Iqbal Novel Study - students will apply the reading strategies learned in class to comprehend the novel.  Student will also be completing a writing program where they will learn to write effective simple, compound and complex sentences that begin with a variety of words such as a subject, adverb, preposition, clausal and end/ing verbs.  

Iqbal Character Profile & Monologue Project - Students will complete a profile of one of the characters from the novel so they can write a monologue in FIRST PERSON.  Students will either perform or video their monologue performance. DUE WED. DEC. 17TH

Daily 5 Cafe - Students will rotate through 5 centers to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary (synonyms & antonyms), and tic tac toe writing.

Municipal Government: Review concepts already covered

Unit 4: Beginning Ratio, Rate and Percent

Unit 3:  Beginning unit on Space

Iqbal Novel Study - students will apply the reading strategies learned in class to comprehend the novel.  Student will also be completing a writing program where they will learn to write effective simple, compound and complex sentences that begin with a variety of words such as a subject, adverb, preposition, clausal and end/ing verbs.  

Iqbal Character Profile & Monologue Project - Students will complete a profile of one of the characters from the novel so they can write a monologue in FIRST PERSON.  Students will either perform or video their monologue performance. DUE WED. DEC. 17TH

Daily 5 Cafe - Students will rotate through 5 centers to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary (synonyms & antonyms), and tic tac toe writing.

Municipal Government: Review concepts already covered

Unit 3: Translations on the Coordinate grid.  Unit test Friday 12

Unit 2 Matter:  Particle model.  3 states of matter.  Finishing the Particle Tales assignment, due Wed 10, as well as finishing the unit.  Unit test Tuesday 16, last week of school before the winter break.

Iqbal Novel Study - students will apply the reading strategies learned in class to comprehend the novel.  Student will also be completing a writing program where they will learn to write effective simple, compound and complex sentences that begin with a variety of words such as a subject, adverb, preposition, clausal and end/ing verbs.  

Daily 5 Cafe - Students will rotate through 5 centers to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary (synonyms & antonyms), and tic tac toe writing.

Municipal Government:  Urban & Rural Voting 

Unit 3: Translations on the Coordinate grid.

***NOTE: As a result of the time lost due to the strike, the 2 Power Up Math periods (skills review/practice) per week, will now be used to help ensure that all the curriculum will be covered this year.

Unit 2 Matter:  Particle model.  3 states of matter.  Currently working on Particle Tales assignment.

Iqbal Novel Study - students will apply the reading strategies learned in class to comprehend the novel.  Student will also be completing a writing program where they will learn to write effective simple, compound and complex sentences that begin with a variety of words such as a subject, adverb, preposition, clausal and end/ing verbs.  

Daily 5 Cafe - Students will rotate through 5 centers to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary (synonyms & antonyms), and tic tac toe writing.

Municipal Government: Bylaws & Taxes: Bylaw Project DUE THURSDAY, NOV. 27TH 

Unit 3: Translations on the Coordinate grid.

***NOTE: As a result of the time lost due to the strike, the 2 Power Up Math periods (skills review/practice) per week, will now be used to help ensure that all the curriculum will be covered this year.

Unit 2 Matter:  Partical model.  3 states of matter

Iqbal Novel Study - students will apply the reading strategies learned in class to comprehend the novel.  Student will also be completing a writing program where they will learn to write effective simple, compound and complex sentences that begin with a variety of words such as a subject, adverb, preposition, clausal and end/ing verbs.  

Daily 5 Cafe - Students will rotate through 5 centers to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary (synonyms & antonyms), and tic tac toe writing.

Introduction to the 3 Levels of Government

Municipal Government: Bylaws & Taxes 

Unit 2: Patterns and tables.  Unit review thursday/Friday.  Unit test Monday 24th

***NOTE: As a result of the time lost due to the strike, the 2 Power Up Math periods (skills review/practice) per week, will now be used to help ensure that all the curriculum will be covered this year.

Unit 2 Matter:  Vocabulary Art.  Partical model.

Iqbal Novel Study - students will apply the reading strategies learned in class to comprehend the novel.  Student will also be completing a writing program where they will learn to write effective simple, compound and complex sentences that begin with a variety of words such as a subject, adverb, preposition, clausal and end/ing verbs.  

