Mrs. Murphy Notes

Grade 6/7M, 6H & 5/6 English Language Arts

Notes

Posted: September 17, 2020

Homework

 

Read 

Writing – Finish Poem - Students who were absent yesterday afternoon do not need to finish this activity. We will be going to the computer lab to type these to practice using Microsoft word and the keyboard. 

Spelling Test - I checked everyone’s words in their duo-tangs today but it is a good idea to check them each night to make sure they copied them correctly. I circulate as they write them but I don’t always get a chance to give them a good check. Copying notes is a skill they will need as they advance in the grades, so practice is important. 

Phys Ed 

Math – Headphones - see memo from earlier this week 

Posted: September 15, 2020

Homework

September 15, 2020 

Read & Record – Please see the “Why Can’t I skip My 20 Minutes of Reading Tonight?” handout. Students should adjust their reading time in accordance to how much time they spend doing other homework. If we go by the general rule of thumb of 10 min per grade level they should be “working” at their homework for about 50 min per evening. Most of the work that I assign will be the completion of something started in class and should probably already be finished or close to it. Having said that if they work for 20 min on other homework I would expect that they read for 20-30 min.  

Quick Write - Students should write at least ½ page about the quote or what the quote made them think of.  

Words of the Week - Spelling Duo-Tang – Finish the “Use capital letters correctly” handout 

Handouts  

  • Cafeteria menu 

  • Letter to Parents regarding allergies 

  • Math information 

Posted: September 14, 2020

Week 2

Read & Record 

Quick Write - Students are to fill out the “My Classroom Expectations” sheet. This is for English Language Arts and other cross-curricular subjects we have in homeroom. Your child should always write their name in cursive in my classes on every piece of paper they work on. 

Words of the Week - Students will add words to their agenda each week that I deem important for them to be able to spell quickly for simplicities sake. We may add words up to Wednesday so they should study each night. This week’s theme is places and other words that need capitals. 

Notes for Parents/ Guardians 

  1. Ask your child what province, territory or city they chose to do their project on. This will be a long-term working project that they will start working on now and present in January.  

  1. If your child cannot tie a knot or their shoelaces, they should be practicing this at home. 

  1. Mrs. Tucker would like students to have scribbler with ½ plain & ½ lined pages for French. 

  1. Student fee is $20 with a maximum of $40 per family. This includes the agenda fee. 

  1. A few students still do not have an old t-shirt. We will be cutting this up so it will not come back home. This does not need to fit your child so it can be anyone's t-shirt. 

Posted: September 11, 2020

Day 3

Read & Record Students now have a yellow duo-tang with a reading log. I expect that they will read for at least 3 hours every week. They will have short periods of time to read at school but they will need to read at home to achieve this goal. 

Quick Write Students are bringing home an aqua duo-tang with writing prompts. These prompts are meant to get them thinking and to give them something to write about. Some prompts will be mind maps like the one they had yesterday titled “I Believe in my # Selfie”and will require that they fill out the sheet. Other prompts will be a response to something we have discussed in class and they should write at least ½ a page double spaced on loose leaf.  

Phys. Ed. Students require a change of clothes and their indoor sneakers for physical education. Their clothes need to be in a bag to transport from their locker to the changing room. We have Phys. Ed. On Monday and Friday. 

Note to Parents/Guardians

Student Fee, which includes agenda, is $20 with a maximum $40 per family.

The Nelson Rural School Page & Facebook Nelson Rural School Information Page are great sources of information for anything regarding school.

I had a wonderful 3 days with your children and look forward to working with them over the next 5 months.

Posted: September 10, 2020

Day 2

September 10 

Read 15 –20 min 

Phys Ed Clothes - Students require a change of clothes and their indoor sneakers for physical education. Their clothes need to be in a bag to transport from their locker to the changing room. 

Post Class Schedule at home - Students received 2 schedules today one to post in their locker and the 2nd to leave at home. 

Note to Parents (Grade 5 & 4/5 IF) 

We have an extensive classroom library which your child is encouraged to use. I have been developing this assortment of books for years and some are intended for an older audience (middle school). Some books are labeled mature content and I have a holocaust section. It is my rule that students are not permitted to choose books from this section or those that are labelled mature unless I get a written note from a parent or guardian saying it is ok.   

 

A few students forgot to look for an old t-shirt yesterday so please see yesterday's note for details. We are moving very slow and that was late on day 2’s lesson plan and we will hopefully be finishing up day 1 tomorrow.  

 

Please check to see if your child brought their student information sheet home again, if they did something is missing on it! 

 

Students had their first math class today!  

Posted: September 9, 2020

First Day Back

 

Handouts - Your child has several sheets for you to read.

Please review the student info form and make any necessary changes. 

The media coverage sheet needs to be signed and returned. 

Practice Lock - Your child may be bringing their lock home to practice opening. If they don’t have it with them it is because they believe they have mastered it!  

