Reminders - week of Dec 16

• 18 December - bring money for Christmas fair in gym!
• Math package (multiples) - due Wednesday
• Our school is still collecting food donations
• Please return with signatures parent driver inquiry slip and permission for Walking Field Trips

Reminders: Week of December 9th

• Because we didn't get around to our spelling test this week, we will have the test this Friday.
Continue studying /cc/ sound words!
• Christmas concert on the 12th! 
• Report Cards issued this Friday
• Have you handed in your math timeline assignment? Please do so on Monday!

Reminders: Week of November 26

• Well done to all students who presented their projects on human systems! I was very impressed with the quality and assembly of these projects.
• 30 book challenge
• French spelling focus: /cc/ often makes [k] sound before u, o, a; it often makes /ks/ sounds before e and i. Exception: "Soccer"

Reminders - Week of November 18

• 30 livres challenge
• Spelling focus: /è/ words
• Passion project due December 2nd
• Science project due November 26th
• Connaître/savoir grammar focus (quiz Thursday)
• Letter to Madame about book you are reading (due this Friday)

Reminders for week of November 12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLyUnZp-1Hc• Passion Project is due December 2nd. Students have a rubric to refer to regarding criteria for the project.
• Science project - model - due November 25th. See below for more details.
• Students have written a one-page writing assignment in French about a memory -- using the 3rd person rather than the first person. The rough copy of thisassignment was due November 13th.
• Students have a crossword puzzle on the respiratory system due November 14th
• Spelling test - /ç/ on Friday
• A one-page math assignment is due on Friday

For our final project for Sciences Naturelles you will design a model of a body system (respiratory, circulatory, digestive, skeletal, nervous, excretory). The model must imitate how the system works.

In addition to making the system model, you will draw out or print-out and label a diagram of the body system that you chose. See Madame if you need help with this.

Do you like to write, or would you prefer to talk? You will write a one-paragraph description or film/record yourself explaining how the model works.

Students have age-appropriate readings in their Sciences Naturelles dutoangs that explain the systems well. Students are encouraged to re-read these readings and to use the information from these readings in their paragraphs.  

Here's a checklist for the project:

·       My model shows how the body system works (4 marks)

·       I handed in a drawing of the system, and I labeled it. I also included a list of material necessary for building the model.   (4 marks)

·       I described (either in 1 paragraph or through me filmed) how my model works and how it ressembles the human system.    (4 marks)

·       My name is somewhere on the project.

Evaluation:

1 étoile *	2 étoiles **	3 étoiles ***	4 étoiles ****
Tu en sais très peu sur le système.	Tu as une certaine connaissance du système.	Tu as beaucoup de conaissances sur le système.	Tu as beaucoup de conaissances sur le système et tu as même ajouté de l’information qui n’est pas dans nos lectures. Tu as peut-être enseigné à Madame quelque chose!
Tu as appliqué quelques-unes des habiletés  (skills) nécessaires à la création d’un modèle.	Tu as appliqué un certain nombre des habiletés nécessaires à la création d’un modèle.	Tu as appliqué la plupart des habiletés nécessaires à la création d’un modèle.	Tu as appliqué toutes les habiletés nécessaires à la création d’un modèle.
Ta description de ton modèle n’est ni claire ni précise.	Ta description de ton modèle est plus ou moins claire.	Ta description de ton modèle est en grande partie claire et précise.	Ta description de ton modèle est très claire et précise.

Note totale :    ____/12


Ideas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKxrEYRZU3Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud9JFV4YRAE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoy4OTzdYgM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MdKTc5V_gY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ihi34hXbSk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQMYUkLZF54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVbFIIycKo

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7a/d3/d7/7ad3d7103914da91da7ca0e36d7c0394.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDaqtgE6EU

Due date: Monday, November 25th

Reminders for week of November 4th

• No school Friday or Monday
• Math (estimating with decimals and multiplication) - page 295 #4,5,6,10,11,14
• Reading challenge
• Dictée pattern: ç. Spelling test 2 Fridays from now.
• Pink and blue synonyms sheet - due Tuesday, Nov 5th
• Sciences Humaines infographic - grade 5s (due Thursday)
• Sciences Humaines 3-2-1 Video response (due Thursday - grade 6s only)
• Good copy of "peace is" poem due Tuesday, November 12
• Verbs of the week: emmener and apporter

Reminders - Week of October 28

• Verb quiz (Thursday): devoir, venir, manger
• Pink and blue synonyms sheet (homework due Friday, Nov 1)
• Our class auction takes place on Friday, Nov 1
• Halloween luncheon on Oct 31 
• Bring cardboard to class if there's any to bring from home

Reminders - Week of October 21

• Long division test on Thursday.
• Students continue to work on meeting our 30 books goal.
• French dictée pattern this week is /z/ sound (zz, s between vowels, z). Our quiz will happen two Fridays from now (November 1st).
• Art Reflections due Thursday.
• I've asked students to bring cardboard to school for a halloween activity (boxes, cartons, scraps, etc)
• QR scanner math sheet (long division) is homework and is due on October 23
• French grammar verbs of the week: devoir, venir, manger
• Orange sheet - brainstorming subtopics is homework for Monday

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Dear Belmont Families,

We are very excited to be hosting a Belmont Family Literacy Night on Thurday, November 14th!

