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Happy Holidays!

Thank you soooooo much to everyone who so generously brought me a Christmas gift. All I can say is wow! I've been spoiled! I hope everyone has a fantastic couple weeks. I will be off the air waves for the majority of the break as I will be travelling to a warm sunny climate in approximately 2 hrs! Be safe everyone and see you in 2015!

Awesome chart fillers!

Wow! We are really racking up the stickers!  2nd awesome chart filled! Yippee! 

Thank You Arjun!

Wow! Arjun generously bought every one of us a candy gram!  How thoughtful. We are very lucky today! :)

Homework - math

Reading graphs..Tonight's homework has been explained and is due tomorrow. Tickets, tickets!!

Two fabulous additions!

Kemauri joined our class today!!! We are so excited to have him from Parkside. Awo joined us a few weeks ago too..we have been blessed .  Welcome you two!

Such a proud moment for this little girl and her teacher. ..

Christmas Brunch

The holidays are quickly approaching, and we will be celebrating with a holiday brunch on Friday! 
All those who did not contribute to our Halloween goodie table will have an opportunity to for this upcoming event.  All those students have selected a food item to bring and hopefully this will eleviate an abundance of any one item. Thank you in advance to everyone for contributing...it's going to be great! Because we will be eating around 10 am,  only a small breakfast will be necessary and I don't feel that packing a lunch will at all be required. In addition to the fruit, muffins, toast etc, I will be serving hot oatmeal and toasted bagels with cream cheese.
Can't wait!

Math homework

This week we started data management in math. We are specifically focusing on the interpretation of data in tables and charts. Tonight's homework is a double sided worksheet and is due tomorrow. Two...maybe three...or perhaps four tickets! You'll just have to do your homework to find out!

Social studies homework

Today we discussed our various modes of transportation. We discussed how we travel to school and how the other people of the world may travel to their job. Our assignment is to address a  hypothetical situation. ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE STOPPED WORKING!  Students need to answer how this may affect them personally, and how it may affect others in their community. This is due tomorrow. Tickets ticket stickers!  

Photo  curteousy of Arjun 

The Results Are In!

Our boxes have been collected and the canned goods counted.  We are in first place!!  But Mr.Mitkovski's class is close behind...we have until tuesday morning to bring in our items.  Keep 'em coming! Nice Work Everyone!

ps. Check post from Thursday to see a picture of our boxes.

Santa Tracker!

Click on the link below to count down the days until Christmas!
A fun, interactive site that unveils a new activity each day.  Cute concept. :)

https://santatracker.google.com/?utm_source=VillageHPP#villagee

Contractions! Spelling list - week 16

Tonight's homework

Tonight's movement on a grid worksheet is due back tomorrow.  Two tickets!!

Math Contest Details...In case you were wondering...

I cannot provide too many details, but hopeful the little info below will shed some light on the situation:
- Participants were offered a spot in the competition if they receive B+'s or higher in all math areas
- There will be 3 practice tests which will take place at various times between now and April
- The first practice test took place last week
- All of these practice tests will be written in our school gym over a lunch hour
- There will also be 1 take home practice test - a total of 4 practice tests
- All tests will be reviewed/scored by teachers from our school.
- Once marked, students will get to review and correct their tests with the teachers
- All future practice test writing dates are undetermined
- Look for blog posts for future practice test dates and test correction dates
- The first test will not be marked unit after the holidays
- There is no studying that can take place at this time

If you have further questions, please direct them to the teacher in charge:  Mr.Landry

louis.landry@tdsb.on.ca

Hope this helps!

A 2nd Box was required!

That's right people! We needed to pursue a 2nd box for our food drive donations.  This is great news. However, we've only had 9 generous donators.  NINE! There are 21 people in our class...I think we can do better.  One non-perishable food item is all we need from each individual.  Dig deep guys...deep into those dark corners of your cabinets and grab that can of mushroom soup that has been neglected for months..maybe years. Some lucky soul would be so grateful for that can of soup.
Please Donate!

