Posted: November 13, 2020
November 17 - skating - Students will leave the school at 9:20 and return at 10:50.
November 23 - picture re-takes and sibling photo's.
Mrs. Murphy Notes
Notes for 6W, 7H, 8M, 8MFI & 8P
Notes
Posted: November 13, 2020
Read & Record
study provinces on map – the map of Canada can be found in their agenda on page R11 – Part of next week’s spelling test will be done on a blank map of Canada where students will need to put the names of the provinces and territories in the proper places with proper spelling. They have already had the provinces and territories, a few at a time, for spelling words so they should already be able to spell them. Ask your child how they can use “You're Not That Nice” & “Bobby Ate Some Meatballs On Quebec” to help them put the territories and provinces, west of Ontario, in their proper place.
Phys. Ed
red duo-tang - Complete all worksheets.
cursive writing
sign spelling test - We will be continuing to do review tests over the next few weeks so students should be studying any words they had difficulty with on previous tests.
Posted: November 12, 2020
Read & Record
study for spelling test - These words can be found down the right hand side of the teachers page under pages. They only have 5 new words this week so I will be calling 10 review words.
Phys. Ed
prepare binder to pass in – see October I will be collecting the binders over the week-end, marking Octobers entries and Novembers to date. These pages should be in order and completed. I will continue to post the PowerPoints on the class page. The current month is always a working document and tends to change as we go depending on what I determine to be group needs.
Posted: November 9, 2020
November 9
Read & Record
Study new spelling words – I will check that they recorded the words correctly when I pass back the agendas tomorrow. Copying from the board is a skill that is still important, and we will continue to record them in this way until all students have mastered the skill. If you notice an error in what your child recorded please feel free to help them to fix it.
October story – quotations – This will be the last thing we will revise on this piece. We will be finishing it up tomorrow. Some students have asked if they can work on their writing from home and I told them that is great if they have access to a computer.
Poppy donation
Wear black, white and/or red - we will be having a virtual ceremony tomorrow but some of the students wanted to dress-up anyway out of respect for those who have served our country and those who still do. This is not necessary.
We started drawing poppies today with the help of an on-line video. Students are doing a beautiful job. This is the site if students want to try again at home. This is a great activity for paying attention to detail and following instruction. The instruction on this video as with many of the how to draw video’s is completely visual.
Posted: November 6, 2020
Read & Record - In agenda again this evening.
sign spelling test
cursive writing practice – Grayson plus any individual words I have written in the back of their spelling test tablets.
Phys Ed
October story – Read to someone - Often times we will hear when something doesn’t sound right so this is a good practice when revising and/or editing our writing. I will be marking this piece of writing for sentence fluency, so it is extra important that students use punctuation and capitals correctly. I will be adding a PowerPoint on the teacher's page with the activities we have done with this piece to help revise their piece.
Posted: November 5, 2020
November 5
Read & Record - In agenda again this evening.
Spelling test - I will be calling sentences again and students are expected to use capitals and punctuation where it goes.
SS – What’s the Gist? X2 - Students were assigned stories from the Tales of War papers to write short summaries for.
Phys Ed
Posted: November 4, 2020
Homework
Read and Record - Record in agenda for this evening as I am marking the yellow duo-tangs.
Study spelling words - We start with a base of words on Monday that students record into their agendas. We then add words up until Wednesday. On Wednesday I add the list of words to the teacher's page. If you are having trouble finding them your child should be able to show you as I have showed them several times and they have navigated to them on their own when they completed the “Teacher Page Search & Find”.
Sign red duo-tang - You can sign and date the first page. The number of pages they had completed satisfactorily is marked out of 16 on the inside cover of the duo-tang.
Prepare binder to pass in. - Students have been given class time to complete all the activities in this binder. Cover pages for Social Studies, Science, Computer and Wellness should be started~ they should at least have the titles on them. I have both the September and October writing activities posted as PowerPoints in the document section. This should be at the front of their binder and make up the bulk of it with a dark green piece of paper separating the September & October activities.
Math Test
Posted: October 27, 2020
Read and Record
Study spelling words
Writing – work on story - The draft of their story should have a beginning, middle and an end, if not they should complete this for homework today. This is the fifth day it has been assigned as homework and they have had class time to work on it.
- sentence structure / beginnings - All sentences should be circled so students can have a quick visual of how long or short their sentences are. We are looking for variety. All sentences should start with a capital and end with proper puctuation. The first word of every sentence should be highlighted and sentences should have a vaiety of beginings.
Yellow duo-tangs – Halloween packet # 2 - We had time to work on this and research anything they didn't know during computer lab time today.
Posted: October 19, 2020
Read & Record – Students should be reading and recording 6 nights per week.
Study Spelling Words - It is important to practice sentences using proper capitalization and punctuation.
Cursive writing
Work on story – binder - This is the 3rd Halloween themed story starter the students have started. We will start 4 and the students will pick the one they want to bring to completion.
Math pgs. 58-59, 1(a-c), 2(a-c), 3 & 4
Posted: October 8, 2020
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Spelling test
A/an/the worksheet
Butterfly description - We discussed that paragraphs have an introduction and a concluding sentence so these paragraphs should have them as well. Students should be implementing all the skills we have been working on.
Phys. Ed
Posted: October 7, 2020
Read - Students should be continuing to read and record 6 days a week. Reading should be anywhere from 15 - 45 min. depending on how much other work they have.
Study spelling words see words of the week in the pages section. We have review words each week so if your child had trouble with a word on any previous week they should continue to study these.
Yellow Duo-Tang - We discussed that it is important to read in all subjects and that reading helps us to learn in all subject areas. This reading comprehension activity is math based and it is important that students read the instructions.
Turkey Dinner - this will be the only meal served.
Headphones - Math in the computer lab tomorrow.
Posted: October 1, 2020
Read
Phys Ed
Picture Day
Spelling Test
Butterfly - finish colouring if you didn't complete it in class
Posted: September 30, 2020
Read
Finish "Orange T-Shirt Story" questions. These questions should be answered in full sentences.
Study Spelling Words - This list can noe be found in the "Pages" section in the words of the week document.
Word work practice sheet This worksheet explains the rule for adding "s" to words that end in "y".
Posted: September 28, 2020
Read
Terry Fox Donation $40 = 40 min of outdoor freetime
Study Spelling Words - I did not get a chance to check each students entries so if someone at home could check before they start studying that would be great.
Memo - photo day
Watch & Practice “Honour Song” - see web links
Math pg. 51-52 ques. 8B & 11
Posted: September 25, 2020
If we should find ourselves quarantined at home again I have sent home a packet as part of the schools “Outbreak Management Plan” that we will be using as part of our at home learning materials.
If students are home sick and still feeling up to doing some work they should check the teachers page first. There they will find weekly spelling words and daily writing activities. If they are finished with those they should try to read and then they may work from either of the books in their bag. The Heartsmart is a workbook that they can write and colour in. If they choose to do activities in the spelling book those should be done on loose-leaf or in a scribbler.