Week of Mar. 30 - Apr. 3 Blog 26 (Grade 5/6)

Please take note of the following:

SCHOOL DAYS

1. Please note Friday, April 3 and Monday, April 6 are statutory holidays. As a result, we have 2 short weeks ahead.

CLASSWORK

2. Students have commenced Number Operation Expectations in class. The grade 6s looked at divisibility rules and Finding the % of Whole Numbers, while the grade 5s added whole numbers with digits in the hundredths place value and multiplying whole numbers by .1 and .01. We will continue our learning next week. Please see math overview for the week posted in google classroom for a review of these concepts. Students are reminded to correct their math work, when errors occur, and to complete assigned activities in knowledgehook that have not been completed. In Literacy, students reviewed text features and practiced writing a summary of a passage. They also practiced writing researched information in their own words. We are still reading on epic and students continue to return and sign out books at the school library. The new spelling list, list 7, is now available on the stream tab in google classroom. For Earth Hour, we brainstormed ideas about an eco-friendly school and completed a writing assignment about environmentally friendly practices for school. In Social Studies, both classes were able to pause and reflect about treaties Canada has with First Nation Peoples. That conservation will continue as we gain a fuller understanding of what it means to be Canadian through that lens.

Thanks,

Purboo

Week of Mar. 23 - 27 Blog 25 (Grade 5/6)

Please take note of the following:

CLASSWORK

1. We are moving onto Operations in Math class. Students in grade 5 should recall multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 to move onto multiplying whole numbers by .1 and .01. They will also be estimating sums and differences with whole and decimal numbers up to hundredths.The grade 5s will also add and subtract numbers up to 100 000 this week. Whereas, the grade 6s will study divisibility rules and calculate the percentages of whole numbers for class practice. The gr. 6s will also represent composite numbers as a product of their prime factors. Note: marks for geometry tests have been added to google classroom. Students that were absent for the test will be writing the test upon their return during the week of Mar. 23. In Spelling, Students wrote spelling test 6. They will be completing the spelling test corrections on Monday, and or writing the spelling test if they missed it. In Reading, we completed a text feature match in class and are practicing how to summarize researched facts in our own words. I will be checking that students completed the assignment, Pass the Spelling Assignment on Monday, Mar. 23. We have moved onto typing practice. The link is posted in google classroom for students to complete. Students are also encouraged to read on epic, or to bring their own reading material to school to read.  In Social Studies, both groups of students are completing learning in their separate units of study. All marks are being posted in google classroom as students complete tasks with corrections, when possible. Note: both grade 5 and 6 students brought home a lot of term 1 work before the March Break. 

SCHOOL EVENTS

2. We will be shifting our focus to Earth Hour and Earth day this week and completing activities around these upcoming events. Please, consider practicing how you can conserve and or reduce at home.

3. Please review the Friday Flash that was sent via the school before the March Break.

Thanks,

Purboo

Week of Mar. 9 - 13 Blog 24 (Grade 5/6)

 Please take note of the following:

CLASSWORK

1. We are concluding work in Geometry this week. Students worked on transformations (translations, reflections and rotations) last Thursday and Friday. After much effort, there is success but students still do need to review these math concepts. Further review is available on knowledgehook. It is very important students complete assigned math activities on this platform please. Corrections to mistakes made is key to confirm learning. As well, this is a reminder that students will need to collect and complete work missed due to absences at school. THERE IS A MATH TEST on Friday, Mar. 13 in Geometry for both grades. In Literacy, some students submitted corrections to their black history comparison report. We were working on presenting ideas clearly, adding a bibliography as well as adding sufficient punctuation to organize our ideas. The final criteria was to present researched information in their own ideas. Next, most students completed their list 6 story assignment - Pass the Story. Note - some students have moved onto typing practice while others are working on penmanship. We have read 3500 books on epic between the 2 English classes. Way to go! In reading, we will conclude our work around how text features support our understanding of passages we have read. In Social Studies, some grade 6 students are still submitting latitude and longitude tasks, others are working on identifying the geographic location of First Nations communities across Canada. The grade 5s moved on to complete a venn diagram that compares the role of women, men, elders or children from the past to today.

ASSEMBLY

2. We had a Steel Pan Presentation at school on Friday. All students were loving it!

TRIPS

3. The grade 6s are away from Mar. 9 - 11 for their overnight trip. The grade 5s are at the Kortright Center for a science field trip on Monday.

MARCH BREAK

4. The March Break is from Mar. 16-20. There is no school on these days.

FRIDAY FLASH

5. Please review the weekly email sent out by the school to be aware of school events.

TESTS

6. Students will be writing spelling test 6 on Thursday, Mar. 12.

Thanks,

Purboo

Week of March 2 - 6 Blog 23 Grade 5/6)

 Please take note of the following:

CLASSWORK

1. We continue work in Geometry this week to draw the top, front and side views of 3D shapes. The grade 6s will finish expectations like rotational symmetry in class. While some students are completing activities assigned on knowledgehook, please remind your child to complete all assigned work on this online platform. Students are also drawing a Geometric scene with geometric shapes which has provided a review of geometry vocabulary used in this unit. In Language, students finished their black history comparison report as well as their Chinese Heritage Month task. Any incomplete language work should be completed this week for these 2 tasks. We will transition to typing online for practice. Students should have completed the first 15 penmanship packages in class. We will finish the partner spelling 6 story this week and students should practice spelling list 6 words. The test is this Friday, Mar. 6. In Socials, both grades have commenced a new unit of study; the grade 5s - Interactions of Indigenous Peoples and Europeans prior to 1713 in what would eventually become Canada. The Grade 6s are focusing on Canada's communities past and present. The Grade 5s are completing a postcard activity noting how Indigenous peoples met a clothing, shelter or food need using the environment. The grade 6s started opening activities and are locating indigenous communities in Canada.

