National Film Board

Our class went to the National Film Board and experimented with claymation.  Here are the results!

Group 1: With Mr. Jacinto

Group 2: With Ms. Blair

More Haiku Poems written by Students

Going on a plane for the first time

Going on a plane,

Can be very scary if

It is your first time?

By Travis

It is the beach

Run from shore to sea

You feel the sand on your feet 

You love it, the beach!

By: J'necia

The Cliff

I am on a cliff

Above a lake, under clouds

Am lost,where am i?

By Soe

Lovebird

Love bird love bird here

And there you light up my world

Like nobody is there.

By: Shavesha

Birds coming back for spirng

Peep, peep, you hear them     

Flying in the wind with wings

Birds are beautiful.

By Kevon     

  

FLOWER ARE BLOOMING

Flower are  blooming                                                        

Leaves are falling, spring coming 

We all are falling.     

By Hodan

FLOWERS ON THE GROUND

Flowers on the ground

Flowers in my sisters hair

But she might eat one.

By: Jah-Reign

MY MOON

When the sun goes down

I see the bright moon on me

With the stars I sleep

By Romina

Haiku Poems - written by students

The Mountain
The misty mountain,
Mighty, high, and big of all
Looks down upon us.
By Sharlene

Winter Is Coming Along
You hear the wind blow,
Winter is coming along
We play in the snow.
By:Kahleel

SUNSET
It's slowly going
In the evening the sun set's
See you tomorrow
By: Kristina
  
BLOOMING FLOWERS FALLING      
Petals falling down
I watch the colourful leaves
One by one fallingby: Idil

FLOWERS  GROW
They  bloom  here  and  there
They  bloom  everywhere  we  go 
Flowers  come  and  go
By: Christina

GETTING A NEW GIFT
Getting a new gift,
Is so very exciting,
Oh what could it be?
By:Tivonna

Eating yummy candy
Love the good candy,
Taste like cherry and lemon,
Never doubt the candy!
By:Marcus

ALONE
I hate this feeling
When you think your all alone
When there's no one home.
by Amanda

HOMEWORK
Homework oh homework
I hate you very much ,boo hoo
I have to do you.
by: Zanoya

A QUIET NIGHT
The stars are outside
The moon is shining very bright
What a quiet night
by: Anthony

LEAVES FALLING
Yellow,blue,green,red
Colours above our head
Look at the leaves fall
by Teinanna

 Winter is Arriving
Little snowflakes fall
Next is a blanket of snow
Winter has just begun
By Daniel

Flowers Grow
Watch them as they bloom
Look at all the flowers grow
Colours of the sun
By:Elysse

 Fall 
Red green gold orange 
Those are the cloursyou see    
Falling from the tree
By: Ilham

Flowers Blooming
Light green buds spourting
Flowers forming once again
With sweet,gorgeous scent
By:Asma
                                                                                        

Ancient Egypt Videos

Watch and enjoy the following 10 part videos called "Engineering an Empire".

http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX03505a52735b425b42617f&t=Ancient-Egypt

How the Zebra got it's Stripes!

Long, long ago before human walked the earth, all animals lived in a peaceful city called Animaltropolis.  This city wasn’t like other cities, the animals did not fight over food, but they shared everything they had with each other. 

It wasn’t until the Zebra came to live in Animaltropolis, that things started to change.  The Zebra was a beautiful animal with a shiny coat of white fur.  He was proud of his shiny coat but he was boastful.  Other animals wondered how he got his coat so shiny, but the Zebra would not share his secret.

One morning, a little baby monkey, woke up to find his bowl of cereal empty.  He called out to his mother, “Oh my, oh my …. Where did my cereal go to?”  Mother searched and searched but could not find even a flake of cereal.

The next day, a little baby panda, woke up to find his bowl of cereal empty.  He called out to his mother, “Oh my, oh my …. Where did my cereal go to?”  Mother searched and searched but could not find even a small piece of his mini-wheat.

On the third day, the animals were gathered together trying to solve the mystery of the disappearing cereal.  All of a sudden, the Zebra strutted about and his shiny coat looked even shinier.  The animals asked him if his cereal went missing but he didn’t say a word.  It was a suspicious answer and the animals kept watching his actions for the following days.

On the night of that third day, Zebra was walking around the city with a bag in his hand. The fox was closely watching all the animals in search of clues on who could be stealing the cereal.  The fox saw the Zebra’s bag and wondered what could be in the bag.  He used his nose to smell and he was sure that it was the distinct smell of Lucky Charms.

The following morning,   a little baby lion, woke up to find her bowl of cereal empty.  She called out to her mother, “Oh my, oh my …. Where did my cereal go to?”  Mother searched and searched but could not find even a single Lucky Charm. 

The fox heard about the missing lucky charms, his suspicions were pointing toward the zebra.  He called out “The zebra did it, the zebra did it … oh my gosh, the zebra did it!”

The other animals charged out of their homes and joined the angry mob, except for the Zebra.  They knocked on his door but he didn’t answer, they searched the streets but they couldn’t find him, he was nowhere to be found.  Everyone thought the Zebra left town and moved onto a new home.  Cereal was once again safe, or so they thought.

