Friday May 31, 2013

Hello everyone,

Yesterday was a terrific day of athletic competition.  I'm very proud of the effort that all the students demonstrated.  Especially since it was such a hot day.  A big thanks goes out to Mr. D. and Mrs. Lummiss for all their hard work in preparing for the day.

Next week our grade 6 students will be taking the EQAO test.  Please refer to the note sent home this week regarding the administration of the test.  Students have been working hard to prepare for the assessment, and as part of this we have discussed the importance of not stressing or worrying about the assessment.  Students are simply expected to put forth their best effort, but not worry nor stress about the results.  Such worry and stress can be detrimental to test scores, as well as overall health.

Please find this weekend's homework below:


I am not assigning any new homework for this evening.  Students are encouraged to read, as well as make sure that they have completed all homework from the past 2-3 days.  The grade 5's have their Federal Government questions due Tuesday, and the grade 6's are encouraged to continue working through their EQAO booklets as practice for the test next week.  As they practice it is important that they continue to practice using the "APE" (Answer, Prove, Explain) strategy that we have worked on in class.

I hope everyone has a terrific weekend!

Jonathan Carr

Wednesday May 29, 2013

This is a friendly reminder that tomorrow is Track and Field Day.  Students are expected to participate as part of the Physical Education curriculum.  As the note sent home last night stated, we are no longer traveling to G.W. Williams High School.  We will be staying at Rick Hansen PS for the day.  Please ensure that students have plenty of water, healthy food and snacks, sunscreen, hats, etc..  We are hearing that it is supposed to be hot tomorrow.

Please find tonight's homework below.

Grade 5:

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Reader's Notebooks being collected for marking tomorrow morning.

Math - p. 126 photocopied page (due Friday)

Social Studies - Federal Government Questions (due Tuesday)


Grade 6:

Literacy - EQAO practice booklet #2 - Section D only (due Friday)

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Reader's Notebooks being collected for marking on Thursday

Math - p. 126 (WB) - Due Friday




Have a great night!

Jonathan Carr

Monday May 27, 2013

Good evening everyone,

I hope all had a great weekend!  Please find tonight's homework attached below.


Grade 5:

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Reader's Notebooks being collected for marking on Thursday

Track and Field forms


Grade 6:

Literacy - EQAO practice booklet #1 (due Wednesday)

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Reader's Notebooks being collected for marking on Thursday

Track and Field forms



Have a great night!

Jonathan Carr

Friday May 24, 2013

Good evening everyone,

On Monday the students have the good copy of their debate essays due.  For those students who do not have a printer, I would appreciate if they could please email me their reports so that I can print them here at the school.  This saves time on Monday rather than having students get onto computers and print them themselves.  Thank you kindly.

As well, I am still waiting on quite a few Track and Field Forms.  Students are asked to please have them in by Tuesday at the latest.

Please find tonight's homework below.


Grade 5
 
Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Debate good copy due Monday

Math - p.129 (WB) - due Monday

Track and Field Forms




Grade 6

Music - Sign and return progress report

Math - Mr. D Handout (due Monday)

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Debate good copy (due Monday)

Math - p. 124 & 125 (WB) - due Monday

Track and Field Forms



Have a great weekend!

Jonathan Carr

Wednesday May 22, 2013

Grade 5
 
Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Debate good copy due Monday

Math - test tomorrow

Track and Field Forms




Grade 6

Music - Sign and return progress report

Math - Mr. D Handout (due Monday)


Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Debate good copy due Monday

Math - test tomorrow

Track and Field Forms




Have a great night.

Jonathan Carr

Tuesday May 21, 2013

Good evening everyone,

I hope that all families had a great long weekend.  We were certainly blessed with excellent weather!

Jump Rope for Heart is tomorrow!  Please make sure that students bring their pledge forms as well as proper clothing for the activities.  Thanks so much!


Grade 5
 
Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Debate good copy due Monday

Math - Test Thursday.  Come get extra help tomorrow if needed.

