro and Conclusion to your story

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it. Please submit all assignments by March 1st except MathBeat/YouthBeat is due on March 4th. 

Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to further support you in this learning journey!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Easton

Next Week

I hope everyone has a fabulous Teachers' Convention and an outstanding Family Day!

Thank you for all that you do!

This coming week we are beginning an asynchronous music program with the Royal Music Conservatory. We will continue to work through our understanding of fractions, and begin our air and aerodynamics investigations.  

Agenda for February 16th  - 19th

Classes will be run Monday to Thursday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 

Assignments for this week:

 

Monday:

• Family Day - No School

Tuesday:

• Black History Month - Read Aloud

• Math - Representing Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers - I and J

• Science - Word Seeker 

• The Middle - The Magic of 3 - Groups

• Fiction Fitness with Harry

Wednesday: 

• The Middle - The Magic of 3 Independently

• Math - Converting Mixed Numbers - the Long Way (Part K)

• Science - A Windy Day

• Social -  Ancient Greece Vocabulary

• Fiction Fitness with Harry

Thursday:

• A String of Sentences - Groups

• Social - Where is Ancient Greece?

• Math -  Converting Mixed Numbers by Multiplying - (Part L)

• Music - YouthBeat/MathBeat

• Fiction Fitness with Harry

Friday:

• Fiction Fitness with Harry

• Math - POTW - Cookies

• Reading Comprehension 5

• A String of Sentence - Independent

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it. Please submit all assignments by February 22nd except Fiction Fitness and YouthBeat as they are due on the 26th. 

Please let me know if there is anything that I can do for you!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Easton