Wednesday, December 18, 2019

I am learning:

-how to describe edges, vertices and faces
-about the quality of life in the Interior Plains
-about acids and bases
-how different liquids can affect the colour changes in with red and blue litmus paper
-how to run properly by using Sam Effah's secret "cheek to cheek" method
-how to reflect on why I may have met or not met my SMART goal

Agenda
1. Math 3D object project
*Report cards on Thursday
*food donations for the Food Bank
*ski forms

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

I am learning:

- about 3D objects (faces, vertices, edges) in Math
- how to write a message in LA
- how to cooperate and work on our own (without Mr. Janzic) to get the stuffies off the parachute


Agenda
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Math - building 3D object project - due Wednesday
3. SS - bison robes - due Wednesday
*Sleepy Santa - Wednesday
*Report Cards go home Thursday

Monday, December 16, 2019

I am learning:

-how to keep the rhythm going with cups and a song in music
-how to recognize a sentence from a sentence fragment
-how to build and draw a 3D shape
-how to keep a good balance in inline skating
-how to skate backwards in inline skating
-that there is a PH scale that goes up to 14, below 7 is an acid, above is a base
-there are chemical and physical changes in Science
-how to make our own indicator for identifying acids and bases

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Sleepy Santa Day on Wednesday - wear your PJs!
*Report Cards on Thursday

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

I am learning:

-how to draw 3D shapes in math
-about other's opinions about books
-how to talk about the book I read
-how to balance, throw, catch and spin flowersticks
-how to inline skate
-about acids and bases and HP levels in chemistry

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Story robe

*inline skating - bring helmet if you like
*food donations for Food Bank

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - Starbooks Cafe Book Tasting Event

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

I am learning:
- our story robe in SS
- the genres of our books in LA
- how to represent events, characters from our books in LA (to show comprehension)
- how to tell if our sentences are complete or fragments, using our Tuesday stories
- how to draw and name different 3D objects and how many faces, edges, vertices they have
- about chemical reactions in Science
- what natural resources, climate and physical features are and how they affect recreation, jobs, transportation, food in the Interior Plains



Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Music - listen to 2 opera songs and write down the name and how they make us feel - by Thursday
3. Starbooks Cafe - tomorrow (make sure your plate is done)
* Inline skating tomorrow
*Ski field trip forms go home today

Monday, December 9, 2019

Monday, December 9, 2019

I am learning:

-that 3D shapes have faces, edges, vertices and surfaces
-how to identify the subject of a sentence
-that some powders have chemical reaction with water or vinegar and some don't

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Work on your SMART goal
3. Bring fashion show clothes
4. Social Studies check-in on history of the Interior Plains

*Bring helmet for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
*Food donation for Food Bank

CPAWS (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society) Classroom Visit

Showing the special features of a frog

Playing the wetland game

Polluting a wetland

Thursday, December 5, 2019

I am learning:
- about how to use our water wisely (CPAWS)
- about symmetrical lines and how to put shapes into different categories (and sort them) in Math
- how to describe clothing in French
- about sentence structure in LA
- how to make a story robe with pictographs showing the Interior Plains history
- how to use tools that can help us keep track of our smart goals in Health
- how to use our legs and arms to do different tricks with flower sticks in Gym
- how to critique artwork using Describe, Analyse, Interpret and Decide

Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Music - listen to two pieces of opera music; write down how you feel and the song title
3. French fashion show on Monday
*Movie Night at 6:30pm
*No school Friday
*Food bank donations

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

I am learning:

-how to critique a work of art (describe, analyze, interpret, decide)
-bullying is not the right thing to do and you can make your own choices
-about symmetrical lines in math
-about a sentence fragment
-that a sentence has to have a subject and a predicate
-how to figure out the language that the singer is singing from the music that the composer shared with us

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Listen to two different types of music and write down the type of music and the feeling that you get from it - due December 12
3. CPAWS - Think about actions to help a wetland - due tomorrow
4. Objects for your plate for the Starbooks Cafe  - due tomorrow
5. Optical illusion art  - due tomorrow
*Bring a non-perishable food donation for the Food Bank
*Movie Night tomorrow
*No school on Friday

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

I am learning:
- about how important wetlands are and most of the water in the world is salt water (0.3% is drinkable)
- about attributes that quadrilaterals have and reviewed place value
- how to build a sentence in LA
- about the history of the Interior Plains and showing it through a story robe
- about how to make a crystal

Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. CPAWS - talk with your family about how to make sure no bad things get into wetlands
3. Optical Illusion Art - due Thursday
*Movie Night on Thursday at 6:30pm
*Fun lunch tomorrow - Jugo Juice

Monday, December 2, 2019

I am learning:

-about the attributes of 2D shapes (quadrilaterals)
-that a sentence has to have punctuation, a capital, a complete thought, verb and noun
-how to spin a flowerstick in different ways
-how to help my buddy make a pattern on a mitt or hat

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Complete objects for my plate for the Starbooks Cafe - Thursday

*Special Events meeting Wednesday at recess
*Fun Lunch - Wednesday
*Movie Night Thursday at 6:30
*Bring in a food donation for the Food Bank ( non-perishable food)

Friday, November 29, 2019

Movember Day and Deck the Halls

Fun with our Kindergarten buddies making hats and mitts!

Thursday, November 28, 2019

I am learning:
- how to do book talks in LA
- parallel, perpendicular, intersecting, congruent, vertex/vertices in Math
- how to make crystals in Science
- how to put a story together with artifacts in SS
- how to use sentences to describe clothing in French

Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
*Deck the Halls - Friday
*Movember - Wear a mustache Friday and bring donations

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

I am learning:

-that water molecules really want to stick together, but some liquids (dish soap) can separate the water molecules
-when pennies are added to water the water would dome over the edge of the pill bottle
-that your body can separate water molecules ( dive into water)
-how to balance flowersticks on your head, hand, finger, neck, feet
-how to plan for achieving my SMART goal.

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Work on my SMART goal
3. Review word work for quiz tomorrow
*Movember on Friday -remember a small donation
*Deck the Halls on Friday
*Science Fair meeting Thursday at lunch
*Mixing Spoon orders due Thursday

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

I am learning:

- about 2D shapes in Math (parallel, quadrilateral, intersecting, perpendicular, congruent, vertices/vertex)
- about French clothing words
- about properties of water (observations and experiments) in Science
- about the history of the Interior Plains in SS
- how to plan what to share for Starbooks Cafe in LA

Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Study words for test on Thurdsay (LA)
*Mixing Spoons fundraiser - due Nov 28th
*Science Fair Mtg - Thursday at lunch
*Wear mustaches on Friday

Monday, November 25, 2019

I am learning:

-about 2D shapes in math
-about the constellations from a peer presenter
-about how different powders dissolve in water
-how to share some information about the story elements of the book I read
-about the past of the Interior Plains

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Word work study sheet sent home
*Science Fair meeting Thursday at lunch in the learning commons
*Mixing Spoon fundraiser orders due on Thursday
*Movember Day on Friday - wear a moustache and bring a small donation

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Next Week:

- 2D and 3D shapes in Math
- Properties of water in Science
- Making a crystal in Science
- Preparing for the French fashion show
- Working on Starbooks Cafe in LA
- Working on word work in LA
- History of Interior Plains in SS
- Story robe in Art

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

I am learning:
- about how to mix and separate two liquids in Science
- how to show my book on a plate (objects connected to my book for Starbooks Cafe)
- how to make experiments about Probability (likelihood of something to occur) that we will show our parents
- about the Interior Plains (look at photos and artifacts that we will use to make a story)


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Reading Powers (Tic Tac Toe sheet) - due Thursday
*Return Home Journals
*Early Dismissal tomorrow
*Conferences on Thursday 3:00-8:00 and Friday 8:00-1:00
*Pizza and Movie Night invitation sent home

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

I am learning:

-how to create objects to describe the book I read for our Starbooks Cafe
-how to say different clothing words in French
-how to use flower sticks and do simple tricks

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Science Fair form and trifold money due tomorrow
*Thursday is early dismissal - Conferences
*No school Friday - Conferences

Monday, November 18, 2019

I am learning:

-about the libretto (little book) for our opera
-about probability using spinners, dice, blocks, and pennies
-about the new books at the book fair
-about the diversity of the Interior Plains by looking at the history of the region

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Book Fair sale tomorrow
*Science Fair form and money for trifold due on Wednesday
*Bring Home Journals back
*Early dismissal on Thursday - Conferences
* No school on Friday - Conferences

Friday, November 15, 2019

Next week:
- Reading Power work in LA
- Starbooks Cafe
- Interior Plains history in SS
- Probability experiments in Math
- Mixing and Separating liquids in Science
- Book Fair
- Libretto reveal (opera script)

Thursday, November 14, 2019

I am learning:

