Simile Daily Challenge

Today we were looking at different types of figurative language to support your upcoming narrative writing. For your daily challenge tonight, you need to fill in the blanks to complete the similes.

To refresh your memory, a simile is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as".

For example: as shiny as ___________
as shiny as a penny

1. As hot as ___________
2. As bright as ___________
3. eats like _____________
4.  hard as ____________
5. soft as _____________
6. busy as a _____________
7. fights like _____________
8. beautiful like _____________



Have a great night! Good luck tomorrow volleyball players :)

Mrs.Breau

Week of October 17th

Congratulations to everyone for the wonderful job on your social studies presentations. They were well done!

Week Ahead: Literacy- Recount- Good copy due on Wednesday- submit through google docs Starting narratives We are continuing looking at the reading strategies and applying them to our novel Word Nerd

Daily Challenge:See if you can guess the name of the next chapter using the letters below:
v c n a i o d a e

Math- Name of the game round 7- practice those times tables - Data management - focusing on graphing skills - scatter plot, double bar etc.

 Social Studies- Looking at the connection Canada has with the USA - Identifying world issues and categorizing them under the 4 lenses (political, economical, social and environmental) -On Thursday this week students will be receiving a review for a social studies test - will be posted on the blog :)

Let's have another great week! Keep logging those reading minutes!

Mrs. Breau

Daily Challenge

Wow! What a week it has been. The presentations have been fabulous and some DELICIOUS food has been brought it. Thank you all so much for your ongoing support. Agenda items: Math test signed and returned work on recount- google drive- We will have one more drafting block tomorrow Daily Challenge Tom Brokaw explains the relationship between the US and Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPbngon0Jw Watch the video link above (Cut and paste into the address bar) Leave a comment below explaining some different ways Canada is connected into United States. Have a WONDERFUL night! Mrs. Breau :)

The Week Ahead & Reading and Word Challenge

Hey Everyone,
Here is a glimpse at the week ahead.

Social Studies: Presentations began today and will continue this week. Congratulations to the groups that went today. They were very well done!

Presentation Schedule

Wednesday
Daniel & Garrett - France
Reilly & Reid- Brazil

Thursday
Christian, Mitchell & Keifer- Sweden
Tristian &Dylan- Japan
Ashley- China

Friday
Rebecca- Norway
Maddy- South Korea

Monday
Jalen- Mexico
Liam & Braeden- Germany


Literacy
Writing- We will be continuing to work on personal recounts. Students will be drafting two this week and working through the writing process with one of them. We will be working on paragraphing, particularly introductions and conclusions.

Math- We will be finishing up our numeration unit on large and small numbers today. We will begin our unit on data management this week. Be prepared for name of the game 6 this week :)

Daily Challenge- Reading Challenge- 30 minutes or more gets signatures- Tuesday and Wednesday night

WORD CHALLENGE
Read the clues, then write the words.


Start with the word   SOUTH


What you eat with.
Change letter                                        _______  ________  ________ _________  ________
                                                                                                    (5 letters)


Not in but _______.                                                 ________ _______ ______
Take away 2 letters                                                                    (3 letters)
.

To talk loudly                        .        ___________   _________ _________ _______   _______
Add to two letters.                                                                                (5 letters)



To sulk.                                                        __________ __________ _________ ________
Take away the first 2 letters, then add one.                           (4 letters)



You can cook in this.
Take away one letter form the word above.                     __________ __________ _________
                                                                                                           (3 letters)


Where a ship docks.
Add one letter after the "o"                      ________ _________ ______ _______
                                                                                (4 letters)


Tiny hole in your skin through which you sweat                   _______ ________ ________ _______
Change the last letter                                                                              (4 letters)


There is a south and north one of these on the globe.         _______ _________ ________ ________
Change one letter from the word above.                                          (4 letters)

Thank you!

It was such a pleasure meeting all of you last night at "meet the teacher." I can see why your kids are so great, because they have such supportive parents behind them. I really appreciate all your support as well. I wanted to wish each and everyone of you a Happy Thanskgiving. I am so thankful to teach at such a wonderful school with amazing students.

Have an amazing long weekend with your families!
Mrs. Breau

Agenda Items, Blueprint Challenge AND Math Review

Good afternoon, 

Below is an OPTIONAL small number review. You have the week to complete it. We will also be doing a review in class on Thursday and Friday to prepare for Tuesday's small numbers test. 

Agenda items:

Book Fair on Wednesday and Thursday

Country presentations will begin next Tuesday- We still have this week to complete presentations - research should be wrapping up at this point. Students have been conferencing over the past several days and have received feedback on their projects

Math Test- Tuesday October 11th 

READING LOGS completed

                                                 

DAILY CHALLENGE- Please show your parents "My Blueprint." Show them the new boxes that you created today. Have them leave a comment on the blog or write a note in your agenda saying that they saw it to receive signatures :)

     Small Number Review

    1.     In the number 73.765 which digit is in the:

     a)  tens place _________                                d) tenths place ____________

b   b) ones place _________                                e)  hundredths place  ___________

     c) thousandths place __________

      

    2.  Complete the chart below 

         

Standard	Expanded	Written	Mixed Numbers/ Fractions
12. 32
0.008
		five and three hundredths
	300 + 90 + 3+ .01 + .009
	20 000 + 70 + 0.6 + .004
0.432
		two million seventy thousand and sixty eight hundredths

            3. Which decimal is greater?

            

              a) 2.03 or 2.4            b) 0.526 or 1.004     c) 5.7 or  3.99          d) 0.403  or  0.067

           4. Order these decimal numbers from least to greatest. 

             a)  2.108 ,   0.053,  0.872,     1.096

              

             b) 2.085 , 2.008 , 3.004, 2. 805 

               

             c)  2.4 ,  2.34,   0.27,  2.347,  2.7 

             5. Round each decimal to the nearest hundredth.

        a) 0.526                b) 0.078                  c) 3.006                d) 0.896

    

            6. Round each number to the nearest tenth.

          a) 0.72             b) 2.462               c)  1.073             d) 0.98

                

             7. Write three decimal numbers that would fall in between 2.67 and 2.8

Summarize

Agenda Items:
Terry Fox run Tuesday October 4th
Meet the teacher - Thursday October 6th - Our room will be open from 5 to 6 p.m.
Track reading minutes

Daily Challenge:

To continue working on our summary theme, post a summary of your day today.