This post will contain all of the grade 6 lessons on space. Students will be learning about the components of the solar system, including the Sun, Earth, and other planets, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. They will learn to connect the force of gravity concepts previously taught in our flight unit to the relationships found between celestial objects in space. Later in this section, students will investigate various technologies that are used in space exploration with a focus on Canada's contribution to our understanding of space. We will begin by learning about stars, specifically, our most important and closest star....

Today we read a beautiful Scandinavian story by Pippi Longstockings author Astid Lindgren called The Tomten.  The Tomten spreads a lot of warmth and kindness on a cold winter night.  

Hello Grade 3 Families! A new and holiday themed BINGO board was sent home today! [embeddoc url="https://ojcsgrade3.edublogs.org/files/2023/12/Copy-of-Homework-BINGO-6.pdf" download="all" viewer="google"] REMINDER - 3B is visiting the Book Fair TOMORROW! 3A is visiting THURSDAY!...

Hello, and it's Abbykitty again. Today I will be talking about my short-term goals for 2023. So let's get started.   My goal is to by the end of the year I want to be better at number sense. The way I can achieve this is by practicing fractions. The people who can help me are Mr. Watters, Ms. Cleveland, and my parents. What I've done so far is that I have practiced on IXL and doing worksheets....

Has your house started smelling like oil yet? I was trying new recipes for latkes this weekend. Taking a poll --- sour cream or apple sauce? The grade 5 classes had a pretty busy week. On Tuesday we asked Dr. Mitzmacher to speak about the Current Events we are all thinking about, the students had lots of questions....

On Tuesday, the Grade One classes took part in a Let's Talk Science workshop called the Tree of Life. Science students from the University of Ottawa taught us about the different characteristics of animals. We then had fun sorting and classifying the plastic animals. This was the perfect introduction to an upcoming research project about animals in the winter. We also had the chance to make our own Tree of Life....

Remeber way back when, on November 1st, we had a lovely guest (Dov) who made our November Weather Tracker? Well, here we are at the end of the month - wow time flies! We learned about the weather in English, Hebrew, and our favourite ended up being French! We love singing Quel temps fait-il by Alain Lelait. Here is what we discovered: November has a lot of different kinds of weather, usually more than one at a time, and it changes during the day! The most common weather was cloudy (nuageux). There was also a lot of sunshine (soleil) and wind (vent). There were some rainy days (pluie) and some snowy days (neige). There were no foggy days (brouillard). We added a rainbow (arc-en-ciel) because Ittay saw one!...

Is almost here! Please don't forget to bring your money next Tuesday and Wednesday as we will be visiting the book fair as a class.

This Thursday, November 30th is Dress Down Day!!  This month, we are collecting tzedakah in support of the Royal Canadian Legion in honour of Remembrance Day.  Don’t forget to bring your loonies and toonies!! Next week, the OJCS Scholastic Book Fair begins!!  SK-A will be visiting the Book Fair on Wednesday, December 6th and SK-B will be visiting on Thursday, December 7th and the kids will have a chance to purchase some books.  We have already sent home a flyer in your child’s Note Tote; if you would like to go through it with your child and pick a few options, it will give you a sense of how much money to send to school.  We ask that you send your child’s money in a ziploc baggie with their name on it and the total amount you are sending.  You can also send a list of preferred books with your child, though we cannot guarantee that every title will be available.  Parents are also welcome to visit the Book Fair during the designated times as outlined on the poster below.  Any questions?  Feel free to comment on this post!...