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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 t...

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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