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."