-new words about probability - equally likely, more likely, less likely
-how to write SMART Goal (specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, timely)
-how to say some clothing words in French
-that a sieve can be used to separate different solids (sand and rocks)

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes. Reading Power books need to be finished by Monday
2. Tuesday story due by Monday
3. Math homework - Questions 1, 2, and 5 of page 278 in textbook
*Book Fair preview Monday
*Book Fair sales Tuesday

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

I am learning:

-that magnets can attract iron filings
-that magnets create a magnetic field
-that there are 4 probability words - certain, impossible, likely and unlikely
-how to say articles of clothing in French
-what makes up a region - climate, natural resources and physical features

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Bring back inline skating forms
*Book Fair purchasing time is Tuesday morning
*Science Fair form and money for trifold by Wednesday (only for participating students)

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

I am learning:

-about solid, liquids and gases and lemon juice cleaned the penny
-how to estimate the two numbers that equal the answer (algebra)
-that animals went to the war and helped the soldiers.
-the difference between music and noise
-how to play beats using chopsticks in music

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes (complete Reading Power book by Monday)
2. Return Inline Skating forms and Home Journals
*Book Fair next week
*Conferences next week

Thursday, November 7, 2019

I am learning:

-how to edit a story on the computer using COPS and ARMS
-how to say clothing words in French
-the safety rules for Classroom Chemistry
-what makes up a physical region (geographical)
-a Remembrance Day song for the assembly - We All Need Peace

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Remembrance Day assembly on Friday at 10:30
*No school Monday
*Fundraiser forms sent home today
*Science Fair information - see below

Interested students will be bringing home information about the science fair today. Each student has a letter with important dates and a list of safety regulations, and each group has one shared consent form/proposal sheet. The first two pages are for you to keep at home as a reference, and the third sheet needs to be completed and returned to either Ms. Swinton or Ms. Drummond by Wednesday, November 20, along with $14 for the trifold. (One trifold per project.) Students have asked if they can bring their own trifold; the answer is yes, as long as it meets the city science fair guidelines. Trifold measurements, along with other important information and tips, can be found on the city science fair website, which all participating students are encouraged to check out (http://cysf.org/students/ ). The frequently asked questions section (http://cysf.org/students/project-faq/ ) will be particularly helpful. If you have any science fair related questions, please direct them to Ms. Swinton (fcswinton@cbe.ab.ca ) or Ms. Drummond ( madrummond@cbe.ab.ca ). Thank-you for your support in this!

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

I am learning:

-about solids, liquids, gases, matter and molecules in science
-how to cooperate in gym using the parachute
-how to do algebra in math (use a letter instead of a number)
-that a region is made up of climate, physical features and natural resources
-how to respond to what I read by doing a visualization, venn diagram, plot line and character traits

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Math sheets - 3 sides of the math sheets
*Remembrance Day assembly on Friday
*No school on Monday

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

I am learning:
- how to make optical illusions in Art
- about solids, liquids and gases in Science
- about what a region is in SS
- algebra in Math (with word problems)
- how to find the patterns and rules for words in LA
- about COPS and ARMS and how to use them in our writing
- a Remembrance Day song in Music


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Study for spelling
*Fun lunch tomorrow
*Remembrance Day assembly - Friday 10:30am
*Science Fair Mtg - Thursday @ lunch

Monday, November 4, 2019

I am learning:

-how to do algebra in math.
-how to recognize word patterns.
-about what is a region.
-that if we work hard we can beat our Indy 500 record.

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes.
*Picture retakes on Tuesday
*Fun Lunch on Wednesday
*Remembrance Day assembly on Friday

Thursday, October 31, 2019

I am learning:
- Halloween vocabulary in French
- how to solve a mystery using different operations in Math
- how to write a story with COPS and ARMS (add, remove, move, substitute)
- about regions of Canada

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BE SAFE TONIGHT!


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
*No school - Friday

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

I am learning:

-how to use ARMS and COPS (AMA)
-how to do algebra for the first time.
-how to measure my monster art.
-how to pass the broomstick on the beat in music.

