Ms Burton Snow's Blog

If you were at band today when we had Art then you might want to check out my Links page.  Scroll to the bottom of the page where you will see a couple of links for Mondrian and Rembrant.  We are studying the elements of design and were exploring the use of color today.  You can see that Mondrian uses vibrant primary colors while Rembrant chose to use darker hues. Don't forget to complete your own Mondrian masterpiece.  Remember, only use the primary colors.

We spent a bit of time today discussing French place names in Newfoundland.  Part of our Grade 5 Core French curriculum entails studying the French Newfoundland connection.  Small groups of students worked with a map of Newfoundland and Labrador to identify a list of places with French names in Newfoundland.  It was great to see that so many students had visited many of the communities before.  We looked at Port aux Choix, L'Anse aux Meadows, Blanc Sablon and many others. We'll follow up this little activity with a wordsearch and a memory game.  Then we'll begin focusing on the French Newfoundland flag.

Ms. Sullivan dropped by today to talk to the band students about their instruments.  Everyone went home with a note today to tell them which instrument they will be playing.  Good Luck in your musical endeavours everyone!

Today I read the students a book called How much is a Million.  The book is quite funny and reinforces the idea of a million, billion and trillion.  This week the students have to look for large numbers in magazines, newspapers and the internet.  I handed out newspapers today to those students who indicated that they did not have them at home.  If anyone else needs a newspaper they can let me know.

This note is going to be going home tomorrow. September 24, 2012 Dear Parents and Guardians, This week I am asking the students to look for 10 large numbers from newspapers, magazines and the internet.   Students might be able to find large numbers in headlines and stories.   In Grade 5 large numbers would include numbers up to the millions, however, if a student finds a number in the billions that would be fine too.   I would like them to try and find large numbers in both number and word form.   For example, they might find 608 million written in the number and word from, word only form or they could find the number written in standard form, (608 000 000). They are likely to find the numbers written with commas in them, however, in class they are expected to write the numbers without the commas.   For the purposes of this little mini-assignment they should just try to find large numbers.   Include the numbers you find with commas as that is how they are likely to be presente

http://vimeo.com/28170845   Click on the link to see the video that you watched in class.

for a living you learn to love all types of sea creatures.  Today John Stanley brought in a variety of sealife that his dad collected for him along the shores of Cape Broyle.  Great job on all the presentations today! Noah and Ryan get to touch a prickly sea urchin  Emily examining a seastar and a mussel

Tell your parents what this means.

We have been learning about Terry Fox during Religion class.  The students watched a short video on him last week and then completed a listening quiz.  The quiz went home today.  We talked about Terry as well as his friend Doug and how they both participated in Christian acts of kindness.

Well, it seems like everyone had pretty eventful summer vacations.  Trips to Terra Nova, Florida, summer homes and camps were hot topics today.  The students are doing a great job focusing on volume, speed, expression and eye contact.  After a student presents the other students ask questions and provide constructive criticism.  Maria and Braydon both provided great constructive criticism today.  Way to go everyone! On another note, don't forget curriculum night is Thursday evening. 

We had a great game of French bingo today.  The students really enjoyed learning their "objects in the classroom" vocab through bingo.

Today we reviewed the objects in the class.  They could remember a lot from last year! You can click on the link here and actually listen to someone pronounce the French classroom object.  Try it! http://quizlet.com/705766/french-classroom-objects-flash-cards/ Have a look at this video too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmlWctUx4c

Today during our Religion class we talked about the ways that Grade 5 students can volunteer.  We came up with a good list including: -walking dogs at the animal shelter -helping a friend (shovelling, babysitting, etc.) -helping at the food bank -school committees (like the recycling committee) We also spent part of our day linking to our experiences from yesterday.  We talked about all the ways we can be prepared for storms. Oh, and in case you're wondering... my trees made out fine, the fence is another story.

Well, it seems like Hurricane Leslie is really going to strike us.  Be sure to look out your windows tomorrow morning and watch that wind blow!  We're going to read a story called "Sam's Storm" on Wednesday so you'll be all be able to draw on recent experiences when you answer the questions. How did your family prepare for the storm?  Here's a photo of what Chris did to our trees.  Unfortunately it's hard to see from the photo that he tied our trees onto the fire hydrant.  We'll see if it was a good idea in the morning. Gearing up for a storm

Today Ms. Sullivan met with all the Grade 5 students to discuss the band program.  The completed forms are due on Tuesday.

Today we read a poem about summer.  Tomorrow we are going to write poems about summer.  I let the students smell a hand lotion with their eyes closed and they described it as: fresh, good, like deodorant, like shampoo, like a bar of soap, like Very Berry Oatmeal, air freshener, springtime fresh, Easter, sweet, like unicorns and candy, tangy, pineapple, orange and watermelon.  The students came up with some pretty creative responses.

I hope everyone had a great day!