March 13, 2020

Hello Everyone,

*Reminder to stay safe and stay home if you are sick please!
*If you are keeping your child home feel free to access my webpage for current links on subject areas we are covering in class: bit.ly/32XJvdd 

Math - Both grade 4's and 5's have just started fractions
Grade 4
- We are talking about parts of a whole
- Fractions of a set
- Numerator and Denominator
Grade 5
- Looking at equivalent fractions

Language Arts
- We are talking about inferring in reading (What do you observe? What do you wonder? What do you infer from the clues the author gives you?)
- In writing we have been writing letters to a student in our grade at another elementary school somewhere in Canada as part of the "Great Canadian Mail Race" please ask me about this!
- We have been doing a novel study on the novel, "Because of Winn-Dixie"
- Students are currently working on adding endings during word work using -ed and -ing and the different phonics rules

Social Studies
We have started our unit on the History of Canada and it's People
- Students are supposed to be asking their own families about their traditions and celebrations regarding food, clothing, holidays, and entertainment (i.e. games, songs, dances)

Science
We have learned about magnetism and are starting electricity next
- There are sites students can explore on my webpage under "Science Grade 5"

French
We are currently learning about "Carnaval de Quebec"

Yesterday's field trip to Telus Spark was a huge success and students really enjoyed themselves! Thank you to all our lovely parent volunteers for making this possible! They learned about "Math in Motion" and how to connect music notes/beat to fractions through dance!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Ms. Russell