Ms. Roa's Class 2022/2023

  Even though we were stuck inside this week we were kept busy.  This week we created skits connected to Pink Shirt Day and how to be a good friend. We even had a read aloud from Mrs. Kim that day.  We learned about the Wampum Belt and their design for different Treaties and started a new Google slides project about the Iroquois Confederacy. In science, we practiced the scientific method, introduced to our lab groups and practiced creating a experiment and following through with using the scientific method. Next week we will start learning more about Chemistry and doing experiments.  Grade 6's have continued their work with fractions and ordering and comparing fractions with unlike denominators. In grade 5, students build different fractions with pattern blocks and used this to connect to equivalent fractions.  In writing we are continuing with newspaper writing and learned new ways to start an introduction by asking questions or starting with a quote. We also examined exemplars

  Quick update on a short week.  There will be a Science Test on Thursday February 23rd on our Sky Sciene Unit. There is a study guide in Google Classroom and students did bring a copy home as well. We will also take some time to practice together as a class Tuesday and Wednesday. Science Infographic due Wednesday , this is homework, we will have a short finish up period on Tuesday. Students were asked to bring it home over the weekend.  We continue to work on fractions in both grade 5 & 6. Focusing on equivilant fractions in grade 5 and improper and mixed fractions in grade 6.  Students have been giving excellent presentations for their current events article-a-day. Some great conversations and questions in response to them. In connection to this we are learning about how to write news paper articles and will be comparing our articles to exemplars next week and setting goals for our next articles.  We met with buddies on Valentine's Day to make cards for people in our lives

  A busy week of learning in our class.  We started research on a space technology and are in the process of making an infographic including our research and images to enhance it. Ask your child which technology they chose. Students have been presenting their current events article to the class. We have had some great presentations and have learned about topics that students are interested. Some of the topics have been Tom Brady's trainer, comets, the earthquake in Turkey, and Elon Musk. Students have signed up for a day in the following weeks, the sign up is in Google Classroom if they have forgotten their date. In math we have been learning about transformations (rotations, reflections and translations) the past 3 weeks. Students wrote a quiz on Thursday, they will be bringing this home for a signature to return on Monday (some did not since they have been absent or have been working with another teacher). Multiplication for our grade 5's is still an area that they can be

  February is Black History Month, we will be exploring and learning about Black Canadians. The goal of these activities is to give students the opportunity to learn about the ways Black Canadians have contributed to Canadian History and culture.   We will be doing gymnastics for the next week, students must have on appropriate clothing and have their hair tied back.  Here is the Learn Alberta student resource that may be useful to use at home, there are interactive activities and printable resources as as well  https://curriculum.learnalberta.ca/student-learning-hub/en/home Some of the topics that we will be covering in the future are: Chemistry:  Students learn about the properties and interactions of some safe to handle household liquids and solids. They test a variety of materials to see what happens when things are mixed together: what dissolves, what reacts and what remains unaffected. They discover that when a solid material dissolves, it can be recovered as a crystal by evapora