January 28th

1) ALL research for social studies research report has to be done for tomorrow
2) Social studies test scheduled for Wednesday, February 6th

• Students will be given a review sheet tomorrow with some questions that can guide their studying. We will also have Wednesday and Monday to review some concepts before the test. 

3) Finish your RHPS paragraph tonight (turning dot jots into full sentences and paragraphs)
4) Gr. 5's - look over science marks
5) Science - Gr. 4 and 5's - complete question packets

January 25th

1) finish ALL your research for your social studies report for Tuesday. This means you should be doing research this weekend.
2) finish all three TV commercial worksheets and the Co Co Crunch package for Monday.

Arts Program @ Baythorn

To all students in grades 4 or 5

Do you like to learn through the arts? Are you a cooperative team player? Then we want you!

Arts @ Baythorn is an intensive arts program which teaches the core curriculum through the arts

(visual arts, music, dance & drama).

Want to learn more?

Please join us at our

Arts Information Evening Tuesday, February 12th @ 7:00 pm Baythorn Public School - Gym

Application deadline: Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 Auditions: (Saturday, March 2nd or Sunday, March 3rd) (9:00 – 1:00) 

Applications will be available on Tuesday, February 12 in the Baythorn P.S. main office and on the school website. www.baythorn.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca 
Please call us at Baythorn Public School if you have any questions.905-889-7992
Jennifer Rosenberg
Vice- Principal
Baythorn Public School W424
905-889-7992

January 24th

1) Finish math textbook work
2) Pizza orders home
3) Scholastic orders due tomorrow
4) Twin day tomorrow!

January 23

1) Scholastic orders due this Friday
2) Gr. 4's - finish Black Death worksheets for Monday

January 22nd

1) Scholastic orders due this Friday
2) Continue researching for your social studies report

• Students have now developed 5 to 8 research questions for their research topic. They have also put their questions into a visual organizer (11x17 paper) and some have started researching already! We've practiced 'skimming and scanning' when we get to websites to help us look for information that might be useful. We have also practiced taking dot jots (point form notes) on just the important ideas that we've found. 
• I would like it if students could try and get down a total of 10 new dot jots tonight. 

3) Finish math measurement page 

4) Science - Gr. 4's complete all of your house package for tomorrow

Helpful Research Links for our Social Studies Reports

Finding 'just right' research can be hard. It's takes skimming and scanning, and a lot of patience to find the answers to the questions you've come up with. I hope the links below might be helpful for you. 

Early Civilizations 

Mr. Donns Page (scroll down to where it says (Mrs. Donn's Ancient Civilizations for Kids)

History for Kids (look on the left-hand side of the page for links)

Cyber Sleuth Kids Webpage

Mr. Dowlings Page with Helpful Links

Suffolk Counties Website on Early Civilizations

Kids Click (database of helpful information)

Edu Place Lessons on Early Civilizations

Medieval Times 

Middle ages information on feudal life, homes, religion, clothing, health and more

Medieval Life Broken up into Categories (summaries)

Think Quest - Summaries About Different Parts of Medieval Life

Mr. Donn's Medieval Europe Site

Database of Medieval Times and Kingdoms

Huge Database of Medieval Topics

January 21st

1) Sign and return dance permission form ASAP
2) Get ready for French play
3) Science - Gr. 4 - complete your entire house package

January 17th

1) Sign and return dance permission form by Monday
2) PJ Movie Night tonight!
3) Math
Finish rectangles area and perimeter worksheet (both sides)
Gr. 4's - TB, pg. 214 #1,2,4
Gr. 5's - TB, pg. 228-229

January 16th

1) Sign and return Dance permission form ASAP
2) Sign and return math test (handed out last week)
3) PJ Movie night tomorrow (WHOOT WHOOT!)
4) Finish brainstorming a list of questions that you'd like to use for your research

As a class, we've been working on generating questions about a topic of study. We've discussed what a good research question is and practiced generating questions. The big point we've looked at is - will this question be easy to answer and do research on. A question that is too general might lead to frustration during research.

Example -> Topic - Modern Farming

General research question - How do they farm?

More specific question - What type of machinery is used to farm?

Students should be brainstorming a list of about 10 to 15 questions that they could potentially research. Tomorrow, we will be looking at focusing in on about 5 really valuable research questions.

5) Kids kitchen forms home

January 15th

1) Finish music worksheet
2) Social Studies due tomorrow (see yesterday's post for details)
3) Math - finish parts A and B (Toronto Zoo problem)
Students should create 3 different shapes for A and 1 for B. However, there should be an explanation describing why the shapes was chosen.
4) Science work due Monday (see yesterday's post for details)

January 14th

1) Important letter home
2) Social studies
Gr. 4's - Finish manor law worksheets
Gr. 5's - Finish rough draft of your city state crests

3) Math
Gr. 4's - SB pg. 45
Gr. 5's - SB pg. 71

4) Science
Gr. 4's - draw and colour house and room
Gr. 5's - finish package and 2 questions

5) Practice French Story

December 10th

1) Movie night forms due Monday
2) Finish perimeter question A and B
3) Pick a potential research topic for writing assignment

Today, we started exploring topics that interest us for our next writing/social studies project. Grade 4 students explored potential topics to research involving medieval times and grade 5 students explored early civilizations. By Monday, I would like students to have a firm preference for a topic they want to research. This doesn't mean they have to research facts, merely have an idea of something they would like to research (I think for my medieval research report I want to write about what people used to wear OR I want to research ancient China and some of the really interesting inventions that were developed back then).


4) Get math test signed
5) No school tomorrow

January 8th

1) Movie night form due Friday
2) Read French script
3) Bring in cereal box if you haven't already
4) Finish language arts investigation form
5) Gr. 4's - bring in flashlights for science
6) Finish length measurement sheet

January 7th

1) Blue movie night form due this Friday
2) Read over French script
3) Science
grade 4's - draw a picture of refraction (pencil drawing)
grade 5's - complete characteristics page using objects at home