January's almost over and things at school are picking up.
The list below will help keep us on track!
1. Keep those permission forms for Festival coming in!
They are due February 8th, but the sooner the better!
2. Our first Science lab report was due today!
Please hand it in ASAP if it slipped your mind in class this morning!
3. Interested in doing a Science Fair project this year? Don't forget to hand in your form!
4. Math problem-solving sheets due tomorrow! And don't forget to bring your pencil crayons to class!
5. POW is also due tomorrow!
6. Subjects for concours due Monday. Please also consider if you are taking the 'competitive' or 'non-competitive' route.
7. We are still working hard on our shared class speech. A few more resources about Golden Gate's history can now be found HERE, HERE and HERE.
There is a lot of great stuff coming up next week as well! The Great Kindness Challenge, I Love to Read month and the countdown to Festival begins! Hé Ho!
Have a great afternoon, everyone! :)
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Un merci de Mme Barrett DeWiele!
Bonjour Classe et Mme Careen,
J'ai beaucoup aimé ma visite à Golden Gate hier. Grâce à vos questions bien préparées,
j'étais capable de me souvenir des faits que j'avais presque oubliés!
j'étais capable de me souvenir des faits que j'avais presque oubliés!
J'adore votre blogspot. Merci de l'avoir partagé.
Bon succès!
CBD
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
So many questions!
What an excellent opportunity we had to both meet and ask questions to Mme Barrett DeWiele today!
We learned so many things about our school's history and now have so many facts to use when writing our shared concours speech.
Now that we have finished our research, we still organize our ideas into common themes before starting to write our paragraphs. We certainly have a lot of work ahead of us, but the end result of having a well-planned and well-researched speech will certainly be worth the effort!
A reminder that we are also moving along with our own, individual concours speeches. Many students have already chosen their topics and there is a huge variety! Everything from Star Wars and the Beaches of Normandy to the Winter Olympics and the history of Starbucks! Our final topics are due tomorrow (for students who have not yet decided) and our rough drafts should be completed by the end of next week. The majority of our Français classes over the next month will be dedicated to the speech-writing process, so we will need to arrive prepared and ready to use our class time efficiently in order to stick with our timeline and write the best possible speech that we can!
Great work today, Gators! Et encore un GRAND merci à Mme Barrett DeWiele!
Can't wait for more learning tomorrow! :)
We learned so many things about our school's history and now have so many facts to use when writing our shared concours speech.
Now that we have finished our research, we still organize our ideas into common themes before starting to write our paragraphs. We certainly have a lot of work ahead of us, but the end result of having a well-planned and well-researched speech will certainly be worth the effort!
A reminder that we are also moving along with our own, individual concours speeches. Many students have already chosen their topics and there is a huge variety! Everything from Star Wars and the Beaches of Normandy to the Winter Olympics and the history of Starbucks! Our final topics are due tomorrow (for students who have not yet decided) and our rough drafts should be completed by the end of next week. The majority of our Français classes over the next month will be dedicated to the speech-writing process, so we will need to arrive prepared and ready to use our class time efficiently in order to stick with our timeline and write the best possible speech that we can!
Great work today, Gators! Et encore un GRAND merci à Mme Barrett DeWiele!
Can't wait for more learning tomorrow! :)
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Our third visit with baby Arlo!
We were all very excited to see baby Arlo again today!
Today's theme was about diapers.
Maman Sarah shared that she used cloth diapers with her first baby but wondered if doing so much extra laundry actually made them better for the environment... and so much extra laundry is a lot of work, too! She decided to use disposable diapers with baby Arlo and often uses the Huggies brand. Each day is different, but baby Arlo often uses 5-6 diapers a day.
Today's theme was about diapers.
Maman Sarah shared that she used cloth diapers with her first baby but wondered if doing so much extra laundry actually made them better for the environment... and so much extra laundry is a lot of work, too! She decided to use disposable diapers with baby Arlo and often uses the Huggies brand. Each day is different, but baby Arlo often uses 5-6 diapers a day.
Monday, 25 January 2016
Upcoming Homework Alerts!
A few reminders of upcoming deadlines and items we are currently working on:
1. Please return your Festival de Voyageur permission form as soon as possible!
Do NOT send money! All payments are now made online.
2. Are you interested in Science Fair? If so, please see me! An introductory letter has already been sent home to all students interested, but it is not too late to join in on the Science fun!
