September 28th- Weekly Blog

Hi Parents,

We hope everyone is having a great week; here are some weekly TMC reminders;
- Return fundraising books/packages by Monday October 1st
- Field Trip to Fort Calgary (October 15th)- still looking for volunteers


Math/Science: 

During math this week we focused on data collection and graphing. On Tuesday we went outside every hour and measured the shadow lengths and sun height in the sky. Throughout the remainder of the week we compiled the collected data and calculated the mean, median and mode. This was a little challenging as it was our first time calculating data and these concepts are bridging on grade 6 math, but the students all tried hard to understand and participate. Students had the choice to work through these calculations in a small student lead group or in the larger teacher lead group. Yesterday we made our graphs for both measurements and talked about the relationship between the collected data. Overall, it was a very successful project, great job grade 5's! Next week we will do some math puzzles that start looking at problem solving and math computation skill development.

I have sent home students math work books for you to view. Please initial/sign the last page with math work on it, this should be about 8-10 pages into the book.

In science this week we started exploring wetlands in Alberta. We discussed the growing concern around draining wetlands on farmland and the repercussions this action has on flooding, water management and the preservation of animal habitats/ecosystems. Next week we will be taking a closer look at living and non-living things within a wetland ecosystem.

I have updated the google drive slides for math and science as well as added more place value games to the online math game word document. Place value will be a very important concept for students to understand as we travel into computation and problem-solving.