Happy New Year 2017! A Look Ahead….

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a restful, relaxing holiday with friends and family! Make sure you get lots of rest this first week back, getting to bed at a good time, as it is hard to make a transition back after a long break. We have many exciting activities planned!

Looking ahead, we are continuing with term two, which will end just before Spring Break. Soon, we will begin a new unit, and I will post information about its focus next week!

Students have finished their city maps and will now create brochures advertising their cities using the app BOOK CREATOR. Please brainstorm your answers to the following questions about your city, and then use the questions as an outline for your brochure. Remember to show quality thinking and to make sure your brochure information matches with your map!:

  1. Why would I want to come to your city?
  2. What kinds of jobs are available?
  3. What kinds of recreation and entertainment are available?
  4. What services are available?
  5. What are some key geographical features that may interest me?
  6. Where will I live if I come to the city?
  7. Economy: Why is your city doing well and set up to grow and survive in the future? (Talk about overall infrastructure, resources available to you, location, etc.)

This term we will be focusing on writing mystery stories in connection with our upcoming unit. Today, we began some daily proofreading activities from the book Phunny Enough, which will involve reviewing or learning about quotations and dialogue, among other story-writing conventions. Tonight, please re-write Grocery Check with proper quotations and spacing.

Remember to bring in your report card envelope! Thank you for bringing it back so we have it for term 2 and 3. Also, don’t forget to bring runners in a bag on gym days, which are Tuesday and Friday, as it is hard to run in big boots, dangerous for your ankles, and it will mark the gym floor. Especially if you have to do the BEEP TEST that we did today, running 20 metres in quick succession! Also remember that being prepared for gym, fully participating, and not socializing during gym activities are all part of improving your gym marks.

I hope you enjoyed our short Disney film today on Electricity: The Science of Imagineering, as well as our discussion on electricity. We will do some more experiments related to this over the next two weeks, as we finish our science discussion from unit two.

Have a great week and Happy 2017!

Ms. D