Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Agenda:
1 - Novel Recommendation is due April 27th For book title ideas you could visit
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/book-lists-and-recommendations/ages-11-132 - Room 7 Treat Day - April 5th
3 - Simon Fraser Transition Day for all Grade 6s - 9:00 - 2:00 on Thursday March 31
4 - We are going to Nose Hill on Friday April 1st - we will be using this day to scout out our Shelter Sites. Parent Volunteers are welcome to join us. Please email mlsaunders@cbe.ab.ca if you'd like to come.
5 - We are having Rachel Kidd come and talk to us about Chemistry. Please come up with one question you'd like to ask her.
6 - MATH - Mrs. Saunders' math group has a page of math homework about integers. Ms. Lim's math group needs to look up Pi. Mr. P's Math group has a booklet that needs to be finished.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We have had two student teachers join our class from the University of Calgary. Their names are Ms. Herzawy and Ms. Coram. 
How did you show what you learned?
We welcomed them to our class and look forward to having them teach us some lessons. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to work with the student teachers so they can learn what it means to be a teacher. 

WORD WORK – THE WEEKLY EDIT!
Assigned: Tues., Mar. 29 à Due: Thurs., Mar. 31

Rewrite the following paragraphs making any corrections that are necessary (spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc.):

the painting on the ceeling of the Sistine chapel is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was paint by Michelangelo. He was an artist during the renaissance. Michelangelo was born on March 6 1475. He grew up in Italy and always knew he wanted to be a painter. michelangelos father wanted him to go to school, but Michelangelo studyed with famous Italian artists and sculptors instead. He ended up becoming one of the most wellknown painters and sculptors of all time. His most famous works are the hug work he painted on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel and his statue, David.

Every March we celebrate Women’s History month. During Women’s History Month we celebrate the acheivements of women throughout history. On March 19, 1911, a women named Clara zetkin created the first International Women’s Day. She wanted to promote womens rights and promote piece. In the 1970’s, schools in California started celebrating women’s History Week. In 1981, Congress declared the second week of March Women’s History week across the country. Then, in 1987, Congress made all of March Women’s History Month. Now we can look back and see what great things women has done through out the years.