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. 

In Math, we have been thinking about BIG numbers and where are they used?  What is the largest number that you know?  Teach a family member what you know about how to read and write large numbers.

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. 

 Celebrate a week of celebrations and challenges!

In Science, we continue with our study of Weather.  Prove to a member of your family that the water at the time of dinosaurs is the same water we use today.  How do we know?

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.

Reminder:

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