What another incredible week we have had in Room 16! We had an amazing time on our last National Geographic Live field study and enjoyed listening to Cristina Mittermeier, a marine biologist. Cristina shared so many engaging stories about marine life and reminded us to be mindful of our actions and human impacts on our environment.
We made human sundials this week! Students spent time outdoors, tracking our shadows, recording data and making observations to help us track the sun's light. We will complete our experiment next week and draw conclusions to our question, "Is day-light savings time really necessary in our city?" We also continued to work on our Natural Disasters project and conducting research on our topics. Students have been given the choice to work either in a small group (2-3 students) or alone for this project. Students have been given a rubric which outlines the project requirements and will need to present their information in a visual format. Ask your child to tell you more about our exciting project! Students were presented with a challenging 3-Act Math task this week involving capacity. We are learning how to measure the capacity of an object (cubic units) and this also includes measuring liquids! Important reminders and updates: 1) Picture day is Tuesday May 1. Wear your best smile this day! 2) Calgary Zoo field study forms and payment are due Friday May 4 3)Outdoor School for all Grade 5 students attending is from Tuesday May 8 to Friday May 11. Information packages went home earlier this week. Please carefully read this package with your child as it contains pertinent information regarding the trip. 4) May book orders due May 4 Have a great weekend everyone! Enjoy the sunshine : )
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What another amazing week so full of hands-on learning and innovative ideas!
Our time at Ralph Klein Park focused on the importance of wetlands and learned about the different types of wetlands (bogs, fens, swamps, marshes). We learned how useful and productive wetlands are for animals (in particular, invertebrates such as sideswimmers), plants and water conservation and purification. Despite the blowing snow, we spent some time outdoors as well, observing various types of plant life and even spotted some Canadian geese nesting! For more information on wetlands, click on this link: www.wetlandsalberta.ca/ Students spent some time this week further exploring our innovative ideas to help with climate change. We have some excellent ideas ranging from a compostable toilet, fully recyclable pen, and using plants as an energy source to generate power! We also spent some time outdoors helping to clean up our school field and playground, being mindful that Earth Day is this Sunday! For more information on Earth Day, please click on this link: www.earthday.org/ We are diving into the idea of daylight savings time and have explored the question, "Is Daylight Savings Time necessary in Calgary?" We started researching the earth's rotation, sun, shadows and light patterns. Students are excited to track light and shadows next week and will end our study by building sundials. Thank you so much for all the parents and family members who came out yesterday evening for Math Fair! This was a great time and so much fun was had by all! Great job parents and students who took an active role participating in all the various centres set up throughout the school! Fantastic work everyone! Our work in Math continues to focus on mathematical reasoning and problem solving. This week, we focused on a 3-Act Math task involving measurement and volume! This learning will lead us into measuring capacity next week. Learning Commons re-design is well on its way. Students have begun discussions around how to change or modify this learning space. We have created some blueprints and shared ideas around how to make this area even better for our learning. Stay tuned for more! Updates and Reminders: 1) National Geographic Live Monday April 23 (AM only). Thank you to the parents who signed up, we now have enough parent volunteers for this field study. 2) Diversity Cup practice starts on Tuesday April 24 after school (outdoors-weather pending) 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) Have a great weekend everyone! What another super busy first week back at school we have had!
Thank you to the students who completed their homework over Spring Break. It was fantastic to hear all the innovative ideas and inventions that students came up with to help with the problem of climate change and global warming. We will spend our Genius hour time in the next coming weeks further exploring and developing these unique ideas. Great job everyone! We have been researching wetland ecosystems this week, spending sometime in our Learning Commons collecting information and data from online sources and books. Our upcoming field study on Monday to Ralph Klein Park will further support our learning in this area. Please remember to dress accordingly on Monday (as we will spend some time outside during our field study) and bring a healthy lunch and snacks. We had a fantastic presentation this morning from Earth Rangers! Students got to meet some animal ambassadors, such as an armadillo and red-tailed hawk! For more information on how you can get involved with the protection of wild animals and the environment, click on this link: www.earthrangers.com/ In Math, we reviewed our understanding of area and perimeter. We also learned how to calculate the area of irregular shapes, as often times, we are presented with shapes that may not be standard, rather shapes that are odd and irregular. Students also learned how to calculate the area of a triangle. Ask your child to share the formula we learned to do this! We will continue to build upon these skills by focusing on measuring volume and capacity in the next coming weeks. Our Math Fair is quickly approaching! Students and all family members are welcome to attend our Math Fair on Thursday April 19, from 6:00-7:00pm. Stay tuned for an invitation with more information! Important updates and reminders: 1) Field study to Ralph Klein Park on Monday April 16. Remember to pack your lunch/snacks and dress appropriately (be prepared for any kind of weather!) 2) Math Fair on Thursday April 19 from 6-7pm 3) Fun Lunch on Thursday April 19. Students who ordered a lunch will still need to pack a snack for this day 4) PD on Friday April 20 - No school 5) Field study to National Geographic Live on Monday April 23 (AM only). Field study forms will be coming home early next week. Have a lovely weekend everyone! |