Writing Contest

Thank you to K.M.'s mother for sending me this link to a great contest:

http://meaningofhome.ca/

It ties in very nicely to the article we read, "No Home." After our presentations on "important items," we realized there was a great theme about the importance of family and friends running through all the selections. The contest is affiliated with a great organization called Habitat for Humanity. Check it out.

To do...Oct. 28

1. Science test - Wed.
2. French - read Halloween story & test (Wed.)
3. Social Studies due tomorrow
4. Old magazines?

Art Assignment

Your assignment this week is to create an original monster. Here is some inspiration:

Blog-post

Complete a blog-post, responding to the prompt below. It is up to you how you will make your post stand out from everyone else. Due Monday, November 4.

New Technology Helps Communicate

Being the proud uncle that I am, here is a link about my niece Abby. She was on CTV news over the weekend:

New technology helps people with Rett Syndrome communicate

To do...Oct. 25

1. French - Quiz on Wed.
2. French - Learn scene 3 for Friday
3. Science - test (Wed.)
4. Science - find a topic for Science poster (Canadian person, event or flying craft)
5. Math - worksheet 1.1 (#1,2 and 1)
6. Literacy - dialogue for "Calvin and Hobbes"
7. Art - due Monday

Science Test - next Wednesday

What do you need know?

• 4 forces or principles of flight; and explain how they work
• explain how the shape of a wing helps a plane fly
• Bernoulli's Principle (examples)
• characteristics of birds that help them fly
• experiments (what did they prove?)
• properties of air (including heated air)
• planes vs. helicopters

To do...Oct. 24

1. Art - pastel design (due Monday)
2. Bring in any old magazines for Art
3. Scholastic due tomorrow
4. Science questions - helicopter (due tomorrow)
5. Social Studies - drawing & paragraph (due Tuesday) - show what you've learned