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes (reading power book)
*Halloween costumes for tomorrow if you like
*No school Friday
*Picture retakes on Tuesday

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

I am learning:
- about COPS (capitals, organization, punctuation, spelling) in LA (for editing our stories)
- about tables/charts, skip counting, patterns in Math
- new Halloween vocabulary in French
- about quality of life and the factors that affect it; about regions of Canada
- AMA Science Test (how to show what I know about Wetland Ecosystems)


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. French - review booklet - due Wednesday
*Halloween - Thursday (wear costumes)
*No School - Friday

Monday, October 28, 2019

I am learning:

-about how to revise and edit my writing.
-how to make tables, write a rule and expression in math.
-that a mystery suitcase arrived at Hawkwood then disappeared..we think it was Harry the Hawk!!
-about the quality of life of Fernando who lives in Ecuador.
-how to use measurements to make monster art

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes ( Reading Power book)
2. Science test tomorrow
3. French booklet completed by Thursday
*No school on Friday
*Learning Commons Student Leadership meeting Tuesday at 12:30
*Halloween costumes on Thursday

Thursday, October 24, 2019


I am learning:
- pattern rules in Math
- new ways to study our reading powers in LA
- about factors of quality of life in SS
- how to set smart goals in Health
- how to measure pieces of my monster art
- human actions that help or harm a wetland
- rhythms in Music with halloween rings


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Science Test - next Tuesday
*Halloween Dance - tomorrow 6:30-8:30pm

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

I am learning:

-in LA about the reading powers and how to sort words by spelling
patterns
-about human actions that can threaten or help the wetlands
-about the factors that contribute to a quality of life
-that it is better to be yourself than be perfect!
-how to skip count and about different strategies for problem solving
-how to sprint and how to pass a baton properly and the rules for relays

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Practice word work words
3. Science test next Tuesday - study guide
4. French booklet due next Thursday
*Halloween Dance on Friday at 6:30pm

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

I am learning:
- patterns in Math
- how to make a table to show a pattern, finding the pattern rule and the expression
- new ways to show what I know about what I've read (visualizing, connecting, questioning, predicting, inferring)
- about quality of life in SS
- about things that humans do that impact wetlands (helpful and harmful)
- how to make an I Spy book in French (using halloween vocabulary)
- how to run a sprint in Gym
- a new song in Music


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. LA - study words - test on Thursday
3. Science Test - next Tuesday - study guide goes home today
4. French booklet - due next Thursday
*Halloween Dance - Friday 6:30-8:30pm

Monday, October 21, 2019

I am learning:

-about diversity and that many of our families have come from different places in the world.
-that many families came from Europe and Asia.
-how to do a reasonable estimate as to how many objects are in a jar
-how to make shapes out of string with my kindergarten buddy
-how to say the weather in French
-new word work words

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Halloween Dance on Friday
*Intramural  meeting Tuesday at lunch
*Set-up leadership meeting Tuesday at lunch

Grade 5 Family Artifact Museum

Wednesday, October 17, 2019

I am learning:
- how to find patterns in the words we are studying
- how to fill in number patterns in Math (finding variables)
- the numbers and the weather phrases in French
- about diversity in SS
- how to infer with the book, Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
- how to increase my stamina in Gym


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Math - 10 questions - due Friday
3. LA - study words for Friday
4. Artifacts due Friday
*Crazy Hat Day - Friday
*Family Literacy Night tonight - 6:00-7:30pm

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

I am learning:
-how to increase and decrease patterns in math
-how to predict using a book that I selected from the library
-about identity and diversity in Social Studies
-how to respond to text
-about food chains in the wetlands
-numbers, days of the week and months in French

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes

*Dress Canadian Day tomorrow
*Crazy Hat Day on Friday
Literacy Night Thursday at 6:00 pm

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

I am learning:
- how to find patterns in daily life (repeating, increasing, decreasing)
- about identity and diversity in SS
- about patterns in words in LA
- how to show what I know about xylophones in Music



Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. LA - study words
3. SS - artifact - due Friday
4. Science - bug - due Thursday
5. Arctic Animals - due Thursday
*Canada Day (wear red & white or a jersey) - Thursday
*Family Literacy Night - Thursday 6:00-7:30pm
*Crazy Hat Day - Friday

Thursday, October 10, 2019

I am learning:

-that we need to be thankful for a lot of things.
-that the indigenous people were at the first Thanksgiving.
-how to infer a story from a wordless book.
-how to play each others math games.
-how to set goals (long term and short term goals)

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Family History Questionnaire due Tuesday, October 15
*Remember your cultural artifact
*AMA our math games
*AMA the Thanksgiving Assembly
*No school on Friday and Monday
* Needed - milk carton caps
*Literacy Night next Thursday at 6pm

*Used books donations needed for the semi-annual Book Fair November 19-22nd. Children's and adult books. Please do not bring textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines or items that are outdated texts. Drop off used books in the foyer outside the office. Thanks for your support!

