Humanities

Book Buffet

Here is a copy of the book buffet project. Please let me know if anyone has any questions about the project and if students need help choosing a book. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Important Dates

Novel Chosen By: April 29th

Book Buffet Viewing Day: June 11th*tentative date*

Reading Instructions

1. You will be choosing a novel which is more than a hundred pages but you are able to read within a month period. Make sure to choose a book that is interesting to you and that you have never read.
2. Each week you will be given time outside of joyful reading time to read your novel and create your project. Make sure you have your materials for these classes.
3. Make sure to take notes while reading to help complete your final project.

Final Project Instructions

1. You will choose any food you wish to use as your vehicle for your book buffet project. Think about which food you would like to create and how you will build it. Your food should be able to be broken into pieces (pizza, ice cream sundae, burger)
2. Each part of the book project must be included in its own section. Parts should not run together and should be clear and easy to read.
3. All pieces of the project should be clearly labeled with your  name and should somehow be attached together. The project can be made from any medicum you choose.
4. Make sure to proofread your final project for spelling, capitalization and punctuation.

Sections of Your Project

Section One: Introduction

-Book title

-Author

-Genre (category of fiction)

-Reason you chose the book

Section Two: Setting

-Include where and when your story takes place. If your setting changes throughout the book, be sure to include various settings.

Section Three: Characters

-list the main characters in your book (no more than 3)

-give two characters traits to each

-provide an example for each of these character traits

Section Four: Plot and Summary

-write a brief plot summary of your novel

-include the main conflict, what events led up to this conflict and how the conflict was solved

-this summary should be no longer than ten sentences

Section Five: Your Opinion

-Answer the following questions

-Do you like the book? Why or Why Not?

-Who was your favourite character? Why?

-What was your favourite part? Why?

-What was the purpose of this novel? Enjoyment? Lesson? What evidence makes you

             think this?

Note Taking  Page

Introduction	Setting
Character	Plot Summary
Opinions	Extra

			Rubric
	3/4 2 1 Section1: Introduction Student included the entire title, author’s full name, genre and the reason for choosing the novel. Student missed one or two of the requirements Student did not include any of the requirements Section 2: Setting Included a complete description of the setting(s). Description includes visual details of the setting(s). Included an adequate description of setting(s). Included no description of setting(s). Section 3: Characters Student listed three characters and two character traits for each.  They provided detailed evidence from the book to support these traits. Student listed 1-2 characters and 1-2 character traits for each.  They provided some evidence from the book to support these traits. Student did not include any characters or character traits. Section 4:   Plot and Summary Student included a detailed and well described summary in the book report. The reader has an understanding of the events in the book from beginning to middle to end. Student included a short summary. The summary may include parts of the book, but does not include the entire book. Reader only has a slight idea of what the book is about. Student did not include a summary or the summary does not have anything to do with the actual story of the book. Section 5: Personal Opinion Students opinion is clearly written with reason. Students opinion is written with little support. No personal opinion included in project. Final Project Final project showed excellent creativity and visual appeal. Final project showed basic creativity and visual appeal. Student had no final project to demonstrate.

April 26th- Weekly Post

Happy Friday!

Reminders:

Open Minds is only 5 weeks away for 5-3! Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering the week of May 27-31^st, we still need volunteers on Tuesday May 28^th and Friday May 31^st. 

Math/Science:

This week in math we created a study guide and reviewed the concepts covered within our fractions and decimal unit. Students spent the week focusing on studying the parts of this unit that were the hardest for them to understand in preparation for our fraction check in on Thursday. Students did a wonderful job advocating for what area they needed to study to prepare and what style of studying they would use, games, practice sheets and discussion with the teacher and peers. Next week we will start shapes and space, a unit that will focus on spatial awareness and movement, area, perimeter and volume and 2D and 3D shapes.

In science, we looked at the anatomy of a light bulb and batteries. We discussed the difference between secondary and primary batteries and tasked students with completing a battery scavenger hunt at home over the next couple of weeks. Students learned about the different parts needed within a circuit, focusing on understanding both the definition and the electrical symbol that is attached to each electrical component.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Math Quiz

Hi Parents,

Just a heads up that there will be a Math quiz this week on Fractions and Decimals (most likely on Thursday). It will cover the topics listed on slides 25-31 in the shared with students math folder, the powerpoint is titled "Math Vocabulary". Students have also completed a one page study guide that outlined the topics being covered and were encouraged to take this home. We will spend tomorrow's class completing study games to help prepare them.

April 18th- Weekly Post

Happy Friday!

Reminders:

-       Open Minds is only 6 weeks away for 5-3! Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering the week of May 27-31^st, we will need multiple volunteers per day.

Math/Science:

This week in math we continued working on converting decimals to fractions and fractions to decimals. Students were encouraged to use the place value chart to help them understand and work through this conversion process. Students practiced verbally assigning place values (tenth, hundredth and thousandths) to the fractions and decimal number when reading them aloud to help identify how it should be written in a different form. Next week we will wrap up fractions and decimals and move into area and perimeter.

In science students were tasked with identifying electrical hazards and explaining the necessary safety procedures required for each scenario. In moving into Topic B within our electricity unit (Current Electricity) students worked on a visual dictionary page that described and gave examples of electrical conductors, insulators and resistors. Using the online program, Phet Learning Lab, students started making virtual circuits with different conductors, insulators and resistors to compare differences in their circuits performance. We will continue this exploration next week by looking at electrical circuit symbols and key vocabulary before moving into circuit construction.  

Have a wonderful long weekend!