MARCH BREAK IS COMING

This week is our last week till march break. The one week we get off other than summer. Some people go on vacation and others stay home. I't starts March 5, people might play and they might work. So have fun on your march break.

PINK FOR ANTI-BULLING

On Wednesday, February 29 everyone, everywhere wear pink for anti-bulling.Stand up to bullies and feel safe to go to school with out being bullied. Show you care! Wear PINK! Tell everyone about the good news! The reason why we wear pink is to symbolize to stand up. We first started wearing pink when 2 grade 9s were bullied and they handed out 50 tank tops that were (surprize suprize!) PINK! for more detail go to: http://www.pinkshirtday.ca/

Repeated Subtraction

Repeated Subtraction is a strategy used to help students visualize what is happening during division.  If you click on the image, it will enlarge and become more clear.

Book Orders Due Friday

The students are bringing home their book orders today, and they are due back on Friday.

Spelling Words February 27th

Latest Poem

Let me know with a descriptive paragraph what you think about the poem "Bed in Summer"

Spelling Words February 20th

Response to Poetry

Tell me, what did you think about the poem "The Cow?"  If you haven't read it, you can find it on our poetry page.

Bullying Presentation

Author Anne Scott will be speaking about her book to the grade 4 and 5 students. 

Happy Friday

Hi Everyone,

I t was a bit of a busy week, and it made our weekly schedule a bit scattered so next week you will be happy to know that we will be resuming our weekly Math Fact quizzes.  It actually might have been a nice break for us from the quizzes, but it is important for the student to commit these facts to memory.

Have a great weekend!
Mr. Carr

What is Pink?

Did you have a chance to read the latest addition to our Poetry Page?  People sometimes struggle to find the right word to rhyme, but in this poem, there is an ultimate challenge.  See if you can solve the problem after you read the poem, and let me know with your comments what you think another solution might be.

Canadians coming home in july!

Since the world trade center tragedy, Canadians and U.S have figthing against the taliban people. Its been 11 months and there finally coming home in july.

elephants

In Toronto there is a zoo that had at least 7 elephants and
there are only three of them left that are older than most elephants. The Toronto
zoo is trying to find a place to send the elephants because they are getting too
old and they don’t need them anymore. They are thinking about sending them to a
friend of theirs that owns a zoo. Their name is AZA that stands for association
of zoos and Aquariums. Before they do that they want to make sure that they are
going to be a good home for them.

The canadian solders are coming home in july. The canadians have been in afgahn for 11 years.

Where Go The Boats?

Our first poem "Where Go The Boats" has been posted on our Poetry page.  Have a read, and let me know what you think of this poem.

A View From Everest

Click for the panoramic view.

Spelling Words February 13th

DuckTape Wallets

By:Dawn

Materials

-Colored duck tape

-Wax paper

-Scissors

-Flat surface

1.Take a piece of duck tape and it will be how wide your

wallet so choosemhow big you want.Once you take one strip cut one more piece that is the exact same size and put them both hanging off the surface.

2. Take two more pieces the exact size of your other ones.

3.Have two of your four pieces and tape them together so you

just over lap them alittle. On the other side it should be all sticky.

4. Now you will need two more pieces the same size. Also

tapethem together like last time. If you want to, use a different color,

because it is foryour pouch. You don’t have to use a different color.

5. Since you have those two pieces

together take your wax paper and tape the

piece of tape you

ripped off and stick it onto your wax paper.

6. Now you have tape on your wax paper so now cut out your

piece of duck tape.Leave the wax paper on underneath.

7. See how you have your wax paper with the

tape and hold it up to yourwallet ask yourself do I want that wide of

a pouch, if not cutsome off.

8. Hold it up again and take a color of tape and measure

to make sure it is the length of the longest side of your

wallet.

9.Take your piece of tape you just cut off and put it on the

bottom so you stickit on your waxed piece. When you stick it on,

make sure there is just a little showing, fold over the rest

to the front of your wallet.

10. Take one more piece of tape and measure

it on the small side and dothat 2 times in total.

11. Now tape it on the small side, one on each, like you did

with the big side.

12.Fold your wallet in half and there you go

How To Make A Brekfast Burrito

Materials
·
Pan
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Olive oil
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Eggs
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Ham
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Tortilla
·
Green onion


1.
First you chop the ham and chives and set them aside. We
will use these later.
2.
Put 1 teaspoon of olive oil into the pan and put the pan on
medium heat.
DON’T LET THE OIL BUBBLE OR BURN!
3.
Quickly whisk the eggs until mixed. Add these to the pan.
4.
Add the chives and ham and cover with the cheese on top of
the egg and mix.
5.
Scoop onto the tortilla and fold the tortilla and add
toothpicks if you want to hold it together.
6.
ENJOY!!!

flood in Thialand

for months thialand has beenrecoving from the desvistating and the water was up to there wast. 500 people have died in the flood. the waters are wrecking 25 provinces. youshould really check out this article about the flood.

New Toronto aquarium
In downtown Toronto there’s a new aquarium it will be one
of the largest aquarium in North America. There will be more then 13,500, water
animals from around the world. It will be located around the cn tower, They are
going to open the aquarium in 2013. There will be a lot of underwater creatures
including jellyfish, seahorses, stingrays, the great lakes, tropical reefs and
many more.

Read
more here.

