WRITING/READING: 
*poetry writing: Remembrance Day
**paragraph structures and descriptive paragraph writing 

MATH: Patterning
4: learning to connect a term within a pattern to its term number and using a table of values to organize the information
5: learning to use a table of values as a tool to help develop a pattern rule 

HEALTH: Digital citizenship online course via EVERFI 

SOCIAL STUDIES: Ongoing discussions, reflections and building understanding:
How might differing perspectives and relationships with the environment impact relationships with groups over time? 
** What is Inquiry? - creating closed and open questions to research our Indigenous object

SCIENCE: 
4: Rocks & Minerals focus on how rock and mineral extraction impact the local communities and the environment
5: Energy focus on alternate forms of producing energy like using Wind Turbines (kinetic to electrical)

Hands-on workshops learning! So excited to see our Grade 5 students tackle this Wind Turbine design challenge.... Students will test out their designs with a multimeter, which type of blade will generate the most energy! @TDSBScitechkits @tdsb pic.twitter.com/m3zWILsQIw

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 12, 2019

Safety routines and hands-on workshops learning! Grade 5 students are so excited to explore how a multimeter works! and how this experiment will influence their blueprint designs of their wind turbine @TDSBScitechkits @tdsb pic.twitter.com/MQqyD8dM3M

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 12, 2019

Remembrance Day service at Fort York today was an emotional and a moving experience.  Our class community came together with the public to take a few moments to recognize and be thankful for all of the sacrifices made by the many children, women and men in the past, present and future.

Fort York National Historic Site hosting annual Remembrance Day services @fortyork @tdsb #RemembranceDay https://t.co/6C5fqNnUtB

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 11, 2019

Fort York National Historic Site hosting annual Remembrance Day services @fortyork #RemembranceDay
procession led by period uniformed military staff & standard bearers will make its way to the Strachan Avenue Military Cemetery, where our class community & the public is gathered. pic.twitter.com/XhvI7Emwsw

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 11, 2019

Fort York National Historic Site hosting annual Remembrance Day services #RemembranceDay
'There, at the eleventh hour, all soldiers of the Toronto Garrison who fell in the War of 1812 & all of Canada’s wars since will be remembered and honoured.' https://t.co/En9YkO5mA1 pic.twitter.com/IxyhL6X0Ih

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 11, 2019

DRESS FOR SUCCESS: wear winter gear (hats, gloves, snow pants, winter coats) needed for the morning ceremony 


WRITING/READING: 
*poetry writing: acrostic and concrete poetry
**paragraph structures and descriptive paragraph writing 

MATH: Patterning
4: learning to connect a term within a pattern to its term number and using a table of values to organize the information
5: learning to use a table of values as a tool to help develop a pattern rule 

HEALTH: Digital citizenship online course via EVERFI 
** beginning anti-bullying discussions and how understanding bias, discrimination, prejudice and stereotypes help us reflect on our actions towards ourselves and others

SOCIAL STUDIES: Ongoing discussions, reflections and building understanding:
How might differing perspectives and relationships with the environment impact relationships with groups over time? 

SCIENCE: 
4: Rocks & Minerals focus on how rock and mineral extraction impact the local communities and the environment
5: Energy focus on alternate forms of producing energy like using Wind Turbines (kinetic to electrical)

Launching our Energy unit w/ read aloud of The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. ?ing before our build challenge. What assumptions are made by the reader, obstacles overcome by William & inspiration to protect his community? What connections can be made to having an innovators mindset? pic.twitter.com/e6ClGODTnu

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 8, 2019

'Miss, can't we just copy & paste?'

Launching into our Rocks&Minerals unit with some inquiry questions & research skills (collect & interpret information). Discussing importance of citing sources and looking at usage rights of images @tdsb https://t.co/R7kJ2o02F9 pic.twitter.com/urdMcZQrz4

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 8, 2019

WRITING/READING: 
*poetry writing: acrostic and concrete poetry
**paragraph structures and descriptive paragraph writing 

MATH: Patterning
4: using a pattern rule to create a numeric pattern
5: exploring how to create an effective pattern rule

HEALTH: Digital citizenship online course via EVERFI 
** beginning anti-bullying discussions and how understanding bias, discrimination, prejudice and stereotypes help us reflect on our actions towards ourselves and others

SOCIAL STUDIES: Ongoing discussions, reflections and building understanding:
How might differing perspectives and relationships with the environment impact relationships with groups over time? 

SCIENCE: 
4: Rocks & Minerals focus on how rock and mineral extraction impact the local communities and the environment
5: Energy focus on alternate forms of producing energy like using Wind Turbines (kinetic to electrical)

WRITING/READING: 
*poetry writing: acrostic and concrete poetry
**paragraph structures and descriptive paragraph writing 

MATH: Patterning
4: using a pattern rule to create a numeric pattern
5: exploring how to create an effective pattern rule

HEALTH: Digital citizenship online course via EVERFI 
** beginning anti-bullying discussions and how understanding bias, discrimination, prejudice and stereotypes help us reflect on our actions towards ourselves and others

SOCIAL STUDIES: Ongoing discussions, reflections and building understanding:
How might differing perspectives and relationships with the environment impact relationships with groups over time? 

