Good afternoon everyone!
I hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far.
A reminder that we are golfing tomorrow, so students need to come dresses in their gym uniforms for the day.
A few quick reminders:
· Tomorrow is a Day 3.
· For anyone who ordered Hot Lunch, payments are due Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019.
· Letters were sent home last week for the Caribou math contest. Any students looking to participate must bring the letter back signed. The month of October is a free test for all grade levels as a trial – this is an optional commitment.
· Fall Fundraiser trip permission forms and pledge forms were sent home last week.
We started the day by wishing all our September babies a happy birthday!
Inquiry into Energy – Today, students began working on their summative tasks – there were two to choose from.
The first is to recommend a power generating station for Mississauga.
The second is to research Uranium uses around the world and recommend who Canada should trade with.
Students have their Energy test tomorrow, which they were reminded of today.
French – Right after this, we had French with Mme. Stella, which you can read about on her blog (https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com).
Science Fair – In the afternoon, students began working on building their electric cars for Science Fair.
Inquiry into Language – We ended the day by sitting in our literature circle groups and had a discussion about chapter six. Every day I will be sitting down with a different group to hear these discussions. A reminder of the roles:
1. The discussion director comes up with insightful questions that will fuel discussion in the group.
2. The literary luminary chooses important passages for the group to read and discuss.
3. The connector makes connections between their own lives and the book (i.e. movies, other books they’ve read, real events, the current UOI, etc.)
4. The illustrator/mapper creates an illustration (i.e. comic, picture, mind map, etc.) based on what they felt during the chapter for the group to discuss.
5. The word wizard chooses 3 words that were interesting or new for everyone to discuss as a group.
Homework:
We do our best to complete work in class. In the event this is not possible, it will go home for homework.
As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.
Mr. Conte
