Thursday, January 30, 2020
Thursday Agenda Items
* "I Love to Read Month" Spirit Week is Next Week! *
See THIS POST for all of the details! :)
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Agenda
1. Math assessment - "Les transformations géométriques" and "les coordonnés" - Monday
2. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday
3. CFOO #7 - Opinion
Written text - Monday
Presentations - Wednesday, February 5
4. Calcul mental Section A - Tuesday
5. 2020-2021 School Registration Forms were sent home yesterday!
Please read over, make any required changes and send back to school as soon as you can!
Have a great weekend! :)
J'aime Lire - Spirit Week!
Semaine d'esprit - J'aime Lire!
This year's "I LOVE to Read" Spirit Week is based on Canadian author Robert Munsch's books!
MONDAY - Portez la couleur rouge! Wear Red!
Inspired by Coquin de roquin (Seeing Red)
TUESDAY - Portez un vêtement qui représente le hockey! Wear hockey-inspired gear!
Inspired by Encore un but (Just One Goal!)
WEDNESDAY - Portez vos chausette folles (mais non pas vos chausettes puantes)!
Wear your crazy - but not your stinky - socks!
Inspired by Tes chaussettes sentent la mouffette (Smelly Socks)
Inspired by La tignasse de Max (Aaron's Hair)
FRIDAY - Portez un vos pyjamas! Wear your pyjamas!
Inspired by Journée pyjama (Pyjama Day)
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Wednesday Agenda Items
2020-2021 School Registration Forms were sent home today!
Please read over, make any required changes and send back to school as soon as you can!
Thanks! :)
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Agenda
1. Zeniben summary and questions - OVERDUE
2. Math assessment - "Les transformations géométriques" -Thursday *Moved to Monday!
3. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
4. CFOO #7 - Opinion
Written text - Monday, February 3
Presentations - Wednesday, February 5
Please read over, make any required changes and send back to school as soon as you can!
Thanks! :)
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Agenda
1. Zeniben summary and questions - OVERDUE
2. Math assessment - "Les transformations géométriques" -
3. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
4. CFOO #7 - Opinion
Written text - Monday, February 3
Presentations - Wednesday, February 5
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Tuesday Agenda Items
** January Pizza Lunch - Thursday of this week! **
Pre-order TOMORROW (Wednesday!)
$2 per slice: Cheese, pepperoni and cheese.
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Agenda
1. Zeniben summary and questions - OVERDUE
2. Math assessment - "Les transformations géométriques" - Thursday
3. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
4. CFOO #7 - Opinion
Written text - Monday, February 3
Presentations - Wednesday, February 5
Pre-order TOMORROW (Wednesday!)
$2 per slice: Cheese, pepperoni and cheese.
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Agenda
1. Zeniben summary and questions - OVERDUE
2. Math assessment - "Les transformations géométriques" - Thursday
3. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
4. CFOO #7 - Opinion
Written text - Monday, February 3
Presentations - Wednesday, February 5
Monday, January 27, 2020
Monday Agenda Items
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Agenda
1. Zeniben summary and questions - Tomorrow (Tuesday)
2. Math assessment - "Les transformations géométriques" - Thursday
3. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
Have a great week! :)
Agenda
1. Zeniben summary and questions - Tomorrow (Tuesday)
2. Math assessment - "Les transformations géométriques" - Thursday
3. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
Have a great week! :)
Friday, January 24, 2020
Friday!
Happy Friday!
Today's Math question:
Big Ben chimes the time every hour on the hour. (Once at 1:00, twice at 2:00 and so on).
How many times will Big Ben chime in one day? One week? In January? In one year?
Today's Math observation: geometric transformations are all around us!
Company logos are often symmetrical, meaning they display a horizontal and/or vertical reflection. Often times rotations and translations are present, too!
Take a closer look at the logos on your pantry items, on billboards - and all around!
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Agenda
1. January Scholastic Orders - due TODAY!
2. Zeniben summary and questions - Tuesday
3. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
Have a great weekend! :)
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Thursday!
Hello! Happy Thursday!
We had a great morning filled with: mental math, transformations, reading in pairs, answering questions about Zeniben, sharing our Science homework, and working in groups to classify a new group of objects.
Whew! Great work, everyone! :)
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Agenda
1. January Scholastic Orders - due tomorrow (Friday)
2. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
We had a great morning filled with: mental math, transformations, reading in pairs, answering questions about Zeniben, sharing our Science homework, and working in groups to classify a new group of objects.
Whew! Great work, everyone! :)
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Agenda
1. January Scholastic Orders - due tomorrow (Friday)
2. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Wednesday
Happy Wednesday, learning friends!
We had a great morning of learning!
In Math, we started with a mental math activity; how many different strategies can we use to solve a single Math equation? Try 39 + 55, or maybe 435 + 48?
Also in Math, we continued working on our "Art de translations." Take a look below!