The following morning, in the king’s palace, he woke up to find his bowl of cereal empty.  He called out to his guards, “Oh my, oh my …. Where did my cereal go to?”  The guards searched and searched finding the Zebra eating the king’s cereal in a dark corner of the palace. 

The guards stomped toward the Zebra and yelled for him to drop the cereal and slowly back away.  But Zebra looked toward the guards and ate a final spoonful of cereal.  The guards slapped the spoon out of his hand and grabbed him so that he can’t escape.  They marched Zebra to the king by grabbing him by the ear.  Zebra cried and screamed all the way to the king, yelling out, “let me go, I’m innocent!”

The guards present Zebra to the king, and an empty bowl of cereal.  The king’s face turned cherry red and steam was coming out of his ears, he was furious!  He shouted out, “How dare you take MY royal cereal!”  The king commanded the guards to take Zebra to the royal dungeon, but he forgot he didn’t have one.  The zebra tried to explain that he needed cereal to keep his coat beautiful and shiny.  As punishment, the king took his magic stick and gave the zebra stripes to remind him of prison bars.  From that day on, all zebras had stripes to remind them that they are not to eat other people’s cereal.

The End!
Written by all students in Grade 5 -
Mr. Jacinto's 2011/2012 school year

Upcoming posts....

Stay tuned for ...
Science - Extreme Weather conditions and how they affect structures.
               (information and videos to be posted)

Math    - Geometry (polygons, types of triangles, using a protractor)

Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic book orders are due Friday, January 20, 2012.

If you are interested please send orders ASAP. If you need more time, please let me know using your child's agenda!

Reading a nutrition label!

Health Canada: How to read a nutrition Label
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/label-etiquet/nutrition/cons/index-eng.php

Health Canada: Canada's Food Guidehttp://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/alt_formats/hpfb-dgpsa/pdf/food-guide-aliment/view_eatwell_vue_bienmang-eng.pdf

Note: The Daily Values for vitamins and minerals are based on the 1983 Recommended Nutrient Intakes for Canadians and can be found in the Food and Drug regulations.

Note: The Daily Values for Fat, Carbohydrate and Protein are based on a 2000 calorie reference diet.

Music - Using the Recorder!

All the children have received their recorders and we have started with in class lessons.

These are a few links that we are using to help us get started.

Music Notes: FACE, EGBDF
 http://www.musictechteacher.com/quiz_help_treble_clef.htm

Music notes: whole notes, 1/2 notes, 1/4 note (play them so that you know what they sound like)
 http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/rhythm/rhythm.htm

Staying in Tempo: set the beats per minute at 79
 http://www.webmetronome.com/

How to play the recorder:
http://arta-recorder.org/

Lets write our own FOLKTALE!!!

Writing your own Folktale:

Pick an idea to write about:

·         How did the zebra gets its’ stripes?
·         Why is the moon and sun in the sky?
·         How did the leopard gets its’ spots?
·         How did the giraffe get a long neck?
·         Why does the sun rise in the morning?
·         Why do salmon swim upstream to lay their eggs?
·         How did the elephant get its’ trunk?
·         Why do crocodiles have hard/rough skin?
·         Why does the ostrich stick his head in the ground?
·         Why do fish live in water?
·         How did the cheetah get its’ name?

Stand by for the "shared writing story" that will be published once it is finished!

These are the following Folktales that we read aloud!
  

Asian Folktale

African Folktale

African Folktale

Aboriginal Folktale

What is a FOLKTALE?

Lets begin by reviewing the Characteristics of Fairy Tales:

·         Begins with Once Upon a Time, Once long ago, Long, long ago etc.
·         Story setting is usually in a castle, forest or town
·         Story has good / nice characters
·         Story has mean / bad characters
·         Many of the characters are animals or members of royalty
·         Story has magic
·         Story has the numbers 3 or 7 in it
·         Story has a problem
·         Problem in the story is solved
·         Good wins / outsmarts bad
·         Ending is "happily ever after"

In order for a story to be a Fairy Tale it must have most of these characteristics - 6 or more.

From Class discussion and reading four FOLKTALES the class came up with the following ideas of what they thought were the characteristics of a FOLKTALE:

Characteristics of Folk Tales: (ideas from students)

          ·       There is a lesson at the end / or in the story

·        There is a conflict

·         The characters are people

·         Some characters can be animals as well

·         Some things are symbols for emotions/feelings (sweetness = love)

·         Very old story

·         Explain how things originated

·         Sun/rain can be characters

·         Teaching you a something using not real characters (sun)

·         Begins with Once Upon a Time, Once long ago, Long, long ago etc.

·         The characters are mean or good

·         Some pictures are realistic

·         Bad person usually loses and good people usually win

·         Usually story comes from somewhere

·         Stories come from different cultures

·         Weakest characters can solve the problem

Characteristics of Folk Tales:

·         Originates in the oral tradition

      ·         Characters are drawn very clearly, and are generally depicted as symbols
           of good, evil, wisdom or foolishness, power of weakness

·         The magic in the tales lies within the people and creatures being shown
      as they really are, not as results of wishes or dreams

·         Natural good, intelligence and goodness generally outsmart evil

·         Magical power is limited

·         Evil does not win, but receives its due or is recognized as evil

·         Plot structure is clear, with chronological sequence and repetitive phrases, or cumulative patterns with predictable problem-solving structure