Festival of Lights

On Monday grades 4 - 8 went to The Living Arts Centre to help assemble and decorate trees. A few students had their photo taken by The Mississauga News. Click the link below to view photos. Great work everyone!

http://www.mississauga.com/photozone

Hamlet

Please join us for a wonderful production of Hamlet on Friday December 11 at 7pm.

History - Chapter 13

Brazil's Republic

Five kinds of people in Brazil

• Decendents of Portugese settlers
• South American Indians
• African slaves
• Poor Europeans
• American cotton planters

Pedro II and slavery

• Admired Abraham Lincoln
• Made slave trade illegal
• Freed slaves
• Finally, made slavery illegal

Complaints against emperor

• Plantation owners didn't like giving up slaves
• Soldiers thought they weren't paid enough
• Farmers, merchants, shopkeepers wanted a constitution

The end of the emperor

• Council of State decided Brazil would be republic
• Pedro II went to Paris
• In 1971, Pedro II's body was brought back to Brazil

reminder

CASUAL DAY TOMORROW!

History Chapter 11

THE IRON OUTLAW

Origins of Australia

• First residents were British prisoners
• Joined by free men and women from Great Britain

Australia as a British colony

• Rich conolnists took the best land
• Bushrangers held up wagons carrying gold
• Most famous bushranger was Ned Kelly

Australia as a commonwealth

• Became commonwealth in 1901
• Australians had right to make laws and elect leaders

CARVING UP AFRICA

Countries that claimed control of African land

• Belgium
• Germany
• Portugal
• Italy
• Great Britain

Effects on Africa

• Border lines divided friendly tribes and put hostile tribes together
• European control replaced authority of the family, the clan and the chief

A Wrinkle In Time

We have started a new literature unit! Students will be reading the novel A Wrinkle in Time. It is the responsibility of students to read assigned chapters for homework. Literature classes take place each Tuesday and Thursday. We will be working on various reading comprehension activities, vocabulary and study guide questions. If homework is assigned on Tuesday, it must be completed by Thursday. If homework is assigned on Thursday, it must be completed by the following Tuesday. To help decorate our room I have asked students to look for pictures and articles of strange events. (ufo's, psychics, etc.) Please bring in items by Monday so we can begin creating the A Wrinkle In Time wall!

A BEKA MATH SPEED DRILLS

We have started A Beka Math speed drills! This is to sharpen students math skills and memory of basic multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. Speed drills will go home in Friday envelopes, however, they are to be returned. Marks from speed drills do not contribute to overall math grade.

Homework Club

Times for homework club have changed. 3:45 - 4:15 on Mondays and Fridays.

Remember, Remember...

Congratulations to Sophie, Sara, Jenny and Julia who earned 1000 house points for reciting the Guy Fawkes poem by memory. Way to go girls!!!! Go Theta!

History - Chapter 9 Continued

The Sick Man of Europe

I. Russia wanted to invade Ottoman territory.
A. The czar of Russia called the Ottoman empire “the sick man of Europe.”
B. Russia hoped for help from Great Britain.

II. Russia gained its opportunity when the Ottoman Turks attacked Bulgaria.
A. The Young Bulgarians wanted to be free from the Turks and to have a constitution.
B. During the April Uprising of 1876, the revolutionaries took up arms. Almost twelve thousand Bulgarians were killed.
C. The Czar claimed that Russian Christians had to come to the aid of Bulgarian Christians.
D. Russian troops marched south into Ottoman land. They won the war between Russia and the Ottoman Turks.
E. The Ottoman Empire lost half its land.
F. Russia gained most of Asia Minor for itself.

History - Chapter 9

CHAPTER NINE- TWO MORE EMPIRES, TWO REBELLIONS

The Dutch East Indies

I. The Dutch takeover of the East Indies
A. Began with merchants building trading posts
B. Continued when the Dutch government took over the trading posts (and the islands)
C. Agreement between Dutch and British made Acheh a neutral zone
D. Dutch profited from gold, rubies, sapphires, coal, coffee, tea, rubber and the works of farmers who had grown crops for them
E. Invasion of Aceh because Acheh encouraged rebellion.

II. The Dutch war with Acheh
A. Lasted over thirty years
B. Involved the famous freedom fighter Tjoet Nhak
C. Dutch triumph in 1903
D. Dutch spent all the money they had made on the war

Math Games

Math Man
http://www.mathplayground.com/mathman.html



Multiplication Game
http://www.mathplayground.com/balloon_invaders.html



Geometry Game
http://www.mathplayground.com/alienangles.html

SPELLING CITY

Click on the website below for extra practice with spelling list words. Play games and test yourself!!!


Lesson 13

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2018239