We made it....the last week of school during the most unpredictable year EVER!   It's been wonderful getting to know each and every one of you throughout the year.  To my 6s, although I'll miss you, I'm so excited for you all to start your new adventure.  To my 4/5s, congratulations as your role as St. Martin leaders grows, I can't wait to see how much you've grown in September.  Wishing you all an amazing and relaxing summer.
Grade 6, we will have our final Google Meet on Tuesday at the regular time!

Week of June 15th.

We are sooooooo close!!   This week we are playing KATCHUP.  Please work on, and hand in anything left from your science or social studies unit and French activities / workspace.
For those of you in Grade 6 who have completed everything a new text (Le mauvais coup de Sebastien) has been added to the Workspace...there are several steps in this activity, please ensure to read them all. 
We will have our Google Meets at the regular times (Grade 6 Tuesday @ 2pm, Grade 4/5 Thursday @ 11am). 

June 8
Happy Monday
This week, I ask that you complete any of the work that you have not yet.
Grade 6
Please attempt to finish the lessons and final project for the Air and Flight unit. 
Grade 4/5
Please finish all lessons and final projects from you social studies units.  Remember we will be having a show and tell and scavenger hunt during this weeks Google Meet. 
Weekly Goolge meets will be held at the regular times...
- Grade 6 Tuesday at 2pm
- Grade 4/5 Thursday at 11 am

June 1st

We made it to June friends!!  We are in the home stretch now...let's finish strong.  We will have our regular scheduled google meets, as always can't wait to see you guys. 

Grade 4s, I've posted the instructions for the final project, Grade 5s continue on you social studies lessons.  Almost done :) 

Grade 6s

The final project for air and flight unit is up on the workspace.  Take a look, Mme Gorman has also put up an explanation video you can use as a reference as well.  We will go over it on Tuesday but you can email any questions you have at any time.  

May 25th
Happy Monday!
I hope you all took some time to enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend.  It was short and sunscreen weather for sure! 
Grade 6
We will be finishing up our air and flight unit this week and beginning the final project next week.  Keep up all the hard work!  There are a couple of you who still have not completed the yearbook questionnaire.  Can you please complete this right away.  Finally we will have our regular scheduled google meet on Tuesday at 2pm.  Can't wait to see your faces. 
Grade 4/5
For the Grade 4s, I've posted lesson 5 of the ancient civilizations unit on the blog.  Hurray this is your last lesson then you start the final project :).  Grade 5s please continue to work on  lesson 4.  You got this!   We will have our regular scheduled Google Meet on Thursday at 11am :)
Enjoy the sunshine and continue to everything you can to stay safe and healthy.

Happy Tuesday!
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend and like me are looking forward to the beautiful weather we're supposed to have this week.  Here is the weekly plan. 
Grade 6
Continue working on lesson 3 and 4 of the Air and Flight unit.  We will have our regular google meet today at 2pm.  I sent an email last week asking you to reflect on your favourite memories from our class, be prepared to share :)
Grade 4/5
I have placed lesson 4 of your social studies units on the blog.   Keep working away at it.  We will have our Google Meet on Thursday at 11am.  Can't wait to see you all :)

May 11th
I hope you all had a great weekend despite the cold and snow.  Let's hope for sunshine and warmth in the next few days.
Grade 6
I have received some of your final projects on Global Organizations and Interactions great job.  This week we are opening up the air and flight workspace and will be looking at the first lessons during our Google Meet on Tuesday.  Only begin the workspace if you have completed the Global Interactions workspace.  
If you have not completed the voice recording of your favourite Grade 6 memory please try and send that to me as well. 
Grade 4/5 
I loved loved loved all the pictures you sent igniting l'espoir.  Amazing!  This week I have added the next lesson in your social studies unit.  There is a new section above this post with Grade 5 social studies and Grade 4 social studies.  Here is where you can find all the lessons :) 
We will have our Google Meet on Thursday at 11 am this week.  Can't wait to see you all!

May the fourth be with you!!
This week is Catholic Education Week and we are wanting to ignite hope.  In French hope is l'espoir and in line with our Board's theme there is an activity for all of my classes on Hope. 
Grade 6
- Continue working on your Social Studies if you have not completed your lessons and final task.  Please make sure you share your final task with me so I know you're done. Once you've completed this you can move on to the French Workspace.  Here is where you can find the "HOPE VISION BOARD" that you can work on as well as other french activities.
Grade 4/5
- On the blog you can find the link to the activity on igniting hope.  What does hope look like for you?  Can't wait to see what you come up with.

