Important Dates
Feb. 5 - PE Swimming Field Trip Feb. 7 - Skating - bring helmet and skates (periods 5 & 6) Feb. 10 - Pizza Party for Grade 5 Feb. 12-14 - No School Staff Retreat Feb. 17 - No School Family Day Swimming notes: Students will be swimming on Feb. 5th (Wednesday). They should bring a lunch with extra snacks, a swimsuit, a towel, and a plastic bag for wet clothes. Students may bring quarters for the lockers, but no other money. Students will not be permitted to purchase items from the cafeteria. A second towel or a robe to wear at lunch is suggested as they will be swimming after lunch, and will eat while wearing their swimsuit from the morning swim. Pizza Party: The grade 5 classes were rewarded with a pizza party for participating in Hour of Code in December. This will take place on Feb.10th. Math & Science: This week in math we continued on our division unit. Students reviewed the 2 division strategies from last week, and began working with long division. For long division, students learned DMSB (divide, multiply, subtract, bring down) to help remember the steps of long division. Students are aware that there will be a check-in on Friday the 7th so feel free to test them on division problems! In science we continued with our electricity unit, focusing on electrical safety and potential hazards in everyday life. Looking ahead: long division tips and tricks, division check-in Friday, electricity in our lives, circuits Humanities: We started the week with a breakfast viewing party. Students enjoyed waffles, hot chocolate, and fruit as we watched the Youth Media Awards. Students found out that, “The Undefeated” won the Caldecott medal. It wasn’t their top pick, but it is a beautifully illustrated book and the award is well deserved. Students should have completed a proposal that requests a Mock Caldecott book be purchased for the school. The proposal includes a book trailer and a piece of opinion writing. These artefacts of learning should be viewable on Seesaw this weekend. If you don’t see them in the student learning journal, this likely means they weren’t complete. Students also worked on their writing and started an inquiry into indigenous stories. Looking Ahead: We will research indigenous groups in Canada and begin creating an artefact of learning to represent our understanding. We are also starting a new read aloud with each class.
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