3. Concours. We are busy researching and planning our class concours, but students should also be in the process of researching and planning their own concours. Topics are due by the end of the week! More information about concours will be posted under the FRANÇAIS page as it becomes available.
4. Mathé: We are currently reviewing and completing 2 challenging Math problems using the
"Guess and Check" strategy. Problems are due Thursday of this week.
5. POW! A big congrats to Matthew K who took on last week's POW challenge!
A new problem is now posted. Check it out HERE!
Have a great week!
1. Please return your Festival de Voyageur permission form as soon as possible!
Do NOT send money! All payments are now made online.
2. Are you interested in Science Fair? If so, please see me! An introductory letter has already been sent home to all students interested, but it is not too late to join in on the Science fun!
3. Concours. We are busy researching and planning our class concours, but students should also be in the process of researching and planning their own concours. Topics are due by the end of the week! More information about concours will be posted under the FRANÇAIS page as it becomes available.
4. Mathé: We are currently reviewing and completing 2 challenging Math problems using the
"Guess and Check" strategy. Problems are due Thursday of this week.
5. POW! A big congrats to Matthew K who took on last week's POW challenge!
A new problem is now posted. Check it out HERE!
Have a great week!
Est-ce que je suis un multiple de...?
Today in Math we reviewed how to determine if a number is a multiple of a specific digit.
For example, we know that numbers are multiples of 5 if the last digit is 5 or 0. Or, that a number is a multiple of 2 if it is an even number (a number ending in 0,2,4,6,8).
The challenge today was learning the 'trick' for multiples of 3 and 9. How do we know if a number is a multiple of 3 or 9 without actually counting by 3 or 9 all the way up to that number?
Test out your ideas with this set of numbers:
330 612 1003 919 450 3012 1027
What numbers are multiples of 3? 9? Is it possible for numbers to be multiples of both?
For example, we know that numbers are multiples of 5 if the last digit is 5 or 0. Or, that a number is a multiple of 2 if it is an even number (a number ending in 0,2,4,6,8).
The challenge today was learning the 'trick' for multiples of 3 and 9. How do we know if a number is a multiple of 3 or 9 without actually counting by 3 or 9 all the way up to that number?
Test out your ideas with this set of numbers:
330 612 1003 919 450 3012 1027
What numbers are multiples of 3? 9? Is it possible for numbers to be multiples of both?
Sunday, 24 January 2016
La réponse de Mme Barrett DeWiele!
Bonjour, les élèves de la classe de Mme Careen (et certainement Mme Careen),
C’est avec grand plaisir que je partage quelques faits par rapport à l’historique de l’école Golden Gate.
Saviez-vous que :
§ Au début, il y avait un bosquet de chênes où se trouve maintenant le bâtiment de l’école?
§ Lord Strathcona était le propriétaire orignal du terrain où se trouve maintenant le bâtiment de l’école?
§ Lord Strathcona avait beaucoup de pouvoir économique et politique et il a amassé beaucoup de terrain, sur un peu de ce terrain est où on voit l’école Golden Gate, construite en 1958?
§ Le nom de l’école Golden Gate vient des deux grandes portes en or qui protégeaient la propriété de Lord Strathcona?
§ Les portes d’or d'aujourd'hui (mais pas vraiment en or, en ciment et en laiton maintenant) ont été construites en 1967 devant l’école comme projet pour commémorer la centième fête du Canada?
§ Il y a deux capsules temporelles dans les deux étais des portes de Golden Gate – une capsule dans l’étai de l’ouest avec les souvenirs de 1959 et 1967 et 1984 combinés, et une capsule dans l’étai de l’est avec les souvenirs de la 50e anniversaire de Golden Gate de 2009?
§ La capsule temporelle dans l’étai de l’est était un don de Mme Ernst pour que les élèves de 2009 aient pu mettre les souvenirs là-dedans?
§ L’école Golden Gate était une école élémentaire en 1959-1960, une école présecondaire (7 à 9) de 1960-1995 et est devenu une école intermédiaire (6 à 8) en 1995?
§ Le programme d’immersion a commencé à Golden Gate en 1982?
Bon courage avec ce projet! Si vous avez d’autres questions, n’hésitez pas à me les poser.
Mme Barrett DeWiele
Université de Saint-Boniface
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