Mean, Median, Mode and Range

 

Monday Memo - Week of Dec 14-18

*Since this is the last week of school before the holidays, we will be doing a lot of catching up and consolidating previous tasks.

Language:  This week, we are finishing up and presenting our Christmas writing tasks. We will complete some journal entries. The focus of our Language blocks will be Advent. 

Students will get their "Dear Santa" letters back after Christmas holidays.

Religion: We are finishing off our Advent prayers and completing an Advent work booklet this week. There are daily readings and reflections. We continue to watch our morning advent videos as well.

Math:  Students will get their geometry summative tasks back by Friday. We are continuing Data Management this week and learning about mean, median, mode and range.

Science: We are continuing the 2nd science units: Grade 5 - Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms, Grade 6 - Air and Flight.

Art: Christmas crafts (last week was a Christmas tree suncatcher, this week is a Christmas card)

Drama: acting out conversations with peers

Advent Calendar: Arts Edition

Please click on the link to access our Advent Calendar

Advent Calendar: Arts Edition

Science Videos

 Grade 5 - Internal and External Forces

Grade 6 - Properties of Air

Introduction to the Coordinate Plane

 

Monday Memo - Week of Dec 7-11

Congratulations to the grade 5/6 class for winning the door decorating contest last week! 🎄     We find out what our prize will be this week. 😀

Language:  This week, we are working on a Christmas writing task. It is a persuasive letter to Santa from the perspective of a villain. This task will be located in the students' Language folders online. The pre-writing organizers were due today.

Early finishers will work on a Bridge to Terabithia extra credit task.

Religion: We are learning about Advent this month. Students are writing a new prayer based one of the 4 advent themes. We watch daily advent videos and the students write reflections afterwards.

Math:  Students have an open book culminating task on monday instead of a unit test. We are starting Data Management on Tuesday.

Science: The science assessments were handed back on Friday. We have now begun the new units: Grade 5 - Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms, Grade 6 - Air and Flight.

Art: Christmas crafts

Villain List for Xmas Writing Task

 

3D shapes

 

Monday Memo - Week of Nov 30-Dec 4

Language:  This week, we will finish the novel, Bridge to Terabithia. Chapter 12-13 tasks are in the Hapara Workspace. We will have a final task either this week or next.

On Tuesday, we will begin a Christmas writing task. It will be a persuasive letter to Santa from the perspective of a villain. This task will be located in the students' Language folders online.

Religion: We are learning about Advent this month. Students are writing a new prayer based one of the 4 advent themes.

Math: We will finish up the Geometry unit this week and are starting three dimensional shapes. Students are currently working on naming the number of sides, edges and vertices on 3D objects.

Students will have an open book culminating task next week instead of a unit test.

A useful site for students to look at solids and nets is https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Geometric-Solids/ 

A useful site to distinguish between polyhedra, prisms and pyrmids is https://www.learner.org/wp-content/interactive/geometry/3d.html

Science: The Science assessment is on Monday. We will then begin new units in science later on in the week. Grade 5 - Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms, Grade 6 - Air and Flight

Art: We are continuing to work on our optical illusion 3D art task in class.

Science Quiz Friday: What to know...

 Grade 5 - Human Body

- major organs and their main functions

- what foods and activities are GOOD and BAD for your body? (healthy vs unhealthy)

Grade 6 - Biodiversity

- difference between vertebrates and invertebrates

- examples of different species and what class they fit under

- threats to plants and animals and ways to preserve our planet

Grade 6 Science Videos

 BIODIVERSITY

MAMMALS

PLANTS

INVERTEBRATES

Grade 5 Science Videos

 

DIGESTION

RESPIRATION

BLOOD & CIRCULATION

HEART

THE BRAIN

Math Videos

 Grade 5 - Triangles

Grade 6 -Quadrilaterals

Monday Memo - Week of Nov 23-27th

Language:  This week, we will continue the novel, Bridge to Terabithia. We are currently reading chapter 10 and working on Chapter 10-11 tasks in the Hapara Workspace. Next week we will finish up the book and have a final task.

