Speeches Wednesday!

Just a reminder, that speeches are to be complete this Wednesday as students will start sharing their speeches Wednesday afternoon. I'm so excited to hear these, we have so many amazing topics.  Students have worked hard and have put in a ton of time on their speech. The goal was to have speeches complete by Monday,  students would then have Tuesday and Wednesday morning to really practice how they are going to deliver their speech. Please check in with your child this week to ensure they have their speech complete. I have been reminding them daily that it would be a good idea to take it home and work on it. Looking forward to hearing  all of them this week!
* For students looking at moving on to the gym, it will look a little different this year with only 2 students from every GRADE moving to the gym. Not 2 students from each class. *

Speeches

January 13, 2020 

Dear Parents/Guardians, 

As you may already be aware, public speaking is the number one fear in North America, even though there are countless jobs and situations that require an individual to present information to an audience or advocate for one’s needs. For these reasons, each student in the classroom will be writing and presenting a speech in front of an audience. Some students may even be selected to move on to the gym or even the Legion speech competition in Clinton. 

The students have had (we started end of November) and will continue to be provided with time, in class, to brainstorm, research, write and practice their speeches. They will also be provided with time to edit and revise their work. All students are to have speeches ready to present by Wednesday January 29, 2020. 

Despite the class time dedicated to speeches, your child will very much benefit from home support as well. For this reason, speech preparation will be the homework task this month. Please assist your child by encouraging him/her to practice the speech on a nightly basis; his/her comfort will greatly increase with consistent practice and preparation. Also, feel free to provide additional support to your child by giving additional tips such as: memorization tips, having your child look at your audience, use more vocal expression, add humour to your speech, etc. 

All students will be required to present a speech. It is expected that the speech is a minimum of 1 minute and 30 seconds long but does not exceed 5 minutes. Your child will work with the educators in the room to choose a topic of interest to him/her that can be researched. All students will be provided with examples,  personal copies of rubrics and success criteria and they are encouraged continually reference these tools to improve their speeches. In order to move on to the next section/component of speech writing, each student will need to have me sign off on his/her progress through a personal conference. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at the school or via email (matthew.chaput@ed.amdsb.ca ). 

Thank you, in advance, for your time and consideration! 

Respectfully, 

Matt Chaput 

Holiday Cards

We spent some time this afternoon making some holiday cards for our friends at Huronview Home for the Aged. The holiday tunes were on and it was a pretty relaxing environment. (I'll take it with 4 days left until the break) 

Last week before the break!

It's the last week and I just wanted to remind everyone about a few events this week.

Thursday- Is wear red and green day, we will also be going skating from 11:30-12:45. Students are to attend and need to bring skates and helmet. We have skates at school for those who don't own any.

Friday- Our class and a few others will be doing a PJ spirit day so kids can be comfy the last day before the break.

Quiz Reminder. We will be completing our science unit on Matter and will be having a quiz. The students Area and Perimeter "Garden Project" is also due Friday.

Wishing you all a safe, happy holiday and Merry Christmas!

Move for MOvember

It's the last day school day of Movember and the students have done a great job this month trying to move more than usual during the day. We have worked on our max push ups, sit ups, played various games, did some workouts in class..along with our gym time and recess. Their Move for Movember writing about their favourite ways to move and stay active turned out amazing. Over hearing some students talking about what "Move for MOvember" is really about and it's importance to students in other classes was a personal highlight for Mr.Chaput. Today student's rocked their staches to celebrate an amazing Movember and since they stuck to their movement goals....Mr.Chaput will be having to rock a purple "stache" Monday. 

Field Trip - Huron County Museum

This coming Tuesday (November 19th), our class along with Mrs.Knox 5/6 will be travelling to the Huron County Museum to experience two different educational tours. The cost of the field trip is covered by milk and pizza sales. Please return the permission form ASAP (Friday the latest) thank you!

Tour 1:
Huron County and The World Wars:

Learn about life in the trenches and on the home front for the men, women and children of Huron County. Investigate how the World Wars changed Huron’s industrial, agricultural, social and everyday life. Includes investigative spotlight on soldiers and nursing sisters, and exploration of the Museum’s Military Gallery.

Tour 2:
If These Walls Could Talk:

Discover life behind the stone walls at the Huron Historic Gaol. Follow early inmates from courtroom to cell and compare the life of prisoners with the life of their governor.

Upcoming assignments

We have wrapped up our Data Management unit in Math and students spent time looking at different types of data (primary, secondary, discrete and continuous). They created a survey and went to other classrooms to collect data and compiled a project that included a title page, survey, results table, bar graph, line graph and conclusion paragraph. 

This project was due today and a few students still have to finish up for homework this weekend. 

We are also working on paragraph writing and this is an area, as a class, we need to improve on this year. The students are currently working on a paragraph about either their favourite season, or favourite person. These paragraphs are being typed on google docs so students can access them from home to complete. The first copy is due Tuesday morning so we can begin the editing and revising process Tuesday afternoon. 

- Thanks for checking in with your child at home to make sure they get completed. Students are always aware of due dates and what is homework, they also know by Grade 5, it's their responsibility (not Mr.Chaputs or Mom,Dad,Grandma, pet dog) to get unfinished work completed and handed in.  :)