This week in math students continued to learn about measurement, and solved problems involving volume. Students worked in their math partners to estimate and measure the volume and capacity of our classroom.
In language students continued to read and write poetry. We are integrating our final inquiry on art and social justice into our language program. We have delved into many different issues, such as homelessness, environmental awareness and bullying. This week we read a blog written by the mother of a transgendered child to further our understanding of human rights. We then used the key words and feelings in the text to create poetry on the topic. The students are working on showing empathy in their writing, and they were very successful with this task. The poetry was so good, and showed such a profound sense of empathy that I showed it to several colleagues and our principal, who were all very impressed!
On Thursday we visited the Evergreen Brickworks for the Kids World of Energy Festival. Students engaged in hands-on activities that complimented the grade 5 and 6 science curriculums.
In language students continued to read and write poetry. We are integrating our final inquiry on art and social justice into our language program. We have delved into many different issues, such as homelessness, environmental awareness and bullying. This week we read a blog written by the mother of a transgendered child to further our understanding of human rights. We then used the key words and feelings in the text to create poetry on the topic. The students are working on showing empathy in their writing, and they were very successful with this task. The poetry was so good, and showed such a profound sense of empathy that I showed it to several colleagues and our principal, who were all very impressed!
On Thursday we visited the Evergreen Brickworks for the Kids World of Energy Festival. Students engaged in hands-on activities that complimented the grade 5 and 6 science curriculums.
On Friday all of our grade 4-6 students watched a theatre presentation of an adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute. The presentation was an opera in French and English, and was a great opportunity for students to practise their inference skills.
Important upcoming dates:
Monday, May 11th: track and field at Birchmount for track team members
Wednesday, May 13th: pool
Thursday, May 14th: Scholastic book fair shopping (Please send money with your child on Thursday if you would like him/her to buy a book.)
Monday, May 18th: Victoria Day- no school
Homework for this week:
There is no homework folder homework for this week. Students need to continue to read daily for at least 20 minutes each day.
On Tuesday, May 12th students will be given a social studies project. Most of the project will be completed at school. However, due to our computer limitations, students may need to complete some research notes at home. I will post the project and the co-constructed success criteria as the project progresses.
Best,
Bronwyn Davidson
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