Welcome to Room 14's
Weekly Adventure
Parents, please remember we are looking for volunteers for our field trip to Spaceport on April 15.
L.A.
We have been focusing on story planning this week. We have had a lot of fun working with the idea of plausibility in stories. For example, for the setting of downtown Calgary, we would expect to see businesspeople, restaurants and the Calgary Tower. We would not expect to see dinosaurs, aliens or flying wizards. If we wanted to add these ideas into our stories, our readers would need some more explanation. We were also working on recognizing past and present tense in our word work. We continued reading in our book clubs and then doing a centre to show our understanding. We finished off our photography projects and will share with you at conferences next week.
Math
We have been working on our decimal Disneyland project, finding our flights, hotels, transportation, food, and park passes. We have needed to use a lot of addition and multiplication to find out the cost of our trip. This project is due on Tuesday.
Grade 5's also did a quick review of how to add and subtract with decimals and Grade 6's took a look at multiplication and division of decimals and how to work with percentage.
Here are some great sites if you are looking for an online review of grade 5 and 6 math concepts:
Grade 5:
Grade 6:
Science
We have started our centres on electricity. Some of our centres include making electricity with pickle's and lemons. We were also making electricity with vinegar, sugar, salt, and baking soda solutions. The pictures below show us completing some hands on experiments. We have been having fun being scientists.
Social
In social we have been working on learning how to pull important information out of articles. Here is a quick...
POP QUIZ!
1. Name the four Canadian rights and freedoms. (Ask your child for the answers)
2. The Magna Carta is also known as the ____________________________?
French
We have been working hard on our French houses building and labeling. We are down to adding the final details such as furniture, wallpaper, painting, and people. Our class has been working hard to finish the houses before conferences and we are excited to share these with you.
Other
Pillars of Care
We are very proud of all of our teammates that received Pillars of Care this week for doing amazing things in our school. Way to go team!
Reminder that Rafiki orders are due on Thursday!
Student Led Conference
Student led conferences are next week on Thursday March 21 and Friday March 22. Remember spring break is at the end of the month. Do you have any exciting plans for these days?
Caleb wanted everyone to leave with a smile.
Have a great weekend!
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