The Building Your Own Country projects are coming along nicely. You will begin to present them to the class the first week of June.

We are beginning our unit on Probablility today. Our first learning goal is to investigate the probability of winning a game. Algebra math test passed back today. Remember to have a parent sign it, then return it to me.

We have a Dance workshop on Wednesday morning. Bring some comfortable clothing for the event.

Remember to bring your running shoes for Track and Field on Days 2 and 5.

Tomorrow we will become scientists when we design, build and test structures. Thank you to Lauren’s mom for all the newspapers she dropped off!

Today you were given a  handout with practice questions for the math test on Friday. Please share any struggles about the algebra concepts you have been learning, with me or someone at home.

Math Homework tonight is to comp[lete questions 1-7 on the “Solving Equations” handout. Many of you finished during class time but you should review your work at home.  Summative Math Test is on Friday.                                                                                                                                              On Monday we will begin a unit on probability. 

Remember to find an article or advertisement showing point of view. Check the characteristics of a point of view text in your Nelson Literacy Book B.

Our learning goal for oral communication is: I can listen well in many situations. Practice the success criteria at home as well as at school.

Bring in any old newspapers

Finish French friendship cube

Search for a point of view article or advertisement to share next week

2.   James is a goalie for the Barrie Flyers. He practices his goal-tending skills for 20min. a day.   Write an expression to show the number of minutes he will practice on any given day, then calculate how many minutes he would practice in 2 weeks.

3.   Use guess and check to find the value of n.

a) 3 + n = 18                          b) 20-n = 7               c) 7 x n = 12+2       d) n+ 14 = 26 – 5

Math Homework Tonight -  Complete questions 1,2,3 and 4 from the handout “Variables in Expressions”. Be sure to explain your thinking and answer the calcualtion questions using complete sentences. For example, Jane would read 30 pages in 3 days if she reads 10 pages a day. I know this because….

Your 3 States of Matter article is due on Friday. Remember to refer to the success criteria and suggested points to include.

You will be building a structure when Scientists in the School come to our class next week. We need your extra newspapers for this task. Please bring in any newspapers you would normally recycle for this task.

In P.E. we have begun soccer skills. Today you were working on the skill of trapping. Continue to practice this skill at recess and/or at home.

In Reading, we are learning to identify point of view and missing point of view in media texts. Furthermore, we are working towards suggesting alternative points of view when studying media texts.  In the future we will need old newspapers like the Free Press or Toronto Star. If you have any at home and your family is  finished  with them, please bring then in.

Some of you struggled to show the important events when describing, through a storyboard, the sequence of events a refugee or emigrant takes from the time the leave their country to becoming a Canadian Citizen. As we discussed in class, it is up to you to decide if you would like to re-do the task and improve your grade.

Y.M.C.A. Child Care Survey went home today.

In Health we have been discussing, acting out and writing about how our behaviour affect the feelings and reactions of others. Continue to discuss this at home tonight.

Today in math the goal was to show you can use manipulatives to model how the equal sign is a symbol used between 2 equal values. Can you show your parents a drawn model?