Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Science "Homework"

Dear Parents / Guardians

In science we have been learning about chemical household products and how to safely manage them.  Students have been asked to identify one potentially harmful household product (contains a warning label) and describe how to handle and store it safely. They will bring home a one page assignment with questions about the product.
Please assist your child in completing the above assignment by providing adult supervision as they gather the required information.
Thanks for your support.
 
 
 
 

Friday, December 1, 2017

Science


                         Thanks to the Women In Science
  and  Engineering (WISE) for running this workshop!

           



            
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

OCDaniel


A book by Weasly King
A boy named Daniel has “zaps”. Daniel feels like doing things over and over again, he starts flicking the lights on and off, he tries not to step on the cracks on the grounds, he doesn’t like writing a few kind of numbers and he also feels different kind of emotions at different times.
Daniel and his friend Sara have a murder mystery to solve. Throughout the story Daniel discovers he is special, he is a star child.   
 A book review   by Nimar.S J
 
 

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

4/5 Wood jobs in the classroom! 


  • Caretaker
  • Librarian
  • Clean up
  • Administrative assistant
  • Tech support
  1. Caretaker is when you get to feed our class pets, Leo our Leopard gecko and Spock our newt. The caretaker feeds Spock once a week, we feed him blood worms and they are frozen in ice cubes. The caretaker also feeds Leo worms every day. How do we keep the worms alive you ask? They live in a jar with bunny food.
  2. The librarian’s job is to keep the class library neat and organized, and bring returned books to the school library when it is book exchange.
  3. The clean-up job is to wash tables and whiteboards, and last but not least, empty the recycling.
  4. The administrative assistant is the person who gets to call out who gets wiggle stools and helps the teacher hand out work and other “office” jobs.
  5. Tech support is when you help with technology and computers and the smartboard. Also,  collect the iPads and make sure they are charging.
    By Lily S.
                   
     

Monday, November 6, 2017

Volleyball


Hey it’s me, Milana the sports reporter.  Today I will be talking about Volleyball.
Thursday Oct 19 is the first day of volleyball club. It will be located in the gym, after school 3:35 – 4:15. Mr. Bridge will be coach. Volleyball is a fun game for all! I actually will be there too, because I love sports. Beaumont school has a long tradition of providing team sport opportunities, and is excited to have our grade 5's learn about Volleyball and play a fun tournament against other grade 5 student from nearby schools.

Monday, October 30, 2017

Happy Halloween

History of Halloween
Halloween started about 2,000 years ago in Ireland.
It started in Canada in the 1950’s.
Halloween is when you wear a costume and go to people’s houses and trick or treat and get candy.
 
It is time to dress up in costumes, walk around the neighborhood with your friends and scare people. You can get a lot of different candy like coffee crisp, kit Kat, mars bar, suckers and lollipop. You can also get drinks like orange crush and cool aid.
Some of the costumes might be real, like ghosts, so beware!!!

By:    David,     Noah 

ELA past targets

September:
Reading stamina is when students are able to read independently, with focus, for a sustained amount of time. This includes: choosing a "good fit" book, preparing to read by settling into a comfortable spot and staying there; always looking at the pages of the chosen book, and applying effective strategies to increase enjoyment and understanding. Specific strategies are being taught and modeled in class.

October:
Continue to work on reading stamina. Added focus on using comprehension strategies to deepen understanding and follow more difficult texts. Guided and independent practice of "Visualizing" and "Connecting". Please ask your child to explain them to you. Students should read every day at home.

November:
Explore different genres; identifying elements of Fairy Tales. Especially setting (where and when), characters (hero and villain) and plot elements (magical items or people, repeating numbers, good wins over evil, happily ever after . . .). Continue practicing strategies to improve understanding. Students should be able to apply to class read-aloud as well as independent reading. Word work focus on homonyms (words that sound the same but mean different)

December: Follow the writing process to create an original fairy tale for grade 1 / 2 buddies. (Pre-write ideas, draft, revise, edit, format and publish). Independent reading and identifying unfamiliar vocabulary. Use understanding of text and context clues to begin figuring out meanings. Retell a section of text using the 4 square method (Who, Where/When, What happened, How it ended)
including illustrations and written explanations.