Room 308's House of Fraction Pizza!

Today the students in Room 308 opened our very own Fraction Pizza Parlour!  Below is an overview of the expectations.  We will share the finished products when the shop opens!

Room 308’s House of

Build a Fraction Pizza

Each pizza must feature a variety of toppings (at least 5).

Your pizza must be divided into 8 slices (grade 5) or 10 slices (grade 6).

You should create a design for the cover of your pizza box, and a name, one that will attract customers.

On the inside of your lid you need to display your “Menu”

Menu must include;

• Each of the individual toppings
• A fraction showing how much of the whole pizza this topping covers
• Equivalent fractions for each topping (Grade 5’s - 10, Grade 6’s - 5)
• At least 5 equivalent Complimentary Fractions
• An equation using the Complimentary Fraction of the pizza needed to make one whole for each topping (how much of the pizza does not have this topping)
• Decimal and percentages for each topping (Grade 6’s)

ie.

Topping	Fraction of Whole Pizza with this topping	Equivalent Fractions	Complimentary Fraction Equation	Decimal	Percentage
	3/10	…..	3/10 mushroom + 7/10 no mushroom = 1 whole	#.##	##%
	2/10	…..		#.##	##%

Music and Message Assignment

Last weekend the students in room 308 were asked to select a song and analyze the lyrics in it, to come up with their interpretation of what the main idea is.  So far we have been very impressed by the detailed analysis of song lyrics by those who have shared their homework with us.  Songs presented so far have dealt with drug abuse and addiction, the environment, bullying, the struggle format rights, and the struggle for black equality, just to mention a few. We are able to listen to about four songs each day, so we hope to have had most present their songs by Friday.  Please check with your child to see if they are prepared to share.

Yesterday was our last skate of the year.  We went to Dulude 6 times, and did a double skate one day, so, with the trip to the Governor Generals, that makes 8 skates together this year!  Pretty nice!  Check out some pics from yesterday's skate. 

Music and the Messages

We have been hard at work on our exploration of poetry since the start of March.  Part of this has involved the decoding of poems, which leads to the analysis of meanings in song.  Here are a few we have looked at in class.  Talk to your child about the meanings that they have discovered behind these songs.
Students first listen to the songs, and note key words and phrases heard throughout.  Then they listen again while trying to decipher what the meaning or main idea of the song is.  It is often obvious, and sometimes it is open to interpretation.  Check these out.  Today we are looking at the song by local artist Danny Michel.  Of note, this song is cited in curriculums around the world, including some in England, and Germany, due to the theme and wording.  Local boy makes good!  Give it a listen fpr sure.

Feather Fur and Fin - Danny Michel

With Arms Wide Open - Creed

Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield

Happy March break everyone

As you know doubt have heard this has been a bit of a strange week for me and the class. On top of the seasonal cold that I was suffering with, that kept me away on Monday with laryngitis, the stomach flu hit me and my whole family Wednesday.  This dragged through Thursday and Friday.  School policy with he stomach flu kept me out of the class Thursday and Friday because I needed to pass a more than 48 hour incubation period, which was disappointing for me as I really wanted to spend the last days leading up to March break with the class.

I was able to say hello and goodbye  to the class today during first period.  I tried to set up the last day as a bit of a celebration as this was our last day with Evan in our class. He will be moving to Florida to start next school year and his parents are getting a jump on this by removing him from Churchill for the spring so they can be there and settled in as the summer season stops in early August.  We are very sad to see him go but excited for the new adventure that he is about to begin.

So our last week was filled with special events guest teachers and occasional appearances by myself. We got through the majority of the speeches but there are a few outstanding because unfortunately I was not able to hear everyone's. Those that did present were fabulous and those who are still left I know will do an unbelievable job especially with the extra week of practice.  If your child has an presented yet please remind them to give it a run through before they come back after the break. I wish everybody a happy and healthy March break and I will see you in the spring. Bring on the sun!

Poetry Activities

We have been starting to explore and create poetry in Room 308.  Here is a link to some fun online activities...
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/poetry.html