Religion: We are finishing up Fully Alive Theme 2: Family relationships.

Math: We are continuing the Geometry unit and are learning about two dimensional polygons. Students are currently working on constructing and classifying shapes by side measurements and angles.

A fun site for students is https://mathigon.org/tangram 

Science: Grade 5s are finishing up the Human Organ System and Grade 6s are finishing up Biodiversity. There will be a quiz on Friday of this week.

Math games to play at home!

 Grade 5 - 

Regular or Irregular Polygons

Grade 6 - 

Copycat Polygons

Monday Memo - Week of Nov 16-20

* I apologize for being a day late with the memo!

Language:  This week, we will continue the novel, Bridge to Terabithia. We are currently reading chapter 7 and working on Chapter 7-9 tasks in the Hapara Workspace. The grades so far have been pretty low overall, so please encourage your son/daughter to be putting forth their best efforts with the reading comprehension tasks.

Religion: We are working in Fully Alive Theme 2: Family relationships this month.

Math: We are continuing the Geometry unit and are learning about two dimensional polygons. Students wrote a quiz on Angles last week, which they have gotten back.

Science: Grade 5s are continuing the Human Organ System and Grade 6s are continuing Biodiversity. 

Monday Memo - Week of Nov 9-12th

Language:  Last week, students submitted the final copies of their Scary Story - Narrative Writing. Some read their stories to the class!

This week, we will continue the novel, Bridge to Terabithia. We are currently reading chapter 5 and working on Chapter 4-6 tasks in the Hapara Workspace.

Religion: We are working in Fully Alive Theme 2: Family relationships this month.

Math: We have begun Geometry and are learning about lines and angles. Students will need to practice measuring and constructing angles up to 180 degrees.

Science: Grade 5s are continuing the Human Organ System and Grade 6s are continuing Biodiversity. Projects for both grades are due on Wednesday. 

**Mme. MacDonald and I will be conducting Virtual Parent-Teacher Interviews on Thursday and Friday. More info has been sent to the parent emails.

**There will be a PD Day on Friday, November 13th.

Parent-Teacher Interviews

I just wanted to let you all know that I have sent a link to all of the parent emails through school messenger. There is a drop-down sign up system at the bottom of the form for those interested in taking part in our virtual interviews next week.

Hope to see you all on Thursday or Friday!

Bridge to Terabithia Novel Study

We have begun Bridge to Terabithia. There will be times when students will need to access the story from home to work on questions, etc. They can do this by going to the following link: Bridge to Terabithia full text pdf

They also have a copy of the pdf text and links to read alouds in their Hapara Workspace.

Math Videos - Angles

 

    

Science Videos

 Grade 5: Muscular and Skeletal Systems

        

Grade 6: Biodiversity and Ecosystems

      

Oh Canada with American Sign Language

For those learning from home, every morning, we listen to Oh Canada ASL version and do the sign language together!

Monday Memo - Week of Nov 2-6

Language:  Last week, students finished up their rough drafts of their Scary Story - Narrative Writing. Most students are on the publishing phase of the writing process. 

This week, we will begin a novel study: Bridge to Terabithia.

Religion: Samaritans on the Digital Road (continue final task)

Math: We are finishing up the Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers this week with a test on Monday. Our next unit is Geometry.

Science: Grade 5s are continuing the Human Organ System and are now working on a project on a disease or illness. Grade 6s are continuing Biodiversity and working on their research project on the animal kingdom.

Addition and Subtraction videos

 

Monday Memo - Week of Oct 26-30th

Language: Last week, the students were given their marks for the autobiographies. They were provided with feedback that included their strengths and next steps. 