Hands-on learning to build experiences and applying our knowledge of fractions by baking cookies!
Mmmm Mmmm #MathIsEverywhere Cookies! @tdsb inclusion HSP classroom community #WeRock #tdsb #Collaboration #Communication pic.twitter.com/Qzxtafo7Ml

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 5, 2019

Our Grade 4 student bakers! Hands-on learning to build experiences and applying our knowledge of fractions by baking cookies!
Mmmm Mmmm #MathIsEverywhere Cookies! @tdsb #WeRock #tdsb #Collaboration #Communication pic.twitter.com/9hKXbdHxPf

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 6, 2019

Grade 5 students at the Toronto Urban Studies Centres today. Putting Toronto in Perspective focus on Indigenous peoples have a long connection to Toronto that was established well before the arrival of Europeans. @tdsb @TUSCOEC pic.twitter.com/KdtLEQI11O

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 6, 2019

'Through various activities, students investigate aspects of interactions among and between the Mississauga, French & British in the early 1600s from various perspectives. Students then theorize the consequences of these interactions and analyze the positive and negative impact.' pic.twitter.com/4Vc2dr9dsi

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 6, 2019

'Students explored the connection between early interactions and present-day issues in Ontario through a hands-on activity that focuses on the distribution of land and the decision-making process with reference to the recently resolved Toronto Purchase land claim.' @tdsb @TUSCOEC pic.twitter.com/frfC4AoDON

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 6, 2019

WRITING/READING: 
*poetry writing: acrostic and concrete poetry
**paragraph structures and descriptive paragraph writing 

MATH:
4: looking at benchmark fractions
5: relationships between improper and mixed numbers
Comparing & ordering fractions using pictures & number lines (Check this out: Equivalent Fractions)
Practice on your multiplication tables and have fun! (Check out: Math is Fun  or Times Tables Games)

HEALTH: Digital citizenship online course via EVERFI 
** beginning anti-bullying discussions and how understanding bias, discrimination, prejudice and stereotypes help us reflect on our actions towards ourselves and others

SOCIAL STUDIES: Ongoing discussions, reflections and building understanding:
How might differing perspectives and relationships with the environment impact relationships with groups over time? 

So exciting to have our students take part in the Global Learning Connection!
Thank you Alec Taylor, the Vice President of Microsoft Canada @MicrosoftEduCA for responding to student questions!#SkypeAThon #MFSTGlobalConnect@MicrosoftEDU @SkypeClassroom
"Open Hearts,Open Minds" pic.twitter.com/Zv12dImCEZ

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 5, 2019

Thank you Alec Taylor, the Vice President of Microsoft Canada @MicrosoftEduCA for responding to student questions, supporting student learning with a growth mindset!#SkypeAThon #MFSTGlobalConnect@MicrosoftEDU @SkypeClassroom
Global Learning Connection "Open Hearts,Open Minds" pic.twitter.com/DMqdWSM65S

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 5, 2019

Hands-on learning to build experiences and applying our knowledge of fractions by baking cookies!
Mmmm Mmmm #MathIsEverywhere Cookies! @tdsb inclusion HSP classroom community #WeRock #tdsb #Collaboration #Communication pic.twitter.com/Qzxtafo7Ml

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 5, 2019

Hands-on learning to build experiences and applying our knowledge of fractions by baking cookies! Mmmm Mmmm #MathIsEverywhere Cookies! @tdsb #Collaboration #Communication pic.twitter.com/jeDdG7ykzo

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 5, 2019

WRITING/READING: 
*poetry writing: acrostic and concrete poetry
**paragraph structures and descriptive paragraph writing 

MATH:
4: looking at benchmark fractions
5: relationships between improper and mixed numbers
Comparing & ordering fractions using pictures & number lines (Check this out: Equivalent Fractions)
Practice on your multiplication tables and have fun! (Check out: Math is Fun  or Times Tables Games)

HEALTH: Digital citizenship online course via EVERFI 
** beginning anti-bullying discussions and how understanding bias, discrimination, prejudice and stereotypes help us reflect on our actions towards ourselves and others

SOCIAL STUDIES: Ongoing discussions, reflections and building understanding:
How might differing perspectives and relationships with the environment impact relationships with groups over time? 

Students referring to the co-generated success criteria in the four quadrants as a guide while providing peer constructive feedback for our descriptive paragraph writing tasks. @tdsb pic.twitter.com/SfXie8TpJu

— MsTavares (@McM_MsT) November 4, 2019