Did You Know…? Ribbon worms will eat their own bodies if their food supply runs out. They can eat up to 95 per cent of themselves and still survive.

Good evening,

Today the students named their caterpillars and began a journal for observing their growth and changes. We will be posting small daily updates on the caterpillars to the following webpage: https://missbtimberlea.edublogs.org/butterflies-daily-updates/. Visit this link each day to see how students caterpillars are growing. You can also find it under “Butterfly Updates” in the May-June Links.

In Art today students practiced contour drawing. They each found some objects around the room to do a contour drawing of. They could not lift up their pencil from the paper, as these are quick, simple sketches. So… students were asked to pick 1-2 objects, to keep it simple, to focus on shape, and to use light and dark pencil markings to add contrast where needed. After students finished their contour drawings, they were using positive and negative space to emphasize their drawings. Check out the examples below.

In Science today we began to further explore our Wetlands unit. Students discussed the importance of water, what is a wetland, living and non-living components of wetlands, and why wetlands are important. The first question seems pretty simple. We need water to drink, cook, wash, etc. This year we will be looking closely at both non-peatlands and peatlands. Marshes are the non-peatlands we will be studying. They get their water both from groundwater and precipitation, but they are not usually permanent and can dry up depending on the weather. They have water that is 1 to 1.5 m deep, and are often referred to as sloughs or ponds. The peatlands we will be studying are bogs and fens. Fens are the most common type of wetland that we see in Northern Alberta. They get their water from groundwater can be identified by the abundance of mosses and black spruce trees. Bogs on the other hand get their water primarily from precipitation. They also have mosses, as well as unique plants such as the pitcher plants found in Newfoundland. Both bogs and fens have peat. Peat is dead material (eg. leaves, animals, etc.) that has built up and is decomposing in the wetlands. It is generally several layers deep and we usually refer to it as muskeg. As you can see already, there are important non-living components of wetlands such as water, dead materials, air, and soil. There is also an abundance of living materials in wetlands from black spruce, moss, pitcher plants, mallard ducks, beavers, northern shovellers, moose, fish, plants, trees, shrubs, bull rushes, cattails, etc. Why are wetlands important? Well:

1. They store water.
2. They contain a lot of biodiversity (plants and animals).
3. They can filter and clean water.

Stay tuned for more!

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Language Arts:

• 2nd Drafts of Wetlands Paragraphs (Monday)

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesday (3:00-4:00 pm)
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD
• Pg. 268 #1-4

Science:

• Acids and Bases Quiz (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)

Guinness World Record Forms – June 5th

Family Fun Fair – Saturday at 11:00 am (Timberlea Field)

 

Did You Know…? Butterflies taste with their feet.

Good evening,

Our caterpillars arrived today! This morning we had to mix up the nutrients and then transfer the caterpillars into their individual containers. Students were very helpful and very patient during this process. Each group has 3-4 caterpillars that they will be responsible to care for. They will also be closely watching their caterpillars each day and monitoring and tracking their growth, as well as keeping a journal of their observations.

In Science today we reviewed chemical reactions, acids, and bases. We are having our final Chemistry Quiz on Monday, and today the students took home the following sheet to help them to study. We reviewed the unique characteristics of water, irreversible and reversible changes, signs of chemical reactions, the pH scale, and acids and bases. Please make sure that students review for this quiz either tonight or over the weekend. Students all were encouraged to bring home the review sheets today, but a copy can be found below:

Chemistry – Reactions Review Notes

Students also all took home a note about an upcoming Field Trip. In celebration of the opening of the new Shell Place at MacDonald Island, the Regional Recreation Corporation is hoping to have between 4400-4900 community members to help cut the ribbon to open Shell Place on June 12^th 2015. Students from Grades 1-6 will be attending this event unless otherwise notified. Buses will leave between 8:30-9:00 am and will return around 11:30 am. MacDonald Island Park has also planned some activities for students and community members (eg. Zumba, dance). The activities will be approximately 40 minutes. Afterwards, students will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for Most Participants in a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. If your student is UNABLE to attend this trip, please let me know by returning the form sent home today.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesday (3:00-4:00 pm)
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD
• Pg. 268 #1-4

Science:

• Acids and Bases Quiz (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)

Guinness World Record Forms – June 5th

Family Fun Fair – Saturday at 11:00 am (Timberlea Field)

Did You Know…? Brunei ants have guards who explode their own heads when threatened, leaving a sticky mess to slow down intruders.