Track and Field Forms

Jump Rope for Heart is tomorrow!




Grade 6

Music - Sign and return progress report

Math - Mr. D Handout (due Monday)

Science - Complete power plant graphic organizer (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Debate good copy due Monday

Math - Test Thursday.  Come get extra help tomorrow if needed.

Track and Field Forms

Jump Rope for Heart is tomorrow!


Have a great night.

Jonathan Carr

Friday May 17, 2013

Good evening,

I just wanted to take the opportunity to let everyone know that on Thursday the students will be completing a math test.  We had a review period today, and students have been assigned to check over the answers to the review questions, as well as pages that they have been assigned for homework in this 3D geometry unit.  It is important for students to come with any questions about concepts, or specific questions, that they are having difficulty with, so that we can address them on Tuesday.  Thank you so much.


Grade 5




Math - Test Thursday....review this weekend and come on Tuesday with any questions.

Track and Field Forms





Grade 6

Music - Sign and return progress report

Math - Mr. D Handout (due Monday)

Science - Complete power plant graphic organizer (due Wednesday)


Math - Test Thursday....review this weekend and come on Tuesday with any questions.

Track and Field Forms

Have a great long weekend!

Jonathan Carr

Thursday May 16, 2013

Good evening everyone,

Please find tonight's homework below.


Grade 5

Literacy - Debate rough drafts (due tomorrow)


Literacy - Revise all Trash Attack Questions #1-9 (due tomorrow)

Math - Test Thursday

Rainbow Day is tomorrow





Grade 6

Music - Sign and return progress report

Math - Mr. D Handout (due Monday)

Math - Test Thursday

Literacy - Debate rough drafts (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Revise all Trash Attack Questions #1-9 (due tomorrow)

Science - Complete power plant graphic organizer (due Wednesday)

Rainbow Day is tomorrow





Have a great evening.

Jonathan Carr

Wednesday May 15, 2013

Good evening everyone,

Please find tonight's homework below.


Grade 5


Literacy - Debate rough drafts (due Friday)

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Revise Trash Attack Question #1-5


Friday Folders signed and returned





Grade 6


Math - Mr. D Handout (due Monday)


Literacy - Debate rough drafts (due Friday)

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Revise Trash Attack Question #1-5


Friday Folders signed and returned



Have a great evening.

Jonathan Carr

Tuesday May 14, 2013

Good evening everyone,

Please find tonight's homework below.


Grade 5


Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made...some students have not yet brought in. (due)

Math - page 96 (photocopy)

Literacy - Debate rough drafts (due Friday)

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Revise Trash Attack Question #2


Friday Folders signed and returned





Grade 6

Math - page 96 (WB)

Math - Mr. D Handout (due Monday)

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made...some students have not yet brought in. (due)

Literacy - Debate rough drafts (due Friday)

Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Revise Trash Attack Question #2


Friday Folders signed and returned



Have a great evening.

Jonathan Carr

Friday May 10, 2013

Please find tonight's homework below.

Grade 5

Math - page 95 - photocopy (due Monday)

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made...some students have not yet brought in. (due)


Literacy - Read 30 minutes and Reader's Notebook (due Monday)

Literacy - Complete all Trash Attack Questions (due Monday)


Friday Folders signed and returned





Grade 6

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made....some students have not yet brought in (due)

Math - page 95 - photocopy (due Monday)

Math - Mr. D handout (due Monday)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook (due Monday)

Literacy - Complete all Trash Attack Questions (due Monday)
Friday Folders signed and returned



Have a great weekend!


Jonathan Carr

Thursday May 8, 2013

Grade 5

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made...some students have not yet brought in. (due)



Literacy - Debate graphic organizers (due tomorrow)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Health - Product package (bring in box, plan packaging) - due Friday

Friday Folders signed and returned

Bike forms sent home signed and completed (due tomorrow)



Grade 6

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made....some students have not yet brought in (due)


Math - Mr. D handout (due Monday)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Debate graphic organizers (due tomorrow)

Health - Product package (bring in box, plan packaging) - due Friday

Friday Folders signed and returned

Bike forms sent home signed and completed. (due tomorrow)




Have a great evening.


