Ontario Elections - Students called it!

Before the actual election day, about 170,000 students across Ontario (including all the Grade 5 students at TPPS) participated in Student Vote 2014. Over 1600 schools were registered, representing all 107 ridings.

Students in Ontario voted to give the Liberals a majority government, with 62 seats. Here is a video with the result summary:

Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzpaoEcasFU

Here are the detailed results from Student Vote: http://studentvote.ca/on/results/

You can view the results for all of Ontario, just your riding (pick from the drop down menu) and also for our school (click on our school name).

As of right now (with some polls still being counted and reported), most news sources have declared a majority Liberal government, based on the adult citizens’ vote. It looks like the students and adults agree!

Recognition Assembly - note: date error

The Recognition Assembly for Grade 5 students is being held on Tuesday, June 24 (not June 25, as I had previously listed on this blog).  I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused!  The assembly will take place at 1PM, and an invitation will be sent home shortly.

Pot Luck Party - Friday

A few weeks ago, our class filled our Marble Jar and earned a party.  However, due to scheduling conflicts and the need to finish a number of in-class assessments, I'd ask the students to post-pone their reward.  They gracious accepted my request, and we are having our Pot-Luck Party this Friday.  I'd asked students to write persuasive pieces to convince me of their party ideas, and Milodi did a great job presenting his reasons and arguments in a logical manner.

On Friday, students can bring a snack or treat to share with their classmates.  We do have a food allergy in our classroom (various seeds), and need to be cautious about ingredients.  After speaking with the student, he said that he can avoid any food items containing the allegens, as long as he knows the ingredients.  If the item is purchased, I've asked students to bring in the packaging with the ingredients listed.  If the item is home-made, please include a list of ingredients used.  Thanks for your co-operation in this matter!

June 9-20, 2014

Reading: Poetry
Writing: Persuasive Writing
Math: Measurement - Mass, Capacity & Volume, Algebra
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Body Systems
Social Studies: Provincial Election, Municipal Government, Advocating for Change
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Parts of the Body
Music/Drama (Ms. Craigg): Instruments
Visual Art: Tessellations, Number Cube Art
Phys. Ed (Ms. Minutillo): TBA

Social Studies

Charter of Freedom & Rights

In class this week, we’re learning about the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens. In class, we took a quick look at the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. Some students asked for copies of it, and while I will be giving everyone hand-out with the summary (in child-friendly language), I will not be printing out the full charter. Here is an online version:

http://charterofrights.ca/en/27_00_01

The charter has also been translated into different languages (along the left hand side bar) as well.

Elections Debate
I’ve also encouraged students to watch (parts of) the Provincial Election Debate tonight. It will be airing on CBC from 6:30-8:00. It’ll be a good chance for students to get to know some of the issues and a chance to hear from Tim Hudak (who didn’t submit videos to The Student Vote website).