Agenda:
1 Read
2 Bring in a cereal box for our Cereal Box Book project
3 We will be building our cars again tomorrow - if there is any material that you want to bring in to finish your car please bring it tomorrow.
4 FAF tomorrow - dress for the weather
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to build a car out of materials we brought from home.
What were some challenges that students had?
- gluing things together so they stick
- the wheels aren't turning
- using hot glue without hurting your fingers
- not popping balloons
- keeping track of your materials
- advanced planning so that you don't have to undo your work
- rebuild your car
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish building them tomorrow and do our first test next Thursday. Here are some pics of our build!
Agenda:
1. School Group Photo form is coming home. Please return by June 5th.
2. Swim to Survive certificate
3. Read
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We played with geoboards and made polygons. We also looked up words for many types of polygons. Ask me what a name of one of my polygons is.
How did you show what you learned?
We created shapes on the geoboards, named them and recorded them on geopaper.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to learn about different types of polygons.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Thursday is car build day so please bring your materials in tomorrow or Thursday morning.
3
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the indigenous people's languages and how they are endangered.
How did you show what you learned?
We watched a video.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to learn the number to 10 in the Blackfoot language.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Coffin Cares Assembly 9 am
3 Treat Day - bring your sheckles
4 Library tomorrow
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the 3rd part of our timeline art which is 5600 years ago til the mid 1800's.
How did you show what you learned?
We drew a picture of what Alberta would look like during this time period.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish our work and start the next timeline picture.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework: How does composting happen? What are the reaction that need to take place in order for something to decompose? Are there certain things that living matter need to start decomposing?
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We dug up the items that we buried in October.
How did you show what you learned?
We observed the items and sketched them onto our recording sheet and wrote down what had changed.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about how things decompose in order to try and figure out what happened to the carrot and the cupcake wrapper. Check out the pictures of before and after.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Ethnobotany Expert brag tags are tomorrow. If you did not get it finished you can still hand it in tomorrow.
3 Word Work is due tomorrow. We also have our spelling test.
4 FAF - Please dress for the weather.
5 We started our Building Devices that Move unit today. Students will be building a car next Thursday and Friday. That means that they need to bring in the materials that they need to construct their vehicle. Cheap, easy and reusable or recyclable. If you have parental permission you can look up ideas on the internet this weekend.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the background knowledge that we need to build our cars in our Science unit.
How did you show what you learned?
We filled out questions on our logbook and we discussed it as a group what the different scientific word meant.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to plan and design our car, bring in our materials and build it next Thursday.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Fun Lunch tomorrow
3 Red duotang corrections- please remember to bring them back tomorrow
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about Head Smashed-in Buffalo Jump.
How did you show what you learned?
We watched a video and had to tell one fact that we learned. Ask me what I learned!
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about the indigenous peoples language.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Red Duotangs with corrections are coming home tonight. Please bring them back tomorrow!
3 Fun Lunch is on Thursday
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to subtract decimals. We also looked at a website called Brainbasher and we did the daily 30 second puzzle. Here is the link for you to challenge your parents! https://www.brainbashers.com/today.asp
How did you show what you learned?
We had some problems to do and we solved them on the whiteboards.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to learn how to add and subtract hundredths.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 No school tomorrow or Monday
3 Library Tuesday
4 Fun next week- check worth mentioning for details
5 Last day of swimming today
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to add decimals.
How did you show what you learned?
We listened to Ms Cowdy explain how to do it and then we practiced on our white boards. We are pretty good at this because we know how to add already.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to learn subtracting decimals.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Fun Lunch next week
3 Swimming tomorrow
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned what we had to do next for our art project.
How did you show what you learned?
We drew 4 magical or creative objects.
What do you need to learn next?
We can glue the creative pictures on the realistic painting.
those objects on the realistic painting.
Our picture is based on the picture"Paris through the Window"
Agenda:
1 Read
2 No swimming tomorrow - volunteer tea from 2pm-3:30pm
3 No school Friday and Monday
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the first nations in Alberta.
How did you show what you learned?
We looked at a website that told us information about the subarctic and plains people.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to do some more research on specific first nations groups.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Swimming tomorrow - don't forget your gear
3 Library tomorrow
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the oral story telling tradition by listening to an indigenous creation story.
How did you show what you learned?
We watched a video, then we retold the story to a friend and then we retold the story in our own words in writing.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to watch the second part of the Hiawatha video to find out what happens to the other tribes.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Ethnobotony sheets due next week
3 Swimming on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday next week - don't forget your gear!
4
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We played the plant and habitats game.
How did you show what you learned?
We had three symbols that represented things that plants need in their habitat. These symbols were for water, food and shelter. Ask me how to play the game!
What do you need to learn next?
We might want to learn about how make plants make food and what nutrients they need from the soil.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 No swimming tomorrow we start again on Monday
3 FAF - please dress for the weather
4 Spelling test tomorrow
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about some of the history of the first nations people.
How did you show what you learned?
We read some information and highlighted the important words.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to learn about the Iroquois Confederacy.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Swimming tomorrow
3
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to slow down the action in our writing.
How did you show what you learned?
Ask me how!
What do you need to learn next?
We need to pick a part in our story to slow down the action.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Swimming tomorrow - don't forget your stuff!
3
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the Metis aboriginal peoples of Canada.
How did you show what you learned?
We read some information and we highlighted key parts.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about the first nations and the inuit peoples.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Red Duotangs coming home to do corrections
3 Swimming tomorrow - please remember swim suit, towel, snacks and please do not bring $ for the vending machine as we will not be buying anything. We will leave the school at 1:50 pm and be swimming at 2:20 to 3:10.
4 Please bring library books tomorrow.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to use garageband in music.
How did you show what you learned?
We are starting a project creating our own composition and we can use garageband to create it. Mr. O'Reilly showed us a slideshow with pointers and showed us step by step how to use garageband.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn how to record and we need to create our songs.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Family Dance tonight
3 Swimming start TUESDAY
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about ethnobotony which is the medicinal uses of plants.
How did you show what you learned?
We went out to WW and were searching for plants that could help or cure symptoms. We then sketched the plants.
What do you need to learn next?
We still have a little more work to finish this.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Family Dance tomorrow
3 Swimming starts next Tuesday at 1:50pm
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We started our unit about the history, stories and people of Alberta.
How did you show what you learned?
We looked in the textbook and filled out a KWL chart.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn what we are going to be studying in this new unit.
Agenda:
1 Read
2 Family Dance Forms
3
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about wedges in Science.
How did you show what you learned?
We watched a video of an experiment. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No5Df2231YA
What do you need to learn next?
We need to fill out the sheet in the format of scientific method to complete the experiment.
