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Dec. 9 - Hour of Code Lunch is NOT provided Dec.19- Potluck Lunch and Gift Exchange (see below) Dec. 20 - No School Dec. 21- Jan. 5 - Winter Break Dear Parents, Canada Learning Code week takes place next week Dec. 9th to 13th. The grade 5 students will be joining 120 000+ students across the country when they participate in an hour of code. Teaching coding is more than teaching our students how to write lines of code to build awesome algorithms. It allows us to teach skills like critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork. We are excited to participate in an hour of code activity on Monday, Dec. 9th. We are participating in an as an Apple Distinguished School, and Apple will supply the students with a pizza lunch. However, we WILL NOT be having the pizza on Monday, as was previously communicated. The students will need to provide their own lunch on Monday. Please enjoy the video attached to see some of the many reasons learning to code will benefit your child. https://youtu.be/yyTbo0wre4M Math & Science We completed our weather instrument construction. Students showed tremendous creativity in problem-solving and perseverance in this activity. Students then created videos, answering questions from how it works to measure a particular part of weather to how the experience was like collaborating with someone. In math, students learned how multiplying by base ten numbers (10, 100, 1000) and multiples of these numbers (20, 30, 200, etc) by using special number properties and how they can be easily used to estimate products. You can check out the lesson here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1m0YuYV5p3ACZKQYbN9x-l63VyFDQQxnp3WE3_5Q2qcM/edit?usp=sharing On Wednesday next week (Dec. 11th), we will have a multiplication check-in/quiz. I’ve encouraged students to study on a nightly basis - about 10 minutes - and review one of the many ways to multiply. Please use the email I sent yesterday to support your child at home in preparing for this. Looking ahead: graphing our weather observations, predicting cool and warm areas in a room, problem-solving activities and mental math interviews. Humanities: This week we finished up with the novel study one pagers. Students worked hard to demonstrate their understanding of the novel through graphics and print. In social studies we discussed the Great Migration and began learning about the fur trade. Coming up we will learn about the Underground Railroad and start our Mock Caldecott unit. December Activities- There are some fun activities planned for this month before break. The Peace Festival will take place, more details will be provided as we know them. We are participating in an Hour of Code activity with all the grade 5s. As Connect Charter is an Apple Distinguished School we will be taking place in a coding challenge. The last day of school we will have a potluck and a Secret Santa gift exchange. Please sign up for a potluck item here. Please see the attachment for additional information about the gift exchange.
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