Our New Digs

Our portable has arrived but it is not move in friendly yet. Estimated move in date should be sometime next week.

Boys Soccer Team

Congratulations go out to Noah, Rafael, Sebastian, and Nabiyot for making the soccer team.

They will be at the tournament with me this Thursday which means there will be a supply teacher.

Reports from last week's supply teacher said the grade 5's had a great morning but the grade 4's had difficulty in having a supply. You can do better grade 4's.

Math Tests - Thursday the 27th

Both grades have place value tests this Thursday. It will cover reading, writing, and representing large numbers as well as standard and expanded form. Ordering and comparing numbers as well as rounding.

Grade 5's had a review quiz last week and 4's will be getting one today to practice.

Girls Soccer

Congratulations to Ry-Ann, Brianna, Raeghan, Aloka, Alissa, Olivia, Abigail, and Melissa for making the soccer team. They will be joining me Thursday at the tournament. Please return your permission forms.

Boys tryouts started today.  Lots of great talent on the field.

Grade 5 Math Homework

Some grade 5's should be bringing home their math work because they did not finish it in class for a number of reasons. Mostly because they were talking and not working hard enough at it.

The rule is - if you don't finish work in class then you take it home and return it the next day finished.

Hapara Workspaces with Math Aids

Each grade now has a Workspace where they can find math aids and resources to help them with math. These are like anchor charts organised by math strand at their disposal to use. They might also help you understand how to do certain tasks or help to explain vocabulary and expectations.

It will be added to as we go along and get to each strand.

What's Been Going On In Grade 5?

Your fives are doing great! We've done a bit of math and most are able to push past the gr 5 expectation of large numbers up to 100,000.  They have been creating infographics to make visual representations of numbers.

You may have also heard that we are moving to Mars! Well,  something like that.  Official word came in today from the Canadian Space Agency and Let's Talk Science that we've been accepted into the Living Space Project.  Our technology is on the way and once we move into our portable we will begin our experiments.  More details on the project can be found in their Hapara Workspace.  I will eventually post it on here at some point.

In order to get ready, students have begun research projects and have chosen to write about either Mars, the International Space Station, or Canadian Astronaut David Saint Jacques.  These 3 topics are our focus since our Living Space Project involves all 3. 

What's Been Happening In Grade 4?

We have started some math and are exploring numbers up to 10,000. They have also been learning and improving their computer skills. Learning how to send emails and create Docs with Google.  They have been working on making an infographic to visually demonstrate large numbers.

Some students will be bringing home math in order to catch up on work not finished in class.