My Life in a Bag English Presentations:

This week I shared my bag with the class and they learned some things about me!
Now it's their turn to find items that represent themselves and prepare for their oral presentation. The information below was sent home in paper form with all students on Tuesday.

The calendar below shows which day each child is presenting.
Have fun finding your items!

My Life in a Bag!

For this oral presentation, you will choose five objects that represent you. Choose objects that are familiar to you because you will explain why each object represents you. You must bring these items to school on the day of the presentation and show us each object, one at a time, explaining the reasoning of your choice.

You will need to speak with appropriate volume to allow the whole class to hear you. The presentation must be spontaneous in the sense that you will not read it. Do not forget to keep eye contact with the class during the presentation. The presentation will last about 3 to 5 minutes.

Here's what to remember:

_____ Choose 5 items

_____ Bring 5 items or illustrations if the item is not available

_____ Prepare a draft text (in which order will you present your items, introduction, conclusion, words

            to describe, etc.)

_____ Practice your presentation (approximately 3-5 minutes in length)

_____ Bring objects to school on your day to present – remember a bag!

Criteria	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Clarity and Coherence The student communicates in a clear and coherent manner, presents ideas, opinions and information in a logical sequence.	The student rarely shares ideas, opinions and information clearly or in a logical sequence.	The student shares some ideas, opinions and information clearly or in a logical sequence.	The student shares most ideas, opinions and information clearly or in a logical sequence.	The student shares all ideas, opinions and information clearly or in a logical sequence.
Appropriate Language The student chooses a variety of appropriate words and phrases including descriptive words and some technical vocabulary to communicate their meaning accurately and engage the interest of their audience.	The student rarely uses descriptive words and specific unit vocabulary.	The student uses few descriptive words and specific unit vocabulary.	The student uses descriptive words and specific unit vocabulary.	The student uses many descriptive words and specific unit vocabulary.
Vocal Skills and Strategies The student uses appropriate tone, pace and volume to communicate their meaning.	The student rarely uses appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume to communicate their meaning.	The student sometimes uses appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume to communicate their meaning.	The student frequently uses appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume to communicate their meaning.	The student consistently uses appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume to communicate their meaning.
Non-verbal cues The student uses appropriate non-verbal cues including facial expressions, gestures, and eye contact to convey meaning.	The student rarely uses appropriate facial expressions, gestures and eye contact.	The student sometimes uses appropriate facial expressions, gestures and eye contact.	The student frequently uses appropriate facial expressions, gestures and eye contact.	The student consistently uses appropriate facial expressions, gestures and eye contact.

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
November				1	2	3
4	5	6	7 Grace L. Brian	8 Sam Connor McKinley	9 Taylor D. Hannah	10
11	12 Olivia Xavier Taylor H.	13 Evan Rachel Sean Grace M.	14 Hayley Lilian Dylan	15 Isabella Brianna Coby	16 PA Day	17
18	19 Jacob Jade Ben	20 Amanda Zach Ryan W.	21 Ryan T. Cassie	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30
	My Life in a Bag Presentation - English

No Library this week (Thursday Nov. 1)

New shelving is being installed in the library, so we will not be visiting the library this week. Students are allowed to keep their library books until next Thursday (Nov. 8).

- English Scholastic orders are due by November 8 if you would like to order.

French Update-Mlle Tessier

Bonjour!!!

Science- Thank you for all bringing in a showbox and any additional materials your child would like to use when making his/her diorama. I anticipated starting this week however we needed to do a bit more research before starting. The students have made a rough copy of their dioramas and have found many interesting things to add in their project. The entire project will be completed at school starting Monday. Stay tuned for exciting photos!!

The Animal Classification cards are now complete. Yeah!! They look fantastic and I am really impressed with the clues the students have come up with. I will be making a book with all the card and will send it home with each student to show you their work starting next week.

Halloween Celebration: Don't forget Wednesday is Black & Orange day at SPS. We will be having a celebration in our classroom from 2-3:00 p.m. on Oct.31st. Thank you in advance for the following contributions:

*Cheese & Crackers

*Fruit

*Cookies

*Pretzels

*veggies

Social Studies- We will start our first unit on "Canada" around the middle of November.

Physical Education- We have been working very hard on different skills in our basketball unit (dribbling, passing, bounce pass, shooting, etc.). I have started to use music during our warm-ups and skill practises to encourage the students to keep moving and have fun :-) Today is our first day of playing a game of basketball.

French- For homework this coming week,I have sent home small books for each student to read.

I would like the students to focus on using proper expression, intonation and fluency. If they can read aloud to you that will help them hear themselves and for you to guide them.

Once they have finished reading the book, I encourage them to write 2 interesting facts they learned from the book as well as rate the book from 1-10 (1 being the lowest) and explain why they have given the book this rating. Remember to use details.

Writing- We are still focusing on conjugating verbs and using apporpriate word choices for different parts of a text (introduction, body, conclusion).

Here is a list of words they should use in their writing:

* premièrement
*deuxièmement
*troisièmement
*pour commencer
*de plus
*en addition
*mais (but)
*un autre exemple
*une autre raison
*par la suite
*donc (therefore)
*en conclusion

Please encourage your child when completing homework to use capitals at the beginning of a sentence, proper punctuation at the end or in the middle.