Oh Boy! It's a boy!

Wow!  I can't believe it has been so long since I posted - sorry about the delay!  Life has just been a quite busy lately :)  I am thrilled to announce that Cooper James Charles was born on July 7 (11 days late!) at 2:26 am.  He weighed 8 lbs 3oz and is absolutely perfect!  Autumn is an amazing big sister and she just adores him, as do all of us.  I hope you are all having as fantastic a Summer as I am (although hopefully it is more restful!).  I miss you all and I am so grateful that I got to be your teacher this past year.  I know each and every one of you will find success in life due to your dedication and hard work.  I wish you only the best!

PS  Last awesome of the year

Introducing your child to their sibling

Best.moment.ever.  AWESOME! 

Angry Birds Math

We have been doing so much Math review lately, that I thought today would be a fun day to try our hand at some Angry Birds Math.  So we took the nets that we made the other day (which we had also calculated the volume for) and created large towers to be knocked down.  Each solid had a different point value and the goal was to score as many points as possible.  Not sure what the top score was, but I believe it must have been around 185 000!!!  Wow!  Here's a little clip that shows just how exciting it was!

Friday's Awesome

The Spa

I cannot imagine anything more restful!  AWESOME!

Today's Awesome

Marching to the beat of your own drum

Boo boom.  Boo boom.  Boom Boom Boom.  AWESOME!

EQAO

Day 1 - done.  Day 2 - done.  Only one more left to go!  Yeah!  And the great news is that tomorrow you will get a break from all this testing since it's Track and Field all afternoon!  Woohoo!  Don`t forget to bring in your sunscreen and a water bottle (reusable of course ;)!

Tuesday's Awesome

Splash Pads
 Perfect on a hot day!   Run through that water and soak up some AWESOME!

Wednesday's Awesome

Homemade Treats
Taste fantastic when you've made them, even better when someone else has!  AWESOME!


Today's Awesome

Inspirational Speeches

Nothing beats a great inspirational speech right when you need it.  Perhaps it's meant to help you win that big game, or perhaps it's to bring about social change or perhaps it's just to get you pumped for a big test you are writing.  Think Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech or Aragorn's speech at the Black Gate (Today we fight!).  AWESOME!

EQAO Prep

We have been very busy prepping for EQAO (which starts tomorrow!).  I am sure you all going to do fantastic and I just want to tell you how proud I am of all your achievements!  Best of luck!

Today's awesome

Rubber duckies

Don't they just make you smile?  AWESOME!

Country in a box!

Last week we began our final Social Studies unit, Canada and its Trading Partners.  This is an interesting unit that will allow us to learn more about Canada and the connections it has with countries all around the world. One of the activities that we will be doing is creating a country in a box.  The students will be doing all the written work at school, but the box is to be done at home and is due June 4, 2012.  Students must decorate the outside of the box so that it represents their chosen country.  On the inside, they can include important items (imports, exports, etc.) and they must create a scene that is representative of their country (can include tourist attractions, famous people, etc).  Click below for a link to the project description:


Projet partenaires commerciaux  

 Wednesday's awesome

Angry birds

How can they be so angry and so cute at the same time?  AWESOME!

Thursday's awesome

Decoding license plates

Okay.  So there you are riding in a car and you look up at the car in front of you and notice that there are a bunch of letters stuck together.  You try to read them, but they don't seem make sense.  Keep looking and you will be rewarded when you finally decode that word.  AWESOME!

Friday's awesome
 
Driving in a car with the windows down

Close your eyes and imagine you are riding in a car with the windows down.  Outside, the air is fresh and the wind flows over you.  You feel a sense of freedom and as though you could soar high above the clouds.  AWESOME!

Rock, Paper, Scissors Probabilty

Today we put theoretical and experimental probability to the test by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors.  Who knew there were official rules (so many of them too!)?  Great fun was had by all! 

Thursday's awesome

Praying the rosary

Such a beautiful way to share our faith as a community.  AWESOME!

Friday's awesome

Any Friday before a long weekend

It's Friday, Friday, Gotta get down on Friday.  Especially the Friday before a 3 day weekend!!  AWESOME!

Monday's awesome


Finishing the Great 30 Book Challenge

Woot woot!  I did it!  And with days to spare!  I am very proud of myself for accomplishing this challenge!  I am happy to join the few of you who are already in the club and I hope to see a few more of you in there before the end of the month! AWESOME!


Today's awesome

Jeopardy

A game where contestants are presented with clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.  What is AWESOME!

Zingy Zaps Math

Ooooooh!  What fun we had today doing some zany zingy zaps math!  We combined so many different math skills: estimation, mean, median, mode, range, decimals, fractions, percents, creating a graph, etc.  I am so pleased with the work you did!  The math fun is gonna keep on coming as we start probability tomorrow.  Probability of you enjoying probability?  Well, being the optimist, I'm going to say 100% :)

Today's awesome

Season finales

Another season wrapped up.  Leaving you on the edge of your seat until it starts up again in the Fall.  Also, means Summer is just around the corner!  AWESOME!