This week:
- Monday: Runamok inflatables at school
- Wednesday: Pie in the Face Assembly - CANCELLED!
- Friday: PD Day
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This week:
- Wed, Thurs, Fri PM music workshop for French Immersion student
- Friday, May 29th: Track and Field Meet
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The Grade 5s will be building pinball machines for a science project that combines our topics of simple machines, energy, and forces & motion! We are collecting the following household items—please feel free to send in anything you can find:
-Toilet paper rolls
-Plastic bottle caps
-Rubber bands
-Popsicle sticks
-Plastic spoons
-Wooden chopsticks
-Clothes pins
-Cardboard (e.g., old cereal or granola boxes)
-Aluminum foil
-Empty egg cartons
-Plasticine (modelling clay)
-Marbles
*We already have pipe cleaners, brass fasteners, coffee stir sticks, and plastic straws in the classroom. We also have pizza boxes for the students to use. If students would like to bring in their own pizza box, they may do so.
This week:
- May 19th: Track and Field Day (PM)
- May 21st: Field trip - Ottawa Titans Baseball game
Grade 5 AM group
Grade 5 AM group
This week:
- Book fair (Thursday/Friday)
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This week:
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This week:
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This week:
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Grade 5 AM group
I hope everyone had a relaxing March Break!
Grade 5 AM group
Grade 5 AM group
This week:
The Easter mass permission form is due this Friday.
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This week:
A form about an Easter mass went home Monday. Please sign and return.
Friday morning (Blocks 1 & 2) - Winter Play day *Please dress for the weather*
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Grade 5 Measurement Test - Wednesday, Feb 25th
Metric Conversions: You must know how to switch from larger units to smaller ones. For example: 1km = 1000m
Perimeter: The "fence" around a shape. Add up all the side lengths.
Area of Squares, Rectangles, Triangles and Parallelograms: The "grass" inside a shape. Always use square units (e.g. m2). Formulas will be posted on the board.
Composite Shapes: Finding the area of larger shapes made up of squares and rectangles. For example: "L or T shaped" rooms. Strategy: "Slice" the shape into smaller rectangles, find the area of all, and add them together.
Grade 6 Measurement Test - Friday, Feb 27th
Metric Conversions: You must know how to switch between larger and smaller units, including decimal conversions. For example: 250m = 0.25km
Area of Rectangles, Triangles, Parallelograms, Rhombuses, Kites, and Trapezoids: The "grass" inside a shape. Always use square units (e.g. m2). Formulas will be posted on the board.
Surface Area of Prisms: The total area of all the "faces" (the skin) of a 3D object. Strategy: Use a Net to see all the faces. Find the area of each individual rectangle and triangle, then add them all together.
Composite Shapes: Finding the area of larger shapes that might be made of rectangles and triangles. Strategy: "Slice" the shape into smaller recognizable parts, find the area of each using the correct formula, and add them together.
This week:
-Spirit week (refer to previous post)
-Feb 11th: Report cards get posted on the parent portal. Please write a note in your child's agenda if you'd like to discuss the grades or comments. I will reach out to you to schedule a day and time.
-Feb 13th: Valentine's Bake Sale
-Feb 16th: Family day!
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This week:
Feb 4th: Dairy Farmers of Canada will be visiting our class in the morning at 9:50am. We will be learning how to make butter!
Feb 5th: Ski Forms due! Please be reminded that this is a 3-step process: online registration, online payment and physically handing the forms in at school. Some students are missing one or more steps. I will write an agenda note for those particular students on Monday.
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Grade 5 - Matter:
Properties of Matter: Understand the difference between solids, liquids, and gases (including examples of each).
Changes in Matter: Identify physical vs. chemical changes and provide real-world examples.
Grade 6 - Flight:
Vocabulary: Review key terms from our "Intro to Flight" document on your Hapara workspace.
The Four Forces of Flight: Explain how thrust, drag, weight, and lift act on an airplane or a bird.
*Students were given ski forms last week. They are due along with payment by Feb 5th. If your child will not be attending the two-day trip, please write a note for me in their agenda letting me know if they will be coming to school or staying home.
Grade 5 AM group
Grade 5 AM group
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful and relaxing winter break. We will be continuing from where we left off in December.
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