Daily 5 Cafe - Students will rotate through 5 centers to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing.

Four Pillars of Democracy - students learned about the pillars and completed a group project. Marks are in Social Studies & English Language Arts in PowerSchool.

Unit 2: Patterns and tables.  Starting on lesson 5.3 Monday 17.  

***NOTE: As a result of the time lost due to the strike, the 2 Power Up Math periods (skills review/practice) per week, will now be used to help ensure that all the curriculum will be covered this year.

Living Systems: Ecology, Photosynthesis.  Unit test Monday 17.  Review sheets in GC.  Next up: Matter

Iqbal Novel Study - students will apply the reading strategies learned in class to comprehend the novel.  Student will also be completing a writing program where they will learn to write effective simple, compound and complex sentences that begin with a variety of words such as a subject, adverb, preposition, clausal and end/ing verbs.  

Parts of Speech: Conjunctions & Interjections 

Four Pillars of Democracy - students learned about the pillars and are working on a group project.

Four Pillars of Democracy Assignment DUE: Thursday, NOV. 13th 

Unit 2: Patterns and tables

Living Systems: Ecology, Photosynthesis.  Unit test after Fall break.

Thinking Routines: Mapping Monday, Talking Tuesday, Would You Rather Writing Wednesday, Think-Pair-Share Thursday, 4-Square Friday! These thinking routines are designed to encourage students to work collaboratively to think outside the box 

Reading Strategies: Plickers Quiz (marks on PowerSchool) 

Parts of Speech: Prepositions

Forms of Government: Democracy, Republic, Oligarchy, Anarchy, Dictatorship, Communism

Unit 1 test Monday 3.  Review questions in Google Classroom.  

Living Systems: Continuing to work on: Abiotic/Biotic ecosystem interactions, grasslands, wetlands, forests

Introduction to Thinking Routines: Mapping Monday, Talking Tuesday, Would You Rather Writing Wednesday, Think-Pair-Share Thursday, 4-Square Friday! These thinking routines are designed to encourage students to work collaboratively to think outside the box 

Reading Strategies: Visualization & Synthesizing 

Parts of Speech: Prepositions

Forms of Government: Democracy, Republic, Oligarchy, Anarchy, Dictatorship, Communism

Unit 1, Place Value, Rounding, Factoring, LCM, GCF

Living Systems: Abiotic/Biotic ecosystem interactions, grasslands, wetlands, forests

Introduction to Thinking Routines: Mapping Monday, Talking Tuesday, Would You Rather Writing Wednesday, Think-Pair-Share Thursday, 4-Square Friday! These thinking routines are designed to encourage students to work collaboratively to think outside the box 

Reading Strategies: Making Inferences & Drawing Conclusions 

Parts of Speech: Adjectives & Pronouns

Charter of Rights & Freedoms - learning about this charter and how important it is to Canadians 

Charts of Rights & Freedoms Assignment DUE Wed. Oct 1st

Charter of Rights & Freedoms QUIZ: Wed. Oct 1st 

Unit 1, Place Value, Rounding

Living Systems: Abiotic/Biotic ecosystem interactions

Introduction to Thinking Routines: Mapping Monday, Talking Tuesday, Would You Rather Writing Wednesday, Think-Pair-Share Thursday, 4-Square Friday! These thinking routines are designed to encourage students to work collaboratively to think outside the box 

Reading Strategies: Main Idea & Context Clues

Parts of Speech: Verbs & Pronouns 

The Convention of the Rights of the Child Assignment & Presentation DUE FRIDAY, SEPT 19th 

Unit 1, Place value

Living Systems introduction, vocabulary word art

Introduction to Thinking Routines: Mapping Monday, Talking Tuesday, Would You Rather Writing Wednesday, Think-Pair-Share Thursday, 4-Square Friday! These thinking routines are designed to encourage students to work collaboratively to think outside the box 

Continue... All About Me

Mapping Skills

Political Map of Canada Assignment: DUE FRIDAY, SEPT 12

Lockers & Tour of School

Ice breaker activities

Math review games

Lockers & Tour of School

Ice breaker activities

All About Me

Reading & Vocabulary Benchmark assessments (Core, Maze & GRADE)

Lockers & Tour of School

Ice breaker activities

Math review games

Diagnostic testing