Sock hop friday (canteen open) - limit $2/student

Halloween colour clothes Friday

Field trip to Fort Whyte November 6

Homework:

Science - October 30 - weather report inquiry - see questions at the bottom of the blog

Science - Oct 30 - Water Cycle in a bag reflection questions - Oct 30 (explain why, and make a prediction) - see image below

Science - Oct 30 - wind storm design challenge reflection

Math - students:  watch this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVYwunbpMHA

ELA - home reading November 16

ELA - Root/Suffix/Prefix test (see review below)

If you would like to order any scholastic items, please use the following class code:  RC214818  https://classroomessentials.scholastic.ca/s/cec-ca/en/digital-catalogues

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.”   - Vladimir Horowitz

Weather Report Inquiry

In your notebook, answer the following questions:

Pick one of the capital cities in Canada.

1.   2. What is the highest temperature the city has reached?  What date?

2.   3. What is the lowest temperature the city has reached?  What date?

3.   4. What is the average temperature in that city for an entire year?

4.   5. What is the average amount of precipitation in that city for an entire year?

5.   6. About how many sunny days does that city have in a year?

6.   7. How many hours of daylight does that city have on the longest day of the year?

7.   8. What is that city’s sunniest month?

Prefix, Root, Suffix Review

Root

- the main part of a word

- contains the meaning of the word

- sometimes called a base word

- can be a word by itself

- can be letters (from a Greek or Latin word) that mean something

Examples:

disorganized – organize

bicycles – cycl (cycle)

unlovable – love

preschool – school

painter - paint

Prefix

- letters that get added to the front of a word

- changes the meaning of the root word

Examples:

disorganized – dis - means not

bicycles – bi - means two

unlovable – un - means not

preschool – pre - means before

Suffix

- letters that get added to the end of a word

- changes the meaning of the root word

Examples:

disorganized – ed - means it is “past”

bicycles – s - means more than one

unlovable – able - means able

painter – er - means a person who paints

 

 Sock hop friday (canteen open) - limit $2/student

Halloween colour clothes Friday

Homework:

Science - weather test - part 1 - October 29 (weather/climate, clouds, water cycle, weather instruments, weather technology...)

Science - Oct 30 - Water Cycle in a bag reflection questions - Oct 30 (explain why, and make a prediction) - see image below

Science - Oct 30 - wind storm design challenge reflection

Math - students:  watch this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVYwunbpMHA

ELA - home reading November 16

ELA - Root/Suffix/Prefix test (see review below)

Religion - bring a Rosary to pray tomorrow

If you would like to order any scholastic items, please use the following class code:  RC214818  https://classroomessentials.scholastic.ca/s/cec-ca/en/digital-catalogues

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.”   - Vladimir Horowitz

Prefix, Root, Suffix Review

Root

- the main part of a word

- contains the meaning of the word

- sometimes called a base word

- can be a word by itself

- can be letters (from a Greek or Latin word) that mean something

Examples:

disorganized – organize

bicycles – cycl (cycle)

unlovable – love

preschool – school

painter - paint

Prefix

- letters that get added to the front of a word

- changes the meaning of the root word

Examples:

disorganized – dis - means not

bicycles – bi - means two

unlovable – un - means not

preschool – pre - means before

Suffix

- letters that get added to the end of a word

- changes the meaning of the root word

Examples:

disorganized – ed - means it is “past”

bicycles – s - means more than one

unlovable – able - means able

painter – er - means a person who paints

 Sock hop friday (canteen open) - limit $2/student

Halloween colour clothes Friday

Homework:

Science - weather test - part 1 - October 29 (weather/climate, clouds, water cycle, weather instruments, weather technology...)

Science - Oct 30 - Water Cycle in a bag reflection questions - Oct 30 (explain why, and make a prediction) - see image below

Math - students:  watch this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVYwunbpMHA

ELA - home reading November 16

If you would like to order any scholastic items, please use the following class code:  RC214818  https://classroomessentials.scholastic.ca/s/cec-ca/en/digital-catalogues

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.”   - Vladimir Horowitz

Sock hop friday (canteen open) - limit $2/student

Halloween colour clothes Friday

Homework:

Science - weather test - part 1 - October 29 (weather/climate, clouds, water cycle, weather instruments, weather technology...)

Science - Oct 30 - Water Cycle in a bag reflection questions - Oct 30 (explain why, and make a prediction) - see image below

Math - do 2 multiplication questions - show and explain to an adult

ELA - home reading overdue

If you would like to order any scholastic items, please use the following class code:  RC214818  https://classroomessentials.scholastic.ca/s/cec-ca/en/digital-catalogues

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.”   - Vladimir Horowitz