Holiday Candy Grams for sale!

Students are invited to buy candy grams for $1 starting tomorrow!
How it works: bring in $1 or more to buy your friends a bag of sweets for the holidays.  Next week, these bags of sweets will be delivered to students by our Student Leadership Team (SLT).  All funds raised will go to various math and language initiatives around the school. Thanks for your support!

Tonights' Homework - Social Studies

Everyone is asked to visit the sites listed below to plan a fantasy day for themselves in Niagara Falls, keeping in mind they can only spend $100.  A worksheet is coming home and the only question that needs to be answered is the first one. The following two will be discussed in more depth tomorrow and they will be answered at that time.  Please make sure this is brought back tomorrow to share with all and to receive 2 tickets!


 www.niagarafalls.ca
 www.infoniagara.com
 www.tourismniagara.com
http://niagarafallstourism.com

EPIC FAIL!

So, the intentions were good, but the connection was terrible!
How much time did we spend logging in and setting things up, you ask?
Oh, only 1.5hrs.  Once we had 90% of the laptops working, our internet connection was so weak that we had to abandon the whole thing...so disappointing.  We set ourselves up to be disappointed with a slow loading computers and couple glitches but this was MOST frustrating. An entire morning wasted.  Thanks to all those who spent some time reading through the websites last night.  Hopefully we'll be able to find an alternate method of doing our Niagara Falls research.

Descriptive writing

We chose a tasty treat and we studied it. We felt it, tasted it, smelled it and listened to it as we took little bites.  Then we wrote. Here are a few noteworthy pieces. Enjoy!

Surfing the Web

Tonight's homework will require everyone to have access to the Internet. In our social studies unit we are discussing tourism with a focus this week on Niagara Falls.  As part of a mini project we are starting tomorrow, everyone will need to get familiar with the Websites below. The project will require students to create a fantasy day in Niagara Falls.  They will have $100 to spend and will need to choose the attractions that they will visit. Tomorrow we will be using lap tops to navigate through the sites - a head start on getting to know the sites will be very beneficial.

 http://niagarafallstourism.com 
 www.niagarafalls.ca 
 www.infoniagara.com 
 www.tourismniagara.com 

This is Arjun...What a Piano Player!

Spelling list week 15

Lost in the archives!

This little guy has been working hard for this one!

Gingerbread House Raffle

Our Fabulous Parent Council is running a raffle for a chance to take home an award winning Gingerbread House!
See Details below. 

Our Tree of Empathy

As part of an initiative headed by Ms.Purvis (my idol), we are creating a Tree of Empathy here at Clairlea.  The tree symbolizes each students commitment to being a better, more empathic person. We took an oath and sealed the deal with a coloured thumbprint.  At the end of the project, over 600 thumbprints will have been placed on the Tree of Empathy.  Here's to new and great things at Clairlea!! Thank you to Ms. Purvis for the creative and worthy idea.

Spelling Test and Homework

This is just a reminder that due to our PA day this Friday, we will be writing our spelling test tomorrow and homework is due at that time as well.
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Geometry Quiz - Review and Sign

Please seek out the quiz the class wrote today. Review, sign and return tomorrow for 1 ticket!
 

Homework - Descriptive writing Homework

Tonight a 2-sided sheet is coming home. The front is very straight forward, the back is where is get's interesting.
In writing these days, we have been focused on DESCRIPTIVE writing...making our writing pieces come alive! (Stay tuned for our latest creations). 
We are working on using more details to describe different things and places...we try to use our 5 senses to assist with out descriptions. Tonight, students should be referring back to our Success Criteria for descriptive writing (see below). This homework is due tomorrow.

 

Everyone's a WINNER these days!!

Spelling List week 14

And it goes on and on..and on!! Horray!

Transformations - Online Math Game

Click on the link below for some extra practice with REFLECTING, TRANSLATING AND ROTATING! (a.k.a FLIPS, SLIDES and TURNS)

LOVE this :)
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/robopacker_grade3.html

Annual holiday food drive

We are starting our Food Drive at Clairlea! Any non perishable pod items are welcome. Prizes go out to the classes who brings in the most!!

