Did You Know…? Four is the only number whose value is the same as the number of letters in its name.

Good afternoon,

Today students continued to explore mixtures in Science. We have been looking at mixtures of solids. Today we explored four different ways that we could separate solid mixtures: sieves, magnets, water, and air. When choosing which method to use when separating a mixture, it is important to think about the substances in the mixture. For example, a magnet would not be a good method unless one of the substances contained iron, nickel, or cobalt. Then we looked at mixtures of liquids. There are two methods that we explored to separate liquid mixtures: decantation and distillation. Decanting works well when the substances do not mix. For example, with a mixture of oil and water, decanting works well because the oil remains on the top. Today the students practiced decanting with some eye droppers. Distillation works well for solutions. For example, with a mixture of rubbing alcohol and water, distillation works well because they have different boiling points. When the rubbing alcohol and water mixture is heated, the rubbing alcohol evaporates first (at about 80°C). The gaseous rubbing alcohol can be collected and then cooled to return it to it’s liquid state. Tuesday we will be moving on to liquids and solids.

In Math today, students began converting fractions to decimals. We are able to convert fractions with a denominator of 10 or 100 into a decimal. If the denominator is 10, then the number goes in the tenth decimal place. For example, 5/10 = 0.5. If the denominator is 100, then the number goes in the hundredth decimal place. For example, 5/100 = 0.05 and 73/100 = 0.73. This is the easy part. It gets a little harder when we need to convert fractions that don’t have a denominator of 10 or 100, then we need to use equivalent fractions. For example 1/2 = 5/10 = 0.5 or 3/4 = 75/100 = 0.75. Today was only Day 1, so we don’t have homework, but students are encouraged to use their Mathletics to review.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Language Arts:

• Second drafts in Paragraph Books (Monday)

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD

French:

• “Je suis…” (Animal) – Monday

Health:

• FRIENDS – pgs. 72-75 (Monday)

Phys. Ed. – Outside on Monday, bring appropriate clothing

Google Classroom Form – ASAP

Grade 5/6 Floor Hockey – Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)

Yearbook Orders – May 29th ( ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID code: 10359315)

Busing Intent Forms – due ASAP

Did You Know…? Stilton, Roquefort, Danish Blue, Gorgonzola, Camembert and Brie all contain penicillin.

Today in Social Studies, students continued to discuss the Loyalists and their impact on the settlement of Canada. With the arrival of the Loyalists, many small villages crew to become large cities, and these cities were dominated by settlers that were loyal to Britain and the King. For those that lived in New France (now Upper and Lower Canada), this caused a lot of changes and some struggles within the community. Many of the Loyalists faced great hardship. Lack of land, resources, etc. meant that many struggled in their new communities. In the case of the Black Loyalists, some even chose to leave Canada and returned to other countries within Africa, the Caribbean, etc. Students looked closely today at the struggles that many Black Loyalists and communities of freed slaves such as Birchtown in Nova Scotia faced. Below is a link to some biographies of Black Loyalists who came to New Brunswick.

http://preserve.lib.unb.ca/wayback/20141205153643/http://atlanticportal.hil.unb.ca/acva/blackloyalists/en/context/biographies/

After reading the biographies, students wrote a “Biography Poem” about their Loyalist. In Computers today, we were able to type and publish these poems for our Writing Board.

In Math, we have been focusing our attention on comparing fractions. Students have been using two main strategies to help them: drawing and number lines. Today we also learned a trick that many found helpful. When comparing two numbers with the same denominator, examine the numerators. The fraction with the largest numerator is the largest fraction. When comparing two numbers with the same numerator, examine the denominators. The fraction with the smallest denominator is the largest fraction. We also worked through this Math 5 Live Episode to help us with this skill:

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html?goLesson=5

Remember, you can complete Math 5 Live Episodes at home for review. They also contain links to extra practice questions, etc. when preparing for quizzes and tests.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Language Arts:

• First drafts in Paragraph Books (tomorrow)

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD
• pgs. 172-173 #1-3, 6, 8, 10, 12

French:

• “Je suis…” (Animal) – Monday

Health:

• FRIENDS – pgs. 72-75 (Monday)

Google Classroom Form – ASAP

Grade 5/6 Floor Hockey – Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)

Yearbook Orders – May 29th ( ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID code: 10359315)

Busing Intent Forms – due ASAP

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Language Arts:

• First drafts in Paragraph Books (tomorrow)

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD

French:

• “Je suis…” (Animal) – Monday

Health:

• FRIENDS – pgs. 72-75 (Monday)

Google Classroom Form – ASAP

Grade 5/6 Floor Hockey – Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)

Yearbook Orders – May 29th ( ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID code: 10359315)

Did You Know…? In 1879 the city of Liege in Belgium employed 37 cats to deliver mail to nearby villages. It was unsuccessful.

Don’t forget to vote for our Canstruction team! You can find the link here:

http://woodbuffalofoodbank.com.s178952.gridserver.com/

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD

French:

• “Je suis…” (Animal) – Monday

Health:

• FRIENDS – pgs. 72-75 (Monday)

Google Classroom Form – ASAP

Grade 5/6 Floor Hockey – Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)

Yearbook Orders – May 29th ( ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID code: 10359315)

Here are some pictures from today’s event.

Did You Know…? Octopuses are good mimics. Some imitate other dangerous animals like sea snakes and lionfish.

