You're invited to our African Heritage Concert Thursday, Feb. 27 @ 7 pm!

Thank you for coming!!!!

Our Clairlea students have worked very hard to present our African Heritage Concert this THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 @ 7 PM at Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute (2339 Lawrence Avenue East).

We have been working with Amara Kante, http://www.amarakante.com/ , West African percussionist. The children have enjoyed learning about African history, music and culture.

Gregg LeRock - Thursday, February 20, 2014

Let's rock!  We are going to see Gregg LeRock in concert this Thursday at Randolph Academy, Bathurst Street Theatre.  It is a great opportunity for the students to be exposed to listening and singing to French music in Toronto with other Toronto students.  Please make sure to hand in all permission forms and money.

For more information and to rock along, check out:
http://www.gregglerock.ca/

Infos-Jeunes!

Here is the online article that we read today regarding the expedition conducted by the Canadian government to discover Sir John Franklin's remains and his wreckage.

http://infos-jeunes.com/

Online access:
nom d'utilisateur (user name): Jesselyn_Dungo
mot de passe (password): clairlea

Click on "acceuil"

Click on the article: Trouver Franklin

Please use this online website to read other interesting articles on a variety of current events written especially for students!

Terry Fox Run tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the Terry Fox Run.  Please donate to this worthy cause.  Thank you to all those who have donated already.  Our school is running at 2:05 pm.  You are more than welcome to attend.  See you there!

Core French Page up and running!

A warm welcome to parents and students of our Core French program.  Please see the tab above entitled, "Core French" where you can click on recent vocabulary and French videos!

You are more than welcome to reach me at jesselyn.dungo@tdsb.on.ca or at 416-396-6165 if you have any questions/concerns regarding your child in Core French.

Merci!
Mme Dungo

Today's math problem! La soiree de curriculum!

Vous etes M McGilvray et Mme Harroun.  Vous avez 1000$ a depenser.  Il y a 300 personnes qui viendront ce soir.  150 personnes mangeront 2 hot dogs chacun, 1 chips et 1 boisson.  150 personnes mangeront 2 hot dogs halal chacun, 1 chips et 1 boisson.  Aurait-il assez d'argent pour acheter tout ce qu'il faudra pour la soiree de curriculum?

A Costco, les prix sont les suivants:

les hot dogs   20/15$
les hot dogs halal 20/20$
les boissons   24/9$
les chips  48/9$

English translation:
You are Mr. McGilvray and Mme Harroun.  You are in charge of buying all the food for tonight's curriculum night.  There are 300 people that are coming. 150 will eat 2 hot dogs each, 1 bag of chips and will have 1 drink each.  150 will eat 2 halal hot dogs, 1 bag of chips and 1 drink.  Will you have enough money to buy all that is needed?

You will purchase at Costco, here are their prices:

hot dogs   20/$15
halal hot dogs 20/$20
drinks  24/$9
chips  48/$9

Strategies:
1- elongate a table of values

Today's Math Problem!

For those students who would like to attempt our math problem at home today, here is the information:

Tu es un professeur de 4/5e année.  Tu as eu 700$ pour dépenser tes besoins pour cette année scolaire.  Il y a 28 élèves dans ta classe.

Chaque élève doit avoir:
-2 crayons
-2 gommes à effacer
-un baton de colle
-un cahier
-un livre
-une boite de marqueurs

Il y a un pupitre et une chaise qui doivent être remplacer.

Les prix sont:

crayons  5 our 2$
gommes 5 pour 2$
colle 3$
ruban gommé 5 pour 2$
cahiers 5 pour 7$
livres 6 our 30$
dossiers 6 pour 10$
marqueurs  8 pour 5$
chaise 55$
pupitre 125$

Est-ce que vous aurez assez de l'argent pour payer pour tes besoins pour cette année scolaire?