Postcards from Italy

When we received our latest package from Italy, we were surprised by the post cards our pen pals have made for us. Each one is has an illustration of a famous Italian landmark with some interesting information on the back. After a class discussion, we decided to make post cards too. Adding our own twist, they will have pictures of Canadian animals, sports, landmarks, food, and famous people. Finished post cards are due on Monday 5 May.

Dinosaur Dunk Tank

Do not be alarmed. No dinosaurs were hurt during this math lesson.

We have been:

1. practicing proceedural writing
2. investigating how the water displacement method can be used to find the volume of an irregular solid (Archimedes' Principle)
3. making a list of strategies we know how to use when solving super math problems
4. learning how to use alliteration

Three Dimensional Geometry Inquiry

Spelling List 26

Grade 5 and 6 have the same first fourteen words:

1.metaphor 2. alliteration 3. simile 4. poetic 5. completed 6. device 7. literary 8. descriptive 9. comparison 10. situation 11. figurative 12. idiom 13. phrase 14. interesting

Grade 6 only - 15. vibrant 16. literally

Native People Social Studies Test: Wednesday 30 April

Topics: Iroquois, Woodlands and Inuit First Nations

What to study: Students have all necessary notes in their black duotangs - prinicpal tribes, homes, food/hunting, clothing, transportation, beliefs & ceremonies

Format: 

• multiple choice
• fill in the blank
• short answer
• match the word to its definition

Chuck Close Inspired Self-Portraits

Janeen from Lello Art School introduced us to the work of Chuck Close. Inspired by his paintings, we created these self-portraits based on photos that Janeen took of us. Mr Hannah's students joined us for this fun and inspiring workshop. Their pieces were displayed with ours in the gym during the School Council's Art Show and Business Fair held today. All King George classes had Lello workshops and their work was also exhibited. It was fantastic to see so much creativity in one room!

Pirates! Ticket Sales

• Last week, order forms went home with the youngest child in each family that is a King George Student
• KG students do not need tickets as they are all  performing
• Order forms and money are due on April Wednesday 30th
• Tickets will be sent home with students on Monday 5 May

Spelling List 25

Grade 5

1. can't  2. won't  3. it's  4. I'm  5. she's  6. they're 7. haven't 8. couldn't 9. weren't 10. didn't 11. hadn't  12. you're 13. we'd 14. that'll

Grade 6

1. I've  2. he'd  3. she'll  4. we've  5. that'd  6. who's  7.  shouldn't  8.  mightn't  9. aren't  10. mustn't  11.  what're  12.  why'd  13. how'd  14.  what'll 15.  that's  16. o'clock

Dates to Remember

• Bandanna printing for remaining students, Tues April 22 & Wed April 23
• Business Fair and Art Show, Thurs, April 24, 5:30 - 7:30
• Pizza Lunch, Fri April 25
• Art with Anna, Mon April 28 - PLEASE BRING A PHOTO OF YOURSELF TO GO IN YOUR ART JOURNAL
• Track & Field Conference Qualifier,Thurs May 1
• Pirates! The Musical : Tech run (morning); Dress rehearsal (afternoon) Tues 6 May; Performance (evening) Wed 7 May
• Scholastic Book Fair Mon 12 to Thurs 15 May

HAPPY EASTER!

Bridge Building - The Testing Phase

All bridges passed the three tests: 

• Two Hot Wheels type toy cars must be able to pass each other
• Must support two weights of 200g each
• Must withstand the "wind test"

All Bridges were less than 50 cm long and were completed on schedule. Six out of nine were long enough to bridge the 30 cm gap. Four bridges were built "under budget", using either less than 40 straws, less than 2 m masking tape, or both. 

Well done engineers!

Bridge Building - The Construction Phase

Materials:

• 40 plastic drinking straws
• 2 m of masking tape
• Paper for the road bed

Specifications:

• No longer than 50 cm
• Must be able to span a gap of 30 cm
• Two Hot Wheels type toy cars must be able to pass each other
• Must support two weights of 200g each
• Must withstand the "wind test"

Pirates! The Musical Bandannas

We've gone through many steps to print these amazing bandannas for all King George students to wear during our production of Pirates! The Musical.

1. brainstormed a list of things to draw, from parrots to treasure chests
2. sketched out designs on paper
3. transferred designs to foam plates and carved them in using ball point pens
4. learned the printing technique 
5. tested our "stamps" using tempra paint on paper

Mrs LT's daughter Jahn cut fabric into enough squares for every student to make a bandanna using our stamps. Today five classes, including Room 13 stamped their bandannas. Two students at a time worked with Jahn to help the other kids print, wash their hands and go back and forth from class. 

On Wednesday 26 April we'll help the other classes to print. Teachers will keep the bandannas until the night of the concert when they'll all be worn and taken home afterwards. There are five songs in the musical that different groups of students sing and each group will have a different colour of ink on their white bandannas.

Group Novel Study Character Portraits

Martine from The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John

The boy who was turned into a mouse from The Witches by Roald Dahl

The wyvern from No Such Thing as Dragons by Philip Reeve

Daniel from The Jacket by Andrew Clements

Dates to Remember

• Pirates! The Musical T-shirt orders are due Tues April 15th
• Pirates! The Musical Ticket orders are due Wed April 30th
• Good Friday, April 18 and Easter Monday Apr 21 are school holidays
• "Wine" and Cheese Art Show and Business Fair April 24th 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Group Novel Study Comic Strips

Spelling List 24

Grade 5

1. pyramid 2. prism 3. vertex 4. sketch 5. square 6. rectangular 7. attributes 8. triangular 9. between 10. identical 11. detail 12. cube 13. dimension 14. standard

Grade 6

1. polyhedron 2. isometric 3. sketches 4. structures 5. cubic 6. vertices 7. visualize 8. surface 9. prism 10. diagram 11. precision 12. symmetry 13. hexagonal 14. pyramid 15. platform 16. included

Four Operations Math Test

We have been working on this unit for several weeks. Most of the students have made very good progress. Some are still experiencing difficulty with multiplication and division. Some are still using a multiplication chart as they do not yet have quick recall of math facts. Unfortunately, we need to move on as there are many more math units that need to be covered before the end of June. There will be a test on Monday, 14th April on the following:

Five Math Operations Test

• Addition: three digit to three digit numbers; decimals to hundredths including money amounts. 
• Subtraction: three digit numbers from a three digit numbers; decimals to hundredths including money amounts.
•  Multiplication: one digit by two digit whole numbers; two digit by two digit whole numbers; one digit by three digit whole numbers.
• Division: divide three digit whole number by one digit whole number

              

Grade Six Math Operations Test

• Addition: four digit to four digit numbers; decimals to thousandths.
• Subtraction: three digit numbers from a three digit numbers; decimals to thousandths including money amounts.
• Multiplication: decimal numbers to tenths by whole numbers (1.4 x 3); two digit by two digit whole numbers.
• Division: divide four digit whole number by a two digit whole number.