This is a free parent involvement event where you come to the school with your children in the evening from 5:30-7:00 and have fun learning about literacy with your child.

5:30 - Overview of the importance of literacy, and what literacy practice looks like at-school and at-home
5:45 Families visit classrooms to explore a variety of literacy activities.
6:45 Closing remarks in the gym and door prizes
7:00 Popsicles to-go!

Families will leave with some reading and writing tools along with anything they’ve explored during the sessions and helpful tip for reading at home.

If you are interested in attending our literacy evening on Thursday, November 14th, please fill out the information below and return it to the school by Thursday, November 7th.
https://bit.ly/2nDArKV


If you want to help…

The door prize component of the evening is always very fun for the children. We have gathered a few door prizes, but could sure use any donations!! It doesn’t have to be related to Literacy. It could be a toy, puzzle, kite or anything that you think a child would like. If you are able to donate any new items for a door prize or know of someone who runs a business and can donate something, please let your child’s teacher know as soon as possible! We appreciate in advance your support of this great evening!!!
Sincerely,
Belmont Literacy Committee

Reminders: Week of October 15

• Grammar quiz - verbs vouloir and vendre
• Math multiplication retest tomorrow for students who scored under 75% on their first quiz
• Thursday, Oct 17, French writing assignment due: 80 word letter to Madame about the book you are currently reading
• Keep reading at home! (30 book challenge)
• Division - carte éclaires (pratiquer à la maison)

Reminders - Week of October 7th

• Students have a new spelling pattern of focus: "ss" between vowels to make [s] sound. Example: poisson (fish) versus poison (toxic poison). New verbs will be assigned on Wednesday.
• Grade 6s have vaccine forms to return to school - even if parents don't want students to have vaccines.
• Students are working on multiplication with more than one digit. (eg., 45 x 92). They have a quiz on this on Friday.
• Students are working on their 30 book reading challenge. Ask them about the new books Madame brought to class!
• Students will review the verbs "vouloir" and "vendre" on Friday.
• Student have been writing in-class essays on "un monde meilleur" -- ask them about what they wrote about, and what their visions are for a "better world" :)

Reminders: Week of September 30th

• Monday, September 30th, is Orange Shirt Day
• Grade 5s are teaching the class on Tuesday, October 1st (a.k.a. presenting their projects). I look forward to lots of sharing and learning.
• Grade 6s, you have a little extension on your 5 items in a box project. On Monday we will review some more editing skills, and look very carefully at our rubric. Your project is now due on Wednesday instead of Tuesday.
• The dictée of /ch/ words will take place (finally!!!!) on Friday, October 4th.
• Verbs bondir and avoir quiz: Thursday, October 3rd. 
• October 2nd - school photos day
• October 11th (next Friday) - multiplication quiz: 2 digits by 2 digits and 2-3 digits by 1 digit. Ex. 23 x 46   ;   163 x 9

Reminders - Week of September 23

• Monday is Orange Shirt Day

• Students continue to fundraise for Terry Fox run
• Money is still being collected for agendas (payments are made online)
• Students are editing their project rough copies on Wednesday. They have access to computers to type up good copies. The final project is due October 1st. Here's a link to the project details if needed.
• Science 1 page - la peau (skin) (due 25th)
• Math - multiplication page (due 25th)

Grade 6 and 5 project details (scroll down for grade 5)
Rubric for French Imm 6 paragraphs

Verbs of the week: Continue with voter, parler, être, aller
Spelling pattern for dictée: Continue with /ch/

Reminders Week of September 16

• Grade 6s interested in going to Quebec - parents have meeting this Thursday at 6:45 in Mme Balzarini's room upstairs.
• Grammar review quiz - verbs être, voter, aller, and parler on Wednesday, September 18
• Still collecting permission forms for Terry Fox run
• Returned media permission form/emergency contact form due
• Grade 5s have a project (Teach the Class) - rough copy of "test" due September 25th
• Grade 6s have a 5 Objects in a Me-Box project - rough copy of paragraphs due September 25th

- Recorder forms - payment due September 27th
- Remember to bring band instrument Monday and Thursday if you're in grade 6
- Terry Fox run fundraiser - Run takes place on September 27th. Dress appropriately.

Bonjour!

Reminders (Week of September 9):

• Students in grade 6 are bringing home a notice about band.
• Payments for agendas are made online - $10
• Some students have Dictée homework if not finished in class (crossword/Scrabble activity). They will be quizzed on their Dictée words in small groups with me two weeks from now (Tuesday, September 24). Students will have guided time to practice their spelling in class before that quiz.
• Please send back completed Welcome Letter. I look forward to reading these.
• Students have a paragraph due Friday the 13th: writing about their favourite book. (Writing in French; the book can be in English).
• A letter was sent out about technology and online info verification. Please return to school as soon as possible.
• A letter was sent out for TERRY FOX - permission form and fundraising info included.