Jonathan Carr

Tuesday May 7, 2013

Today the students were blessed with a tremendous opportunity to engage in activities relating to Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  Mr. Michael Padfield, a local lawyer, was good enough to come in and run a mock trial with our students.  He even took the time yesterday to come in and teach us some background info that we needed for the trial.  We would like to thank Mr. Padfield for generously donating his time and providing a very unique and memorable experience for our students.

Please find tonight's homework attached below.


Grade 5

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made...some students have not yet brought in. (due)


Science - Structure Drawing (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Debate graphic organizers (due Thursday)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Friday Folders signed and returned

Bike forms sent home signed and completed



Grade 6

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made....some students have not yet brought in (due)

Science - Renewable and Non-renewable Energy chart and Solar Radiation portion of chart (due tomorrow)

Math - Mr. D handout (due Monday)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Debate graphic organizers (due Thursday)

Friday Folders signed and returned

Bike forms sent home signed and completed.




Have a great evening.


Jonathan Carr

Monday May 6, 2013

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  I am sure many of you are as excited as I am to see the weather as nice as it is. :)

Today in math class we had Mr. Gardner as our special guest, and we had a great time discussing the answer to a "challenge problem" we worked on last week.  Mr. Gardner, as well as myself, were very impressed with the excitement displayed by students as they worked together to try and solve this problem.  What made this problem so exciting was that it was a realistic problem that we could see in our everyday world.  I would love to encourage parents to have similar discussions with their students, whether it be about math, a book they have read, something they have seen on television, etc..  Anytime students are asked to discuss real-life issues, and come up with possible solutions, it is a terrific way to work on their critical thinking skills.

Please find tonight's homework attached below.

Grade 5

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made (due tomorrow)

Social Studies - Complete Legislature Questions (due tomorrow)

Science - Structure Drawing (due Wednesday)

Literacy - Debate graphic organizers (due Thursday)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Friday Folders signed and returned

Bike forms sent home signed and completed



Grade 6

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made (due tomorrow)

Science - Renewable and Non-renewable Energy chart and Solar Radiation portion of chart (due Wednesday)


Math - Mr. D question (due Monday)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Debate graphic organizers (due Thursday)

Friday Folders signed and returned

Bike forms sent home signed and completed.




Have a great evening.


Jonathan Carr

Friday May 3, 2013

Please find tonight's homework below.


Grade 5

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made (due Tuesday)

Social Studies - Complete Legislature Questions (due Tuesday)

Science - Structure Drawing (due Wednesday)

Literacy - Debate graphic organizers (due Thursday)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook (due Monday)

Friday Folders signed and returned

Bike forms sent home signed and completed



Grade 6

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made (due Tuesday)

Science - Renewable and Non-renewable Energy chart and Solar Radiation portion of chart (due Wednesday)


Math - Mr. D question (due Monday)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook

Literacy - Debate graphic organizers (due Thursday)

Friday Folders signed and returned

Bike forms sent home signed and completed.




Have a great weekend!


Jonathan Carr

Wednesday May 1, 2013

Please find tonight's homework below.


Grade 5

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made (due Tuesday)

Social Studies - Complete Legislature Questions (due Tuesday)

Math - Test Friday - use review pages to study

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook (due tomorrow)

Health - plan your product packaging (due Friday)


Forms sent home signed and completed



Grade 6

Social Studies - Bring in labels saying where items were made (due Tuesday)


Math - Test Friday - use review pages to study

Math - Mr. D question (due Monday)

Read 30 minutes & Reader's Notebook

Health - plan your product packaging (due Friday)

Forms sent home signed and completed.




Have a great night.


Jonathan Carr