In Science, we worked together as a class to classify our shoes! Fun! We asked specific yes/no questions to sort our shoes in different groups. Please ask me to explain this activity to you. What else can we classify? What kinds of classification systems do we see in the world around us?
We ended our morning in Français. We took time to read in partners, did a listening activity (that was pretty tricky!) and worked on our Zeniben article that we started last week. Please ask me about Zeniben and some of the differences between her school in India and our school here. They're pretty significant (and pretty incredible)!
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Agenda
1. Science : Look around you! What kinds of organization/classification systems do you see at home and out in the community? - Be ready to discuss in class tomorrow (Thursday).
2. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday
3. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
We had a great morning of learning!
In Math, we started with a mental math activity; how many different strategies can we use to solve a single Math equation? Try 39 + 55, or maybe 435 + 48?
Also in Math, we continued working on our "Art de translations." Take a look below!
In Science, we worked together as a class to classify our shoes! Fun! We asked specific yes/no questions to sort our shoes in different groups. Please ask me to explain this activity to you. What else can we classify? What kinds of classification systems do we see in the world around us?
We ended our morning in Français. We took time to read in partners, did a listening activity (that was pretty tricky!) and worked on our Zeniben article that we started last week. Please ask me about Zeniben and some of the differences between her school in India and our school here. They're pretty significant (and pretty incredible)!
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Agenda
1. Science : Look around you! What kinds of organization/classification systems do you see at home and out in the community? - Be ready to discuss in class tomorrow (Thursday).
2. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday
3. Science Fair and Heritage Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. The Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Tuesday Agenda Items
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Agenda
1. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday
2. Science Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
3. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Agenda
1. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday
2. Science Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
3. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Monday, January 20, 2020
Happy Monday!
Today in Science, we started investigating classification!
Working in our table groups, we looked at different ways we can groups items together by asking yes/no questions. We will practice our classification skills over the next few days by organizing all sorts of different things, with the goal of applying our classification skills further along in our new Diversity of Living Things unit.
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Agenda
1. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday
2. Science Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
3. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Have a great week! :)
Working in our table groups, we looked at different ways we can groups items together by asking yes/no questions. We will practice our classification skills over the next few days by organizing all sorts of different things, with the goal of applying our classification skills further along in our new Diversity of Living Things unit.
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Agenda
1. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday
2. Science Fair - Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
3. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Have a great week! :)
Friday, January 17, 2020
Friday Agenda Items
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Agenda
1. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - NOW OVERDUE
2. CFOO #6 - Recherche - Monday
3. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday
4. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
5. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Have a great weekend! :)
Agenda
1. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - NOW OVERDUE
2. CFOO #6 - Recherche - Monday
3. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday
4. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
5. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Have a great weekend! :)
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Thursday Agenda Items
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Agenda
1. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - NOW OVERDUE
2. CFOO #6 - Recherche - Monday, January 20
3. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
4. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
5. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Agenda
1. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - NOW OVERDUE
2. CFOO #6 - Recherche - Monday, January 20
3. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
4. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
5. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Wednesday Agenda Items
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Agenda
1. Calcul mental assessment - tomorrow (Thursday)
2. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - NOW OVERDUE
3. CFOO #6 - Recherche
Written text - tomorrow (Thursday)
Class presentations - Monday, January 20
4. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
5. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
6. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Agenda
1. Calcul mental assessment - tomorrow (Thursday)
2. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - NOW OVERDUE
3. CFOO #6 - Recherche
Written text - tomorrow (Thursday)
Class presentations - Monday, January 20
4. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
5. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
6. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Tuesday
Hello learning friends!
Today in Math we began practicing "les transformations géometriques."
We will continue practicing "les translations," "les rotations" and "les réflexions" this week through a variety of activities.
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Agenda
1. Calcul mental Section B - tomorrow (Wednesday)
Calcul assessment - Thursday
2. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - NOW OVERDUE
3. CFOO #6 - Recherche
Written text - Thursday, Jan 16
Class presentations - Monday, January 20
4. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
5. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
6. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Today in Math we began practicing "les transformations géometriques."
We will continue practicing "les translations," "les rotations" and "les réflexions" this week through a variety of activities.
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Agenda
1. Calcul mental Section B - tomorrow (Wednesday)
Calcul assessment - Thursday
2. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - NOW OVERDUE
3. CFOO #6 - Recherche
Written text - Thursday, Jan 16
Class presentations - Monday, January 20
4. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
5. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
6. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. Information is now available from Mme Chernick or Mme McKenzie. Yay!
Monday, January 13, 2020
Happy Monday!
Happy Monday!
Today in Math we started learning about "les transformations géometriques."
We took some time to practice "les translations" in our table groups; one student as the 'object' being moved, and the other group members had to call out specific movements for that person. We used the squares on the floor as our grid.
