We made it! Last day of school for students. 

Have a Lovely Holiday!

Reminder:

Classes resume on January 4, 2021

Online learning from January 4th - 8th, 2021

In-person learning from January 11th, 2021

 

Yay! It's our Ugly Sweater Day. Spend some fun time with your family in your ugly sweaters.

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes

Reminders:

- Pajama Day Tomorrow.

- Tomorrow is the last day of school for students.

We had fun drawing different landscapes using Ted Harrison style. Teach a family member how to draw one.

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes

Reminder:

-Wear an Ugly Sweater tomorrow

- Pajama Day on Thursday

 

 Wow! It's hard to believe we have come to the last week of school before the winter break! It's been such an interesting school year so far.

We started discussing "The rights of a child" in room 6. Explain to a family member some of the rights you believe to be the most important ones. 

Homework:

Mathletics 15 mins

Reminders:

It's our spirit week. Wear Red and Green outfit tomorrow

Wednesday: Ugly sweater

Thursday: Pajama Day

Another amazing week of learning has come to an end. What was your most memorable learning moment this week? What was one thing you learned that is going to stick with you?

In Social Studies we have been working on our Ted Harrison inspired landscape drawings. Share with your family some of the techniques you learned from Mr. Harrison!

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes. 

Reminders:

Monday - Wear your favourite socks!

Tuesday - Wear red and green!

Wednesday - Wear an ugly sweater!

Thursday - Pajama Day!

Friday - NO SCHOOL

This week we completed a Ted Harrison inspired art piece during Social Studies. For these art pieces, we found landscape pictures of our regions we are studying online, printed them and glued them in our Thought Journals. We sketched the horizon lines of our landscape pictures and then we added colour in the unique style of Ted Harrison. The image on the right shows an example of what this artistic style looks like. 

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Now that you have decided on your favourite type of play and reasons to back up your opinion, how do your reasons connect to the different types of wellness? We have been completing some online research to find these connections. Share any connections you have made between your type of play and wellness with a family member.

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

We are continuing to dive deeper into our regions for the Amazing Race. During Leg #2, you were tasked with finding an artist that creates artwork specific to your region and to sketch a landscape picture following the style of that artist. Which artist did you choose? Why? Share with a family member.

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Share with your family the type of play you have decided to focus on for your next Persuasive Writing piece. Share some specific examples about why your type of play is the best.

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Share with a member of your family how you are doing with your goals and growth as a learner.

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Reminder:

NO SCHOOL on Friday, December 4.  It is a Professional Development Day.

Our Amazing Race Canada learning continues. Teach a member of your family your knowledge about the landforms, weather and natural resources of your region.What is one of the most important landmarks for you?  Why?

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Reminder:

NO SCHOOL on Friday, December 4.  It is a Professional Development Day.

Our reading continues of the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.  What new insights have you learned about the setting of this novel? Share with a member of your family who is your favorite character and why?

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Reminder:

NO SCHOOL on Friday, December 4.  It is a Professional Development Day.

We will be or have already started our study of Wellness through play.  What is play to you?  What is your favorite play?  How does it connect to wellness? Ask an adult family member what is their favorite type of play?  Why?

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Reminder:

NO SCHOOL on Friday, December 4.  It is a Professional Development Day.

Celebrate your growth as a person and as a learner!  Enjoy your weekend!

 

What is your continued understanding of wellness?  Explain to a family member what wellness means to you.  Share your Google Classroom tasks under Wellness CSI of your word, symbols and colors.

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Reminders:

-Room 6 has a test in Social Studies on the provinces, territories and their capital cities on Friday, November 27.

   

In Math, we have been practicing our basic facts.  Please share with a member of our family which facts you know well and what facts you are working on.  What strategies work for you to develop your efficiency and accuracy of basic facts?

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Reminders:

-Room 6 has a test in Social Studies on the provinces, territories and their capital cities on Friday, November 27.

We are reading a novel called, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Explain to a family member what is the setting (when and where) of the story.  What historical facts do you know so far about this setting? Make a prediction as to how the main character, Bruno, is going to solve his problem.

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Reminders:

-Room 6 has a test in Social Studies on the provinces, territories and their capital cities on Friday, November 27.

We have started our study of the regions of Canada through the Amazing Race Canada.  Please ask me what I know about my identity as a Canadian. What city did you land in with your Google Map latitude and longitude coordinates?  What is a region and what region did you land in? What do you know about your region already?

Homework:

Mathletics for 15 minutes.

Reminders:

 Celebrate a Wonderful Week of Learning

We are at the end of another week and it's time to celebrate our learning.

