Try some of these math games after you have completed the 4 - square problem of the day!
http://mypuzzle.org/sudoku/kid.html
Friday, October 14, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Caribou Math Contest
This is the link that takes you to the Caribou Math Contest website that is sponsored by Brock University.
Congratulations E. C. for being the top score from our classroom, finishing 251st out of 1999 grade 5 and 6 students in the country!
Congratulations E. C. for being the top score from our classroom, finishing 251st out of 1999 grade 5 and 6 students in the country!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Adding Each Individual Strength
The whole Body is fitted and joined together, every joint adding its own strength.
(Ephesians 4:16)
What does the message from Scripture tell you about the value of working together in our classroom community?
Where do you fit into the overall picture?
How do you assist in making things work?
I think you have expressed some excellent ideas about the importance of the scripture's message.
Your responses show insight and depth ... great reflective thought!
I'm thinking that the art idea in the picture is an interesting way to represent the significance of the message. I'm also thinking that we could do something like this in class ... or do any of you have a better idea that you could share with us?
Monday, October 3, 2011
Commercials #4 and #5
Commercial #4 provides a style of communicating a message using music and the clever use of text.
How is it different then Commercial #5? List some of the differences that you noticed. Think of similarities to Commercial #4. How are they the same?
Be sure to talk about things like the effect of music, graphics, camera techniques and use of colour when you frame your thinking.
Commercial # 3
In your opinion, does this advertisement hit below the belt? Explain you thinking about the tactics employed in this commercial.
Political Commercial #2
Here is another style of commercial for us to examine. What do you notice about this commercial?In your opinion, what techniques are employed to create a positive impact on the viewer?
Provincial Election Commercials
Think about the media techniques used by the creator of this commercial. Who created the commercial? What is the purpose of the commercial? How are things like visuals,sound and text used to help create the overall message?
Commercial #1
Commercial #1
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Mysterious Mobius Strip
The mysterious Mobius Strip is named after German mathematician August Ferdinand Mobius. (You might sometimes see it spelled Moebius Strip.) It is curious because it is a surface with only one side and one boundary.
After further exploration in class and checking out these helpful videos, please leave a post about something you learned or know about the mysterous Mobius Strip. You can ask a question or state a confusion that you have as well!
If an ant were to crawl along the length of this strip, it would return to its starting point having travelled every part of the strip, on both sides of the original paper, without ever crossing an edge. How weird is that?
Provincial Election 2011
Here is the link to the site that we found so helpful on Wednesday afternoon. There is lots of information on the upcoming election and direct links to Party websites.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
ELECTION 2011
Provincial Election is Serious Business for 8 year old Penelope Plessas
Meet Penelope as she campaigns her way around the province speaking passionately about clean drinking water, renewable energy and Greenbelt protection.
The tag line for her campaign is: "You can't really vote for a kid, but you can vote for her future."
Take time to follow the links. Jot down the important things that you learned and then leave a comment. You could organize your comment by listing:
- 4 facts about Penelope's campaign worth sharing
- 3 things you know about the upcoming election
- 2 things that you found surprising or confusing
- 1 important question that you have
Another Fiendishly Fierce Fermi!
WARNING: This Fiendishly Fierce Fermi Question Should Only be Attempted by the Bravest of the Brave !
how long would it take to walk entirely around the world?
Friday, September 23, 2011
Let's Take a Crack at a Fermi Style Question
How long would it take you drive to the moon (if you could)?
Start asking questions:
Start asking questions:
Links to Learning
Use this link to take you to math related games. Please use the activities under the heading Place Values and Number Sense.
This link will take you to a wide variety of learning games. Please check some out. Kindly leave a comment recommending which games led you to the best learning dicoveries. You can also list the stinkers that are nothing more than soda pop for the brain!
This site promises, a huge assortment of science games and puzzles. Please check it out and let me know what you think of it as a learning tool.
This site contains online activities that teach biology. What did you find most interesting on it?
This link will take you to a wide variety of learning games. Please check some out. Kindly leave a comment recommending which games led you to the best learning dicoveries. You can also list the stinkers that are nothing more than soda pop for the brain!