Poetry Lesson Today

Here is a portion of today's lesson.  We spoke about rhyming pattern, word choice, and sentence fluency.

How to Make a Snowman

1.
For the bottom you make a snowball and pack it in
tight. Then you drop it in the snow and start pushing on it. The snow should
start sticking to it so push it until it is as 3 feet around.
2.
For the middle you do the same thing as the bottom
but this time make it 2 feet around.
3.
For the top do the same thing as the bottom one more
time, but made it 1 foot around.
4.
Now you see that you have a big, middle and small
sized snowball. You have to now have to put the middle-sized ball on top of the
biggest ball and put snow around the crack between them. Then you do the same
with the little ball and the middle ball.
5.
Now it is time to decorate! You can put anything you
want on it. Here are some things you can use to make the face: rocks, banana,
carrot and any type of berry or whatever else you can think of! Then it’s time
to put on the arms! Find two sticks and put them on the both sides of the
snowman. You can put a hat on top and a scarf if you want and now you have a
finished snowman! JJJ
How to Make a
Snow dog
1.
Make three snowballs a little smaller than the
snowman’s head put two together and put so much snow in the crack between them
so it looks sort of like a noodle then put the third snowball on the top and
pack it into the crack by his head.
2.
For the nose take some snow and make it 5 inches
long and 4 centimetres wide that will be the nose put it on the middle of the
snowball.
3.
Then decorate
it like you decorated the snowman. To make it coloured take a little food
colouring of any colour you choose, put it in a spray bottle and then put in
some water in the spray bottle with it. Then spray it on your snow dog!
Here is how they might look
when finished:

Many Notices Sent Home with Students Today

Hello Everyone,

Today was a big day for notices, so I thought a list of what was sent home would be helpful in case one or some of the papers get misplaced.  Here is what was sent home today:

After School Art Program
School News Letter
Notice About Changes to Lunch Program
New Lunch Order Forms (2 sheets)
Go-Go Gymrichment After School Program

If you didn't receive one of the notices, please let me know and I will gladly send another copy home with your child.

Have a good evening,

Mr.Carr

Go to www.teachingkidsnews.com
Two teens launched a Lego guy in to space 24km above earth.
They made it with a camera and a balloon. It was so cool because you could see
it launch up into space. The teens were from Toronto, Ontario. The cameras were
set to take pictures every 20 seconds. When the Lego guy returned to earth they looked
at the pictures. They were shocked that the mini figure was clutching the Canadian
flag with a part of the earth in the back.

Cougar attack
Cougars have been
living in Vancouver Island and they are starting to go into the city, because
of the population of deer in Victoria. Some people have been saying to everyone
is to bring their pets in at night. There have been rumors that cougars sometimes
attack humans. There is a very fat cougar living in the neighborhood.
If you see a cougar you just have to stay come, stand up and
walk away slowly.
Many people have survived a cougar attack, many people just
fight back with there fist.

Now there truly is lego space on teaching kids news

Teenagers from Toronto have sent a lego figure
into near space They sent him up holding a Canadian flag with 4 cameras. The cameras
were set to take a picture every 20 seconds then brought him to a soccer field
and put a helium balloon on him and sent him up. When he came back down they
looked at the pictures and they were amazed that he made it to space. I highly recommend
this article to you

Now there truly is lego space on teaching

Teenagers from Toronto have sent a lego figure
into near space They sent him up holding a Canadian flag with 4 cameras. The cameras
were set to take a picture every 20 seconds then brought him to a soccer field
and put a helium balloon on him and sent him up. When he came back down they
looked at the pictures and they were amazed that he made it to space. I highly recommend
this article to you

superbowl
5 years in a row the patriots get in the super bowl but this
year they got smashed by the giants badly 21 to 17 wow the patriot’s cornerback
tom Brady was not as good as he usually is we heard that the patriots where going to
win but I guess that they were wrong a lot of people in saint john said that they
were going to win did you know that the super bowl is the most important game
in football in the world the giants are now the nfl champions

In Toronto two teenagers sent a little Lego man with a
Canadian flag 24 km above the earth.
Every 20 seconds the camera would take a picture of the Lego
guy above earth.

The Big Message:Lady Gaga Style STOP BULLING

At a school in Toronto the students had a special guest at their anti-bullying assembly last week.Lady Gaga sent a recorded video message. The student council president is a huge fan of Lady Gaga. He had sent emails to different celebs, asking them to help the school’s anti-bullying campaign.He was thrilled when Lady Gaga read his email and he was the only student at the school who knew about the video until the assembly. She talked briefly about Jamey, a teenager in N.Y. who was bullied online for more than a year by kids who taunted him because he was gay. Lady Gaga told the students she was proud of them for being such strong advocates for the LGBT community. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. “There should be more monsters like you,” she said. “Monster” is the pet name for Lady Gaga’s fans. “love each other and treat each other with respect , because we’re all we have.” Then she blew them a kiss.

Spelling Words February 6th

Guidelines for Province Report

Before deciding if you are done your assignment, please address these questions:

Examine the Physical landscape

            What physical region(s) of Canada run through your province?

            Have you included the map of the province?

Human Landscape

            Where do people live (major cities)?

            Why do they live there?

            What do they do to interact with each other (fun, festivals, etc.)?

Symbols of Canada

Is there a provincial animal?

            Is there a provincial flower?

            Do you have a picture of the flag and coat of arms?

            Are there any other symbols important to your province?