Short post today as it was Mega Boyz today! It looks like you all had a great time. I know the girls and I had fun back at school.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Language Arts:

• Wetlands Paragraphs (Second Draft) – Thursday

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesday (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…? The Great Wall of China, including all sections, was built over a period spanning 2000 years.

Good evening,

Today the students continued their work on their Wetlands research papers. Students reviewed the body sentences that they wrote yesterday. They then had to create a topic sentence that would introduce the main points of their paragraphs, and a concluding sentence that would help to summarize the main points of their paragraphs. Don’t forget, often the topic sentence is what hooks your reader. Try and make it interesting! Students were also responsible to “Put it All Together” today. What we mean by that is that students had to create a neat second draft of their paragraphs. Tomorrow we start working on new paragraphs with new topics!

In Math today, students began looking at double-bar graphs. We modeled building a double bar graph together on the board, discussing the important attributes (eg. title, labelled x-axis, labelled y-axis, scale, legend). Students then worked in small groups to complete a double-bar graph. Finally, students began working on individual practice problems. Students will continue with these problems on Thursday.

In Science we completed our study of Classroom Chemistry. Today students were able to use some litmus paper to determine if certain liquids were acids or bases. Today students were using blue litmus paper. When placed in an acid, blue litmus paper changes to a reddish colour. It remains blue in the presence of bases or neutrals. Students tested vinegar, lemon juice, and water. The vinegar and lemon juice we quickly realized were acids by how quickly the blue litmus paper changed. However, the water left the blue paper blue. This could mean that it is a base or a neutral. We already knew from last week that water was neutral, but if we hadn’t known that information, we would have had to do further testing. A different type of litmus paper may have helped. Some litmus paper can help you to determine pH (see the link on the right). We could also have used red litmus paper. Red litmus paper turns blue in the presence of a base and stays red in the presence of acids and neutrals. The red litmus paper would have helped us to further identify the water as a base or a neutral substance. Today we finished off by having the students do some investigating. They were given four white powders. They then tested the powders with each of the following: vinegar, water, iodine. Students recorded their observations in a charge, and then using these observations determined the white powders. The first was baking soda. We knew this because it reacted with baking soda. The second was corn starch. We were able to quickly identify this because the iodine turned a dark blackish purple. Finally, we looked at the alum powder and the salt. We actually could not distinguish between these two using only the 3 tests designed above. Students discussed different tests they could do and we discussed as a class how difficulty it can be to determine substance identities. Often multiple tests need to be run to be conclusive. Students will be having a quiz on reactions and acids and bases this upcoming Monday.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Language Arts:

• Wetlands Paragraphs (Second Draft) – Thursday

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesday (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)

Mega Boyz – May 27th (Permission Forms ASAP)

Always Changing Unit – May 27th, girls (Permission Forms ASAP)

* More information on this unit can be found at: http://www.phecanada.ca/programs/always-changing/vibrant-faces/always-changing

Did You Know…? Pet goldfish can live for 25 years.

Good evening,

Today students started to work on their research papers for our Wetlands unit. Students worked on the research off and on over the past 2 weeks. Today, we reviewed how to use brainstorming/research to create a body paragraph. Students were responsible to look over their research, on a particular section, and to narrow down their research into 3 key points. The example we used was the Mallard duck. After reviewing the research on appearance, we noticed that most of it fit into 3 main points: how males look, how females look, how they both look. Using these points, students wrote body sentences on the points that they had selected. Tomorrow we will review our body sentences and create topic and concluding sentences that introduce and summarize their body sentences.

