Mr. Pite's Room
Monday 22 April 2024
Week 30 - April 22 - 26
Monday 15 April 2024
Week 29 - Apr 15 - 19
Hi All. Term three is well underway. I'm happy to see that many of you have managed to return to your excellent learning mode. Do you have everything you need? A ruler? Pencil crayons? Loose-leaf paper? Pencils and pens? A highlighter? The better prepared you all are the quicker we can transition from one thing to the next, the sooner you can get started on learning tasks, and the more we can learn.
Here is this week's plan:
L.A. - How is your independent novel study coming along? Remember that the due date for each week's reading response task is Wednesday. Your work should be turned in via Classroom by Wednesday, which is also a great time to open up next week's question set to preview the task. I'll do my best to provide you with some feedback on Week 1's question set before the end of the week so you'll know if you are on the right track. I also would like you to commit to 2 or 3 or 4 of the "Choice Tasks" for this novel study. Some of these tasks are best started early - especially ones that need you to gather details about the book as you read. Be sure to check in with me early this week to let me know which tasks you plan to do.
Math - We'll carry on dividing decimals this week. This is a brief unit... we'll be on to more exciting things soon! Expect a quizzy by the end of the week.
Writing - Sentence fluency remains our focus. Expect more activities focused on identifying and writing fluent sentences before we launch into a full writing task with fluency expectations.
Science - Quick! Can you share with someone at home what Newton was talking about with his First Law of motion? We'll wrap up with a handful of demonstrations, and I'll ask you to devise a little demonstration of your own. Fun!
That's all for this week, team. Enjoy!
Monday 8 April 2024
Week 28 - Apr 8 - 12
Wednesday 3 April 2024
Week 27 - Apr 3 - 5
Monday 11 March 2024
Week 26 - Mar 11 - 15
Monday 4 March 2024
Week 25 - Mar 4 - 8
Monday 26 February 2024
Week 24 - Feb 26 - Mar 1
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Week 23 - Feb 20 - 23
Monday 12 February 2024
Week 22 - Feb 12 - 15
Monday 5 February 2024
Week 21 - Feb 5 - 9
It is another busy week in the Division 13 environment. Here is the plan:
Writing - Thanks to those of you who have turned in your Mysterious Object writing piece. I'm busy working on feedback for you, and hope to have those back to you soon. For those who haven't yet completed this task, please wrap this up at home as soon as possible. For writing this week we will turn out attention to the YE project. You'll be asked to write a slick sales pitch for your product. We'll look at making great word choices to help you really sell the idea of owning our product!
YEP - Aside from the above-mentioned writing piece, we also have two other jobs to get to this week. First, we'll take a look at the money aspect of things. We'll formalize your spending budget, and begin forecasting your profits. Expect to learn a few business-related terms along the way. Second, we will begin exploring ideas for our social or environmental goal. Remember that donating at least 10% of your net profit to charity is built into this project. We'll begin the process of choosing an organization for all of us Wolves to donate to. Please make sure you have your Business Planning kit with you each day this week.
Math - On Monday you'll bring home the quizzy you wrote last Friday. Be sure to share your results with your family. If your result was significantly lower than you had hoped, please take some time at home to fix up those errors. Check in with me to show you now know what you're doing. This week we will spend a little time with writing fractions in simplest form (lowest terms). We will also pick up where we left off looking at subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators.
Science - The Solar System project is underway. You and your partner have some research to do over the next couple of weeks. Be sure to use your class time wisely, look after the information that you collect, and begin to put together the pieces for your travel lap-book brochure. We will also spend a little time looking at how these objects came to be in the first place.
Whew! That seems like a lot already. Before you go, please check in on a couple of things. First, don't forget to head to the Daily Agenda regularly though the week; sometimes there will be significant and timely reminders there. Second, I've started to notice a few of you letting a few things slip - not having proper footwear for gym, not bothering to have a good book to read in class for reading times, forgetting to clear your desktops before transitioning to French or Social Studies, forgetting to clear up your lunch kit when you're finished with it, and keeping disorganized, chaotic personal spaces (desk, bin, hanging file, locker). Please check in and ensure you are doing all you need to do to be as successful as possible, and that your decisions aren't affecting the learning environment, or affecting your ability to learn. Thanks!
Enjoy your week, everyone!