HUMANITIES
We have finished watching the Canada video series and are now researching a topic for our TED talks that will be presented next Wednesday. We are also continuing on with reading comprehension and refining our grammar and editing. At some point in the next week we will also be doing another creative writing exercise and editing that. As always, if you have any questions about what is going on in the classroom or what your child is bringing home to work on, please do not hesitate to contact me. SCIENCE We discussed why it was important to be able to not only measure weather phenomenon, but also why it's essential that we are able to predict the weather. We also went over graphing conventions such as titles for graphs, x- and y-axes, and having equal intervals. Students then use LEGO bricks to graph their data from their daily weather recordings. Students chose any of the weather phenomenon such as temperature, wind gust, or air pressure to graph. They then use mark-up app called Skitch to label necessary parts. Lastly, we talked about our recent activity they consider "science-y" or typified science and the beauty of science. Looking ahead: clouds and their role in predicting weather MATH We were able to record mental math interviews this week, with a few students left for next week. To see how your child did, please check their Seesaw files. Also, students worked on providing examples and non-examples for a couple of multiplication conjectures. Looking ahead: PEACE FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES Peace festival activities are in full swing next week. We have a busy week ahead. - Keynote speaker on Monday for all students about empathy and caring for others - Skating TUE Dec. 18 - helmets mandatory (must be CSA approved); skates optional: sliding or skating - Fun carnival games in the gym on WED - non-perishable food items welcomed to play some games! - Peace Festival Market visit WED Dec. 19 (5.1); and TUE Dec. 18 (5.2). Please note that the Market includes student-created crafts for which the proceeds will go to Inn From the Cold (cash only), as well as goods from Nepal for which the proceeds go to Medical Mercy Canada’s Nepal project (including building a school that Connect has helped fund over the years; cash or credit card accepted) - Gift exchange (optional) THU Dec. 20; Winter break class party potluck (optional)
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MATH We started our mental math interviews for students to show their application of basic facts and number properties like multiplying by 10 and place value knowledge. If your child was interviewed, they should have a video uploaded on Seesaw. However, we weren't able to interview everybody this week, which means we will continue with this next week. We also discussed what conjectures are in math and we looked at a couple of multiplication conjectures. Students either agreed or disagreed with them, which they should have provided examples and non-examples for depending on their stance. We also wrote a quiz on multiplication on Tuesday. The actual quiz was returned to student and should be in their Seesaw. If students still need a bit more practice on it, I suggest going to some online resources like https://www.commoncoresheets.com/SortedByGrade.php?Sorted=4nbt5 OR tinyurl.com/khanrec (under the tab multiplication) Looking ahead: Continue with multiplication interviews, division, NEED to be very familiar on how to subtract SCIENCE Students presented their weather instruments construction. Finished projects are on Seesaw for your viewing. Students explained how they work, what units were used to measure their individual weather phenomenon. We also represented their daily weather observations in graph form. This week, we celebrated computer science week. We let the kids do Hour of Code on Wednesday on code.org, and students participated on a micro:bit workshop on Thursday. Cool stuff!!! Lastly, students are uploading their video and/or audio recordings of what parents, family, and friends define to be beautiful. Looking ahead: Clouds and cloud patterns to predict weather. HUMANITIES We have finished reading Fish in a Tree and have reviewed the lessons and moral from the story. Canada the story of us videos have given us an overview of the history and diversity of Canada. We are almost finished this series and will soon start our research into one event or Canadian that we want to learn more about. These will be presented in the form of a 2 minute TED talk. CENTRAL LIBRARY FIELD TRIP ON MONDAY Students will be going to the new Central Library on Monday to watch the Grade 6 students with their TED Talks on Space Science. Along with this activity, they will also be observing for what they consider beautiful in the new library. Thank you to our volunteers who will be joining us on Monday! Digital copies of the form and parent letter are attached to this email if you need an extra copy to print out.
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