Hello,
Hello Everyone,
Congratulations on completing the second last week of the year. This week we continued a lot of our individual work in regards to reading, writing, research and the Renaissance. As we are near the end of the calendar year, I invite you to look at the work that you have done since August. As we have been working every day it is hard to see how far we have come. It is always helpful to look at where we have started and where we are now to see how far we have come and how the skills that we have been developing have grown. Be proud of that growth because it only happens when YOU have put in the work.
We have 5 days to wrap up 2018 before a long break. Lets set ourselves up for a relaxing break by ting up all our loose ends with some good work.
Have a great weekend.

This week in Math we:

• Worked a little more with our beaded number lines:  2 digit addition - YAY!
• keep these beaded number lines for use all year!
• Skip counting by 5s in a puzzle.
• Calculating and identifying even sums.
• Remember use your Mathletics account for practice!

This week in Science we:

• Completed our word wall word for Mechanical Systems.
• Looked at 6 simple machines.
• Identified that machines help us do work.
• Started to design our simple machines and build prototypes.

Other Stuff:

• Please bring back your FIELD TRIP FORMS.  They are due back by Friday December 14, 2018.  Extra copies can be printed from last week's blog or are available from Ms. Wilson.

This week in Math we:

• Worked on subtraction operations.
• Worked on solving pyramid puzzles and patterning using skip counting.
• Made beaded number lines and used them to add two digit numbers. (great work)

This week in Science we:

• started our mechanical systems unit.
• Looked at six simple machines.
• identified simple machines from a random assortment of stuff on the table.  Put this in our visual journals.
• Started planning our construction project:  make something that includes the six simple machines we talked about.

Other Goodness

• Parent Teacher Student interviews are being booked for Thursday December 7th through the MyCBE on PowerSchool.  Please click here to check for  available times.  Please contact the main office if you have questions or need assistance.
• Field trip forms went home this week.There is not cost for the trip (thank you parent council), but you MUST bring your completed and signed form back in order to participate.  Extra forms can be printed using the link below

                                    Science Centre Field Trip Information and Forms

Hello Everyone.

This has been an interesting week. We had a few challenges confronting us such as a long weekend, the return of cold weather and snow, a new principal and the changes for sexual education.

We looked at Leonardo da Vinci, his paintings and art work. We continued to look at James Burkes perspective of some of the important connections through history, outlining the path from water power to computer technology.

We continued to look at some of the key concepts and ideas in the renaissance.  

Have a great weekend.

Planning and Revising

This week in Math we:

• Worked on Estimating
• Worked on adding fractions
• budgeting time (set up, making, clean up, consumption/distribution)
• Check your Mathletics account for activities to complete!

This week in Science we:

• Worked on planning and adjusting
• chose a recipe
• listed the ingredients for a shopping list
• adjusted the recipe when provided with incomplete or different ingredients
• Worked on Density

Other Goodness:

• at Visual Journal Entries!!!  What could you add?
• Sexual Health module beings next week.  Bring back the orange form ONLY if you are OPTING OUT.
• Parent-Teacher-Student Interview Bookings will begin next week.  Interviews will be by appointment only. Please make sure you bring back the orange form and are signed up on PowerSchool to be able to access the interview times.

Density, Buoyancy, Measurement, Operations (the number kind) - and Bread

This Week in Math We:

• Practiced some division by groupings
• Did multiplication by groupings.
• Using a scale.
• Measurements for a noodle and soup recipe.

This Week in Science We:

• Constant volume and density experiment.
• Buoyancy exmperiment.
• Density for noodle dough.
• Tried 2 different ways of doing the same recipe.

Other Stuff:

• Our bread experiment has concluded.  Unwashed hands made a really gross slice of bread.  What happened?  Why?  This should be in your visual journal.
• Please bring back the orange form about PowerSchool and parent emails. It will allow your parents to book Parent-Student-Teacher interviews.
• Bring back the orange form signed about sexual health only if you are opting out.

Remembrance Day, Density, Buoyancy, and Number Operations (yay division!)