In Français, we took some time for daily reading and worked on our "résolution de l'année" sentences. Mme Careen showed us a great online tool - bonpatron.com - that will help us correct our written work. Our sentences will be published in the school library on the "2020" bulletin board later this week. Stay tuned! :)
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Agenda
1. Calcul mental Section B - Wednesday
Calcul assessment - Thursday
2. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - NOW OVERDUE
3. CFOO #6 - Recherche
Written text - Thursday, Jan 16
Class presentations - Monday, January 20
4. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
5. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
6. Exciting news! For the first time in Ecole Ness history we are able to offer a Heritage Fair project option! Heritage Fair projects will follow the same format/timeline as Science Fair. More information will be available from our Sc Hum teachers and will be sent home to all families later this week!
Friday, January 10, 2020
Friday!
We made it! We can check the first week of 2020 off of our list!
We had a busy morning of learning today...
In Math, we tackled another "nombre de jour."
In Francais, we worked on our new year's resolution sentences and began preparing our CFOO presentations.
In Science, we had a work period for our "béchers et bougie" experiment, with the goal of finishing our graph, questions and conclusion. If we were unable to finish our work in class today, we'll be bringing our Science folder home to finish up our work for Monday.
Have a great weekend! Stay warm! :)
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Agenda
1. Calcul mental Section A - Monday
2. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - Monday
3. CFOO #6 - Recherche
Written text - Thursday, Jan 16
Class presentations - Monday, January 20
4. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
5. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
We had a busy morning of learning today...
In Math, we tackled another "nombre de jour."
In Francais, we worked on our new year's resolution sentences and began preparing our CFOO presentations.
In Science, we had a work period for our "béchers et bougie" experiment, with the goal of finishing our graph, questions and conclusion. If we were unable to finish our work in class today, we'll be bringing our Science folder home to finish up our work for Monday.
Have a great weekend! Stay warm! :)
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Agenda
1. Calcul mental Section A - Monday
2. Expérience - Béchers et bougie - Graph and conclusion - Monday
3. CFOO #6 - Recherche
Written text - Thursday, Jan 16
Class presentations - Monday, January 20
4. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
5. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Thursday Agenda Items
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Agenda
1. "La paix" poems - students who were away before winter break are asked to please have the good copy of their "la paix" text completed by tomorrow.
2. Calcul mental Section A - Monday
3. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
4. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
Agenda
1. "La paix" poems - students who were away before winter break are asked to please have the good copy of their "la paix" text completed by tomorrow.
2. Calcul mental Section A - Monday
3. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
4. Science Fair - information about our upcoming Science Fair was discussed in class and sent home today. Project titles are due by Monday, February 3, with the Fair itself being held Wednesday, March 18. Science Fair is optional and all projects must be completed in French.
If you have any questions, please let me know! :)
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Wednesday!
Happy Wednesday!
Today in Math we started a "nombre du jour" activity to review the place value of large and small numbers. Using a 10-sided die, we created a number and then used this number to answer the rest of the questions on our sheet.
We'll be working through a few more "nombres du jour" over the next couple of weeks so that we feel confident about place value as we move into fractions and new Math concepts. Fun! :)
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Agenda
1. "La paix" poems - students who were away before winter break are asked to please have the good copy of their "la paix" text completed by Friday of this week. Mme Careen will be in her room tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:15 for students who need additional time to revise and edit their text.
2. January Scholastic Orders - due Friday, January 24
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Happy Tuesday!
Happy Tuesday!
Check out today's Thinking Classroom Math problem:
Painted Cube
Paint all the sides of a 3 x 3 x 3 cube. Once it is dry take it apart into its 1 x 1 x 1 unit cubes.
How many of these unit cubes have paint on three faces? Two faces? One face? No faces?
Explore for 4 x 4 x 4, etc.
How many of these unit cubes have paint on three faces? Two faces? One face? No faces?
Explore for 4 x 4 x 4, etc.
We ended our morning in Science completing the first two trials of our 'beakers and candle' experiment. Tomorrow we will complete the third test and then calculate the average data set that we will use to graph our results.
Have a great afternoon! 🙂
Monday, January 6, 2020
It's GREAT to be Back!
Hello Room 208 friends!
Happy Monday! Happy New Year!
It was so wonderful seeing everyone back at school with so many stories to share!
We started our morning learning about what kept us busy over the break: sleeping in, eating candy and watching movies were very popular squares on our "Trouve quelqu'un qui a..." bingo!
We then paired up once to do a special "getting to know you" interview. We started by asking our partner 15 questions and then took their answers and put them into a silly "Mad Libs" style paragraph. This activity helped us get our brains back in to "french immersion" mode after a two-week break by having us read aloud and answer questions IN FRENCH! :)
Next up, les "gratte-ciels" - a spatial awareness Math activity that we worked on in randomized groups of 3.
We ended our morning in Science preparing for our first lab demo of the year. We'll be testing to see the relationship between the volume of a beaker and the length of time a candle can stay lit when covered. Stay tuned for pictures and updates coming this week on our blog! :)
Wishing you all a great week back! Happy 2020! :)
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