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