Happy Thursday Dec 20!

1 more sleep till winter break!

The students began their day with their basic facts test...I am very happy to say we bumped up our class average for the test from 74%.............to 82%! Great job everyone!

After recess the students were given a chunk of time to create their storyboards. If they are not finished they should be done so by the time they come back from break.

In the afternoon we had a HUGE room clean up and finished our remaining art projects.

Tomorrow is our Pillars of care assembly at 8:15 followed by some caroling!

We will doing our Secret Santa afterwards so the last few students that need to bring something in please do so tomorrow!

Have a wonderful evening!
Mr Lancee

Happy Wednesday Dec 19!

2 more sleeps till winter break!

Students had a blast today with crazy hair/hat day!

Tomorrow we will be finishing our perspective tree art, writing a basic facts test, finishing story boards, finishing Wonder and of course CAROLING!

Please students, bring in all secret Santa created or purchased gifts tomorrow! This way we can have all the gifts under our class tree before our secret santa giveaway Friday!

Hope everyone has a nice evening!
Mr Lancee

Happy Monday Dec 17
Reminders:
Crazy hair/hat day Dec 19
Carol singing Dec 17-21
Secret Santa gifts due Thursday
Gift Exchange Friday
Pillars of Care assembly Friday at 8:15 am

Today the students began their day by working through their storyboards and mathletics. Students that finished their storyboards were able to continue working on the assignments from the previous weeks.

In the middle block of the day students were given time to watch and answer questions on a properties of air video by Bill Nye.

After lunch, students were given time to enjoy some quiet reading before going off to gym and finally caroling with the entire school!

Tomorrow is the Maverick/Patroller pizza party in room 14/15 at lunch!

Have a nice evening!
Mr Lancee
 

Happy Friday Dec 14!

I just want to give a special thank you to all the students for all the hard work they put into prepping/ helping with concert last night! They have all come so far and put on an amazing show!

Reminders:
Reminders:
Crazy hair/hat day Dec 19
Carol singing Dec 17-21

Secret Santa next week!
Students all chose names today, no spending required! Cannot wait for an awesome week before our break :)
Mr Lancee

Reminders:
Div 2 Winter Concert Dec 13-Doors open at 6:00, Show starts at 6:30
Crazy hair/hat day Dec 19
Carol singing Dec 17-21
Concert Rehearsal Thursday 1:30
Fractions decimals percents unit test Friday
Fun Lunch forms due Dec 14
Please hand back all pizza forms (patrols and mavericks only)


Students have been working hard in LA to generate and plan story boards using storyboardthat.com
These stories will be used to create narrative stories in the coming week!


Below are some examples of the main skills needed for the math exam Friday. We have been covering these concepts for the last 3 weeks.



Cannot wait to see everyone at the concert tomorrow!
Mr Lancee

Reminders:
Div 2 Winter Concert Dec 13-Doors open at 6:00, Show starts at 6:30
Crazy hair/hat day Dec 19
Carol singing Dec 17-21
Concert Rehearsal Thursday 1:30
Fun Lunch forms due Dec 14
Please hand back all pizza forms (patrols and mavericks only)

Concepts this week:
Math: Improper to Mixed Numbers, Percents, Decimals

Social: Provincial Election Process

LA: Story planning

Science: Properties of air

Today the students began their day by creating a booklet to formulate their ideas for a story they will be writing over the next two weeks. We rediscussed the story mountain and explored how the story must have a character, setting, conflict, events, climax and resolution. Students will be using this plan to create a story board and finally a story!

After LA we moved into working with Mixed and improper fractions, relating them to pictures!
Below are some examples of the types of problems you can see!

Convert the following Improper fractions into mixed numbers:

Convert the following mixed numbers into improper fractions


Students were given time after math to continue their presentations that they started researching based off their personal interests within provincial government.

For the last 45 minutes of the day students were given some time to create some winter/holiday decorations for the upcoming winter concert!

Have a great day!
Mr Lancee

Reminders:
Winter Concert Dec 13-Doors open at 6:00, Show starts at 6:30
Crazy hair/hat day Dec 19
Carol singing Dec 17-21
No school Friday

Today the students began their day by practicing for a long block in the music room for our upcoming winter concert. Cannot wait to hear all the amazing songs they will be playing.

In the middle block of the day the students were able to participate in a fantastic inquiry based social studies lessons. Students first brainstormed what they have learned in our provincial government unit. Next, the students were able to create questions about anything they wanted learn more about related to provincial government! Some of the questions included:

• What are the responsibilities of the provincial government?
• Why is the mace important?
• What do governments spend taxes on?
• How many trees does it take to make all the ballots for elections?

Amazing question skills were displayed from the students.

Next students were given time to research their questions and transform their findings into a google doc. This was then used to build a powerpoint to show the class!

In the afternoon students were able to spend some time decorating bags for the SADD (Students against drinking and driving) liquor bag competition. The bags are due Monday and if chosen can win the students cash prizes!

Students finished off the day with a science experiment that analyzed the properties of air!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Mr Lancee

Happy Wednesday Dec 5!

Reminders:
Winter Concert Dec 13-Doors open at 6:00, Show starts at 6:30
Crazy hair/hat day Dec 19
Carol singing Dec 17-21
No school Friday

Today the students began their day by being introduced to improper and mixed fractions!
These two new fractions are one in the same and can be calculated in a few short steps.
Below are some examples!


In the middle block of the day the students continued their exploration of provincial government!
We learned about how MLA's get elected and the steps they must follow.

For the last part of the day students wrote a narrative story based off a fantasy picture!
I am very excited to see all the description and elements of stories students included!

Have a wonderful evening!
Mr Lancee

Happy Monday Dec 3!
Crazy how fast November flew by! Pretty soon we will be on our holiday break!

Reminders:
Winter Concert Dec 13-Doors open at 6:00, Show starts at 6:30
Crazy hair/hat day Dec 19
Carol singing Dec 17-21
No school Friday
Basic facts quiz tomo

This week:

Math: Fractions! Equivalent and improper fraction comparisons
Social: Provincial Government structure
Science: Properties of Air
LA: Descriptive writing

Today the students began their day by doing a quick review of basic facts in morning math. We will be applying these skills tomorrow for our basic facts test. After Morning Math we moved into drawing fractions as percents and decimals! They are all related: 50%=1/2=50/100=0.5=0.50!

After math we explored some descriptive writing specifically related to describing people. You can use your five senses to describe anything about somebody including their emotions.

In the afternoon we did a large catch up block with social as we covered the structure of provincial government. We broke down Alberta into constituencies to compare them to wards in our city. This helps us to understand the political parties in power within the legislative assembly.

In gym, students had the privilege of participating in Aussie rules football! A specialist came in and allowed the students to play several games related to the tough sport. The kids had a blast!

Have a wonderful evening and stay warm!
Mr Lancee