This week, students will continue their Scary Story - Narrative Writing. Most students are on the drafting phase of the writing process. We will continue to work on the rough drafts this week and get into peer and self editing as well. All work is in their Language folders in Google Drive.

Religion: Samaritans on the Digital Road (final task)

Grammar: We will work on adjectives this week and continue to talk about other words to replace the work SAID. Students have a helpful sheet, "Said is dead," to make their writing more interesting.

Math: Last week, we had a Place Value quiz and students have received their marks. Please sign and return the quizzes if you have not already done so. We are now working on Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers. This week we will continue practising how to carry over with addition and how to borrow with subtraction. We will also be solving word problems and rounding of whole numbers as well. 

Science: Grade 5s are continuing the Human Organ System. They are currently studying circulation. Grade 6s are continuing Biodiversity and working on their research project on the animal kingdom.

**This week is spirit week. Every day will be a different theme. On Friday, we will be watching a Halloween themed movie. Feel free to send your child with an extra treat on Friday. However, at this time, there will be no sharing among classmates.**

Grade 6 - Animal Kingdom

Grade 6s will have to choose a class from the animal kingdom to research for their project. This video will go over all of the classes. Later in the project, they will have to identify a few species from that class. Refer to your science folder in Google Drive for the outline of the project.

Grade 5 - Circulation videos

 

Halloween Spirit Week : Oct 26-30th

Mismatched Monday

Life is too short to wear boring clothes

Twisted Tuesday

How crazy can you wear your hair

Wacky Wednesdays

Back to the 60s with tie dye clothing

Tricky Thursday

Share a trick or joke with your class

Freaky Friday

Wear black and orange today

Grade 5 - more digestion videos

 

Monday Memo: Week of Oct 19-23

Language: This week, the Hansel and Gretel Storyboards are due on Wednesday. No more class time will be given to work on them. They should be finished at home.

Students are starting their Scary Story - Narrative Writing. We are listening to creepy stories in class to get ideas about how to create suspense and keep the reader engaged. This week, we are brainstorming ideas and beginning a rough draft. Students have a copy of the Google Slides brainstorming to follow in their Language folders online.

Autobiographies will be marked and handed back this week.

Grammar: We are reviewing quotations, because we will be inputting dialogue into our narratives.

Math: We are having a Place Value quiz on Monday. Then, we will be moving onto Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers this week. Grade 5s will look addition and subtraction of whole numbers that add up to no more than 100 000, whereas Grade 6s will look at numbers up to 1 000 000.

Science: Grade 5s are continuing the Human Organ System. They are currently studying digestion. Grade 6s are continuing Biodiversity and starting a research project on a species.

Grade 5 Science - Digestion

VIDEO: Magic School Bus - For Lunch (Digestion)

New Sign In-Sign Out Protocol at School

 Dear Parents and Guardians,

In an attempt to make our school more contactless and safe for everyone, we’ve decided to implement a new protocol for parents/guardians to sign in and out students. We will be using a QR code which will be posted at the front door. 

Three easy steps:

1. Open the camera app on your phone and scan the QR code

2. Fill out the Google form

3. Submit

Thank you for your continued participation in making this school safe for everyone.

Caroline O’Connor

Principal

Basic Comma Rules

 

Tuesday Memo - Week of Oct 13-16

Language - Hansel and Gretel storyboards. After reading and completing some activities for the fairy tale unit, we are now working on the culminating task. Students are working on the site, https://www.storyboardthat.com/, to complete their retells of the story in comic form. (follow the link through your Gmail.)

Math - Patterning quizzes have been handed back and should be signed by parents. We have now begun our new unit in math, Number Sense: place value. Grade 5s are working with whole numbers up to 100,000 and grade 6s are working with whole numbers up to 1,000,000. Aside from classroom work, students can go on Mathletics at home and complete the assigned work.

               

Science - The grade 5s are continuing to learn about the Human Body. The grade 6s are learning about Biodiversity. Grade 6s will be starting a project this week and grade 5s will begin a large drawing of the internal organs.

