What another super busy week full of interesting and creative learning! Students completing their petroglyph carvings in clay and we are patiently waiting for our creations to dry! Have your child share with your their experiences working with clay and what carving tools they used to create their unique symbols.
We had a special presentation from The Calgary Humane Society this week that focused on animals (both in the wild and domesticated). Students were treated to an informative presentation dealing with the impact that humans have on wildlife and how we can show the 3 R's to animals! What is stewardship? This word has come up many times this week and last. Students are all working hard on how to be responsible stewards by making kind and caring choices to help others, in and our around our school. Students have looked at how even small actions (such as turning off the lights and using natural sunlight) can have a huge impact on energy conservation and our environment. Have a conversation with your child on how they can show stewardship at home, school and in their community. This week in Math, we reviewed decimals and fractions. Students have been working on adding and subtracting decimals and will continue to practice our skills next week. We are also continuing to use 3 Act Math to strengthen and build our mathematical reasoning and problem solving skills. Updates and reminders: 1) National Geographic and Nose Hill Park field study forms are due on Thursday March 1. We now have enough parent volunteers for National Geographic and Nose Hill Park. Thank you wonderful parents for your support! 2) March book orders and payment due on Feb 27 3) It is not too late for parents to volunteer for our Artist in Residency work. Please complete the form sent home with available times and return back to school as soon as possible. Thank you! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
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What another busy week full of learning at school! Students were given time out of their busy days to reflect on people, places and memories that matter most to them (what we hold dearly in our hearts). Then we created a beautiful Heart Art piece to represent this. We also continued to write kindness hearts for our others who we have "spotted" showing kindness in and around our school. Our Kindness Counts wall has grown to over 100 hearts and I know that this number will only continue to grow! Great job everyone!
We had a special presentation this week from Inside Education which focused on the natural resources of Alberta. We also learned how natural resources are used in our province and discussed the implications of renewable vs. non-renewable resources. Ask your child to share with you some of their learning from this informative presentation! There have been many questions about Outdoor School coming up in May. Please be aware that Outdoor School is an important part of our curriculum and learning and that all Grade 5 students are strongly encouraged to attend. There will be an upcoming meeting in March for all parents of Grade 5 students where more information regarding the trip will shared. Parents will also have the opportunity to ask questions and learn more. Stay tuned for the date and time of this meeting. Our school has the wonderful opportunity of working with an Artist in Residence, Leah Cathleen Donald in the next coming weeks. Leah is a fibre artist, who works primarily with wool and natural fibres. We are looking for a few parent volunteers who would like to help our students during this time. Please contact me if you have valid clearance and are interested in helping out. Thank you in advance. We have been discussing Canada's achievements during the Winter Olympics and have learned how Science is involved in so many Olympic sports. A great Science website to check out relating to the Olympics: science360.gov/series/Science+of+the+Winter+Olympics/b263b26f-6d34-4ddb-a77f-6d69507e0533 For more Olympic coverage, feel free to check out this link: olympics.cbc.ca/ GO CANADA GO! Important Reminders and Updates: 1) National Geographic Live forms went home today. Forms are due on March 1, 2018. We are in need of 3 parent volunteers for this morning. Please contact me if you have valid clearance and wish to volunteer. Thank you. 2) Museo Kit forms and money are past due. Please send any outstanding money and/or forms into school as soon as possible. 3) In-school Calgary Humane Society presentation on Tuesday Feb 20 (AM) 4) No school Thursday, Friday and Monday. See you all back to school on Tuesday Feb. 20! Have a wonderful long weekend everyone! Remember to show kindness, love and caring to all! Here is a recap of our learning this week:
Constable Don came to visit our classroom on Monday. We really enjoyed listening to him speak on his role as a police officer for the City of Calgary. He shared a wonderful story with us about the importance of working hard, having integrity and never giving up. Students were then asked to create their own unique "superhero" and list the inner strengths their superhero has. Then, students created a fictional story about their superheroes. Ask your child to share more! Math: We continued to review division and ended our week with a division quiz. We have explored various strategies to help us divide (repeated subtraction, drawing a picture, use multiplication and the traditional algorithm (Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down). Ask your child to share with you the strategy he/she feels most comfortable using and why. Students will be coming home with their quiz and another division assessment task today. Most students worked hard on these problems and should be proud of their hard work! Language Arts/Social Studies: We have been so fortunate enough to experience the MuseoKit on loan from the Glenbow Museum. This week, students looked at various artifacts from the past and how these artifacts were used. Next, we learned about the Famous Five women who significantly impacted women's rights today. Working together in small groups, students were asked to test their acting abilities, using real props and costumes to demonstrate some of the injustices these women faced back in the day. Bravo to all of our wonderful actors and actresses! Lastly, we finished off our work with the MuseoKit by having a class debate on "The Persons Case". Students learned the format of a debate and how to respectfully listen to the ideas of others, even when they differ from their own ideas. We even had an impartial jury decide at the end which group presented the strongest case! Our class debate was a success and we will continue to run future class debates in our classroom. Stay tuned for more! Science: Our experiments were put on hold this week, due to our extensive MuseoKit work. We will continue to explore our Chemistry and Plant Life unit and experiments next week! Updates and Reminders: 1) Inside Education will visit our classroom on Monday Feb. 12 2) No school on Feb 15 and 16 (Teacher's Convention) and Feb 19 (Family Day holiday) 3) Upcoming Field Study to National Geographic Live on March 5 (forms will be going home next week). Please contact me if you have valid CBE clearance and wish to volunteer. Thank you in advance! What another incredible week we have experienced in Room 16! Students had a unique hands-on learning opportunity yesterday while at the National Music Centre. Some of our learnings were focused on: vibration, pitch, volume and electromagnetic waves. We also shared how music can play such an important role in our own lives and around the world! At the end of the day, all students created their own unique "sound sandwich" instrument that they were able to take home with them! Thank you to our 4 parent volunteers who joined us on this day. Without parent support, trips like this would not be possible! Please do contact me if you wish to join us on any other future upcoming field studies.
Science: Grade 5's students continued to research focusing on solutions, chemical reactions and acids and bases. Grade 4's have continued to look at the function of roots, leaves, stems and flowers. We will use our data collected to guide our exploration work into next week. Math: Students have reviewed division this week. We shared various strategies such as: repeated subtraction, splitting things up into equal parts and using traditional algorithms to solve various division problems. We will continue to work on division and end the week with a division quiz next week. Social Studies: Students have started to plan and design their own unique symbols to represent themselves after researching First Nations symbols. We are hoping to complete our project next week! Updates: 1) February book orders are due Feb 7 2) Museokit money and forms due on Monday 3) Please remember to sign your child's report card envelope and return the envelope back to school as soon as possible. Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend everyone, stay warm! |