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

I am learning:
- how to work with words (sorting according to long and short a sounds)
- how to infer (using the book Tuesday)
- how to use front end rounding, compensation and rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000
- how to build an estimation game for others to use as review
- how to build a bug and include adaptations
- about life cycles of plants and animals found in wetlands
- about diversity and identity (of ourselves and of Canada)



Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Math Games
3. French - color pages - due Wednesday
*AMA Terry Fox run goals
*Bring milk carton lids
*No school on Friday or Monday

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

I am learning:
-in math how to create our own estimation board and card games
-in French say the months of the year and numbers up to 20
-how Milo is learning how to be a perfect person in three days (AMA the gorilla)
-how my identity is shaped
-how to make a wetlands bug
-the song Ballafon

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Fun Lunch tomorrow
*Thanksgiving assembly Thursday morning
*School photo orders due October 10th
*No school on Friday and Monday
*Used books donations needed for the semi-annual Book Fair November 19-22nd. Children's and adult books. Please do not bring textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines or items that are outdated texts. Drop off used books in the foyer outside the office. Thanks for your support!

Monday, October 7, 2019

I am learning:
- about autism
- how to estimate word problems, not just equations
- how to infer (with the book Tuesday)
- how to draw animals with expressions

Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Build a bug - due Friday
*Application for Gym Leadership - due Wednesday
*AMA the lockdown
*Fun lunch on Wednesday
*No school Friday or Monday

Friday, October 4, 2019

Next week:

- Math = introduction to patterns
- Science = adaptations and creating bugs
- French = continue with review of numbers, colors, days of the week, months of the year
- Social Studies = continue with the concept of identity; final assessment on political regions of Canada and the Great Lakes
- Language Arts = continue with writing related to the story Tuesday; beginning word work

I am learning:

-about digital footprints and cyberbullying
-colours and numbers in French
-estimating and rounding in Math using word problems
-throwing and catching in dodgeball games
-about First Nations songs in music

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Review political regions of Canada and the Great Lakes
*Bring Home Journals back to school
*School portrait proofs sent home today - Order due date is October 10

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

I am learning:

- how to infer when I am reading
- how to round in Math
- about animals in northern Canada; how to draw animals with expressions
- about life cycles of animals and plants found in wetlands


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Art - Ted Harrison - due Friday
3. Math - 15 questions - due Thursday

I am learning:

-how to infer when I read
-how to round to the nearest 100th
-about the life cycles of plants and animals in the wetlands
-about a digital footprint and internet safety
-about the political regions of Canada (provinces, territories and capital cities)

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes
*Guest presenter on Thursday on internet safety

Monday, September 30, 2019

I am learning:
- how to throw and catch in Gym
- how to estimate in Math (front-end rounding and compensation)
- how to question in Language Arts
- how to say and write numbers and colors in French
- about life cycles of plants and animals in the wetlands

Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Heritage Park journal - due Wednesday
3. Bring back Home Journals
4. Ted Harrison art - due Thursday
*AMA my kindergarten buddy

Thursday, September 26, 2019

I am learning:

-how to front end estimation and compensation to estimate
-how to question while we read
-how to make a "bubble gum" brain statement
-about the five different kinds of wetlands
-about numbers and colours in French

Agenda
1. Read for 20 minutes

*Muffin Breakfast and Terry Fox Run on Friday - dress warm for the weather
*Toonies for Terry or Pledge form
*Wear an orange shirt on Monday for Orange Shirt Day

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

I am learning:
- how to estimate in Math (it is like rounding)
- how to front-end rounding (you keep the first digit the same and everything else goes to zero)
- how to be honest when playing games in Gym
- how to throw, catch and dodge in Gym
- how to run properly for the Terry Fox run
- how to identify the different wetlands in Science
- how to make a couplet in LA
- how to say colors and numbers in French
- how to use reading strategies in LA
- about the Great Lakes in SS (ask me what HOMES means)

Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. AMA the librettist
*Terry Fox run on Friday
*Toonies for Terry
*Muffin Breakfast on Friday

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

I am learning:

-how to use couplets in LA and with the librettist
-how to add and subtract different numbers in different ways
-how to say the colours in French and how to respond with greetings
-that libretto means little book
-about the Great Lakes (HOMES)

Agenda
1. Read 20 minutes
*Toonie for Terry
*Muffin Breakfast and Terry Fox Run - Friday - dress for the weather
*Fun Lunch on Wednesday
*Terry Fox pledge form