In French today, students reviewed the days of the week. We have been working on the days of the week throughout the year: lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche.

Then we began learning how to tell time. Students will be using their knowledge on the days of the week and the time in order to begin constructing their ideal school days. Students will be able to use the subjects that we learned last week to communicate what they wished their school days looked like. We will begin working on these schedules next week. Want to practice telling time at home? Watch the video we started with today or review your notes.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesday (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)

Mega Boyz – May 27th (Permission Forms ASAP)

Always Changing Unit – May 27th, girls (Permission Forms ASAP)

* More information on this unit can be found at: http://www.phecanada.ca/programs/always-changing/vibrant-faces/always-changing

Did You Know…? In Iran, clouds are lucky. If someone is blessed, you might tell them, ‘your sky is always filled with clouds’.

Good afternoon,

Today the students and I had a pretty great day. After a long week of testing, we had decided yesterday to have a break today. This morning we had an extra Computer class to get started. The students did have to type and publish their Social letter/journal that they have been working on for the Great Migration. Then then students were exploring acids and bases and the pH scale. The websites we used are listed below. The first website tested the pH of different liquids. You could even get more complex if you wanted by changing the concentration (adding water) to see if that changed it’s pH. The second simulator let students test the pH of different liquids using litmus paper. This litmus paper is a lot more sensitive than the paper we use in class that turns either red or blue. This paper could change to a variety of colours depending on the pH of the liquid. It is important that students remember that acids have an acidity of 0 to 7, that bases have an alkalinity of 7 to 14, and that 7 is neutral. They should be able to list some examples of acids and bases as well. For example, orange juice and vomit are acids, but dish soap and drain cleaner are bases. Check out the websites at home for more examples or watch the Study Jams video for a quick review!

Acids and Bases – http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/ph-scale/latest/ph-scale_en.html

Litmus Paper – http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E22/E22.html

Study Jams – http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/matter/acids-and-bases.htm

In Art today we learned a little bit about First Nation’s artist Alex Janvier.

We were inspired by the use of line in his work, and so today students completed a project that I like to call, “Taking a Line for a Walk.” This project involves them using their imaginations as they follow the line across the page. Are you travelling uphill? Flying? Then students fill in the spaces to help convey information about their adventure. They can be detailed or they can be subtle. Some students put in words, characters, etc. while others focused on using colour and shapes to tell their stories. Check out the pictures at the end, they turned out great! Want to see my example again?

Finally, we continued to explore the topic of Classroom Chemistry today. Today we focused on acids and bases (similar to the activities above). We started with a quick review of the cohesion seen in water particles that creates it’s strong surface tension or a “skin” of water. Soap and other bases can lower the surface tension water. We placed pepper on the water. As soon as we added soap, the pepper quickly moved to the sides. As the surface tension is lowered, the “skin” of water breaks, rushing towards the sides of the cup and carrying the pepper with it. We then reviewed what we know about acids and bases. We know that bases have a pH of 7-14, taste bitter, and can lower waters surface tension. We know that acids have a pH of 0-7, taste sour, and can speed up the rate at which something dissolves. We also learned that acids react with baking soda when we explored the PBS kids website on Wednesday. So today we tested the following liquids: vinegar, dish soap, lemon juice, liquid bluing, hydrogen peroxide, and iodine. The vinegar and lemon juice both reacted with the baking soda (we saw a gas form – bubbling) identifying them both as acids. Then we discussed some of the materials we used today. A lot of cleaners are bases. The more alkaline a substance the better it is at lower the surface tension of water. That means that other materials (eg. dirt, food on dishes, etc.) won’t adhere as well to the water and can be easier to wash away. Acids can be found in some cleaning supplies too, as they are good at dissolving unwanted materials so they can we rinsed out, but often bases are more common for commercial cleaning products.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesday (3:00-4:00 pm)
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD

Health:

• Pg. 77 (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)

Mega Boyz – May 27th (Permission Forms ASAP)

Always Changing Unit – May 27th, girls (Permission Forms ASAP)

* More information on this unit can be found at: http://www.phecanada.ca/programs/always-changing/vibrant-faces/always-changing

Did You Know…? In 2007, robotic peregrine falcons were introduced to rooftops in Liverpool in an attempt to rid the city of pigeons.

