Good afternoon!

We had an amazing day. We started off our morning with some Science for a change. We looked at cattails today, and some of the adaptations of this amazing wetlands plant that help it to survive in ponds and marshes. We learned that:

  • Cattails allow for oxygen exchange in their stalks
  • They have both a male and a female flower on the same stalk
  • They use hairs to help seeds travel to new places

After our review of adaptations, students played a game called “Wonderful Wetlands War!” We were put into 4 different teams: Lightning Unicorns, Chocolate Thunder (a.k.a. The Olympians), Sneaky Foxes, and Lightning Rainbow Potatoes. The Sneaky Foxes won the day, using their skills and luck to answer to most questions about Plants and Wetlands. All groups did very well, and submitted written answers about the game questions. This was our final Ecology (Wetlands + Plants) review, and we will not be writing a written Unit Test for this Unit. Instead, on Monday, we will be travelling to the storm pond to do some hands on work.

In Social Studies today we discussed Confederation a little further. We have already learned about some of the political changes that were occurring in Canada in the late 1800s. Today we were able to use what we had previously learned to discuss some pros and cons about joining Confederation. Countries like New Brunswick were worried about losing Britain as an important trading partner. British Columbia did not have much in common with the other British Colonies and was too far away. Rupert’s Land separated them from the majority of the colonies. However, in 1867, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick joined together to form the Dominion of Canada. British Columbia followed, only when Canada offered to pay their debts and to build a railroad to connect them to the rest of Canada. Tomorrow we will finish our discussion on some of these factors.

Homework: Read 20 minutes

                         Multiplication Quiz – tomorrow

                         Math: Gr. 5 – pgs. 278-279 #1-2, 5-7

                         Yearbook Orders – June 24th ($20)

                         Heritage Park Donations

                         Bring extra bags tomorrow!