Mme. Macdonald

The grade five skate is scheduled for Wednesday this week.  Students in 5/6 F had discussed skating last week and on Monday we were planning a vote to determine how we would like to participate.  I have not yet received all the permission forms or $2.00 cost for the excursion.  Mme Stewart said she would [...]

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I am trying to learn more about how to post information on my blog.  Here is a photo that I have posted.   

Here is another one.  The first photo is an example of a marquetry project.  The second one is my son’s green cheeked conure named Coco. 

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Grade 5:
22, 23, 40 ,41, 58, 59, 120, 121, 146, 147, 186, 187, 234, 235, 390, 391, 308, 309,370, 371
Grade 6:
2, 3, 48, 49, 60, 61, 89, 94, 95, 114, 115, 118, 119, 126, 127, 200, 201, 290, 291, 308, 309, 310, 311, 329, 338, 339

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Here are the sentences that the students wrote for studying this week:
1)  Je fais quelque chose amusant au parc le samedi.
2)  Elle fait le ski alpin à Brookvale avec sa mère le dimanche.
3)  Elles font du patinage de vitesse le mercredi.
4)  Nous faisons des maths aujourd’hui après l’anglais.
5)  Vous faites des biscuits délicieux ce soir.
Here are [...]

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The verb test of “aller” was handed back to students today. They had time to correct it and were asked to show it to their parents, request a signature and return it to school asap. Students received a study sheet for the verb “faire”. This test will take place on Friday. [...]

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Today we began a focused unit on mathematical problem solving strategies. Many of the students used their classtime very effectively to work on finding solutions to the textbook problems. Working with a partner to discuss the problem and possible solutions often helps. Each student received an outline of the pages for this [...]

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Hello all!I hope you have some time to play outside in the lovely snow today.  The math test will now be tomorrow.  Reviewing the material at home is an excellent way to feel prepared and confident for the test, isn’t it Cheryl?!  If you have time to devote to your learning, please read, work on [...]

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There won’t be a grammar test this week in order to afford us more time to concentrate on our division test, science project and memoir writing assignment.  

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We are in the midst of completing our unit on division.  The following is a list of pages to review for Tuesday’s test. 
Grade 5
124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 132, 133, 137, 139 (#13-24), 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 148, 149, 150, 151, 157, 158, 159 (#4-7), 160 and 154, 155 (average)
Grade 6
122, 123, 129, 131, [...]

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This week is the final week to conduct research about the body systems in French/Science.  The students are working in small groups and have been researching using the internet and books.  Next week the students will begin the process of planning the best way to communicate their learning to their peers.  The final product will be a short [...]

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