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.
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.
A very special thank you goes out to each member of our Vista Heights learning family, including our fabulous Room 5 and 6 students and thei...