Science Videos

Grade 5 - Bill Nye Respiration

Grade 6 - Biodiversity Classification

Number Sense and Place Value Math Links

Grade 5/6 Math Links 

As you know, math is an acquired skill and it takes practice. Daily math is recommended for students to help reaffirm and consolidate their class learning. Please find a list of valuable resources to help with the current math unit. Practicing math for 15 minutes a night will greatly benefit your child. Parental assistance and involvement in their work will also help deepen and assist in their comprehension. 

Number Sense and Place Value

Ordering numbers

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/ordering-game.php

Scooter Quest

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/scooterQuest.htm

Mystery Numbers

http://www.starrmatica.com/standalone/starrMaticaplaveValueMysteryNumbers.swf

Number Forms Game

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=lessons/03/m3_03_00_x.swf

“Bazooka: Place Value Headings” a timed game to help learn place value

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity03

“Who Wants to be a Hundredaire?”

http://www.math-play.com/Place-Value-Millionaire/place-value-millionaire-game.html

Place Value Pirates (includes decimal points)

http://mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates

Expanded Form Matching

https://www.quia.com/mc/279741.html

Link that will quiz students and provide answers as well as explanations if the answer is wrong:

https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-5/place-values

 

Family Learning Activities for an Unconventional School Year

Family Learning Activities for an Unconventional School Year We’re just a few weeks into an unconventional school year, and the year ahead is looking to be a challenging one. With some kids learning at home and others learning in the classroom, it will be difficult to ensure students don’t fall behind. The HSBC Family Literacy First program offers dozens of free curriculum-based workbooks and activity sheets for children of all ages. These activities are a great resource for parents, teachers, librarians, and anyone working in early education and family literacy. Check out some of these free activities offered through the program.   Where Food Comes From Parts of the Body My Superhero Emblem Fruit Basket Dance Make an Origami Bunny I Know My Shapes Financial Literacy Month is in November The most recent activities from the HSBC Family Literacy First program have a family financial literacy focus. A recent study showed that parents are vital to helping improve children’s financial literacy skills. To access these activities, download modules 11 to 14 on FamilyLiteracyFirst.ca. Workbooks are written and designed in clear language for families with children aged six to 11 and are ideal for students to do in-class or at-home with parents and caregivers. The workbooks cover topics such as how to budget, how to save, and addressing needs and wants. Check out sample family financial literacy worksheets here: What Do We Do With Money? Roadblocks Decimals, Percent and Interest Skip Counting Family Literacy Day is Fast Approaching!   Family Literacy Day will once again take place on January 27th to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family.   We’ll soon announce the theme on our website, FamilyLiteracyDay.ca, along with lots of great free learning and promotional resources for anyone to download. Taking time every day to read or do a learning activity with children is crucial to a child’s development, improving a child’s literacy skills dramatically, and can help a parent improve their skills as well. Learn more at FamilyLiteracyDay.ca. This message comes to you from ABC Life Literacy Canada, a national charitable organization that develops free programming and resources for learners across Canada. We hope you found this information helpful! Please sign-up to receive ABC’s free monthly e-newsletter for future updates.

 

Monday Memo - Week of October 5-9th

Language - We are finishing up our Autobiographies this week. Final copies should be typed in google Drive and organized into clear, detailed paragraphs.

Math - We are finishing up the Patterning unit.We will have a quiz on Wednesday. The quiz will cover increasing and decreasing patterns, pattern rules as well and input/output tables. Students can study their worksheets and the assigned practice on Mathletics.

Science - The grade 5s are learning about the Human Body. The grade 6s are learning about Biodiversity.

Art - We are creating self-portrait silhouettes. The students will cut out their silhouettes and fill them in with all of their "Favourites."

September 30th - Orange Shirt Day

Please read the following Parent Letter to see what you child will be learning about on Wednesday, September 30th.

