Track and Field

The track and field day for grades 3-5 that was originally scheduled for Wednesday May 15th has been changed. It will now be held on Thursday May 16th on the Lakeshore playground. Food and drink will be sold courtesy of the Parent Council. A reminder to dress according to the weather and hats and sunscreen are encouraged.

Français - Oral presentation success criteria and dates

Français – Oral presentations: Presentations start Monday April 22nd, 2013.

Curriculum Expectations:

• Organize my thoughts and information to convey a message
• Prepare and give an oral presentation on a topic of personal interest
• Create media works using appropriate technologies
• Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of spoken texts and media works by asking questions, clarifying meaning, drawing conclusions, and expressing opinions.

Learning Goal & Purpose:

To create and present an oral presentation in french on a topic of personal interest. The purpose is to increase and deepen my knowledge and understanding of my chosen topic and to increase my level of comfort speaking french in front of my peers.

Success Criteria

• My presentation has a clear purpose (to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to teach). 

• My presentation is organized. It has an introduction, body, and conclusion.

• My presentation is easy to understand. I spoke clearly with enough volume that the entire class could hear my presentation, I used grade level vocabulary, and I chose an appropriate topic.

• I listened respectfully to the presentations of others and took my time to answer the reflection questions to best of my ability.

Oral Presentation dates

April 2-3 Topic chosen; brainstorm

April 4-10 On-going research and organization

April 11 Outline completed and submitted (subtopics broken down in pt. form)

April 12 Outline will be returned to you

April 12-16 Work on 1^st draft using outline; ideas organized into paragraphs.

skip lines

April 17-21 On-going revising, editing, and rehearsing

April 22 In-class presentations

Speech on Q-cards 2-4 minutes

Presentations and media works 3-5 minutes

Milk Orders

Milk orders went home today and are due March 27th

Science posters in progress

Science poster success criteria

We will be starting the good copy of our science posters on Monday February 25th. The students have been researching a selected human body system and will be given a poster with an outline.

Science Task: Due Friday March 1, 2013.

Curriculum Expectation: Design a model to demonstrate how organs or components of a body system in the human body work and interact with other components.

Learning Goal & Purpose:

To design a poster of a human body system complete with labels and brief explanations of the function of it's parts. The purpose is to increase and deepen my knowledge and understanding of the most important ideas related to the body system I have chosen

Success Criteria

• My poster includes all essential parts with supporting information.

• My Poster is error-free and easy to read from a distance of a few feet.

• My poster has graphics/lay-out that enhance the presentation and purpose.

• I have made appropriate choices to increase the appearance of my poster (e.g., underlined titles and labels, typing my information or going over the letters with a fine marker, colouring with care the different organs).