Read – 15-20 min  

Visit Class Page - This is where I will be expanding on and explaining what is in the agenda. It is a great place to keep updated on what we are doing in class.  

Bring I an old t-shirt - We will be cutting this up so it will not come back home. This does not need to fit your child so it can be anyone's t-shirt. 

 

What did we do today? Things to ask your child about.

  • We were assigned homework buddies today.  
  • “Let your light shine!” This phrase was used in the book I have started reading to the students, we will be discussing it’s meaning tomorrow. 

 

Posted: May 7, 2019

Le 7 mai

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  • les besoins d'une plante

  • Ma boîte à crayons

    signe le quiz et fais ton correction

    étude

    faits de math addition

    0 - 5 fois tables

    Math

    Problem du jour - fait ton corrections

Posted: May 6, 2019

le 5 mai

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  • les besoins d'une plante

     

    étude

    faits de math addition

    0 - 5 fois tables

    Math

    Problem du jour - fait ton corrections

    finis le poème - reçu finale

    signe le quiz et fais ton correction - 2 pages

    livres de bibliothéque

Posted: May 1, 2019

Long Week-End

I told the students to bring home their reading journals and books but other than that there is no homework. This would be a great time to watch a Netflix movie with language and subtitles switched to French. Immersion works best when we are immersed this includes leisure and off time. May also be a good time to check out some of the sites and video’s I have added to this page, every little bit counts.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC8mC3VX7s4

 

Posted: April 29, 2019

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  • Où se cache l'oeuf?

  • les parties d'une plante – If they did not finish drawing and labeling a picture of a flower they are to finish it for homework.

  • Les sons - Mademoiselle Allain

    étude

    faits de math addition

    0 - 4 fois tables

    Math

    Problem du jour - fait ton corrections – I expect that students write out their corrections 10X each. Keep in mind that many of the facts were repeated today so they will not need to do them more than once. They had 10 minutes to complete this in class which should have been enough time. As a rule of thumb they should be able to give the answer in about 3 seconds.

    finis le poème – We did not get to this today sot hey will be unable to finish it!

    signe le quiz et fais ton correction

     

    Don’t forget there is no school for students on Thursday or Friday of this week.

    Students have a memo in their agendas.

Posted: April 24, 2019

le 24 avril

 

Devoirs

Pareil qu,heir – the same as yesterday

Recettes pour poissons blancs – We are still looking for white fish recipes for our cookbook.

We had a busy day starting with Sam from BBBS and the SNAP program and ending with the grade 8 coding mentors.

Our quiz tomorrow will be science related so students should be studying the Life Cycle of a Plant – Le cycle de vie d’une plante

Posted: April 23, 2019

le 23 avril

 

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  • Le Cycle de vie - Science

  • Les histoire de multiplication

    étude

    faits de math addition

    zéro, un, deux et trois fois tables

    Math

    histoire de 3X - image

    Problem du jour - fait ton corrections

     

    Students should be reading through their science notes on a nightly bases. This will give them practice reading in French as well as help them to retain the information. Reviewing notes frequently is a good study strategy.

    We will be moving onto the 4X tables tomorrow so students should be memorizing the 0-3 times tables.

    The following is the video we will watch in class tomorrow. This is an excellent way to check pronunciation as your child reads to you.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi0veiCpKXI

 

Posted: April 18, 2019

Happy Long Week-End

Students were aked to bring home their easy books to practice reading over the week-end.

It looks like we are going to have lots of rain so this would be a good time to put on an old favorite movie on Netflix with the language and sub-title preferences changed to French to enjoy with the family.

 

Posted: April 17, 2019

le 17 avril

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  • les plantes - We added to the notes today. It is a good habit to go over notes nightly to help solidify and retain the information.

    étude

    faits de math addition

    zéro, un, deux et trois fois tables

     

    Math

    jouer au jeu de l'argent – Students are to bring this game back to school but will bring it home to play frequently to practice counting money.

    Problem du jour - fait ton corrections – I conferenced with students again today with these duo-tangs so they should know what to do. If the page does not have a sticker they need to make a change.

    signe le quiz et fais ton correction

    The following website is a good tool to use to practice multiplication facts. If student use this page they should read the equations out loud in French as they play.

    https://www.timestables.com/multiplication-cat.html

Posted: April 16, 2019

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  • Où se cache l'oeuf? – This book should be completed.

  • les plantes – science duo-tang – We took some notes in the first block but students will be given more time tomorrow to get them down.

    étude

    faits de math addition et soustraction

    zéro, un et deux fois tables

    comptant par trois

    Math

    histoire de 3X - écriture

    Problem du jour - fait les corrections – I didn’t get a chance to look at these today.

    signe le quiz et fais ton correction

     

    If your child needs extra practice counting money the following two sites are English but they could be used at home to practice.

    https://www.mathsisfun.com/money/money-master.html

    https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-2/count-money-up-to-5-dollars

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