Covid-19 Mental Health Resources

Please click on the link below to access a number of different mental health resources.

Mental Health Resource Hub

Welcome to the Class Blog!

Hello and welcome!

I will be using this site to give important information and dates as well as display curriculum updates, videos, classroom photos and much more!

This week, we will focus on mental health through positive thinking activities. We will also go over all of the necessary new safety rules and regulations throughout the school. 

Students will be given some classroom supplies and forms for parents. Please go through the following list to make sure you have a copy:

- Student Agenda
- Welcome Letter (online - school messenger)
- Technology agreement
- Class Dojo parent logins

- School Calendar (can download from https://www.ocsb.ca/approved-2020-2021-school-year-calendar/)

Long Division Videos

SLIDES FOR JUNE 22-26

Hello everyone!

Here are the slides for this week! I can't believe it is the last week of school!! 

SLIDES JUNE 22-26

I hope to see you all online this morning to present your fantastic Dragon's Den ideas 

Have an amazing summer and it was a pleasure teaching all of you this year!

Best regards,

Mrs. DesRochers

Answers to practice questions

I am putting the Answer booklet for the Multiplication/Division practice questions in your math folders. You may correct any multiplication that was completed in the last few weeks. Then next week, you can correct the division questions.

Basic Division

Slides for June 15-19

SLIDES

Partners for project

Hello all,

I see that some of you have chosen to work with a partner for the Dragon's Den project. That is fantastic and I just wanted to let you know that you only have to complete one Google doc for the both of you. One partner can share the task with the other and put both names at the top.

I am seeing some really creative ideas already! Keep up the great work!!

Mrs. DesRochers

Slides for week of June 8-12

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all continuing to be safe and healthy.

It looks like a lot of you are having fun with the Dragon's Den project. I've seen some pretty awesome potential ideas so far! I'm sure there are a lot of questions at this point about your pitch presentations. Please be sure to join our class chat on Thursday morning to have all of those questions answered.

Here are your slides for this week. Slideshow for week of June 8-12

Enjoy your week!

Mrs. DesRochers

Sum it up sheets for this week

Grade 5:
Multiplying 2-digit numbers
Solving multiplication problems

Grade 6:
Solving multiplication and division problems 
(Only multiplication/product sections - product is the answer to a mult. question)

Lattice Multiplication - 21st Century Math!

Slides for Week of June 1-5

Good morning everyone!

I can't believe it is June already!!

Here are the slides for this week:

SLIDES JUNE 1-5

Have a great week!!

Mrs. DesRochers

Sum it up sheets for this week

Grade 5:
Multiplying tens

Grade 6:
Solving multiplication and divison problems using mental math (read only multiplication part)

Multiplication Chart

Feel free to print this out if you think it will help you throughout this unit.

Multiplication Videos

 

 

Last week of Poetry

Hello all,

I have cut the poetry unit short one week and a day so 20 days of poetry is now 14 days of poetry! 😃

I have placed your week 3 poems into your Language folders.

Have a great week!

2 Google Forms

Hello grade 6s,

There have been TWO Google forms sent to your emails. One last week, and one today.

One is for our digital yearbook and the other is for your t-shirts.

Please fill in these forms by this Friday at the latest or we will have to input the information on your behalf.

Thank you!!

Week of May 25-29

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all continuing to do well.

Here are the slides for this week. 
SLIDES FOR WEEK OF MAY 25-29

We are starting the Multiplication unit and for most questions, it will be easier for students to complete the practice work on paper. 

I am not yet finished creating the poetry work so please focus on math for today. Week 3 Poetry will be placed in your Language folders tonight or tomorrow morning.

GRADE 6s... PLEASE FILL OUT THE GOOGLE FORM THAT WAS EMAILED TO YOU LAST WEEK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!

Thank you and hope to see you all on Thursday.

Mrs. DesRochers