October 26th- Weekly Blog

Hi Parents,

In math this week we wrapped up subtraction and addition with regrouping. We started looking at multiplication, this will be a concept we cover for a number of weeks as we move through the different ways to represent and explain the multiplication process. We have looked at array multiplication using base ten blocks and will move into partial product next week.

In science students have been working on our Environmental Call to Action research project. The research page for this is due on Monday October 29 and the formal letter will be due on Monday November 5. All of the resources for this task (task outline, rubric and letter template) are in the folder "science shared with students" on google docs. The research page will not be assessed but it is an important part of the planning process for the letter which will be graded.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need me to email a copy of these science resources.

Have a wonderful long weekend!

Humanities

The Canadian map quiz marks are posted on PowerSchool. If you are unable to find them please ask your child what they received. If your child is missing a mark, it is either because they forgot to put their name on their quiz or they are writing it on another day. 

Students who want to re-write their quiz have the opportunity to do so on Tuesday, October 30th during the lunch hour. If that day does not work, please e-mail me and we can set up another date and time. 

No Red Journal this weekend. 

5-4 students have their Natural Resource pamphlet due on Monday. 

5-3 students pamphlet is due on Tuesday.  

October 19th- Weekly Blog

Happy Friday!

Reminders: 
Grades have started going up on PowerSchool- please email with questions or concerns. 

Humanities: 
Red Journals  

Share 2-3 things you learned at Fort Calgary. What do you wonder about now? What was your favourite part of the day? Why?  Canada Map Quiz Tuesday, October 23. 

You need to know: 

-provinces

-capitals

-oceans

-Hudson Bay 

Spelling does count.

Math/Science: 
This week in Math we worked on regrouping strategies for addition and subtraction, the strategies we used have been added to the PowerPoint in google drive.  Next week we will be looking at how halving and tripling numbers will help us solve an Icarus pattern word problem! 

In Science we started our, Environmental Call To Action research project, where students will take on the role of an environmental activist. Students will choose a specific environmental concern they have seen in Tuscany, identify why this is a concern, and then propose a realistic solution in a persuasive letter to the residences association. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Humanities Quiz

Hope everyone had a great time on the field trip today and learned lots! Just wanted to send a reminder about the quiz tomorrow. It is a quick little quiz. You need to know the following: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

Have a great Monday evening.

October 12th- Weekly Post

Happy Friday!

Field Trip 

Reminder we are going to Fort Calgary on Monday. Please ensure that students are on time Monday morning. The bus will be leaving around 8:45am. 

Please remember to bring the following items: 

-Lunch 

-Water bottle

-Snack

-Proper footwear 

At this moment the weather looks beautiful for Monday however living in Calgary we know that can change quickly. Please make sure to take a look at the forecast in the morning and to pack any weather appropriate items that may be needed. 

Thank you to our volunteers for Monday. If you are volunteering please arrive around 8:35am to sign any papers and receive any updated information.  If parents would like to drive that would be helpful as the bus can get a little tight, parking onsite at Fort Calgary will be $6 for 7 hours. If you were unable to volunteer for this particular trip, do not worry we have one coming up in November.

Humanities 

Red Journal- The question this week is “ In your opinion which are the two most important Canadian symbols? Why?”  We discussed how they should be including enough details to try and persuade the reader to agree with their opinion. 

Science/Math 

This week in math we continued our work on our Nerds problem- Could you eat 1 million nerds? This was very fun and we found that 1 million nerds would be a total of 1,112 packages of nerds, weighing in at 52Kg of nerds!!! 

This week in science we looked at the different living and non-living things within a wetland ecosystem. We talked about producers, consumers and decomposers within these ecosystems and started placing them within an Energy Pyramid. Next week we will continue this exploration!

Have a great weekend! 

October 5th- Weekly Blog

Happy Friday!

RemindersField Trip forms are due on October 9^th 2018.  We are still looking for a few volunteers for this field trip. If you have a volunteer clearance and are able to attend please let your child’s homeroom teacher know as soon as possible. 

Humanities In class this week we started to discuss Canadian identity and how we would define it. From the list the students generate they wrote an Ode to that item. Ask your child, what they decided to write about.  If students were not done their rough copy they brought it home to complete over the weekend. The good copy will be completed in class. 

Red Journals The students were asked: “What is your opinion of Holes? Provide 3 reasons to defend your opinion.” The purpose of the red journal is for you to see what we have been doing in class and to see the connections your child is making to the work. It is a great way to start a conversation about their knowledge and understanding in Humanities.  I appreciate the signatures so that I can see that you are seeing the work they are producing. 

Health 5-4 We have been talking about healthy eating and having a balance diet. The students in 5-4 were asked to keep a record of the food they ate on one of the days this weekend.  They were also asked to include any physical activity they may have done on that day. Please bring it to class on Tuesday. 

Math/Science: In math this week we looked at a Terry Fox word problem- this was a little more challenging but we used the 4 step problem solving model to help us and went through it as a whole class after working on it independently. During the later part of the week we starting talking about what 1 million looks like. The students were challenged to consider if they could eat a million of something, and if yes, what it would be. Students came up with some very inventive ideas- grains of rice, grains of sugar, etc. We decided to investigate eating 1 million nerd candies and proceeded to count out the amount of nerds in a single 47g container. Students showed lots of different strategies for counting- grouping, skip counting, etc. Next week we will take our data, number of actual nerd candies in each package, find the average and determine how many nerd packages would be needed to get 1 million. It was a very fun week and students did very well at controlling their desire to eat all the nerds!
In science we continued our exploration of the different types of wetlands found in Alberta. We looked to define, describe and draw pictures of each type to better understand how they differ from one another. Next week we will look more closely at the life cycle of plants and animals.

Have a great long weekend and see you Tuesday, October 9^th 2018.