Thank you to everyone who attended the Remembrance Day ceremony today.
Highlights of the Week:
- ELAL – This week we continued our work on Instructional Writing. Students wrote various “how-to’s” using step-by-step instructions and paragraph formatting. They practiced their typing skills to create good copies.
- Math – Students wrote their coordinate geometry check-in this week, and it should have been brought home. We moved onto our next unit, which is place value. Students looked at the difference between a digit, the place, and the value of a number. They also worked on writing whole and decimal numbers in standard, expanded, and written form.
- Science – Both grades started their space unit this week.
- Grade 5 – Students spent time talking about the various astronomical phenomena's that take place in our universe. We will continue to dig deeper into these concepts in the coming weeks.
- Grade 6 – We looked at the planets and the difference between the inner and outer planets. Students will learn about other celestial bodies within the space unit
- Social
- Grade 5 – We continued with our research project, and some groups have started to finish. These projects will be completed next week.
- Grade 6 – We reviewed what democracy means and created a visual journal page dedicated to the four pillars of democracy.
How you can support at home:
- Homework – students were sent home place value practice
- Math – work on basic math facts, place value including decimals and positive and negative numbers.
- ELAL – reading out loud with your child
Important Dates:
- Fall Break (No School) – November 10-12
- Art Cards final order date – November 11
- Healthy Hunger Tim Hortons – November 19
- Swimming Lessons – November 17-21
- Healthy Hunger Jelly Modern – November 27
- Conferences – November 27-28
- Healthy Hunger Mucho Burrito – December 11
- Healthy Hunger Booster Juice – December 18
- Photo Re-takes – December 11
Reminders:
- Indoor/Outdoor Shoes – Snow is here! Please help keep our school clean and remind your child to change their shoes and bring in a second pair of shoes if they haven't yet.
- A patrol training schedule will be sent home next week. If we do not have forms handed in next week, they will not be on the first schedule. New forms have been sent home if we have not received them yet.
Learning Intention of Week: Remembrance Day Assembly
Students participated in a variety of learning activities surrounding Remembrance Day. They read stories and articles about veterans and Canada’s military history. We made origami poppies for our wreaths as well as completed a collaborative mural. The 5/6 students then showed great leadership as they led the school through a respectful ceremony.
