Please enjoy this look into our week in grade 5! We were busy as we wrapped up term 1. We look forward to seeing families at student led conferences next week. Please watch for an email from the office to sign up for these conferences. These conferences are a time for students to share and celebrate their learning. If you feel you need to have a private conversation regarding progress and concerns, please reach out through email to book a time to meet with the teachers outside of the conferences.
Math/Science: Mr Sonico is back in the classroom and has started reviewing mental math strategies with students using number properties, like making tens and decomposing numbers. He has asked that students show their parents these strategies to show how to mentally calculate numbers (samples ranged in difficulty from simple to more challenging questions). We then played a game called Pig where students used the mental math addition strategies along with determining the likelihood of rolling a 1 or double ones using words like likely, unlikely, etc. Looking ahead: we will start our studies of multiplication next week. Mr. Sonico has given each child a copy of the multiplication table and asks that you work with your child at home in mastering this. At school, we will be looking at ways to represent multiplication and ways to calculate it and use it in problem-solving contexts. In science, we concluded our studies of wetlands by discussing students’ solutions to the beaver and cottonwood tree environmental dilemma. Students then began generating “I wonder…” questions related to weather as it is our next topic of study. Although any questions were welcomed, Mr. S encouraged higher level questions that start with the words “why” and “how.” Looking ahead, Mr. Sonico will start speaking in the first-person perspective. Humanities: The students are deep in an exploration of the Atlantic Region right now. They are learning about history and how the geography and resources have shaped the way of life in this region of Canada. Students are also well into their novels, many have started section 5. Students should be done the section 4 reading and activities today. Next week we will start the final activity for the novel study, as students will be starting to finish up the reading. Last week, we had a field trip to the Glenbow museum. There we engaged in activities around several different types of artwork, their significance, and learned skills on how to take time to thoroughly analyze art. We also looked at different artifacts in the galleries and this supports our collections inquiry. Google Calendar Subscription - apart from using Google Slides with your child’s agenda, Mr. Sonico has created a public calendar for you to subscribe to so you can add it to your mobile devices. He’s hoping that one of these links will work with your platform:
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