Hello Families.
What a crazy week of snow and school closures last week. While it was wonderful to play in the snow, we are ready to get back to work. Here are the events for this week and reminders for the month of February
Math: With Mrs. Brown, we continue to work on subtraction of large numbers. Students will wrote their first quiz and will be making corrections this week. We will continue to work on the concept of borrowing when subtractiong multi-digit numbers. . We will also be reviewing financial literacy and each student will have a one on one interview to demonstrate what they know about the value of currency. Students will also have an opportunity to demonstrate or learn how to make change and count it back. This financial literacy will be an ongoing process until each student has had an opportunity to show what they know. Finally, we will continue our "Math Wall" once a week for the rest of the year. Math Wall gives students the opportunity to solve math word problems and riddles together using math language as they discuss possible solutions to math problems. The purpose is to get students comfortable using math language as they try to solve problems together. Ask your child about this. With Ms. Rickson, we will respond to another visual prompt obtained from "mathbeforebed.com" to promote our spatial thinking. This time, we will compare our answers to our peers and have a discussion about why some may come up with other responses.
Reading/Writing: This week we continue our novel study on "Number the Stars". We will read chapters 10 and 11 and will be completing some reading response activities for each chapter. Students are working on "Bravery Bubbles" and looking at characters from the novel and how they have demonstrated bravery. WE are also making connections by looking at times in our lives when we have been brave. Ask your child about this book and have a discussion about it. Let them give you details by asking questions about what they are reading.
Science: We are continuing our study on simple machines by creating sketch notes to explain each simple machine's function. We will then begin to learn the "Design Thinking" process so that we can start to build our arcade game. Our inspiration for our Intermediate Science Arcade comes from Caine's Arcade (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U).
Applied Skills, Design and Technology -We are continuing with our Google Slideshow "My Favourites." Students are working on adding backgrounds, animations, and colour schemes. On Friday we have the Spheros booked for us to continue developing our coding skills.
Physical Education: This week we revisit our basketball skills with a focus on dribbling and passing.
Art : This week will be drawing "Stacked Birds" and using watercolour to paint their creations.
S.T.E.M.: Chinese New Year is upon us and it is the "Year of the Pig". This week we will finish our STEM project . Students have been working in groups to build the pig pen they planned including all the required criteria.
Reminders
Monday, February 18: Family Day (No school)
Wednesday, February 20: Fun Lunch
Thursday, February 21st - Harry Potter Reading and Q & A with Ralph Ineson
Friday, February 22: Buddy Breakfast/Pyjama Day
Monday, February 25: Symphony Field Trip and Popcorn Day
Tuesday, February 26: Find Your Fit
Wednesday, February 27: Canoe Carving with Curtis Henry
February 27 & 28: Grade 4/5 Science Museum