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Dates to remember: Tuesday June 28 - Report cards go home. Wednesday June 29 - Class picnic at Scissons park at 1:10. This is also a school spirit day - Beach day Thursday June 30 - Last day of school and class party at 12:00 o'clock.

Reminder: Library is over for the year. 

Monday June 27, 2016


 * __This Week in Room 133__ **

This week the children will be finishing up their commercials (down to the wire) and creating a store of things from our classroom. We will enjoy a class picnic at Scissons Park on Wednesday (They can eat their regular lunches, we'll just do it outside and play at the big park). We will also have a class party on Thursday at 12:00. If you wish to contribute to the party or just drop by and say "Hello" please feel free. Thank you all for your support to our program throughout this school year. I appreciate it. Enjoy a wonderful summer!



Click here to see photos of our Hydro visit. Thank you very much to Keira's dad Ryan and his crew from Hydro Ottawa for making this such a memorable day. Young Hydro Workers [|Hydro Bucket Truck Pictures.] [|Classroom Hydro Equipment Lessons. See us suited up.]

I realize that there are a lot of pictures. Apparently the young photographers wanted to catch every second! I am leaving them up because in the end they are fun to click through. They almost become a stop action movie. I will post the photos of the classroom session on Monday. They are currently stuck in cyberspace, but I will be able to fetch them tomorrow.


 * [|simple machines](lever, wheel and axle, wedge, inclined plane, pulley and screw).
 * Click [|here] for more detailed information.
 * Simple machines [|games and activities].
 * Brainpop [|games and a quiz].
 * More [|activities.]
 * From our [|Museum of Science and Technology].

The expectations are available for viewing on the Science page.

Watch our pulleys in action on video.

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[| Click here to watch Kiran's pulley making his work easier to do the work of lifting the recycling bin. Thank you Mr. Bent for letting us use all of your equipment!] [|Click the pictures to see the pulley in action making Kiran's lifting work easier!]

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Wheels are great but thank goodness for axles! When you are driving you don't leave your wheels behind.

Click on the table top lever picture to see our movie about lifting teachers. [|Click here to see pictures of our inclined plane tests.]



__A simple machine in action! __ By Kelsie I am lifting the garbage can with Gavin and Ferris and Ben. It took 4 people and it was still heavy.

Gavin can move the same load all by himself using one finger because the wheels and axle make the work easier.



This week the children will be completing their study of simple machines and will begin to assess which one they think is the most important. They will justify that choice in an 'advertisement' designed to convince others of their choice. We will be working on our advertisement while consolidating our yearlong work on communities, both local and around the world. keira's dad will be arriving this week with some hydro colleagues to present an unforgettable experience about the importance of our hydro system and the remarkable people who care for it for us.
 * [|simple machines](lever, wheel and axle, wedge, inclined plane, pulley and screw).
 * Click [|here] for more detailed information.
 * Simple machines [|games and activities].
 * Brainpop [|games and a quiz].
 * More [|activities.]
 * From our [|Museum of Science and Technology].

The expectations are available for viewing on the Science page.

Check out the logic puzzles at []

I look forward to seeing you all soon. If you have questions or wish to contact me you can write a note in the agenda (please leave the agenda open to the page with the note), send an email, or call me. My contact information is:


 * matthew.ridgeway@ocdsb.ca **
 * 613 254-8400 **

Matthew Ridgeway


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 Websites of the Week.

http://bkflix.grolier.com/p/node-33986/bk0049pr

Geometry games and activities:

@http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/menus/geometry.htm

@http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_subtraction.htm @http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/fruit_shoot_NumberLine.htm there are many more engaging activites at @http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm

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This site contains interesting small number talks about the kind of math strategies we use at school.

Suggestions about talking to children of different ages about difficult news items are contained in the Common Sense Media website. This site features media tips as well as family friendly apps and games that you may wish to try at home. @https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids?utm_source=November+2015+-+Paris+Attacks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly

Sheppard Software: There are some ads but it is free and requires no membership.

Bookflix. A free resource with wonderful books to read, licensed by the ministry of Education. [] Username osapac4 Password osap1159 []

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**Agendas**: We are using agendas again this year. If you wish to write a note to me you can write it in the agenda and leave it open to that page to ensure that I notice it. I can also be reached at matthew.ridgeway@ocdsb.ca, or at the school at 613 254-8400.

**Balanced Day**: Our day is divided into three blocks. We have two nutrition breaks and two recesses. Since your child will be eating twice instead of one main lunch many families label the snacks for break one and two so their child knows what to eat each time. Next week, once everyone has had a chance to get used to the web site format, I will post a word list for the children to study at home. I will also post details of the math, science and social studies topics we will cover. For now check out the math page for program highlights for grades one and two. That is a simple and useful overview of the main program elements for each math strand. You can click math on the menu to the left or click to go there directly.

Click [|here] to check out the [|Roch Carrier website]. It features a full list of activities and news from the school and school council as well as a handy [|Calendar-at-a-glance].

Please click here to download the [|School Council Newsletter]. If you haven't checked lately, please take a minute to check out the school's website ( [|http://www.rochcarrieres.ocdsb.ca/]) for up to date information and goings on in our school as well as the School Council's Twitter feed.

__ ** Poetry ** __



Spring The fields are rich with daffodils, a coat of clover cloaks the hills, and I must dance, and I must sing to see the beauty of the spring. Summer The earth is warm, the sun's ablaze, it is a time of carefree days; and bees abuzz that chance to pass  may see me snoozing in the grass. Autumn The leaves are yellow, red, and brown, a shower sprinkles softly down; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">the air is fragrant, crisp, and cool, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">and once again I'm stuck in school. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Winter <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">The birds are gone, the world is white, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">the winds are wild, they chill and bite; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">the ground is thick with slush and sleet, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">and I can barely feel my feet. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Jack Prelutsky)

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A note about agendas: If you write a note in the agenda please leave it open on that page to be sure we see it in the middle of a busy day.

= = = Our Schedule. Click here for a visual schedule. = = = || =Independent, guided, shared reading, writing, literacy stations, oral participation, critical literacy= Integrated curriculum strands. ||
 * =Literacy= || =Monday to Friday= || =8:30 to 10:30=
 * =Math= || =Monday to Friday= || =11:10 to 12:30= || =beginning with assessment, numeration and patterning= ||
 * =Library= || =Wednesday= || =12:30 to 12:50= ||  ||
 * =Gym= || =Monday, Thursday, Friday= ||  ||   ||

= Please remember that there are two snack periods each day. Some parents label each of the two snacks to help their child to know what to eat and to have two balanced snacks during the day. = =   =
 * ~ =Balanced Day= ||~  ||~   ||
 * =Block 1= || =8:30 to 10:30= || =Literacy (integrated Social Studies, Science, Art, Music, Drama)= ||
 * =Nutrition Break 1= || =10:30 to 10:50= ||  ||
 * =Recess= || =10:50 to 11:10= ||  ||
 * =Block 2= || =11:10 to1:10= || =Math, Calendar= ||
 * =Nutrition Break 2= || =1:10 to 1:30= ||  ||
 * =Recess= || =1:30 to 2:00= ||  ||
 * =Block 3= || =2:00 to 3:00= || =French with mme Meh and DPA= ||
 * =Dismissal= || =3:00= ||  ||
 * =Dismissal= || =3:00= ||  ||

= Links: = = [|Roch Carrier School Website.] = = 2011 - 2012 archive. =

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