Late Breaking News

• Mrs L-T received an email from our pen pals in Italy on Friday which said that they have put their reply letters to us in the mail.
• No spelling the week of 16 December. We'll start 2014 with List 13 on 6 January.
• Scrabble Club: we'll eat lunch in the library on Wednesday this week to celebrate. This will be the last Junior Scrabble Club meeting.

Name the snazzilicious, rainbow, glitter ponycorn

A new mascot has arrived in Room 13, thanks to C. B..  This snazzy ponycorn needs a name. Bring your suggestions to school on Monday and we'll vote on it.

To learn more about ponycorns, you can play 

Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure here. 

Dates to Remember

• Friday the 13th of December - Pizza Lunch
• Monday 16th Dec: 9:30 am Concert Rehearsal at Runnymede C.I.
• Wednesday 18th Dec:  Secret Santa gift exchange in the classroom; 7:00 pm Concert at Runnymede C.I. 
• Friday 20th Dec: P A Day (no school - first day of holiday)
• Monday 6th January, 2014: return to school
• Wednesday 8th January, 2014: Full day field trip to the Market Gallery for Grade 5 Social Studies Program – All Come to Order: A Look at Toronto’s Government

Art Journals: Learning some new techniques for page building

Today Anna showed us how to use paper napkins and strips of paper to create cool effects and borders. We've added some images and words from magazines, scrapbook paper and other sources to complete a page or a two page spread.

Santa's New Suit: art and writing assignment.

Rumor had it that Santa's traditional fur trimmed, red suit was getting dingy and, well, let's just say a little snug. We've come up with some creative new outfits for old Kris Kringle to wear on his big night.  I wonder which one he'll choose?

Spelling List 12

Grade 5
1.mallet 2.instrument 3. percussion 4. melody 5. crescendo 6. ostinato 7. village 8. darkest 9. preens 10. pouts 11. pleads 12. faints

Grade 6
1.xylophone 2. glockenspiel 3. bordun 4. verse 5. crescendo 6. chorus 7. harness 8.downy 9.eavesdropping 10. fumes 11. threatens 12. snubs 13. comforts 14. horoscope

Concert Pieces

• Seventh-Grade Soap Opera by Paul Fleischman
• Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
• Who has Seen the Wind? Adapted from a poem by Christina Rossetti

Who has seen the wind?

 Neither you nor I. 

But when the snow is swirling, 

the wind is passing by.

Quadrilateral Review

Grade 5 students have been reviewing the characteristics of quadrilaterals from the grade 4 curriculum.

On large polygons students have marked and written about:

• parallel sides
• equal sides
• angle measurements
• types of angles
• lines of symmetry

Poetry Anthologies

We've learned a lot about poetry, writing and editing our own work while putting together our poetry anthologies. 

During their presentations, students will share:

• an overview of their anthology
• two poems that they have written
• one of their selected poems
• one of their illustrations

Art Journals: Assembling the books

Today Anna and my daughter Jahn cut the large sheets of paper to make the individual pages of our art journals. They assembled the pages and bound them with cord. Thanks for doing such an awesome job.  Don't they look amazing? We're looking forward to our next creative session, which will be scheduled before the holidays.

Spelling List 11

Grade 5
1. media 2. magazine 3. influence 4. product 5. caption 6. purpose 7. bias 8. audience 9. market 10. message 11. commercial 12. graphics

Grade 6
1. overt 2. implied 3. opinion 4. critical 5. stereotype 6. interpret 7. evaluate 8. portray 9. achieve 10. visual 11. appealing 12. accurate 13. issue 14. images