Grade 5s: Practicing how to extend number patterns using alternating rules (e.g., Start at 2. Alternately add 3, then subtract 1).
Grade 6s: Practicing alternating rules plus increasing rules (e.g., Start at 1. Add 1, then increase the number you add by 1 each time).
This week:
Thursday, Oct 8th: Thanksgiving Liturgy in the Gym - 4th block
Friday, Oct 9th: Terry Fox Run 2:45pm
Monday, Oct 12th: Thanksgiving Monday (no school)
Tuesday, Oct 13th: Patterning Quiz
Grade 5/6 AM group
Dear parents,
We love seeing our students' enthusiasm and creativity at school, but we need your help with a quick reminder regarding personal items brought from home—such as squishies, pop-its, action figures, trading cards, and small toys.
Recently, we’ve seen a large influx of these items coming to students' desks during instructional time. This has led to a few daily challenges in our classrooms:
Items becoming a major distraction during lessons and independent work
Other students touching or taking items without permission
Misplaced or damaged items leading to upset feelings
Our Class Expectations:
Recess Only: Personal toys, squishies, and non-essential fidgets are welcome during outdoor recess time, provided students take responsibility for them.
In Backpacks During Class: All personal items must stay inside students' backpacks from the morning bell until recess, and immediately go back into backpacks when class resumes.
Exceptions for IEP Accommodations: The only exception to this rule is for students who have specific sensory or focus accommodations outlined in their Individual Education Plan (IEP). For those students, fidgets are considered learning tools. We kindly ask that any IEP-supported fidget brought to school is silent and non-disruptive to surrounding peers (e.g., quiet stress balls).
Thank you so much for your support in discussing this with your child at home! Helping them keep their desks clear allows everyone to focus, keeps personal belongings safe, and ensures our classroom remains a positive learning environment for all.
This week:
Monday, Sept 28th: Mrs. DesRochers and Ms. Abby away; payment due for 67s game day
Wed., Sept 30th: National Truth and Reconciliation Day (orange shirt day)
Fri., Oct 2nd: PD day
Grade 5/6 AM group
Please refer to the following in preparation for Thursday's unit test:
1. Numbers We Are Working With:
Whole numbers up to 100 000
Decimals up to hundredths (e.g., 12.34)
2. Skills to Practice:
Identifying Place Value: Name the place value of any digit (e.g., in 45 238.19, the 5 is in the thousands place and the 1 is in the tenths place).
Representing Numbers: Write numbers in standard form (45 238.5), expanded form (40 000 + 5 000 + 200 + 30 + 8 + 0.5), and word form.
Rounding: Round whole numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1 000, and 10 000. Round decimals to the nearest whole number and tenth.
1. Numbers We Are Working With:
Whole numbers up to 1 000 000
Decimals up to thousandths (e.g., 1.234)
2. Skills to Practice:
Identifying Place Value: Name the place value of any digit from millions down to thousandths.
Representing Numbers: Write numbers in standard form (1 458 203.125), expanded form, and word form.
Rounding: Round whole numbers up to the nearest 100 000. Round decimals to the nearest whole number, tenth, and hundredth.
The word "and" is used only for the decimal point when writing numbers in words (e.g., "forty-two AND five tenths").
Rounding Rule: 4 or less, round down; 5 or more, round up!
This week:
Fri., Sept. 25th: Grade 6 Field Trip to the Bill Mason Centre (forms and payment due TUESDAY)
Grade 5/6 AM group
Dear Parents,
Our students will be participating in the annual Terry Fox School Run on Thursday, October 9th! Leading up to the run, we’ll be learning about Terry’s legacy of courage and perseverance in class.
If you would like to support cancer research, you can donate directly to our school's fundraising page here:
👉 https://schools.terryfox.ca/
Thank you for helping our students carry forward Terry’s dream!
Good afternoon families,
A few students are bringing home their school Chromebooks this weekend to finish typing the final copies of their Summer Recount writing assignments.
Please review the following details regarding device safety and usage:
Why work is coming home: Chromebooks are only sent home when a major assignment is due and additional time is needed.
Device availability: These students indicated they do not have access to a device at home to complete their work.
School Policy: If your child does have access to a home computer or tablet, they should leave their assigned Chromebook safely at school to prevent loss or damage.
Thank you for your support with keeping our school tech safe!
This week:
Wed., Sept. 16th: Program Night 4:30-5:30pm
Fri., Sept. 18th: Indigenous Workshop 10:40am in the gym for all students
Grade 5/6 AM group
This week:
Monday, Sept 7th: Labour day (no school)
Friday, Sept 11th: Welcome Liturgy in the gym (9:45am-10:15am)
Grade 5/6 AM group
Hello and welcome to the Class Blog!
This blog is another place for us to stay connected. You can check here for important reminders, curriculum updates, and a glimpse into our classroom.
Our first week will be all about community building and settling in. We'll spend time getting comfortable with one another and going over our classroom expectations. We'll also kick off our first writing task by sharing stories from our summer adventures.
Today, students will be bringing home their new agendas and a classroom newsletter from me! Binders, notebooks and textbooks will stay at school unless students have homework or need to study.
Looking forward to a great year!
This week:
Thursday, June 18th: End of Year Liturgy and Goodbyes: 10:45am in the gym
Thursday, June 18th: End of year BBQ (after school)
Thursday, June 18th: Chromebook collection
Friday, June 19th: Grade 6 grad trip (Arbraska Laflèche Park)
Grade 5 AM group
Grade 5 AM group
This week:
- Monday: Runamok inflatables at school
- Wednesday: Pie in the Face Assembly - CANCELLED!
- Friday: PD Day
Grade 5 AM group
This week:
- Wed, Thurs, Fri PM music workshop for French Immersion student
- Friday, May 29th: Track and Field Meet
Grade 5 AM group
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)
Grade 5 AM group
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Grade 5 AM group
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Grade 5 AM group
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Grade 5 AM group
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.
Grade 5 AM group
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*
Grade 5 AM group
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!
Grade 5 AM group
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.
Grade 5 AM group