We will have our regularly scheduled Google Meet:   Grade 6 is Tuesday at 2pm.  Grade 4/5 is Thursday at 11am. 

Let hope shine through you this week :)

April 27th,

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  We thankfully had some beautiful sunshine on Saturday, I hope you took advantage and spent some time outside.   I'm really proud of all the hard work you guys have been doing.  Great job! Keep it up!

Grade 6
Mme Gorman and I have created a new French workspace.  If you have finished your Social Studies unit as well as the final task then you can work on the French workspace,  those of you still completing your Social Studies unit, keep working on that. 
We will have our Google meet on Tuesday, as always I will send the email a few minutes before. 

Grade 4/5
I'd like students to continue working on lessons 1 and 2 of their social studies unit.  I will not be adding another lesson this week in the hopes that others can catch up.  For those of you who have completed lesson 1 and 2, I will be putting up a French choiceboard similar to the one that was posted before we started our social studies.  We will have our Google meet on Thursday at 11am.  As always I'll send the link to your email a few minutes before. 

April 20th,
Happy Monday
Grade 6s continue working on your Social Studies lessons.  We will have a google meet on Tuesday at 2 pm to look over lessons 4-5 and to answer any questions you have.
Grade 4/5 I'll be posting lesson 2 of your social studies today.  We will have our google meet on Thursday at 11 am. 
Reminder...Wednesday is Earth day! Share a picture of things you are doing at home to be an Eco Warrior so we can share them with Mme Gorman.

April 14th,

Happy Tuesday, hope everyone had a great Easter weekend.  We had a nice treasure hunt and turkey dinner at our house. YUM!
Grade 6s - continue working on your social studies unit in your Hapara workspace.  As before you can also complete French activities on either my or Mrs Gormans' blog.  We will have our Google Meet on Tuesday at 2pm.
Grade 4/5 - you can find the first lessons of your new social studies unit on the blog as well as the activity that goes along with it.  We will have our Google Meet on Thursday at 11am.  Looking forward to seeing you all.

Grade 4/5
I've put up the link for a choice board with this weeks activities.  You can find it on the Grade 4/5 activities page.  Miss your faces !

Grade 6s
We will be having a Google Meet on Monday at 11 am to go over instructions on the Social Studies unit which will be posted on Hapara on Monday.  Please check your emails around 10:45 to get the link to the google meet.  Once you click on the link this will connect you to the meeting. 
Looking forward to seeing your smiling faces :)

Reminder to my 6s, please complete the Google Check-in ASAP.  This will help me determine if we should plan a google meet at the beginning of next week.

Happy Monday!
Welcome to week 3 of social distancing.  I hope you are all staying safe and healthy at home.  This week I will continue to add to the activites on the at home work page.  The new activites will be in a different colour to avoid confusion.  Continue to work at your own pace. 
Some of you have handed in your biographies as well as other work that's been posted.  Great job keep up the great work!  For those of you who have not,  please make the following tasks are your priority.

- biography on a canadian astronaut (you can find the template in your science folder as well as on the blog)
- science review
- book report

Please make sure you share your work with me so I receive a notification when you've completed something.   Although I will be providing feedback on what you hand in, I will not be providing a specific grade at this time. 

Grade 6
I'm asking you all to complete the following google form by Wednesday, this will help me get a better idea of how everyone is doing. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxjaGT6fAobTuIIhNCx-6IHV8vJYqDeSguD2YU2cbaDHgXkg/viewform?usp=sf_link

A quick follow up to my original post surrounding work that is now on the blog.  I understand these are exceptional circumstances which come with challenges for everyone.   The work posted is not mandatory, there are a variety of activities that target the four different strands in the FSL curriculum as well as science, complete what is good for you.  This will look different for everyone and again should not be a cause of stress for anyone during this time. 
For those who want to and are wondering what they should tackle first, these are the activities I would prioritize. 
- Biography
- Book report
- Science Review

Welcome back...I know some of you have been anxious about finding information on the biography so I've decided to post early.  On the right hand side of the blog there are 2 new pages, one for Grade 6 and one for grades 4/5.  Here you can find activities in oral, reading, writing and listening. 
Please reach out if you have questions or are bored out of your minds,  I'd love to hear from all of you.
I do miss you all and am quite sad I don't get to see your smiling faces tomorrow or hear about how you've spent the last week.  I know this can be a tough time for some so please reach out if you need or want to.   I will be checking my emails 3 times a day to ensure I can answer any questions you might have. 
Remember to be safe and do your best to stay healthy, practice social distancing, wash your hands and eat you veggies :)

Happy March Break!!
I wish you all a wonderful and restful break.  Please stay safe and healthy.  I have spoken with the Grade 6 class about finishing their book reports and completing a biography on a Canadian astronaut.  I will post an outline of the expectations along with other activities on Sunday March 22nd.  This week enjoy time with your friends and family. 

