April 8-12

Welcome to 

FOURTEENIA's

Weekly Update

Remember our field trip is on Monday

Don't be late!!!!!! 

Please bring a litterless lunch. 

Social

In social, we are researching our different candidates for the Alberta election! Ask your child one thing that the candidates said for their platforms.

We will be participating in a Student Vote Monday when we return from our field trip. Make sure you are prepared by reviewing the candidates running in our area:

• Liberal - Graeme Maitland
• NDP- Julia Hayter
• United Conservative Party (UCP)- Prasad Panda
• Alberta Party- Joanne GUi
• Alberta Independence- Tomasz Kochanowicz
• Green Party- Carl Zvoboda

Also, review Alberta's political parties. 

Check out the link below to review.

Global News: Alberta election cheat sheet: A last-minute voter’s guide

https://globalnews.ca/news/5124254/alberta-election-cheat-sheet-voters-guide/

Science

We are starting our new unit. It is called Flight and Air and Aerodynamic. We introduced some vocabulary. Check out the powerpoint below.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14FB47zxlGsfWoP7etsTZa2IbBhmaRCn9482NBfSIzuY/edit?usp=sharing

Math

We worked on Mrs. Wickland's challenge of the week. If the green triangle is worth 1, then what are these whole shapes worth? We think that all of these shapes are equivalent to Mrs. Wickland's total of 26. Do you agree, parents?

We also started work on our Fraction/Decimal/Percent/Ratio centres. There are lots of hands on and paper and pencil activities to help us understand the relationship between fractions and decimals. 

The learning expectations are:

Outcomes Grade 5

I can create sets of equivalent fractions.

I can compare fractions with like and unlike denominators.

I can describe and represent decimal numbers (tenths, hundredths, thousandths).

I can relate decimals to fractions and fractions to decimals.

I can compare and order decimals using benchmarks, place value and equivalent decimals.

I can add and subtract decimals to thousandths.

Outcomes Grade 6

I can describe and represent decimal numbers less than one thousandth.

I can relate improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa.

I can solve problems using ratios.

I can solve problems using percentages.

I can multiply and divide decimals with 1 digit whole number multipliers and divisors.

Here are some great sites if you are looking for an online review of grade 5 and 6 math concepts:

Grade 5:

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade5/student/tryout.html#chi

Grade 6:

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/student/tryout.html#chi

L.A.

This week we completed another school wide write about inventions. Our story

writing has really improved since the first SWW. We have become experts at
including strong verbs and interesting dialogue tags. Next we will work on
adding in some more description, including the 5 senses.

This week we also finished our novel, The World Below. We really enjoyed all of the
action in the book and were interested to see how the characters changed over
time. What should we read next?

Other

Patrol meeting on Thursday, April 18 to at lunch to your blog this Friday.