February 2, 2023

 

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 evaporating the liquid. They also learn that when two materials react to form a new material, the original materials cannot be recovered. As an example of a chemical reaction, students learn to produce carbon dioxide gas and show that this gas differs from ordinary air.

Iroquois Confederacy:

When making decisions, The Iroquois Confederacy used a method that was different from that of the Ancient Greeks. In some ways it was very similar and yet also very different. In this unit, we introduce the democratic nature and customs of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Society and explain how social and political structures allowed all people to participate in the decision-making process.

Math Grade 5: 

  • comparing fractions, 
  • equivalent fractions, 
  • relate fractions to decimals & vice versa, 
  • describe decimals up to thousandths, 
  • compare and order decimals/fractions 

Grade 6:

  • relate improper fractions to mixed numbers & vice versa
Some students have decided to participate in our school Newsletter, submissions for the next edition are Thursday February 9th.

Students often use headphones for listening to videos for assignments and research. Please have your child bring in a cheap pair of headphones if you happen to have some. I only have a limited amount in the classroom. Thanks to those who have already done so. 

Homework:
  • Commonlit Reading
  • Commonlit Reading Assessment
  • Rover response
  • Math handout (transformations)

Have a great long weekend!

Upcoming Dates:
Teacher's Convention no school - February 16 & 17
Family Day no school - Monday February 20th

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