Math homework and reminders

A double sided worksheet is coming home tonight and is due tomorrow! 2 tickets for all who bring back! 

As well, we are taking a break from book reviews. There will be something to take it's place in the coming days. 

Tomorrow is fancy spirit day. Although I cannot promise that I will be fancied up, all students are welcome to dress their best! 

Last call for November scholastic orders!! New December catelogues should be coming in soon. 

Land use in Ontario

In social studies, we have been learning about different ways the land is put to use in Ontario.  The following nine are industries that we will be focusing on. Everyone must be familiar with them in preparation for a potential pop quiz next week! 

Spelling list - week 13

What a way to end the week!!

Math Homework - movement on a grid...and other reminders

A 1-page math activity is coming home tonight and is due tomorrow.  It shouldn't take any more than 10 minutes to complete. We also have a spelling test tomorrow and spelling homework is due.  New books for review will be coming home tonight as well.  

Natural Resources Educational Music Video

Mystery Object - Writing Homework - Due Tomorrow

A Five Senses work sheet is coming home tonight along with a paper bag and a blue adjective sheet. The directions are clearly indicated. This is due tomorrow and will be presented to the class.  Students need to make sure that they have read over their work to ensure they can read it smoothly and effectively to their audience. 

NOTE: 3-4 describing words in each box is all that is necessary...I failed to mention that today.

Social Studies

As most of you know, we have wrapped up a science unit on soils and are now focusing on a new Social Studies unit - Living and Working in Ontario.
Yesterday we started with another diagnostic to see what the class already knows.
It's great to see how many of us know that we live in the grade city of TORONTO...but it's disappointing to see how many think we live in the province of Canada.  There is definitely some review that will be necessary as we move on.
Today, we started by brainstorming in pairs what we need to survive. This was followed by discussing as a group, the difference between a WANT and a NEED.

I encourage all families to have daily discussion about what we talk about in class so to reinforce the concepts.

Reminders...

- Winter attire info letter on blue paper is coming home! Please get informed and be proactive!

- Book reviews are due tomorrow

- pizza orders are due Friday

- Scholastic orders are due soon! (I can't remember the date)

Math Homework - Due tomorrow

A one-sided sheet is coming home tonight.
A math vocabulary sheet is also coming home.  It is expected that the terms used to describe movements on the grid are spelled correctly.  The lined paper is where the questions are to be answered.

Tip: the last question (#3) is a bit tricky.  The steps given must be reversed to find the original starting point.  This was discussed at the end of the day, but not practiced.  

Two tickets to everyone who brings their homework back tomorrow!

Awesomeness!!

New Math Unit

We started a new math unit today...Geometry.  For the next few weeks, we will be focusing on the following expectations:

• - describe movement from one location to another using a grid map (e.g., to get from the swings to the sandbox, move three squares to the right and two squares down);
  
• –  identify flips, slides, and turns, through investigation using concrete materials and physical motion, and name flips, slides, and turns as reflections, translations, and rotations (e.g., a slide to the right is a translation; a turn is a rotation);
  
• –  complete and describe designs and pictures of images that have a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line of symmetry 
  
  Today we started with a diagnostic (a little assessment that tells me what the students already know).  The class as a whole, will need a refresher ;)
  
  In the coming days there will be links to games to help reinforce the concepts above...feel free to visit them anytime throughout the unit for extra practice. 
  
  Although we are starting a new unit, we will still be practicing addition and subtraction.  I will inform everyone when a formal test in Numeracy will take place. For now, we are still practicing and brushing up on our computation skills.  
  
  
  

New spelling list! Week 12

One of our favourite times of the day...

Math homework...due tomorrow.

Subtraction worksheet with borrowing is coming home tonight. If students only complete half of each side I'm ok with that. 2 tickets for homework brought back! 

So happy!!!