Busy day, and a busy weekend for our class! The Food Bank came and helped us to pack up and deliver all of our cans to Walter and Gladys Hill today. I am so proud of our classroom for the work they put into this project. No matter what happens tomorrow, I want everyone to be really excited and proud of what we’ve accomplished. In just a little over a month, you raised over 600 cans. Our Canstruction might not be fancy, but it was 100% designed by students. Our students orchestrated every part of this classroom project. They did chores, they planned and ran the Carnival, they organized, counted, and moved cans (a lot!). You should all feel proud of the contribution you made and the donation you are going to be able to make to the Food Bank. I’m proud of you! Just knowing that what we build and share with the community tomorrow wasn’t my creation, or Ms. S’ creation, but YOUR creation, makes me really proud of all of you. For those of you not on the build team who want to come and see the Canstruction, we will be building tomorrow (Saturday) at Walter and Gladys Hill from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. We hope to see some of you there!

Today students packed up over 600 cans, did a Community Clean-Up of the back of the school, completed an ongoing Science project, started and finished a new Social project, and participated in Jump Rope 4 Heart. I don’t know about them, but I’m exhausted! Take a break over the weekend, because we have another busy week coming up.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD

Google Classroom Form – ASAP

Grade 5/6 Floor Hockey – Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)

Yearbook Orders – May 29th ( ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID code: 10359315)

Did You Know…? Benjamin Franklin was the first recorded person to use artificial respiration to revive an electric shock victim, a chicken.

Good evening,

Today students did some trading in Social Studies. We have been discussing some of the languages that developed in the west alongside the fur trade (eg. Bungi – mixture of Orkney Scottish and Cree, Michif – mixture of Cree, French, Saulteaux, and English). Students today traded beaver pelts for different supplies (eg. pots, knives). At the start of our game, students could not speak to one another at all. As the game progressed, they could speak to one another again, but we added further complications. We found it was difficult to trade if there were too many fur traders in the game. Trade seemed easier when the teams were more equal. This helped us to better understand why the Governor of New France limited the number of men who were allowed to trade. When we were learning about the coureur de bois, this was something that confused some of us. It also helped us to understand why the fur trade expanded so quickly. Traders would want to move on to new areas and new resources.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD
• Pgs. 168-169 #2, 3, 5, 6, 10

Google Classroom Form – ASAP

Jump Rope for Heart Jump Day – tomorrow

Grade 5/6 Floor Hockey – Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)

Henna Tattoos – Tomorrow ($2, permission form)

Yearbook Orders – May 29th ( ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID code: 10359315)

Spring Splash – May 2nd (see poster below)

Did You Know…? The french for candy-floss is barbe à papa, or ‘dad’s beard’.

Good evening,

We have a quiz on magnetism tomorrow. Students were all asked to bring home their Science duotangs to study the following document:

Magnetism Study Notes – Answer Key

Make sure you find time tonight to review!

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD
• Pgs. 168-169 #2, 3, 5, 6, 10

Google Classroom Form – ASAP

Canstruction donations – ASAP (We need 398 mL cans)

Jump Rope for Heart Jump Day – April 24th

Grade 5/6 Floor Hockey – Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)

Multicultural Poetry Cafe – Tomorrow at lunch

Henna Tattoos – Tomorrow ($2, permission form)

Yearbook Orders – May 29th ( ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID code: 10359315)

Did You Know…? An engastrimyth is another word for ventriloquist, meaning the same in Greek as ‘ventriloquist’ in Latin: ‘belly-speaker’.

Good evening,

Today students finished their discussion on the Habitants and the settlement of New France. We looked closely at the Seigneurial System and how it affected the Habitants way of life. Everyone in our class drew a lot number and a Seigneury number, and was assigned a piece of land to live on. We were all playing the roles of farmers today. We discussed who received the better piece of land, and decided that it would be best to live closest to the St. Lawrence River (or another river) on a Seigneury near the front, not the back. This way we would be close to supplies, resources, transportation, and water! We discussed what we would have to do for our Seigneur to help develop our farms, like clear the land, build roads, ditches, barns, etc. Even though the life of a Habitant is hard, we also discussed how much better it was for many of us than our opportunities back home in France. That is why so many of us came: land, resources, and opportunities. While we were all farmers today, we also discussed who else we would want the Seigneur to recruit to live in our settlement, like carpenters, bakers, roofers, as well as musicians and artists.

In Math, we looked at equivalent decimals. Students folded a piece of paper first into fourths, then eighths, and the sixteenths. What we discovered was that 1/4 = 2/8 = 4/16. These fractions can be said to be equivalent, because they represent the same value. Students will continue to look at equivalent fractions tomorrow during our Day 2 lesson.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Language Arts:

• Paragraph Book – Topic/Concluding Sentences (tomorrow)

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD

Google Classroom Form – ASAP

Canstruction donations – ASAP (We need 398 mL cans)

Jump Rope for Heart Jump Day – April 24th

Picture Day – tomorrow

Grade 5/6 Floor Hockey – Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)

Multicultural Potluck – Tonight

Multicultural Taste-Test – Tomorrow ($0.25)

Multicultural Poetry Cafe – Thursday at lunch

Henna Tattoos – Thursday ($2, permission form)

Yearbook Orders – May 29th ( ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID code: 10359315)

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Language Arts:

• Paragraph Book – Body Sentences (tomorrow)

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD

Google Classroom Form – ASAP

Canstruction donations – ASAP (We need 398 mL cans)

Jump Rope for Heart Jump Day – April 24th (donations due tomorrow)

Picture Day – Wednesday

Grade 5/6 Floor Hockey – Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)

Multicultural Potluck – Tuesday, April 21st

Multicultural Dress-Up Day – Tomorrow

Multicultural Taste-Test – Wednesday ($0.25)

Multicultural Poetry Cafe – Thursday at lunch

Henna Tattoos – Thursday ($2, permission form)

Yearbook Orders – May 29th ( ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID code: 10359315)