We had a jam packed week full of some amazing learning opportunities and exciting moments!
This week we had began our discussions into light and shadow (Grade 4), the Greenhouse effect (Grade 5), Sundials (Gr. 4/5) and discussions around the History of the North West Mounted Police. Mr. Elrafih and Ms. Malhi did a wonderful job of engaging the students in these activities and finding different connections between each topic. Ask your child to tell you the connection and relation between light behavior (reflection, refraction and absorption) and the greenhouse effect as well as the connection between our classroom greenhouses and the Greenhouse Effect. This week we also held our Math Fair evening and it was SUCH a fantastic night filled with some amazing feedback and math reasoning. I found it so impactful for parents to be able to come into our classroom and participate in grade 4 and 5 level math questions and see how we are shaping our student's minds to think "outside the box". This challenge has been engaging and so rewarding and I am looking forward to continuing to work towards our goals together. This week we also went to Ralph Klein Park for our 10th field study of the year! We spent the day learning about wetlands and plants in a spring climate outdoors and indoors. Ask you child about the different types of wetlands that we learned about and their particular features as well as what we saw during our explorations outdoors. Thank you so much to our volunteers that came with us on this day. :) Field trip forms are now due for the National Geographic Live field study which is this Monday. There is no fee needed for this half day field study and we already have our 3 wonderful volunteers confirmed! Thank you so much for everyone who sent in their volunteer forms and we look forward to having you join us another time! :) Our Learning Commons re-design is well under way and we are so excited about the possibilities of what may be coming to our LC space in the near future. The students came together and created a class pictograph which displayed out collected data and it was on display during our Math Fair. I hope everyone had a chance to explore these possibilities during last night's Math Fair. If you and your child have any recommendations for what we should buy with our grant money in order to create an engaging learning space, please send me an e-mail this week as we want any and all parent/student involvement in this process. Upcoming dates: 1) National Geographic Live Monday April 23 (AM only) 2) Diversity Cup practice starts on Tuesday April 24 after school (outdoor-weather pending for this practice only as the gym is being used by Volleyball Club for their last session together.) 3) Grade 5 visit to Ian Baz on Thursday April 26 (PM) 4) Outdoor school packages for our Grade 5's will be coming home soon (sometime next week) Please e-mail Miss Paddon ([email protected]) about any medication and/or food restrictions that you grade 5 child may have while we are away at camp before the end of next week. Thank you :)
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