Today the students had their monthly virtue assembly. This month’s virtue is purposefulness. The Grade 1 classes did a wonderful job hosting the assembly; sharing a poem with us as well as singing a song. We also had a special presentation for FNMI Week about the Inuit culture and traditions. Finally, the Summer Games and Mystiko (which means wood in Cree) stopped by to talk to us about the Summer Games, where to get tickets, and the events that will be taking place in Fort McMurray this summer. The opening ceremonies are on August 7th, and they are expecting 14 000 visitors to our city for the games. Check out the video below for more information:

The first leg of the Spirit Torch run has already taken place in Fort McKay. You can also see a visit of it below and stay tuned for when the Spirit Torch makes it’s way to our city!

We read two more FNMI stories today. The first story we read was “The Rough Face Girl” by Rafe Martin. This is what is referred to as a Cinderella story, as it follows this story archetype. However, it is part of a much longer Algonquin legend. We also read “Frog Girl” by Paul Owen Lewis. I’ve included video links to both books below, just in case students wanted to share them with their families. We didn’t watch the videos in class today, we read the books during our Read-Aloud block.

We have been using an App in class on our IPads that a lot of the students really enjoy. It is called “MyScript Calculator – Handwriting Calculator.” I have to say, I love what you can do with it. It is great for changing fractions into decimals or to help find equivalent fractions. I know some students were interested in using it on tablets at home. Check out the demo. video below:

Don’t forget that next week is Mega Boyz! We are missing some of the permission forms for this event. Students will be unable to travel to this event without a permission form, there will be no exceptions, so please make sure they are returned. The girls had so much fun at Girl Power, I know know none of the boys would want to miss out. Apparently this is the video blog, but check out the Shaw Media video of Girl Power below to get a sneak peak at some of the activities that will be available at Mega Boyz.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Cancelled today (May 20th)
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD

Social:

• Great Migration Letter/Journal Rough Copies (Friday)

Health:

• Pg. 77 (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)

Mega Boyz – May 27th (Permission Forms ASAP)

Always Changing Unit – May 27th, girls (Permission Forms ASAP)

* More information on this unit can be found at: http://www.phecanada.ca/programs/always-changing/vibrant-faces/always-changing

Grade 6 Healthy Canteen – tomorrow (various prices)

Did You Know…? The Incas based their measurement of time on how long it took to boil a potato.

Good afternoon,

After completing our Math test today, we continued to explore chemistry. We have been talking about mixtures, but so far we have only worked with physical changes. We know this because we have not chemically changed any of our materials. This is why we were able to use our separating techniques to separate our mixtures back into their original parts. Another example of a physical change is water. Water can exist in three different forms: ice, liquid water, and water vapour. These correspond with the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Even if solid water (ice) melts into a liquid (liquid water), it is still just water. We have not chemically changed anything about it. That doesn’t mean that water isn’t unique. In fact, water is very unique! Today we explored one of the aspects of water that makes it so unique… it’s surface tension. The particles in water are more strongly attracted to one another than many other liquids, or has strong cohesion. This means that the particles actually pull themselves closely together if possible. One way that we demonstrated this was with wax paper. The students put vegetable oil onto the paper first and noticed that it simply spread out across the paper. The particles in vegetable have weak cohesion. However, when we added water onto our wax paper, we saw that it stayed together in drops and bubbles. The water pulled itself together as much as possible. This is a great way to see the strong cohesion of water particles. In fact, the particles of water have such strong cohesion, that they actually create what we call a “skin” across the surface of water. This thin barrier is actually much tougher to break through than you would think. We added some pennies to a very full glass of water. The water was able to reach the top and continue above the rim of the glass, without spilling. It formed a bubble of water above the rim. Again, the strong cohesion causes the particles to pull as closely together as they can, creating a “skin” or having a high surface tension. Tomorrow we will see how to break this surface tension!

