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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