It's the week before March break and the weather looks beautiful...let's buckle down and finish strong.  This week the 6s learned about the different lunar phases and will be observing and recording what the moon looks like each night.  We will continue working on the Three Little Pigs book report in the hopes of finishing prior to March break. 
Grade 4/5 - remember we are skating on Tuesday March 10th and you will have a small quiz on family vocabulary Wednesday the 11th. .  We will hopefully be starting our Book Creator project at the end of the week. 

I hope you all had a fabulous long weekend! We again have a short week, teachers will be striking on Friday and schools will be closed.
Grade 6 students...we will be wrapping up our Health unit and beginning a new science unit (L'espace).
Grade 4 / 5 students... we will be beginning our family unit / home unit this week and continuing to work on our days of the week and months of the year.  Congratulations to the Panda Team who received the most class votes for their fun afternoon.  Thursday we will have snacks and a movie and as per their campagne once the weather is nicer an additional 30 minutes of recess time :).

This week is spirit week at St. Martin.  Days are as follows.
Monday  - PJ Day
Tuesday - Jersey and team colour day.  Remember it is winter playday dress appropriately!
Wednesday - Crazy hat day
Thursday  - red / white / pink day --- Dance-a-thon
Friday - PD day

Please remember to return your dance-a-thon pledges.  We are also having boomerang lunches.  We are challenging students to bring litterless lunches.  Any garbage will be returned home.
Grade 6s - dont forget to order your graduation pictures :)
Grade 4/5 - I've uploaded a video to help with numbers.  Let me know if you have a video that helps with your french  and we can post it on the blog. 

Bon Lundi!
A reminder that unless there is an agreement reached, teacher will be striking on Tuesday February 4th and schools will be closed.
Grade 6 students are wrapping up a few different units this week.  We will be completing our electricity unit, our project on a French singer as well as our health unit.  Please make sure to check the homework section to ensure that you are completing all tasks.
Grade 4/5 - Last week students in Grade 5 presented their ideas for a fun afternoon in the hopes of gathering the majority of votes.  They will find out who won on Wednesday :).
Grade 4s will be presenting their projects on different provinces this week.  We're all excited to see their hard work pay off. 

Happy Monday!
Grade 6 - Things to remember this week.  We will be snowshoeing on Tuesday, please remember to bring appropriate outdoor clothing.  We want a pizza lunch!! Continue to raise money for our dance-a-thon!
This week we will continue working with electricity and will begin exploring different french artists and genres of music.  We have our third Healthy Transitions presentation on Wednesday. Please make sure to check the homework page for this week, there you will find the link to complete the podcast activity. 
Grade 4/5 - This will be the last week to complete your social studies project, we will begin presentations at the end of the week. 

Happy Monday!  This week is a short week for students.  Unless an agreement is reached, teachers will be striking on Tuesday and schools will be closed to students.  There is also a PD day on Friday.  Grade 6 students will continue to explore electricity and begin researching french musicians.  We also have our second session of Healthy Transitions with the public nurse Wednesday morning.  Make sure to check the homework link.
Grade 4/5 students will finish presenting their drama skits and will hopefully be able to finish their social studies projects. 

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https://padlet.com/julie_pelletier1/gzhc2no30czb

This week, students in Grade 6 will be expanding their knowledge on electricity.  We will have the opportunity to explore different circuits, different ways electricity is generated and get comfortable with micro bits. 
Grade 4/5 students will continue to work on their Social Studies projects.  Don't forget we will be skating on Tuesday, please remember to bring your helmets, skates and clothing to keep warm while on the ice.   

Welcome Back.  I hope you've all had wonderful and restful holidays and are ready to get 2020 started! Although Mme Gorman and I teach the same material and curriculum content, there can at times be slight differences in the scheduling; to avoid any confusion, I've decided to create my own blog specific to the classes I teach.  Here you will be able to find information on homework, classroom updates and important information about the happenings in our classrooms.  You can also follow me on twitter @MmePelletier (Julie Pelletier) as well.