In Computers today we completed the activities below. The first is a chemistry activity that introduced students to some of the concepts that we will discuss tomorrow and Friday on chemical changes. The second and third links were for FNMI Week. They enabled students to design their own wampum belts or their own glass beadwork design. We had a lot of fun. If you want to learn more about these two First Nations’ arts, click on the links to see some history and examples.

Kitchen Chemistry – http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/kitchenchemistry/virtual-start.html

Virtual Wampum Belt – http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/wampumgraph/index.html

Interactive Beadwork Designer – http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/beadgraph/index.html

We also listened to two FNMI stories today. The first was called, “The Big Rock Story,” which you can listen to at home by following the link below:

The second was “A Promise is a Promise” by Robert Munsch. This is a modern retelling of traditional legend and folklore, and it is very different from most of Robert Munsch’s other stories. It is based on a creature that parents would warn their children about so they wouldn’t go on the sea ice. This story is told in the Northwest Territories to keep Inuit children safe. If you want to listen to this one again at home (or another Robert Munsch story) you can visit his website: http://robertmunsch.com/book/a-promise-is-a-promise-2.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Cancelled today (May 20th)
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD

Social:

• Great Migration Letter/Journal Rough Copies (Friday)

Health:

• Pg. 77 (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

Mega Boyz – May 27th (Permission Forms ASAP)

Always Changing Unit – May 27th, girls (Permission Forms ASAP)

* More information on this unit can be found at: http://www.phecanada.ca/programs/always-changing/vibrant-faces/always-changing

Grade 6 Healthy Canteen – tomorrow (various prices)

Did You Know…? ‘Catacoustics’ is the study of echoes.

Good evening,

Today the students continued working on a writing assignment about “The Great Migration” between 1815-1850. Students have each been given different scenarios to explore. They may have selected:

• You are a 10 year old child about to board a ship to the “New World” to America.
• You are an agent about to evict a poor cottier & his family.
• Your baby sister has died & has been thrown overboard the coffin ship.
• Your father has come home this evening & announced that there is a strange thing covering the potato crop.

Last week, students were each asked to create a character for their situation. They had to give their character a name, as well as describe some of their thoughts and feelings about their situation. Each student had to do this for at least two different situations. For example, if they were the 10 year old child, they could write about what they were thinking and feeling before getting on the ship, and then what they were thinking and feeling while travelling on the ship. Today, students were asked to take the work they have done with their characters and to write either a journal entry or a letter from the character. We will be working on the rough drafts all this week, and then publishing our final drafts on Friday.

Don’t forget about our Math test tomorrow on fractions and decimals. Students should be able to:

• Create sets of equivalent fractions.
• Compare fractions with like and unlike denominators.
• Describe and represent decimals (tenths, hundredths, thousandths).
• Relate decimals to fractions and fractions to decimals (to thousandths).
• Compare and order decimals (to thousandths) by using: benchmarks, place value, and equivalent decimals.
• Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction of decimals (limited to thousandths).

Students took home a booklet to help them study last week. This booklet contains the problem of the day questions for this unit. In the students’ Problem of the Day Books, there should be the solutions that we discussed in class throughout the unit, however, it is the students’ responsibility to maintain these books. Students are also encouraged to complete the “Show What You Know” questions for this unit, to use their Mathletics accounts, or to simply solve previously assigned textbook questions in order to help them to practice and review tonight. Do you have a GoNoodle account at home? If so, try the “Brain Break” shared below! It has some review questions on fractions and decimals. Don’t have a GoNoodle account at home? Follow the link to sign up for a free account, Camp GoNoodle, and more!

