St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School News and Events: Student Led Conference

St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School News and Events: Student Led Conference: "…this practice is the biggest breakthrough in communicating about student achievement in the last century. When students are w...

Art Expressions!

Our class has been busy exploring the use of positive (anything black) and negative (stained glass) space as a component of visual arts. Their pieces turned out beautifully and the pictures don't capture how bright they truly are. The centre symbols represent the 'gifts' we are blessed with as Catholic students and educators.

Dove = Peace

Cross = Faith

Heart = Love

Circle of Friends =Community

Leaf/Plant = Our Earth 

Bar Graphs

Here are a few 'polished' single bar graphs. We are now working hard to create double bar graphs. Stay tuned...

Social Studies - Map of Canada

Students are currently learning the map of Canada. Each student has their own map for practice and reference. They need to be familiar with the names, locations, and capital cities for each province and territory.  Below are a few links to help support their learning at home.

Interactive Map of Canada

Interactive Map Quiz

interactive map Puzzle

TVO Kids - Map Game

Book Cover Assignment

Miss Lee has been working with the class on the Conventions of  Book Covers for Media Literacy. Student have been comparing various books and their covers. They have discovered that book covers all contain similar information (conventions).
They are:
- a title
- a picture
- author's name
- illustrator (when needed)
- Book Series Title (optional)
- Subtitle (optional)
- Seal stickers or award symbols (optional).

In class student began their assignment  'Make and Old Cover New!' Students were asked to select a book from a stack of 'old covers' and brainstorm to create a new, refreshing, eye-catching cover.  Students are expected to arrive on Monday with their book covers completed and coloured.

Take a look how this popular book's cover has changed over the years.

Scholastic Book Orders - December

There will be a Scholastic Book order on Tuesday December 11th. If you would like to make a 'custom' order for Christmas. Please let me know via email (lauraplante@mytools2go.ca) and I will make the necessary arrangements.  If I place the order on Tuesday evening there is a good chance the books will arrive by Friday or Monday at the latest.

Tales From The Tank! - Student Edition #2

We spent some time in the Learning PIT last week sharpening our researching skills online. Student were asked to locate sites that provided valuable information about Platy's.

Did you know  that.....

 

1. 1 platy fish means that you need 1 galon of water.

 

2. Sometimes you can not have one adult platy fish with a baby platy fish because the adult might attack the baby platy fish.

 

3. If you do not want baby platy fish then do not get a male and feamale.

 

4. If you are looking to get a platy fish you should read on line how to take care of them.

 

5. You should start of with one platy fish to see how good you take care of them.

 

There are some tips of how to take care of platy fish.

1.Did you know you can only  put one platy per 1 gallon of water?

 

2.A platy is also a tropical kind of  fish.

 

3. When you see a clear baby platy fish it will get it's couler in 4 week's.

 

4. Did you know that a platy's life plane is 2-3  years?

 

5. Did you know that platy's are 2 inches long, that's 5 cm.

1.Baby platy fish's colour comes 3 to 4 weeks.

2.Our black fish is a balloon belly fish.

3.Our 10 gallon fish tank is enough room for 6 fish

4.Platy fish can have more than 2 colour`s on their body`s

5.Platy fish like to swim around in the water or through the opsticles.Mostly through the opsticles.

Numeracy PALS - Session Two

The winter session of Numeracy PALS is set to begin on Monday January 6th, 2014. Numeracy PALS will focus on core numeracy skills in additon, subtraction and multiplication.  Several students participated in our fall session and experienced a great deal of success and achievement.  This program comes highly recommended for students who struggle with subtraction and multiplication skills. If you are interested in having your child attend please ask via agenda for a registration form. If you have received a registration form already and have not returned it please be aware that there are a limited number of spaces available.

Welcome Miss. Lee

Grade 4P welcomes Miss. Lee. She will be working and teaching in our classroom for the next 3 weeks. Also, this week is our last week for the school's cereal drive. Thank you for your support thus far. The campaign has been very successful.  Lastly, if you have not submitted your notification slip for our Christmas Night (Thursday December 5th) please do so as it will help ensure that the evening runs smoothly.