Week Seven in Portable Two

Friday, October 19, 2018

We just finished week seven in portable two and here is a bit of what’s been going on:

Gym – Newcombe season has begun. In our class, all students are divided up into two teams (Team Odd vs Team Even). Teams are decided based on their student number. Team Odd won the first game of Newcombe this past week. Let’s hope Team Even can get a win this week!!!

Visual Art – Our first trip to the Old Town Hall Art Gallery was this past week. We observed and discussed the work of artist, Teri Donovan. Students had two questions to discuss as they looked at the artwork: What do you see? and What do you feel?

Language – We have been learning about the parts of a paragraph. Each student picked a main topic and wrote a paragraph about it. Students wrote paragraphs about many different topics such as: Fortnite, candy, and Halloween (just to name a few).

Math – During math class, we did some work with multiplication (up to 6×6 to start) and how it is connected to arrays/repeated addition.

Mock Election – We will be participating in the mock election on Monday, Oct. 22nd at school along with the other grade 5 and 6 students. Students learned how to read the ballot this past week and who they have a choice to vote for.

The Big Crunch – The students got a hoot out of this activity. At 2:30pm on Thursday, many students across Ontario took a bite of an Ontario apple to celebrate healthy eating and local food. The students loved their apple and put their core in the compost bin afterwards.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to email me at julie.pragnell@granderie.ca OR call me at school: 519-443-8942.

-Mrs. Julie Pragnell