Monday, September 23, 2019

I am learning:
- how to change numbers by 10, 100, 1000, 10 000, 100 000 (more or less)
- how to play xylophones
- the types of plants and animals found in wetlands
- about living and nonliving things in wetlands
- about the different types of wetlands (5)
- mapping of Canada


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
*Muffin Breakfast - Friday morning
* Toonie for Terry
* Terry Fox run on Friday (dress for the weather)

Thursday, September 19, 2019

I am learning:

about how to write a poem in a couplet style.
how to do expanded and standard form and comparing numbers and writing them
how to use pastels and how to blend and mix colours
how to recognize the provinces and territories
how to use the website XtraMath

Agenda

1. Read for 20 minutes
*Terry Fox donations
*No school tomorrow
*Picture Day on Monday

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

We went on our field trip to Heritage Park today and the students learned several things:

- I learned that wetlands are very important to First Nations people and settlers
- I learned that bugs love to hide on cattails
- I learned that settlers had to dig wells 50 feet deep for water
- I learned that there are leeches in wetlands
- I learned that a wetland is like a shopping store for First Nations people with all the plants and animals
- I learned that beavers help start wetlands
- I learned that a type of tree gives you sunscreen
- I learned that First Nations people used cattail stems like a cucumber
- I learned about insects and different types that help wetlands
- I learned that there can be different colors of side-swimmers

Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Line Art - due Thursday
*No School - Friday
*Picture Day - Monday

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

I am learning:

-about expanded form and standard form and having more practice
-the plants and animals found in the three zones of a wetland
-how to make and record a connection to reading
-how to create Canadian art using lines and the style of Ted Harrison

Agenda

Field trip tomorrow - dress for the weather
Line art due on Thursday
Please sign and return demographic forms
No school on Friday

Monday, September 16, 2019

I am learning:
- place and value of digits in a number
- multiplication facts (review)
- to pace myself when practicing for the Terry Fox run (first day outside for Gym)
- to share my visualization assignment related to How To Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days


Agenda:
1. Read 20 minutes
2. Visualization assignment - due Tuesday
* Field trip - Wednesday (dress for the weather)
* Gym outside all week
* Hawkwood Spirit Leadership Group Meeting - Tuesday at lunch

Friday, September 13, 2019

Next Week:

Social Studies - mapping of Canada

Language Arts - reading How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Day; poetry (couplets);

Art - Ted Harrison style line art

Math - continue with place value (expanded form, standard form, words, place and value)

Science - three zones in a wetland; plants & animals found in each zone; field trip

French - continue to review colors and numbers


FUN LUNCH NOTICE sent home today

Meet the Teacher

If you were unable to attend our Meet the Teacher last night, here is what we shared with parents:

Mrs. Harms & Ms. Wajda

Grade 5

Classroom Routines & Expectations

Our Beliefs:

›Our promise:  We promise to treat you fairly but that does not mean equally

›All children are valued and learn in different ways

›Children need to take responsibility for their learning space (weekly jobs)

›Everyone can learn in an organized space

Expectations:

›Two Rules (when we are speaking, students are not; Give Me Five)

›Growth Mindset

›Being role models – treating others respectfully, taking responsibility for actions, walking in the hallways, lunch time, during assemblies, etc

Classroom Set up:

›Students are in groups of 2-3

›All duotangs, scribblers, folders are in their desks

›All other supplies are in the carts or on the shelves

›Groups are changed on a monthly basis

›Lots of other places to work within our classroom

Classroom Routines:

›Ms. Wajda will teach LA, SS, Health and some Art

›Mrs. Harms will teach Math, Science, French and some Art

›Daily breaks in the afternoon (2:35pm)

›Regular homework (Monday-Thursday)

›Home Journals – go home Friday

›Set library/learning commons days

›Gym – students need indoor shoes (4x in 6 days)

›Music – 2x in 6 days

Field Trips:

›Heritage Park (September 18)

›Skiing (Feb 18, 20, 25, 27)

›Glenbow Museum (March 11)

Hawkwood Opera:

›Year long

›Whole school participating

›May 27 & 28 (daytime & evening performances)

›Need parent help with costumes, set building, prop making, choreography, setup and strike crew, make up, hospitality, merchandise, advertising, front of house, research, business manager and treasurer

Communication:

›kdwajda@cbe.ab.ca (Kathy Wajda)

›jjharms@cbe.ab.ca (Janelle Harms)

›Classroom Blog (website or email)