FUNDRAISERS AND EVENTS

2. Please note fundraisers and events that are happening at our school. Your help to raise funds are appreciated. (Purdy's Chocolate Sales, Steel Pan Performance) Please read the school email - Friday Flash for more details.

3. Friday is International Women's Day at our school.

Thanks,

Purboo

Week of Feb. 23 - 27 Blog 22 (Grade 5/6)

Please take note of the following:

REMINDERS

1. Please ensure devices are at school and charged for learning each day.

TESTS

2. The grade 6 will be writing an adding and subtracting proper fractions quiz on Tuesday, Feb. 24. We have been practicing how to find the lowest common denominator and making equivalent fractions in class to help us prepare. As a way of review, students are reminded to complete assigned knowledgehook activities that offer needed practice for skills being introduced and taught in class. A practice EQAO test will be released this week on knowledgehook for grade 6 students.

CLASSWORK

3. In Language, the class co-created an anchor chart for effective listening skills on Friday. It is posted in the stream of our class google classroom. We are also working through how text features help to support our understanding of passages that we read. NOTE - the black history writing task (comparing 2 black figures) is due by the end of this week. We will complete a smaller task for Chinese Heritage Month this week. In Math, we have covered geometric properties of quadrilaterals (gr. 6s) and the characteristics of triangles and angles (gr. 5s). Both grades also finished a coding word problem with a classmate.  On Friday, we reviewed plotting points on the cartesian plane. We also played a game where students physically moved on a grid (tiles on the floor). We will continue that learning on Monday, Feb. 23 and present slides students created with coordinate points. NOTE - completed work is going home in all subject areas as we've commenced new units of study for the second term. In Social Studies, the grade 5s reviewed the resilience of First Nations people to maximize resources in the environment to help them survive. They were assigned a mini task of creating a postcard to communicate how ONE group of First Nation Peoples met ONE need (shelter, clothing or food.) Students are using their notes to complete this assignment. A rubric was given for this task. On the other hand, grade 6s corrected a task to assess their ability to locate places on the globe using lines of latitude and longitude.

SCHOOL EVENTS

4. Please read through the school email - Friday Flash, to be aware of wider school events like information nights and school fundraisers! We appreciate your support in all areas of school life.

Thanks,

Purboo

Week of Feb. 17 - 20 Week 21 (Grade 5/6)

Please take note of the following:

CLASSWORK

1. Classwork and tests in all subject areas are being sent home this week as the second term has started. We are learning Geometry in Math class. Each grade has approximately 6 expectations to meet. The Grade 5s are looking at the different kinds of triangles while the grade 6s looked at the geometric properties of quadrilaterals on Friday. Videos are posted in google stream to review these math concepts. In Art class, students are working on a fun art / Valentine's Day task that has our favored candies. In Social Studies, the grade 5s are concluding presentations about how to solve a problem in Canada through the collaborative efforts of varied levels of government, private citizens and businesses. On the other hand, the grade 6s are working on identifying places on the globe using lines of latitude and longitude. In Language, students will receive spelling list 6 and are working on their Black HIstory Month comparisons. There are posts in google stream about this writing assignment.

WEATHER

2. As the temperatures fluctuate, it is important for students to wear their coats outside. Please remind them of this.

COMPUTERS

3. Please remember computers need to be charged and ready for use at school everyday

TRIPS

4. To Grade 5 families, please remember to complete forms and payment for the Kortright trip.

Thanks,

Purboo

Week of Feb. 9 - 13 Week 20 (Grade 5/6)

 Please take note of the following:

CLASSWORK

1. We are wrapping up work around financial literacy this week. Grade 6s will be looking at interest rates and grade 5s at basic budgeting. We completed a bulletin board outside of our classroom. It includes tips about things we learned during our math unit on financial literacy. The quizzes written on Friday will be returned this week and uploaded to google classroom. In language, students will be writing spelling list 5 on Monday, Feb. 9. We are also looking at comparing 2 African American figures in history for our next writing assignment. We've worked on paraphrasing and students received a reference sheet about how to write bibliographies. In Reading, both classes have now read a total of 3000 books on epic. Great job! The EQAO practice page, Ice Wranglers is due on Monday, Feb. 9. The grade 6s will be taking this up in class on Monday. We will be looking at both text features / forms and structures in texts over the next couple of weeks as well. In Social Studies, the grade 6s have homework around latitude and longitude and reading places on the globe. The grade 5s submitted their projects on an issue in Canada and the levels of government involved in solving the problem. We have shifted to the next unit of study for the second term.

TRIPS

2. The grade 5s are reminded about their trip to the Kortright Center. Please use the links that were sent to pay for the trip asap.

REPORT CARDS

3. Report cards will be sent home on Monday, Feb. 9. THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON FEB. 13 or FEB. 16 which is Family Day.

FEB. 13

4. We will have a period in the afternoon to celebrate Valentine's Day on Friday. Students who choose to bring something are asked to be mindful of allergies and to share with the 29 students in our class. A class list will be shared this week.

Thanks,

Purboo