SEASON'S GREETINGS!!

HAPPY HOLIDAY WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!

6G: Just a reminder that hot air balloon assignments were due today. Please bring in your assignments by tomorrow as that is my last day at CRB.

8s: Here are some examples of the fabulous geometric art you presented.

6G: Your Hot Air Balloon Assignment:

You are to design your own hot air balloon for your around the world adventure.

Please account for the following:

1) You are traveling alone.
2) You are not to land until you have completed your trip around the world.
3) You must incorporate what we have already learned about hot air balloons (ie. equipment required: gondola, balloon size and material, heat source, food, protection, etc)

You must include a labeled illustration and a short write up about your design.

Please be creative and make this design your own!!

DUE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008

6G: The Legends and Ghost Shirts you have produced were great! I appreciate the extra effort you put into creating your shirts.

6G: Today we created our own hot air balloon using garbage bags and a hair dryer. What made it possible for the bag to "lift off"? Can you identify the properties of air that make flight possible (e.g., air takes up space, has mass, expands, can exert a force when compressed) ? If you need a refresher, take a look at what Bill Nye has to say about the properties of air and hot air balloons.

(Time 2:20min to 3:27min)

As per the Ontario Curriculum: identify the properties of air that make flight possible (e.g., air takes up space, has mass, expands, can exert a force when compressed)

6G: Starting December 2nd, we will be launching a new unit in Mathematics based on factors and multiples. There is a great online game to preview your knowledge of factors.




As per the Ontario Curriculum: identify composite numbers and prime numbers, and explain the relationship between them (i.e., any composite number can be factored into prime factors)

Let's launch our new Science unit on Air & Flight!!

6G: I am very excited to be lifting off into this new unit today!!

6G: We will be finishing up our Geometry unit on constructing angles, triangles, and parallelograms by the end of November. The UNIT TEST is on DECEMBER 1, 2008. Here are some review games on angle classification, naming angles, and classifying quadrilaterals.

As per the Ontario Curriculum: classify and construct polygons and angles

8s: Here is the promised information about your Patterns in Human Geography Slideshow assigment:

Introductory Video

Population Trends
Air Quality Trends
Healthcare Trends
Social Trends
Employment Trends




As per the Ontario Curriculum: communicate the results of inquiries for specific purposes and audiences using computer slide shows, videos,websites, oral presentations, written notes and reports, illustrations, tables, charts, maps models, and graphs (e.g., create graphs to compare factors affecting quality of life; create an illustrated brochure outlining positive features of a developing nation; map the ten highest and lowest countries on the Human Development Index; interpret population pyramids to predict population trends in other countries)

GOOD LUCK TO THE SENIOR VOLLEYBALL TEAMS TONIGHT!!





I'm sure you'll represent CRB well with sportsmanship and enthusiasm!

6G: I hope everyone enjoyed the constructing totem poles today with Crackpot Pottery. Feel free to check out their website and maybe book a birthday party!

6G: Just a reminder that you are to bring in your completed graphic organizer for your own legend. We will be starting to write the rough drafts on Wednesday and peer editing on Thursday. Happy writing!
As per the Ontario Curriculum: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience

6G:

Today, I hope you all enjoyed the story reading of

This story has beautiful pictures and a deep moral message.

Summary: In the village of the Algonquin tribe there was a huge wigwam were an invisible man lived. His sister said the only one who can marry him is the one who can see him. In this village was also a poor man who had three daughters, two had stone cold hearts. The two daughters would tease and make fun of the other daughter and called her Rough Face girl. Her hands, arms and face became burnt and scarred from the branches that popped and sparked because her sisters made her sit by the fire and feed the flames. The two mean sisters went to the invisible being’s wigwam were they were dressed in their finest clothes were they said they were to marry him. The invisible beings sister asked them “if you have seen my brother what is his bow made out of?” after not being able to answer the questions correctly, they went home. The Rough Face Girl asked her father for the same nice dress, moccasins and beads as the other sisters had and replied that he had nothing left but broken shells and old worn moccasins. She wanted to marry the invisible being. She made her own outfit complete with a bark dress, shell necklace and old shoes. After answering all the questions correctly. The invisible being was the beauty in nature his bow being the rainbow. The Rough Face Girl then baths in the lake and dressed in things that the invisible beings sister gives her. Once bathed in the lake her skin became smooth and hair became long and beautiful, just as her heart on the inside. And then they finally marry!

6G: As you have been working hard on your 'Big Question' Social Studies project in Native Studies, I would suggest that you make your topic of comparison clear. I would suggest a venn diagram. Here is an example of a venn diagram of information from your previous biodiversity unit.
As per the Ontario Curriculum: students are to compare key social and cultural characteristics of Algonquian and Iroquoian groups (e.g., language; agriculture and hunting; governance; matriarchal and patriarchal societies; arts; storytelling; trade; recreation; roles of men, women, and children)



For the upcoming Language lesson on Native Legends, I would recommend you read the following online legend of "The Coyote and the Rock" to give you some ideas about how to write your own legend.
I would also suggest you read this brief history of the Ghost Dance Shirt as we will be creating our own shirts in Visual Arts that tell your legend with Native symbols.

Hello Charles R. Beaudoin!! Thank you to 6G and Ms. Bojeski for welcoming me into your classroom. I look forward to my time here at CRB! I will be starting my teaching block on November 18, 2008. See you then...

Over the course of the year, I will be posting many helpful links to provide background information, to promote further understanding, and to be useful for research. Here are a few I would recommend for the upcoming school year:

Dictionary
Graphic Organizers
Referencing Format

I am a pre-service student at Brock University at the Hamilton Campus. I would like to offer to everyone the school policies and procedures. Please review the website for directions, contacts, and general information about Brock University.

Hello from Miss Jeffrey!

My passion is to work with children and present them with the endless opportunities that an education can give them. I believe that I have the positive outlook and approachable personality that students admire in a teacher. When reflecting on the most influential people in my life, they are teachers who share these characteristics. Teachers have always inspired me to believe in myself and I want to be that inspiration for other children.