Guest Dance Instructor

Dear Parents,

On Thursday May 26th and June 2nd, your child will be participating in two, one hour dance classes.  The cost of this activity is $4.00.  Please send the money with your child by Monday, May 23rd.  These classes are mandatory as Dance is part of the Ontario Curriculum.

Cross Country Update

Congratulations to all those students who ran in the Cross Country Divisional Meet from the grade 4/5 class:  In Grade 4;  John Paul Pallotta, Michael Di Donato, Adrian Telesforo, Joshua Stevenson,

 Antonia Gatti,  Angelica Herrera, Josee Ryan, Melissa Tyson. In Grade 5: Luke Mc Donald and Camiley Legerme.

Moving on to the Regional Cross Counrty Meet April  28^th, meaning they came in the top 22 were Michael Di Donato, Antonia Gatti, Melissa Tyson, and Angelica Herrera. 

The “Cities” Cross Country Meet will take place on May 4^th.  Congratulations to Angelica Herrera and Melissa Tyson who will be competing for a top finish.  Well done runners!

English Pen Pal Program

During the month of February, our school participated in hosting visiting teachers from England for the day.  The visiting teachers to our classroom were very friendly, and very pleased with the students and school as a whole.  They found the warm reception very welcoming. One of the visitors, Laurie Whiting, who is the Vice Principal of Bidford Primary School in Warwickshire, England has asked our class to participate in a pen pal program with her school.  As a class, I wanted to create a scrap book containing auto biography pages with photos of the students as well as tourist pictures of Toronto and Canada to send.  There might also be a possibility to visit the English classroom via Skype. Due to the fact that pictures of the students will be incorporated, and the students themselves will be live on the internet, I am requesting permission of the parents for participation.  Postcards or coloured pictures of Toronto, Ontario, or even Canada would be greatly appreciated to help decorate our book.  I feel this will be a positive experience for our students. 

CEREAL BOX BIOGRAPHY

For the next couple of weeks, we will be studying how to write a biography and autobiography. Listed below is the class assignment.

A biography is a type of nonfiction writing that tells the true story of another person’s life.

PART A

To write a biography, follow the steps below:

•Choose someone to write about. You could write about an author, a movie star, musician or an athlete.

•Find out as much as you can about the person you’ve chosen. Read newspaper reports, encyclopedia articles, website articles and books. Use two or more sources to gather facts.

•Take notes as you research. Use an idea organizer to help you take notes. (Provided)

•Write a title. The title could include the name of the person you’re writing about.

•Write an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention and tells him or her who you’re writing about.

•Write a paragraph that includes information about the person’s childhood. When was he or she born? Where did he or she grow up? Who did he or she look up to?

•Write a paragraph that includes information about the person’s talents and accomplishments/awards. What goals has this person achieved? Has this person ever faced a problem and overcome it?

•Write a conclusion that includes your opinion about why it is important to learn about this person. What can we learn from this person’s accomplishments? How can the example of this person’s accomplishments help us to achieve our own dreams?

•Once you have finished your paper, be sure to review your writing. (See Checklist)

PART B

You will be creating a new cereal and decorating a cereal box based on the information of the life of your famous figure.

Front of the Box

•Cereal’s name
•Picture(s) & name of famous person
•Two quotes that the famous person said

Back of the Box (In paragraph format)

•Title
•Introduction
•Paragraph on Personal Information
•Paragraph on Talents/Accomplishments
•Conclusion

Side 1

•List five important events (year and event) from the famous figure’s life
•List what you feel are the most important achievements
•List any awards

Side 2

•List of qualities and characteristics of the person
•List the sources used
•Towards the bottom of side 2, write your name and teacher’s name

Be creative and thoughtful. Be sure to decorate your box with pictures. Add captions describing the pictures if you like. Be neat and organized. Your information needs to be typed with font size 11or 12. Remember to have fun and choose someone you like, and someone you will feel comfortable presenting to the class.

Please hand in a copy of your written work (everything that will be pasted), the biography organizer and the biography checklist with your cereal box.

Assigned: Wednesday, March 30th
DUE DATE: FRIDAY APRIL 15

Cross Country

Cross Country training is every morning at 11:40. Please be sure students running have proper gym attire: t-shirt, sweat shirt, track pants, running shoes and an extra pair of socks. Good luck to all those trying out.

Multiplication Skills

Students should be reviewing on a daily basis their multiplication skills.

Nelson Mathematics Website

Below is a link to the Nelson Mathematics website.  They have a wonderful site containing support for at-home activities, fun and useful links, and games to help to consolidate the concepts that have been taught in class.

http://www.mathk8.nelson.com/math4/default.html

 

http://www.mathk8.nelson.com/math5/default.html