GoNoodle Sign Up – https://www.gonoodle.com/s/abarrington

GoNoodle (Fractions/Decimals) Link – https://www.gonoodle.com/my-questions/64314

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Cancelled tomorrow (May 20th)
• Mathletics Meeting – TBD
• Fractions and Decimals Test – Tomorrow
• Pgs. 216-217 #1-4, 6, 8-12, 16, 18

Social:

• Great Migration Letter/Journal Rough Copies (Friday)

Health:

• Pg. 77 (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

Mega Boyz – May 27th (Permission Forms ASAP)

Always Changing Unit – May 27th, girls (Permission Forms ASAP)

* More information on this unit can be found at: http://www.phecanada.ca/programs/always-changing/vibrant-faces/always-changing

Bannock – Tomorrow ($0.25)

 

Did You Know…? A medieval sword weighed about the same as a bag of sugar.

Today we had some special visitors from DiscoverE at the University of Alberta. They were here to do some Chemistry demonstrations for us. First we discussed the differences between physical and chemical changes. So far we have only been working with physical changes. Physical changes can be reversed. That is why, using our separation techniques that we learned in class, we were always able to separate the materials into their original form. Using strategies like decanting, evaporating, filtering, etc. helped us to reverse physical changes. Another great way to think about a physical change is to think about the states of matter. Water changes form. It can cool (condense) from a gas to a liquid. It can freeze into a solid. It can then melt into a liquid again. It can even evaporate back into a gas. Each of these changes can be reversed. It is still just water, it is just in a different state, and using the appropriate strategy, we can bring it back to its original state. Chemical changes cannot be reversed. Today we saw three chemical changes, and we learned to look for signs that a chemical change had occurred. A change in temperature, a gas being produced, an odor being produced, a light being produced, a change in colour, and a precipitate forming are signs that a chemical change has occurred. We saw Keegan and Sarah (our presenters) create “Elephant’s Toothpaste,” a chemical reaction that demonstrated a colour and temperature change, as well as produced as a gas (in the form of bubbles). We saw them burn some powder in a combustion chamber, producing heat, light, an odor, and gas. Finally we created our own reaction. The first reaction we created was exothermic. The powder heated up when it was added to the water. We also saw the indicator (bromthymol blue) change colour (demonstrating a chemical reaction had occurred). The solution turned from a neutral to an acid. The second reaction we created was endothermic. The powder cooled down and bubbled when added to the water solution. The indicator (bromthymol blue) also changed once again, indicating that our solution had now turned from an acid to a base. Thanks for your great attentive listening today everyone. Want to attend a DiscoverE Summer Camp? Visit the link below for more information:

http://discovere.ualberta.ca/en/SummerCamps/RemoteandRuralCamps/FortMcMurrayCamps.aspx

Don’t forget that we have a Math test next week on Wednesday. Even though it is a long weekend. Students are all encouraged to study and prepare for their test. Students took home the following study guide today:

Fractions – Problem of the Day

Students were encouraged to bring home their Math Journals, which contains the answers for all the questions in the Study Guide. You can also use your Math textbook (remember, we do have access to an online version – see right) or your Mathletics to get some extra practice over the weekend. An example solution for one of the problems in the study guide is posted below with today’s pictures.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• Math Help – Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm
• Mathletics Meeting – Thursday, 6:00-7:00 pm
• Fractions and Decimals Test – Wednesday

Health:

• Pg. 77 (next 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

Mega Boyz – May 27th (Permission Forms ASAP)

Always Changing Unit – May 27th, girls (Permission Forms ASAP)

* More information on this unit can be found at: http://www.phecanada.ca/programs/always-changing/vibrant-faces/always-changing

Spring Pictures – due May 19th