This week in Math we:

• Did some division - yeah, you did!!
• Used multiplication charts, shapes, blocks, and a calculator to support us
• Progress at your own pace in Mathletics is coming along nicely.  Be sure to ask for help/support when you need.  Sometimes all it takes is a quick definition or example!

This week in Science we:

• Examined density.
• Examined buoyancy.
• Watched some Science Max.
• How is your Mix and Flow of Matter booklet going?

Remembrance Day Ceremony:  
Well done team!  The wreath looked great!  You guys were great!  Choral was great!  Band was great! So respectful.  So proud.

This Week In Math We:

• worked on Halloween Math Puzzles, word problems, and facts
• math facts:  a
• As always, you have access to Mathletics!

This Week in Science We:

• did a lab on saturation
• continued work in our Mix & Flow of Matter workbook
• talked about density

• Did a foods lab that reviewed MEASUREMENT, CLASSIFICATION OF MATTER, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND CONCENTRATION

This Week in Health We:

• talked about mental wellness and how it goes with physical wellness

Hello everyone,

This week we continued our exploration of the Renaissance. We looked at the silk road, its effects and some of the things that passed along it. Such as spices, clothes, knowledge, language and disease for a few examples. We started to look at the differences between Italy and the rest of Europe. The structure and government was different then the feudal system in northern Europe because Italy was run by city states. The renaissance began in Italy because of the access to the silk road and all the of money they earned through controlling a large part of the trade.

In today in history we looked at the 95 theses of Martin Luther and the opening of the Sistine chapel in Rome. Both of these show the effect of the renaissance on the world. One through the change in the way of thinking and the other in the change in artistic expression.

As we continue next week we will work on the structure of an essay, organization and planning through a calligraphy project and exploring some of the thoughts and ideas of the renaissance. Have a great weekend!

Marvelous Math and Sensational Science

Last Week in Math We:

• worked on multiples (2, 5)
• did basic operations
• division by LEGO!
• Mathletics - you were assigned some modules to work on.

Last Week in Science We:

• Talked about CONCENTRATION, SOLUBILITY, and SATURATION
• Started a Lab activity on SATURATION
• How is your Mix and Flow of Matter Booklet going?

Math Science and a little Trickery!

This week in Math we

• worked on some challenging arithmetic for our daily math minutes
• did some basic operations with Cuisinere Rods - the colourful rods of different sizes
• you should all have put something new into Iris, if not, we'll do it on Monday
• talked about measuring, proportions, and estimating
• check your folders to be sure you have your workbook up to date
• check your visual journal to make sure you documented/recorded examples of what you have been working on
• Next week:  MULTIPLES!  Yay!

This week in Science we

• looked at pure substances and mixtures
• talked about how everything is made of particles
• did an activity to help us classify substances and mixtures

Week Wrap Up

We made macaroni and cheese with chicken wieners, and cucumber and strawberries on the side.

You all were successful:

• working in your teams
• making a solution-salt and water
•  making a mechanical mixture-macaroni and chicken dogs
• using a colloid & dissolving a solute-milk (colloid/solvent) & powdered cheese packet (solute)
• measuring the correct amount of ingredients
• identifying changes of state-butter melting, water boiling
• and DIVISION - yes DIVISION - dividing up the meal for everyone to enjoy fair amounts and then DIVIDING it again when we had more guests than expected.

Well done inviting guests and cleaning up the foods room. 

You are good hosts and good sharers.

Hello Everyone!

This week we have returned from a week off for thanksgiving. I hope that everyone enjoyed their time away from school and are ready for a solid run until winter break.

This week we have continued our routines and practicing essential skills in reading, critical thinking and writing.

We spent much of this week working on critical reading and writing in relation to texts. We discussed the structure and society in medieval Europe. We talked about the feudal system, and manor system and where the majority of people fell within the class system.

We discussed the black death, the impact of disease and how it started to change the world that the medieval people knew.

Next week we will continue to explore the medieval world and its sociality. We will explore some of the major factors that make up its worldview such as religion and geography and we will introduce one the of leading factors of the Renaissance, The Silk Road.

Have a great weekend.