-Talk to your parents about how you are doing with creating your own map in Social Studies, as well as how your persuasive writing is going so far.

-Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held today from 4:15-8:00 pm, as well as tomorrow from 8:00 am -12:30 pm.  Please have your parents contact your teacher or the school office to book a conference, if they haven't done so already.

**Reminders**

**No school tomorrow (Friday, November 20th).

 Welcome to a Wonderful Wednesday!

Please talk to your parents about the structure of persuasive writing.

Please ensure that your parents sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences on either Thursday or Friday of this week.  The times are listed below.  The teachers will call your parents at their scheduled time.

**Reminders**

**Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 19th (4:15-8:00 pm) and Friday, November 20th (8:00 am -12:30 pm).  A notice has been sent home with your child with instructions on how to register for conferences.

**No School on Friday, November 20th.

Another Terrific Tuesday

In writing we are continuing to learn about the structure of persuasive writing.  It will be fun to create our own persuasive writing pieces.  One example of a picture book that demonstrates persuasive writing is The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt.  

 

In Social Studies, we are continuing to study about maps, as we work our way into learning about Canada.  Please talk to your parents about how the following map features work:  

-legend

-scale

**Reminders**

**Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 19th (4:15-8:00 pm) and Friday, November 20th (8:00 am -12:30 pm).  A notice has been sent home with your child with instructions on how to register for conferences.

**No School on Friday, November 20th.

 Welcome to Monday!!

We hope that you all had a great weekend.  

In writing, we are learning about persuasive writing.  We are working to learn how to share our opinions and to give reasons for them as well.

In Social Studies we are continuing to learn about mapping and we will be working on creating our own maps to put our learning into practice.

**Reminders**

**Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 19th (4:15-8:00 pm) and Friday, November 20th (8:00 am -12:30 pm).  A notice has been sent home with your child with instructions on how to register for conferences.

**No School on Friday, November 20th.

 

Celebrate your learning this week and have a fantastic weekend!!!

Please remember to have your parents sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences.  These will be held next Thursday and Friday.

**Reminders**

**Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 19th (4:15-8:00 pm) and Friday, November 20th (8:00 am -12:30 pm).  A notice has been sent home with your child with instructions on how to register for conferences.

 It's Thursday!!!

In writing, we have been working on the importance of using figurative language.  Please give your parents an example of a simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole.  Using these in our written work will certainly make it more interesting to read.

We are also continuing to work on recognizing various elements of maps (e.g. legends, compass rose, cardinal directions, latitude, longitude, etc.)

Reminders:

**Picture orders are due by tomorrow (Friday, November 13th)

**Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 19th (4:15-8:00 pm) and Friday, November 20th (8:00 am -12:30 pm).  A notice has been sent home with your child with instructions on how to register for conferences.

 Happy Tuesday!

Thank you to Room 5 and Room 6 for your hard work with putting together our Remembrance Day Assembly today.  It was extremely well done and the respect you demonstrated for this occasion was amazing to see.

Lest We Forget

General Reminders:

**No school on Wednesday, November 11th, due to Remembrance Day.

**Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 19th (4:15-8:00 pm) and Friday, November 20th (8:00 am -12:30 pm).

Happy Monday Everyone!!

We hope that you all had a fantastic weekend!

Here are a couple of updates of what we have been working on in class:

**In Social Studies we have continued to learn more about maps, as well as working on our mapping skills.

**Room 5 and Room 6 will be leading our virtual Remembrance Day Assembly on Tuesday, November 10th.  We are very proud of all of you and the effort you have put into creating this assembly.  

General Reminders:

**No school on Wednesday, November 11th, due to Remembrance Day.

**Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 19th (4:15-8:00 pm) and Friday, November 20th (8:00 am -12:30 pm).

 

Happy Friday everyone!

We have come to the end of another great week of learning! Be proud of all that you have accomplished this week! 

Today we had some design time for our Social Studies maps. Students are creating very unique designs and some have been getting inspiration from maps they have seen in TV shows, video games, places they have travelled or even the mall! We are so excited to see the finished products.

Over the past two days, both Room 5 and Room 6 have been working hard to perfect their recordings for the upcoming Remembrance Day Assembly. We just can't wait to share what we have created with the entire school!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Today we began working on creating our very own maps that demonstrate our understanding of the various map features we have learned about in Social Studies.

Mrs. Robichaud also joined students this morning to guide them through answering a survey based on their experiences at school.

Student artwork is being hung in the hallways of our school on the Remembrance Day display for all students to see and appreciate. Room 5 students have added their Georgia O'Keeffe Poppy drawings to this display. On the back of these beautiful pieces of art, students have placed their letters to Veterans.

