Today was another busy day.
We started off our morning marking the graphs package from yesterday; we exchanged and marked.
There is no math homework for tonight:)
The nets were up for volleyball today so the kids practiced underhand serving, and short volleys over the net. Their skills are improving already!
We did most of our French presentations today, some after P.E., and the rest that were ready in the afternoon. While students presented their booklet, others took turns asking the question, "Qu'est-ce que tu as?" I will be marking all booklets for spelling and matching colours to masculine / feminine nouns.
Language Arts - Interactive Notebook - We first marked the Commas worksheet from yesterday, then went over the Hard & Fast Rules of Apostrophes; there is a worksheet for this that is due tomorrow. Students were given some class time to get started on this.
We also continued reading and discussing the story, I am a Mining Engineer, and finished the package.
*There will be a mining project to do with this. See below for the description and criteria for the research project. Please sign your child's form indicating that you are aware of the project.
Please note: There will be some class time provided for research, but not for actually putting the project together.
A notice about Lice was sent home today. Please read it. (It's bright yellow)
Canadian Mining Research Project
Due date: April 4th, 2016
Parent’s signature indicating awareness of this
project: ______________________________
You may work by yourself or with a partner*.
*Make sure that you will be able to get together with
your partner to work together.
Focus of project: Research and report on a mine (past or
present) in Canada.
What to include:
1- What
mineral resource is being (or has been) mined?
2- How
is it mined? (underground? open pit? placer?)
(Include tools and materials/methods)
3- Describe
the community most connected to the mine.
- Where
is the mine? (include a map of some description)
-- When
was it mined? Or when did the mine open, if presently being mined?
- If
mine is closed, why? (feasibility /
limited ore / ?)
7- Other:
related ore, how it was discovered, who discovered it, ….
- Optional
project, if someone wants to choose this: the use / importance of mineral resources to First Nations peoples
- Environmental
impact? If mine is closed, what does the area look like now? What impact does or did the project have on the environment? habitat?
Project design
options: almost anything except a
poster:)
-diorama -iMovie -Power Point -brochure
-virtual tour -drama
role-play -mural -Prezi
-board game -card
style game -collection of items
