Life in Room 15

My Day At The Royal Winter Fair

On November 13, I went to the Royal Winter Fair. When we got to there, we had been on a bus for 1 hour and 15 minutes. We split up into our groups and then went off. In my group there was Matt, Nick, Steve, Callum and I. We went to the animal section that had all cows, pigs, sheep and also roosters. After that, we went to the petting zoo which had goats, llamas, roosters and sheep. Next, we went to the food court where we each had some fudge and I got maple flavour. Then from there we wanted to have lunch early because of the line-ups. I had a caesar salad and a sandwich. After that we went to souvenir shops and got some hats and candy. I got a giant lollipop. Finally our school went back to the front and then we went home. That was my day at the Royal Winter Fair.

Brayden

Think for a moment why this commercial is funny!

Have a discussion with your family about ways you can save electricity in your home!

Congrats to everyone on their Data Management assignments!

We are moving on to the next unit in math: MEASUREMENT!

As some of you may know by now, 5/6B students were given the task to politely ask parents if they could borrow a METRIC tape measure for the week. We will be learning how to use the tape measures by taking measurements from around the school. Once we have recorded the measurements we will also be practicing how to make metric conversions with the numbers we have (mm, cm, dm, m & km). Be sure to ask about the decimal shuffle which is the new dance move hitting room 8!

Happy measuring!

My Trip to the Royal

            At the Royal Winter fair I did some fun things. I went to the petting zoo and bought some fudge and lolly pops. At the petting zoo there were a lot of cute animals. There were llamas, alpacas and goats. At the fudge stand there were a lot of flavors. The type I got was vanilla. At the lollipop stand there were a lot of flavors too. The flavors I got were orange, root beer, strawberry daiquiri, blueberry and peppermint. For lunch we had pizza. As dessert we had a deep fried Mars bar. These are some of the things I did at the Royal Winter fair.

By: Callum

Just a quick reminder that our Data Management unit will come to an end this Monday with a final data collection and report assignment. All work will be done in class so the best preparation is to review the work we have done so far. Don't forget about the three AMIGOS and the jobs they have!!!

Wednesday November 11th, our class will be participating in a ceremony at the Puslinch Community Centre to honour the men and women who have fought for our country.

Our Question of the Week is open to both grades and has to deal with Remembrance Day.

In a survey conducted last week, 1,032 Canadians were asked questions about their feelings on Remembrance Day. 70% of the people surveyed indicated they thought all levels of government should enforce a law which makes it mandatory for all Canadians to observe two minutes of silence to remember those that have died. You can read more about this story in the Montreal Gazette by clicking this link: http://www.montrealgazette.com/Remembrance+silence+should+mandatory+poll/2201608/story.html

The question this week is what do you think? Talk with your family members and get their opinions and ideas. Did you have family members who fought in wars? Do you have family members currently in the military? Talk to your family and think about what your stance is on the issue; should it be mandatory (should the government force us) to observe two minutes of silence?

I am interested in your thoughts!

Sorry everyone but there is no question of the week! Tune in next week for a new question!

Instead, today in class I introduced a new project that students will be completing in "partnerships". Students will be writing their own scripts and creating a Photo Story 3 project that will then be shown to the grade 3 class. This project will take a few weeks to complete and I am looking forward to everyone's final results. At the end of the project marks for writing, oral and visual communications and drama will be given. Some students were asking if they could access Microsoft's Photo Story 3 at home to try and make their own creations. You can download it from Microsoft's website for free. The link to the site is http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx

Please let it be known though that I do not expect students to work on their projects for class at home. Using Photo Story at home would be only for fun and practice.

Enjoy!