This site promises, a huge assortment of science games and puzzles. Please check it out and let me know what you think of it as a learning tool.
This site contains online activities that teach biology. What did you find most interesting on it?
Sunday, September 11, 2011
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
Published in 1968, I love this book with each new read!
I can hardly wait to continue reading this extraordinary book aloud in our classroom.
It is easy to tell that Hughes is considered one of the greatest English poets of his generation. The Iron Man is indeed a beautiful story of compassion and tolerance.
His great iron ears fell off and his eyes fell out.
His great iron head fell off.
All the separate pieces tumbled, scattered, crashing, bumping,
clanging, down on to the rocky beach far below.
A few rocks tumbled with him.
Then silence.
Leave your impressions as we continue to read!
Monday, September 5, 2011
Why "The Impossible Takes Longer" as the Title for the Blog?
The title of this blog comes from the book, The Impossible Takes Longer -
The 1 000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates compiled by David Pratt.
The complete quote is:
"The difficult is what takes a little time;
the impossible is what takes a little longer."
-Fidtjof Nansen
I admit I had never heard of Fidtjof Nansen, but after reading a brief biography of this Norwegian explorer who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, I am most interested in his wide range of interests and impressive accomplishments.
Write your feelings on the quote or share some further information that you discovered on Fidtjof Nansen.
Read Any Good Books Lately?
This summer I read several interesting books. Among my favourites is Allan Wolf's New Found Land which presents the exciting adventure of the Lewis and Clark expedition.Two hundred years ago, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark launched their boats up the Missouri River in search of the illusive Northwest Passage. Using poetic verse, Wolf tells the story of this voyage through the eyes of the participants. This self-named Corps of Discovery consists of a one-eyed French First Nations fiddler, Clark's African American slave, a Shoshone woman who gives birth en route, Lewis' Newfoundland dog named Oolum and many more. The experiences of this diverse crew are explored and their sacrifices and accomplishments are quite extraordinary.
New Found Land is highly recommended for readers with an appreciation for history, adventure and a nontraditional approach to the narrative form.
* Please share some of your favourite books and authors!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Photographs
Take some time to look at each of the following photographs. 
Which one speaks to you the most and why?
Leave a comment to explain your thinking.
Monday, June 20, 2011
The History of Mathematics - the Need for Numbers
STEP #1 Watch the movie.
The History of Mathematics
STEP #2 Leave a comment including the following:
- 3 interesting FACTS taken from the video
- 2 questions generated from the facts
- 1 thing taken from the video that you would like to find out more about
The History of Mathematics
STEP #2 Leave a comment including the following:
- 3 interesting FACTS taken from the video
- 2 questions generated from the facts
- 1 thing taken from the video that you would like to find out more about
Monday, March 21, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tom Brokaw Explains Canada to Americans
It is interesting to hear about our country from an American’s perspective. Watch as NBC’s Tom Brokow explains the relationship between Canada and The United States. This clip was originally presented as a prelude to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Monday, January 17, 2011
The United Nations Rights of the Child
Compare the following video and the reading we have done in class on The United Nations Right of the Child (pg 109). In your opinion, what are the most important rights of a child?
Do some investigating on these rights and whether or not they are being upheld in various parts of the world, including North America.
Do some investigating on these rights and whether or not they are being upheld in various parts of the world, including North America.
Friday, January 7, 2011
More of 420 Characters Writing Exercises
THEY CAN lay me off, but they’ll have to drag me out. I barricade myself behind the circle of file cabinets muscled into the center of the office, topple water coolers to moat the lobby, squeeze super glue into the door locks, stack desks in front of the elevator, jimmy the vending machines for food and drink. Hunkered down in my bivouac with an arsenal of letter openers, rubber bands, I reload the staplers and wait.
I BRING Copernicus to the vet's office and this guy is standing there, his thumb swathed in bandages. Maybe his dog bit him? The doctor comes out carrying a large cage that contains a beautiful macaw, its belly wrapped in gauze and tape. He hands the man the cage then reaches into his lab coat, brings out a small box. He offers it to the bandaged man. 'Some of it was already digested, but here's what we could save.'
