Art Journals: Prepping the paper

We had a lot of fun during our first session with parent volunteer Anna when we painted, stamped and collaged our large sheets of watercolour paper that will be made into our art journals. Each month, Anna will do a workshop with us on a specific technique and/or theme. Many thanks to the |King George School Council for providing the funds for this special paper and to Anna for inspiring us to get creative.

Spelling List 10

Grade 5
1. isosceles 2. parallelogram 3. scalene 4. rectangle 5. acute 6. hexagon 7. rhombus 8. equilateral 9. measure 10. protractor 11. obtuse 12. angles

Grade 6
1. polygon 2. congruent 3. equilateral 4. protractor 5. parallelogram 6. quadrilateral 7. rhombus 8. scalene 9. isosceles 10. obtuse 11. symmetry 12. perpendicular 13. hexagon 14. acute

Self Portrait with Crazy Hair

CRAZY HAIR DAY - Fri Nov 29th 

Poetry Styles

Alphabet: 1. Choose a wide topic, like food or sports, that has a lot of words associated with it. 2. Write a word that starts with each letter of the alphabet in alphabetical order. 3. Keep to the topic.

Example:                              

Cars by Mrs Lloyd Thomas

Acura, Bugatti, Chrysler, Dodge

Edsel, Ford, Golf, Honda

Isetta, Jeep, Kia, Lamborghini

Maserati, Neon, Opel, Porsche

Quest, Rambler, Studebaker

Toyota, Uno, Volkeswagen

Wolesley, Xebra, Yukon

Zephyr

Diamante: Line 1: Topic (noun) Line 2: Use two words to describe the noun (adjectives)
3. Use three action words (verbs ending in ing) Line 4. Use a four word phase capturing a feeling about the topic. Line 5: Use three action words Line 6: Use Two describing words (adjectives)
Line 7: Use a synonym of your topic for an ending word.

Education by Mrs Lloyd Thomas

Education

important, interesting

thinking, creating, reading

Learning about awesome ideas

wondering, writing, building

helpful, enriching

school

Hexaduad: 

• 12 lines made up of 6 rhyming couplets
• the lines of each couplet must have the same number of syllables

That's My Hair by G. B. Lipson

My hair is high and curly

It's wavy and it's swirly

I wash it and I squeeze it

I mousse it and I tease it

It's long and short and fluffy-poo

It's thick and rich and bleached so true

If I have a bad hair day

I glue it stiff with clouds of spray

It takes a lot of loving care

To tease and train humongous hair!

Brains and soul may tell a story

But gorgeous hair is a crowning glory! 

Acrostic:

• Write the word vertically
• Write a short phrase starting with each letter of the word
• Does not need to rhyme or have lines of equal syllables

Patterns by Mrs Lloyd Thomas

Placing shapes down

Adding makes an increasing pattern

Tables organize your work

Try to solve it

Explain your answer

Remember to write the rule

Never give up on the answer

Definition: 

• start with the question (Who are, What is)
• 10 phrases that define the topic
• does not have to rhyme

Relatives by Room 13

What are relatives?

           family that love and care for you

           can be obnoxious and annoying

           fight with you over the holidays

           embarrass you in front of your friends

           pinch your cheeks and hug you too tight

           love you a lot deep inside

           call you snuggums, poochyface, guppy or Mr. Pants

           sometimes live far away

           make you laugh

           are one part of your life you should keep by your side

Those are relatives. 

Poetry Anthology Assignment

Grade 5 / 6 Poetry Anthology 

Assignment: Create an illustrated poetry anthology that combines student writing & artwork with poems and illustrations from other sources. Check spelling, punctuation and capital letters carefully. Follow the specific success criteria for each type of poem, for example a hexaduad has six rhyming couplets. Work can be typed and printed or handwritten.

 Format: Booklet which includes –
1. An illustrated construction paper cover with student’s name an title of the anthology
2. Title page
3. Table of Contents
4. Numbered pages
5. Illustrations (at least 5 – minimum 2 hand drawn)
6. Selected poems (at least 3 – must include poet’s name)
7. Poems written by the student (at least 5)

 Suggested Types of Poems:

__ Alphabet
__ Diamante
__ Hexaduad
__ Acrostic
__ Definition
__ Opposite
__ List
__ Free verse

Poems written and selected by: Wednesday, November 27th 2013
Booklet completed by: Monday, December 2nd , 2013
Presentation dates: Thurs 5 Dec, Fri 6 Dec, Mon 9 Dec

Class time and teacher support will be given, however it will be necessary to spend time working on this project at home in order to complete it satisfactorily. Students MUST bring their resources to school so that they can work on their anthologies in class.