 

Happy Wednesday everyone!

With our Remembrance Day Assembly just around the corner, we are working very hard to prepare a great virtual presentation! We are busy preparing stories, scripts, artwork and post cards for Remembrance Day. Yesterday, Mrs. Robichaud taught us about the importance of writing post cards to Veterans on Remembrance Day to thank them for everything they have done for us. We are working hard to write meaningful letters to our Veterans.

Remember... enjoy this wonderful weather while we still have it!

Reminders:

- Picture orders need to be returned to school before November 13th.

- New COVID-19 Guideline Information sent home yesterday. Please look over this information with your parents/guardians.

Welcome to Tuesday!

In Social Studies, we are continuing to learn about map features and their importance. We have learned about features such as titles, legends, colours, and how longitude and latitude lines help us find locations on a map. We are now starting to focus on scale and how we can use scale to measure distances on a map.

In Literacy, our Assistant Principal Mrs. Robichaud joined us to teach us about writing letters to Veterans for Remembrance Day. 

Reminders:

- Picture orders need to be returned to school before November 13th.

- New COVID-19 Guideline Information sent home yesterday. Please look over this information with your parents/guardians.

 Happy Monday everyone!

We are very excited to be back after the long weekend. We hope that you all had a wonderful and safe Halloween!

In Literacy, we have been working on four different types of figurative writing (similes, metaphors, hyperboles and personification). We completed some review questions through an online game show before writing a short quiz. 

This week we will also be rehearsing for the virtual Remembrance Day assembly we will be hosting next week. Grade 5/6 students have taken on the responsibility of creating and running this assembly for the entire school.

Reminder:

-Pictures coming home today.

-New Covid Guideline Information.

 Have a safe and enjoyable Halloween!

Reminder:

-NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 30.  It is a Professional Development Day.

In Social Studies, we have or will be studying of the Regions of Canada.  Do you know the provinces, the territories and all their capital cities?  Please discuss with a family member all of the places you have been.  What did you notice about the landmarks or landforms in that area?

Homework:

-Room 5 test tomorrow - provinces, territories and capital cities.  The spelling will be given to you.  You need to know locations.

-Mathletics to review lessons taught  in class

-Read, read, read!

Reminder:

-We will be having a wear a character shirt day (if you have one) on Thursday, October 29.  This year, we will not be wearing costumes or bringing in any treat to share due to Covid safety regulations.

-NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 30.  It is a Professional Development Day

We are working hard on our weather projects.  Please share with a member of your family the Google classroom assessment rubric of the project.  How are you doing with your effective note taking?   Are your facts in your own words? Are they understandable?  Do they hold information? What can you do to improve your project? 

Homework:

-Mathletics to review lessons taught  in class

-Read, read, read!

Room 5: Study the provinces, territories and their capital cities.  Test is on Thursday.

Reminder:

-We will be having a wear a character shirt day (if you have one) on Thursday, October 29.  This year, we will not be wearing costumes or bringing in any treat to share due to Covid safety regulations.

-NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 30.  It is a Professional Development Day.

We are in the final week of October in our Learning Journey. On Mondays, we have metaphors to compare our learning and develop our critical thinking.  Everyday we also have Exit Slips comparing our learning that day with a simile or a metaphor. Please explain to member of your family what is a metaphor or a simile. What has been your favorite Monday Metaphor or Exit Slip so far?  Why?  

Homework:

-Mathletics to review lessons taught  in class

-Read, read, read!

Room 5: Study the provinces, territories and their capital cities.  Test is on Thursday.

Reminder:

-We will be having a wear a character shirt day (if you have one) on Thursday, October 29.  This year, we will not be wearing costumes or bringing in any treat to share due to Covid safety regulations.

-NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 30.  It is a Professional Development Day.

Happy Friday!

Have a wonderful weekend! It's been a lovely full week of learning. Remember to get some rest and be fresh and ready to continue on our learning journey.

 Reminders:

Please return any packages from the school nurse.

Please remember to take your masks home each night in order to wash them and ensure that they are fresh for school each day.  Also, it is important that you have at least two masks at school all the time.

 

In Science, we started researching on our choice of "Weather Phenomena". We have a lot of to discover! Discuss with your family what you've discovered so far.

In Language Arts, we continue to explore "Reading Power".  Practice using KEYWORDS to write a summary with a family member.

Reminders:

Please return soup forms by tomorrow, October 23rd.

Please return any packages from the school nurse.

