May 17th

• Get ready for our bridge building competition - tomorrow we'll determine which team's bridge supports the most weight! Check back for pictures of the day's festivities;
• Italian family tree project due tomorrow;
• Math tests signed & Science folders due;
• Continue brainstorming ideas for your Hunger Games presentation which you will work on with your partner at school;
• Tomorrow is Mr. Lupusella's final day at St. Simon - let's all thank him for his hard work and wish him well as he embarks on his new teaching career!

May 16th

Reading Task:
Working cooperatively with a partner, your task is to create a PREZI or a PIXIE or a PPT that promotes reading The Hunger Games to others unfamiliar with the novel. 
Your presentation will use a combination of text, images and video and will include the following components:

• brief description of author, her works & novel genre
• key characters from both Capitol and Districts & their personality traits
• a dramatic scene (suspensful, thrilling, plot turn/twist) with text quote
• a memorable action scene with text quote
• your personal opinions, likes, dislikes, or overall comments about the story and its characters
• a theme or lesson to be learned

Give parents memo of class blog site.

Gr.5s have your math tests signed by a parent.

MATH TEST CORRECTIONS

Homework for This Evening

Math

Grade 5's - Chapter 11 Do you Remember. pg. 301

Grade 6's - Chapter 9 - Workbook pg.83, Textbook pg.285 #15-16 Problem Bank pg.286 #4-7

Italian

Family Tree Project Due Friday

Reminder - Please bring letter home to your parents and for grade 5's please return signed form from your parents.

Make sure science folders are up to date for tomorrow!
Complete any unfinished reading response questions for the hunger games.

Reading Response: The Hunger Games

Katniss says "Rue was more than a piece in their game.  And so am I."

• at this point in the story, what is Katniss thinking and feeling?


• what would you resolve to do if you were in her position?


• what are your feelings about the Capitol using random people like sacrificial pawns in a chess game?

Math 5s study for unit test chapter 10 tomorrow.

Math 6s chapter 9 skills bank 7-14, problem bank 1-3.

Italian family tree project due Friday.

Pixie presentations continue tomorrow.

SCIENCE HOMEWORK

Vocabulary

Abandoned given up completely

Architect a person who designs buildings

Astronomical related to astronomy, the study of the stars, planets, and outer space

Erosion wearing away; the movement of rock or soil by natural forces

Haul to pull or drag with force

Limestone rock formed mainly from ancient shell and coral

Pharaoh a title given to the kings of ancient Egypt

Suitable right for a certain person, thing, time, or place.

Surveyor person who measures an area of land\

Questions

Think about a structure that is old. It might be a
structure in your community or in a community they have visited.

• What observations did you make that made you
  conclude that the structure you saw was old?

• What types of forces do you think were acting
   on the structure that may have caused damage
   over time.

1) What have you learned about the building of the pyramids?

2) When were the pyramids built?

3) Which of the forces that act on the pyramids also act on Stonehenge?

FOLDER CHECKLIST UPDATE

-Title Page

-Questions on Structures
-Updates Dictionary of Key Terms (3 sets)

-Paragraph about forces in sports

-Forces and Bridge Questions

-In class questions on “Old” Structures

-Pyramid Questions

Homework For the Weekend, May 11th, 2012.

Language

Writing Task for the Hunger Games. Email completed task or print out and have ready for class on Monday.

Continue to work on Pixie Task over the weekend, presentations are beginning Monday!

Math

Grade 5's - Chapter Review pgs. 296-297 #1-14
Review will be taken up in class and Chapter Test will take place TUESDAY! STUDY!

Grade 6's - Chapter 9 Skills Bank pgs. 284-285 #7-18

Science

Have "Structures" folders in class and up to date for Monday!

Wordq
after download, register with your name, organization: tcdsb, product key 152 562809 224

Hunger Games Writing Task

These are your instructions and success criteria for today's writing task for the hunger games.

Writing Task: The Hunger Games

Goal: 

To relate/draw connections to a text.

Task:

Katniss, the protagonist of The Hunger Games, has been thrown into a challenging situation which was clearly not of her own choosing.  We have seen that she has stepped up to face her challenges, asserted her skills and mustarded up the courage within herself to overcome fear and failure.  Discuss a time when you, a friend, an acquaintance, or any fictional character was forced to face a challenge head-on and find inner strength and self-confidence to fight and overcome it.

Success Criteria:

-use WordQ to help you write coherent sentences;

-1^st paragraph introduce person and their problematic situation;

-2^nd paragraph discuss what person did to conquer challenge;

-3^rd paragraph discuss what lesson anyone can learn from this.

May 9
Continue working on Hunger Games Pixie.
Bring in jpegs on your usb stick to begin working on MovieMaker project.
Download WordQ 30 day trial.  I will provide you with a product key before it expires.  Begin using it, it will help you write better sentences.
5s Math 10.8 workbook & textbook practice questions 4,5.
6s Math Skills Bank chapter 9 & EQAO booklet practice.

May 8th Math
Gr.5s 10.7 workbook pg.94, textbook pg.289 #4,5
Gr.6s 9.4 textbook pg.275 #9-11, workbook pg.82

Bring in usb stick with jpegs for movie maker project on thursday & friday.

Hunger Games Pixie Task

This is the task for the Hunger Games using Pixie.
Due Date - To Be Announced

novel study

themes of Holes due monday