Spelling List 9

Grade 5 1. energy 2. conservation 3. sources 4. renewable 5. transform 6. solar 7. thermal 8. nuclear 9. uranium 10. fossil 11. fuels 12. generator Grade 6 1. electricity 2. circuit 3. batter 4. insulator 5. non - renewable 6. conductor 7. static 8. neutron 9. electron 10. proton 11. connection 12. parallel 13. magnetic 14. appliance

Community News

Like to cook? Enjoy learning about food? Crème Fraîche on Annette Street has a some workshops for ages 7 to 12 called Fraîche Kids on the Block Food Series. You can read more about it here. 

Acrostic Poems

Definition Poems

Definition Poem by C. B.

What are books?

Books drag you into the story
Dreaming night and day about the story
Some characters do crazy thing
Books attract the eye
Look at words that tell a little story
Book clubs talk about books they suggest
Books are fun they have a great story inside
Comic books are types of books
Funny, happy, sad scary they all have a story
Just have a little imagination to a great STORY!

Those are books.

Definition Poem by N. F.

What are books?

                Something you can get lost in

                Are awesome

                Have love in them

                Are scary

                Sometime they are very funny

                Sometime they are very wacky

                Can be about real things

                Can make people laugh

                Can make people cry

That’s what books are.

Definition Poem by N. M.

What are Books?

                Books are very good because you can imagine anything

                Books are awesome to read!

                Books can be weird

                Books can be about real things

                Books can be about fantasy

                Books are fun to write

                Books are funny

                Books can be great!

                Books sometimes have love in them

Those are books

Definition Poem By L.H.

What are Superheroes and villains?

                The ones who are always there in time

                Have cool posers such as speed, shrinking, claws

                You don’t need powers to be a super hero

                Sometimes have parent issues

                Sometimes villains go good

                Sometimes heroes go bad

                Villains are greedy!!!

                Villains always try to take over the world

                Villains are sometimes ugly

                Super heroes always look cool

Those are super heroes.

Dates to Remember

• Junior Scrabble Club - starts Wed 13 Nov and will meet every Wed at lunchtime until Christmas Break.

• P.A.L.S. Training - morning of Thurs 14 Nov (permission forms must be in by start of school Thursday)

• Parent/Teacher Interviews - evening of Thurs 14 Nov and morning of Fri 15 Nov

• P.A. Day - Fri 15 Nov

• Anti-bullying week - 18 to 22 Nov; reading round robin on Wed 20 Nov

• Crazy Hair Day - Fri 29 Nov

No spelling list this week

Due to Monday's Remembrance Day assembly and Friday being a PA Day we will not be doing a spelling unit this week.

Hexaduad Poems

Minecraft By T. R-P

In Minecraft there is betty
She is not the slightest petty

In Minecraft there are games
and Youtubers with fame

I mined the diamond ore
now I extremely need more

Hey look it's Herobrine
He attacked it was not fine

Hey look an ocelot
I like them a lot!

Herobrine is fast
Hey look, a ghast


Animals by N.F.

Monkeys swing from tree to tree
and that makes them feel so free

Dolphins like to splash and play
In the ocean every day

Cats like to climb up walls
and sometimes cough-up hair balls 

Polar bears are mean and scary
One day they ate poor old Mary

Gophers dig tunnels underground
they're quiet and don't make a sound

Rabbits hop fast and high
and always wear a tie


 Minecraft by S.B.

I think I saw a big ender man
My Minecraft skin is a slender man

 I saved the Minecraft lord
And got a diamond sword

I found some villagers
They were big pillagers

I have a big fork
Time to get some pork

I just met the duke
He gave me a nuke

I found a cave full of spiders
They said they would bite big liars



Animals by L.W.

Some animals are very fast
Some of them always come in last

There is something that I admire
It's birds sitting on a wire

Some beasts are very tall
And some of them are extremely small

Some animals are really old
And some of them are tiny, or so I am told

I saw a guy named Larry
Trying to find a canary

Some animals are soft
Some sleep in a tree aloft

Spelling List 8

Grade 5
1. Remembrance Day 2. Flanders 3. poppies 4. bravely 5. scarce 6. fields 7. quarrel 8. faith 9. soldiers 10. wounded 11. cenotaph 12. wreath

Grade 6
1. veteran 2. squadron 3. wounded 4. survivor 5. sergeant 6. trenches 7. honour 8. wreath 9. memorial
10. heroes 11. battalion 12. commander 13. bombing 14. tribute

Spelling Counts - 40 points

Pumpkins

Autumn Leaves