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."