Thursday, May 9th: Morning trip to the North Glenmore Park Constructed Wetland. We will leave at 10:20am and return early afternoon - we still need a few volunteers for this trip. (*Note time change for this trip to accommodate PE/PVA classes that morning)
Tuesday, May 14th - Fort Calgary Trip - Seeking Volunteers Wednesday, May 15th- PVA trip AM only Field Trip and Camp Permission- please log into the family zone and sign the Fort Steele permission form and the Fort Calgary permission form. Fort Steele Reminders 5.3 leaves Thursday, May 2nd (no school Monday, May 6th) 5.4 leaves Sunday, May 5th Buses depart at 7:30 AM. Students should arrive around 7:00 AM, but not earlier. Please consult the packing list in the attached booklet. Students are asked to bring 2 dozen nut free snacks to share with the group. These can be put in the large snack bins before loading the buses. If your child has medications please label them and place them in a ziplock with the medical administration form filled out (also in the attached booklet). These can be sent to school the day before, or given to the teacher before departure. If you follow @connectcharter, and @GailStevenson on twitter you will be able to view our camp activities while we are away. We regularly post photos and video of our time at camp. Clicking on the above links will take you right to the twitter pages and you can view the feeds, even if you are not signed up with twitter. Humanities: This week students completed their poetry projects. These are available for viewing on Seesaw. If your child doesn't have one to view it is because it wasn’t submitted. Students are finishing up their region roadblock and will be working on detours and pit stops next week. A new novel was introduced, students will be reading, “The Girl Who Drank the Moon.” This is a fantasy novel with in a dystopian world. It is an independent read, and not a read aloud, like the previous books. An audiobook is available for students who wish to listen and read along. Students who wish to do this are encouraged to keep a set of headphones at school. Booksnaps were introduced on Friday and will be used throughout the novel study. Booksnaps use technology to help students make connections with the book and show their understanding of what they are reading. Your child may ask you for permission to install an app called, “Bitmoji.” This is an app that allows them to create a cartoon avatar of themselves, which they can use with google slides in their booksnaps. It is commonly used by those with snapchat, but we aren’t using the snapchat app. Bitmoji has no messaging or chat capabilities on its own. This app has a 12+ rating and is an app that requires a parent conversation and permission. Please refer to the link to help with your decision. It is not a requirement, as we have a lot of other emoji options to help us express ourselves. https://www.saferkid.com/app-reviews-for-parents/bitmoji-keyboard-your-avatar-emoji . Please let me know if you do not wish for your child to use this app, as most students will want to install it Monday. Math: In math this week we had an introductory look at fractions and how they fit on a number line in between whole numbers. Students also looked at how fractions represent parts of a whole by undertaking an exercise called Area Tiles. Science: This week we studied series and parallel circuits. Students completed a number of circuit challenges in small groups and began to look at the benefits of using one type of circuit over the other. These skills will come in useful during the Interior Plains Detour where they will build an electrical device that would have been useful for the settlers of that region. The detours for the other regions (with the exception of the Great Lakes Region) are all project based and cover science outcomes from our Electricity and Weather topics.
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Friday April 26th - CANCELLED Afternoon trip to the North Glenmore Park Constructed Wetland. We will leave at 12:40pm and return for 3:15pm. Forecast looks bleak, we will reschedule May 2-5: 5.3 Fort Steele arrive at school @7AM depart 7:30AM May 6: No school for 5.3 in lieu of Fort Steele over the weekend. May 5-8: 5.4 Fort Steele arrive at school @7AM depart 7:30AM Thursday, May 9th: Morning trip to the North Glenmore Park Constructed Wetland. We will leave at 9:00am and return at 11:50am - need a few volunteers Tuesday, May 14th -Fort Calgary Trip- Seeking Volunteers Wednesday, May 15th- PVA trip AM only Field Trip and Camp Permission- please log into the family zone and sign the Fort Steele permission form and the Fort Calgary permission form. Humanities: Students selected their next Amazing Race Region and began learning about the land, people and history of that place. We also began our poetry projects. Students will include a minimum of 7 poems in a book they will publish digitally. This week students will complete the region roadblock, finish their poetry, and start our next class novel study. Students who wish to read this book using the audiobook should plan on keeping a set of headphones at school. Math: Last week we worked on rotational geometry by creating tessellations which demonstrated transformations (translations, rotations and reflections). Check SeeSaw for a finished view of this artwork. This week we will begin to look at fractions by comparing and ordering them. Science: We continue to build our knowledge of simple circuits by constructing parallel and series circuits. These will be important knowledge and skills to have as one of the Amazing Race detours will be to invent and build an electrical device that makes life easier for a settler on the Interior Plains. A Message from Me to We The Me to We elective is hosting a donation drive for Inn From the Cold. We are asking for donations of new child care supplies, such as baby bottles, baby wipes, baby lotion, baby oil, baby body wash, baby shampoo, baby Vaseline, sip cups, baby burping cloths, baby towels, baby wash clothes, crib bedding sets, Diaper Genie refills and diapers. Our donation drive will run from April 15 - May 3. We will also be hosting a bake sale at noon on Wednesday, April 24, with all proceeds going to Inn From the Cold. Thanks for your support. Monday, April 16th: All Arctic Amazing Race work should be submitted to the logbook. Anything not finished in class today will be homework over the weekend.
Wednesday, April 17th: Afternoon trip to the North Glenmore Park Constructed Wetland. Friday, April 19th: No School - Good Friday Friday April 26th - Afternoon trip to the North Glenmore Park Constructed Wetland. May 2-5: 5.3 Fort Steele Monday, May 6: No school for 5.3 in lieu of Fort Steele over the weekend. May 5-8: 5.4 Fort Steele Thursday, May 9th: Morning trip to the North Glenmore Park Constructed Wetland. Humanities: Before the break we wrapped up the work on the Arctic region roadblock and detours. This week, students worked on the Pitstop for this region in humanities class. We will also started a short unit on poetry and continue learning about figurative language and how authors use it to enhance their writing. We also enjoyed a field trip to the Glenbow Museum that reinforced our classroom learning about regions and their impact on everyday life. Math: In math this week we learned about geometrical transformations such as translations, reflections and rotations. We also took a bit of a side tangent and reviewed how to tell time on an analog clock. This will help us out when we get to our work on fractions. If you have an analog clock at home, feel free to quiz your child! We will continue with geometry next week exploring tessellations and then will be moving on to fractions the following week. Science: In science this week we continued to look electricity and electrical circuits. We learned how electrons flow in a circuit as well as how to draw circuit diagrams using the correct symbols. Next week we will explore series and parallel circuits. As always, let us know if you have any questions or concerns! Have a great weekend, |
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