May 13-17

Welcome to Room 14!

Volunteers needed for our whole school field trip to Belvedere Parkway School in the morning of Thursday May 30th. Please let Mrs. Kis or Ms. Robichaud know if you are able to volunteer or contact ranchlandsparentvolunteers@gmail.com

The volunteer tea is on Friday June 7 from 10:30-12:00. All volunteers are invited to attend!

Math

This week we focused on probability. Grade 5's identified outcomes that are more and less likely with coloured blocks in paper bags and spinners. Grade 6's worked on theoretical and experimental probability with dice and spinners. 

We also continued our work on reading graphs and creating our own graphs. Grade 5's created bar graphs and Grade 6's worked on line graphs.

Both grades started working with equations with unknown variables e.g     a+6= 9

Grade 6's learned how to find the pattern rule in an input/output chart and write the algebraic equation.

Wow! That was a busy week in math!

Language Arts

We practiced our reading comprehension through practice PATs for Grade 6's and readings with comprehension questions for grade 5's. We are practicing looking for similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole and synecdoche in our reading. We also came back to our book club centres to try to finish off our novels before the end of the year.

Science 

We began a review of the Evidence and Investigation unit. We talked about different aspects of a Crime Scene, including types of evidence, people involved in a crime and specialists who can be called to help. We were shown a picture of a staged crime scene. We then had to explain what types of evidence we would collect and why. We also did an activity on handwriting analysis. We had to match two writing samples by examining different qualities of handwriting. For example, pressure, slant of writing, spacing, etc. 

Social 

We continued our investigation into Ancient Athens. We completed an activity about a day in the life in Ancient Athens. Here is a glimpse of what life would have looked like:

You are a Spartan! Be proud! You have endured unbelievable pain and hardship to become a superior Spartan soldier and citizen! Taken away from your parents at age 7, you lived a harsh and often brutal life in the soldiers’ barracks. You were beaten by older children who started fights to help make you tough and strong. You were often whipped in front of groups of other Spartans, including your parents, but never cried out in pain. You were given very little food, but encouraged to steal food, instead. If caught stealing, you were beaten. To avoid severe pain, you learned to be cunning, to lie, to cheat, to steal, and how to get away with it! Some of you are members of the Spartan secret police and enjoy spying on slaves. If you find a slave who is showing signs of leadership, you have orders to kill them immediately. You are fierce, capable, and proud of your strength. You know you are superior and are delighted to be Spartan!

In School Program: Mobile Escape Room

The grade 6s and Room 22 had so much fun working through the Mobile Escape Room. We were able to try and escape from 2 different rooms: The Sunken Ship and The Pharaoh. The students had to work together to solve puzzles and find clues. There are many Escape Rooms in Calgary, which would make for a great family activity!