Please remember to take your masks home each night in order to wash them and ensure that they are fresh for school each day.  Also, it is important that you have at least two masks at school all the time.

 In LA, we continue to explore 'reading powers' through nonfiction texts. Find a nonfiction text (magazines, manuals, online articles etc) around your house and practice finding KEYWORDS with your family.

In Math, we continue to solve real world problems using different math strategies. With a family member(s) create a problem that requires using different strategies to solve and solve it. Have fun!

Reminders:

Please return soup forms by October 23rd.

Please return any packages from the school nurse.

Please remember to take your masks home each night in order to wash them and ensure that they are fresh for school each day.  Also, it is important that you have at least two masks at school all the time.

Happy Tuesday!

In Math, we started solving real world problems using math operations (additions, subtraction, division etc). We use numbers to understand and describe our world. Make up your own real world problem and solve it with your family. Have fun!

In LA, we continue to explore nonfiction texts using the 'reading powers'. With your families, use the acronym 'THIEVES' to zoom into a text. 

Reminders:

Please return soup forms by October 23rd.

Please return any packages from the school nurse.

Please remember to take your masks home each night in order to wash them and ensure that they are fresh for school each day.  Also, it is important that you have at least two masks at school all the time.

 Monday, October 19th, 2020

Happy Monday everyone!

In Math, we continue to explore large numbers and represent them in different forms (standard form, expanded notation etc). Please discuss with your families the large numbers you know and represent them in as many forms as you can.

We are exploring different weather phenomena in science. We will be researching and presenting these phenomena in the coming weeks. 

Reminders:

Picture Day is today, October 19th.

Science quiz for room 6 on Tuesday, October 20th.

Please return soup forms by October 23rd.

Please return any packages from the school nurse.

 It's Friday!!

Think back to all of the wonderful learning you have done this week.  Celebrate what you have learned!

Reminders:

Picture Day is October 19th.

Please return soup forms by October 23rd.

Please return any packages from the school nurse.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Wonderful Wednesday!

We hope you all had a fantastic day.  

We are beginning to research weather more closely by choosing one type of extreme weather to focus on for a project.

We are also digging deeper into non-fiction books to look more closely at various features that they have.

Please remember to read each night at home.

Please remember to check out the website links that we have listed on our blog.

Reminders:

**Picture Day is on Monday, October 19th.

**Soup forms due back to school by October 23rd.

**Please remember to return your Digital Citizenship forms.

**Please remember to take your masks home each night in order to wash them and ensure that they are fresh for school each day.  Also, it is important that you have at least two masks at school all the time.

Welcome back after a wonderful long weekend!  We hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving.

This week we are going to be learning more about different weather phenomenons.  We will be able to choose one that we are really interested in and study more about it.

We are continuing to learn about the different parts of reading non-fiction books.  Please talk to your parents about what you have learned so far (e.g. connections, "zooming in", etc.)

Please remember to check out the links to various learning websites in our blog.

 

Reminders:

**Hot Soup Notice and Vista Heights update coming home today

**Please remember to return your Digital Citizenship forms.

**Please remember to take your masks home each night in order to wash them and ensure that they are fresh for school each day.  Also, it is important that you have at least two masks at school all the time.

 Please share with a member of your family what you are grateful for.  Enjoy your long weekend.

In Reading, we have been learning about different strategies that we use to locate information in non-fiction text.  Teach a family member which strategies you use to ensure your understanding. Can you point out a variety of text features that assist you? 

Homework:

Practice keyboarding by using the Blog Websites.  If you use our lessons at home, be sure to type at least 15 wpm with 90% accuracy before you move to the next level.  You can sign your lesson record at school. If you are successful at Lesson 16, practicing typing your own text from a book you are reading.

Reminder:

-NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 9.  It is a Professional Development Day.

-Google Classroom contains assignments for those students who are working from home.  Please check everyday to see what your tasks are. 

In Weather we will be studying the Greenhouse effect.  Do the actions of  humans have an impact on the climate of our planet?  Why or why not?   Please ask the members of your family their thoughts.

Homework:

Practice keyboarding by using the Blog Websites.  If you use our lessons at home, be sure to type at least 15 wpm with 90% accuracy before you move to the next level.  You can sign your lesson record at school. If you are successful at Lesson 16, practicing typing your own text from a book you are reading.

Take your Wind Spirals home and describe how warm air and cold air move to your parents/guardians! Before you explain these concepts to your parents, demonstrate the experiment and see if they can guess what is happening!

Reminder:

-NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 9.  It is a Professional Development Day.

-Google Classroom contains assignments for those students who are working from home.  Please check everyday to see what your tasks are.