January 10 - February 4

 IMPORTANT NOTES: 

• Healthy Hunger is back! Order at www.healthyhunger.ca at least 5 days in advance 
• Google Classroom has assignments for students to work on both IN CLASS and AT HOME in the event that they are required to isolate. Please do not feel pressured to complete At Home Learning. 
• Valentines Day: please do not send valentines to school this year - we will celebrate in class with a day of kindness and fun! 
• February 17-18: NO SCHOOL (Teacher's Convention) 
• February 21: NO SCHOOL (Family Day) 

Writing: New Years Resolutions & Biographies 

Welcome back & Happy New Year! Our class began this week setting intentions for 2022 with One Word Resolutions. We will be completing some art and writing to go alongside this project. Ask your child what word they've chosen to focus on in 2022 and WHY! 

Biography Writing: 

During Writer's Workshop, we have been exploring Autobiographies and Biography writing. We all wrote an autobiography on ourselves focusing on our family, school, hobbies, interests, and hopes/dreams for the future. We then got to interview each other in class and write a biography about that classmate! It was super fun to learn about each other and we can't wait to read about each other in the published copies (coming soon!!) 

Math: Shape & Space 

Students have been learning about the attributes of 2D and 3D shapes. Grade 4 and 5s have explored a variety of math concepts such as parallel lines, perpendicular lines, symmetry, Venn diagrams,  Carroll diagrams, protractor and angles. See some pictures below of different activities completed by both the 4s and 5s! 

Students have also been exploring Elapsed Time through new strategies. Ask your student about the different strategies we have practiced and give them some time problems to solve at home! 

French: Project Time! 

Our class is exploring different topics in French and completing projects that we will present to the class. Grade 4s: Ma Famille and Grade 5s: Le Zoo. Ask your child about what they've included in their project! If you want to check out IRIS - you could hear your Grade 4's Famille script! 

Science: Weather Watch + Light & Shadow 

To build our research skills, reading comprehension abilities and independence in work period - students are completing self-directed and paced research on grade level science topics. Grade 5s are learning about Weather phenomena and Grade 4s are exploring concepts involving Light & Shadow. We've watched some amazing videos during snack and inquiry time, created mind-maps and had some great discussions.