October 23-27

Learning Outcomes

Social Studies

-discuss local and current affairs 

-evaluate ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives 

Math

-Interpret numerical and algebraic expressions 

What Did Students Do?

This week, students participated in an in-school presentation from The Mustard Seed. Caleb came to our classroom and shared more about what this organization does and who they support. He invited the students to share more about their understanding of what it means when someone is experiencing homelessness. He talked about how kindness, compassion and empathy can make such a huge difference in how we see, think about and care about those experiencing homelessness. Students created a visual journal page about what they learned.

In math, students began interpreting algebraic expressions. Students learned that solving algebraic equations involves starting with what is known to figure out what is unknown. They applied their learning to solve algebraic puzzles. Please ask your child to tell you more about this. Here is the link to the puzzles if you'd like to do some with your child! 

https://solveme.edc.org/mobiles/

Ask Your Child:

-To tell you about the costume that our paper person was dressed as

- To tell you about their wetlands watercolour artwork

-To tell you about their Power of One writing

-To tell you more about their buddy from Grade 2

-To explain what we have been doing in Social Studies with the maps of Canada

Coming Up:

November 1st School Council Meeting – 7:00 p.m. 

November 7th & 8^th Mrs. Sampson’s class to City Hall School  

November 8th Photo Retake Day 

November 8th Last day of classes for students before fall break 

November 8th Remembrance Day Assembly 10:45 a.m. (Gr. 3 & 6 parents invited to attend) 

November 9th PD Day - No School for Students

November 15-17th Mrs. Sampson’s class to City Hall School 

November 21st Fun Lunch 

 October 16 - 20

Learning Outcomes

Science

-Identify some plants and animals found at a wetland site, both in and around the water; and describe the life cycles of these plants and animals
-Understand and appreciate that all animals and plants, not just the large ones, have an important role in a wetland community

-Draw diagrams of food chains and food webs, and interpret such diagrams

What Did Students Do?

This week, students were engaged in rich learning tasks to build their understanding of wetland ecosystems. Students learned about food chains and applied their understanding of decomposers, producers and consumers to draw and represent a food chain in their Visual Journals. They investigated wetland organisms such as the mosquito and dragonfly. They read an informational paragraph and linked seemingly random objects to the information found in the paragraph. Students presented their thinking to their classmates. We went on a walking field trip to Fish Creek Park where students did a pond dip using water from the wetland. They used magnifying glasses to look closely at the "Marsh Monsters". They drew and labeled a picture of two of these invertebrates. Students also used their five senses to observe their environment.

Ask Your Child:

-To tell you about their wetland food chain

-To tell you about our new novel read aloud - A Rover's Story

-To tell you about our walking field trip through the community and how people in our community are making a difference

-To show you how to add/subtract:   421.119 + 321.908 =____________ 761.432 - 115.760 = __________

Coming Up:

Oct 24th Grade 5 In-School Presentation from the Mustard Seed