I BRING Copernicus to the vet's office and this guy is standing there, his thumb swathed in bandages. Maybe his dog bit him? The doctor comes out carrying a large cage that contains a beautiful macaw, its belly wrapped in gauze and tape. He hands the man the cage then reaches into his lab coat, brings out a small box. He offers it to the bandaged man. 'Some of it was already digested, but here's what we could save.'
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Daily Writing Exercises
THE STORIES you are about to encounter are limited to 420 characters, which include letters, spaces, and punctuation. They provide daily exercise in fiction writing for the author, Lou Beach.
SHOT BY A MONKEY, Elsa leaned against the banyan, held a bandage to the wound. They'd entered camp just before dawn, made off with a pistol, some candy bars and a Desmond Morris book. We counted as six shots rang out, one of them finding poor Elsa's arm. Relieved that the simian was out of ammunition we packed up. On the way out of camp we noticed a monkey on the river bank, hammering at a snake with the gun.
SHE TRUSTED grins, they were shot directly from the heart. Whereas smiles, oh smiles could trick, be untrue, do you harm. Mendacious, twisted with bad intentions, like her father's, his mouth turned up at one corner like a beckoning finger, pulling his eye down into a squint.
HE WAITED all his life for a splashy catharsis, irrefutable evidence that a profound change had transformed him. It took him many years to realize that he had been altered each day by the sun's rising and the moon's movement, by the unfurling of his daughter's tiny hand to grasp his thumb, by the cat on his chest, by the glass of water his wife brought him before bedtime, by the questions his son asked.
SHOT BY A MONKEY, Elsa leaned against the banyan, held a bandage to the wound. They'd entered camp just before dawn, made off with a pistol, some candy bars and a Desmond Morris book. We counted as six shots rang out, one of them finding poor Elsa's arm. Relieved that the simian was out of ammunition we packed up. On the way out of camp we noticed a monkey on the river bank, hammering at a snake with the gun.
I LOOKED down at the spots on the pavement, where kids waiting for the bus had dropped wads of gum for years. The sun had seared them black, fried them flat. This concrete constellation held a secret that I knew could be unlocked. I went home and returned with a jar of paint and brush, connected the dots. A pattern emerged. I will share it with you. Be on the #12 bus at midnight, corner of Wrigley & HubbaBubba.
HOGTIE put his feet up on the cooler, pushed his hat off his white forehead. 'You know this clownin’ is gettin’ old, ain’t no dignity in it.' Wallop scratched at something under his cap. 'Au contraire, Hog. Clowning is an integral element of the safety procedures incumbent upon rodeo management to provide to secure the well being of the riders.' Hogtie pursed his lips. 'Yeah, guess you’re right. Hand me my nose.'
I RISE at three a.m. to walk my bladder to the bathroom, then return to bed and wait for my face and pillow to come to an agreement. I lie on my right, my left, my stomach, my back, as if attempting an even tan, until I find the Goldilocks spot. The only sound is the hum of the planet, and the whistling and chirping of the little birds who live in my nostrils.
SHE TRUSTED grins, they were shot directly from the heart. Whereas smiles, oh smiles could trick, be untrue, do you harm. Mendacious, twisted with bad intentions, like her father's, his mouth turned up at one corner like a beckoning finger, pulling his eye down into a squint.
'IT TAKES the village idiot to make a village feel smart,' she said as she applied a cold compress to my head after my humiliation in the town square. 'What are you saying?' I asked, looking into her big cow eyes and not reading anything. Her words were like peeled wallpaper - crazed patterns and frayed edges. My eyes burned. I knocked over a lamp as I ran out the door to confront the crowd.
HE WAITED all his life for a splashy catharsis, irrefutable evidence that a profound change had transformed him. It took him many years to realize that he had been altered each day by the sun's rising and the moon's movement, by the unfurling of his daughter's tiny hand to grasp his thumb, by the cat on his chest, by the glass of water his wife brought him before bedtime, by the questions his son asked.
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