Thursday, November 7th, 2024

 We had our Remembrance Day liturgy today. Thanks to all who donated for their poppies.

Term 1 Assignment Deadline is the end of the day on Tuesday! With the long weekend, make sure you are bringing home everything you need to work on your remaining overdue assignments over the weekend.

Math - We continued practicing our Long Division skills today, with practice problems in our textbook. Make sure (even if you finished the Text questions) to do at least 1 practice problem each day over the long weekend, to keep your skills sharp.

ELA - We started our 3rd and final story retelling assignment for our Story Structure unit. Details on the task will be posted to your ELA class page on Edsby, and it will be due next week.

Reminder: No School tomorrow (Teacher PLD) or Monday (Remembrance Day).

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

 Math - We had short practice assignments on mental-math or prime numbers today. Hand this in tomorrow so I can check for your understanding.

ELA - Keep practising your prepared oral readings! We present on Wednesday.

Social Studies - We will get 1 more class on computers tomorrow to finish your Party Platforms research, which is due at the end of the school day tomorrow. Our student vote is Monday morning! If you'll be away Monday, come see me tomorrow to request an early-voting ballot.

Science - We had a short activity to help visualise the huge size of our digestive system today. We'll get time to respond to the analysis questions for this activity tomorrow.

A note on Halloween next week: Students are welcome to wear their costumes to school on Thursday, or choose to change into a costume over lunch. We will have a regular academic day in the morning, and a Halloween celebration in the afternoon including a costume parade and school dance. Reminder that costumes brought to school should not include any weapons, blood, or violent references. Also, students who don't choose to wear a costume that day are invited to wear orange+black to earn house league points.

Thursday, Oct 3, 2024

 Math - Our Unit 1 test is on Wednesday. Tomorrow we will start our Unit Review. Today, students completed their "Pre-Test Check-In", where they look over our Learning Targets, share their successes, and identify the one skill they need the most practice in. This will include showing an example of the skill, as well as finding the Textbook pages where they can practice this skill more. By tomorrow, all students will have posted their Pre-Test Check-In to their Learning Story on Edsby. Take some time to review yours with a parent/guardian, and make a plan for how best to practice this challenging skill over the next week and set yourself up for success on your test.

ELA - Students had one more class to finish, edit, and revise their Dialogue Task rough copies. Tomorrow we will be typing our good copies.

Social Studies - We took time to review our activity from yesterday, and complete our list of the responsibilities of each Level of Government in Canada.

Tomorrow is the last day for Terry Fox donations. Thanks to everyone who donated!

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

 Social Studies - We reviewed Canada's history of Residential Schools today. Finish your questions from today's reading for this Friday. Reminder: National Day of Truth and Reconciliation is Monday, Sept. 30th. No school for students that day.

Math - We had time to finish our practice assignment from yesterday (the green/yellow handouts). If yours is not yet complete, finish and hand it in by tomorrow. 

Religion - We continued our discussion of Residential Schools in Religion class, and had a chance to write in our Reflection Journals about the topic. Like always, I'll post today's prompt over on your Religion Edsby class page (It's called "Locally Determined Option" in Edsby).

ELA - We had time to finish our Story Maps for our first story assignment (Gross for Gr 5 / Boy and the Mountain for Gr 6). We started using these story maps to write a re-telling of the story in our own words, as well as imagine the thoughts and feelings of the main character in our story. This assignment is posted in your ELA Edsby class page, and is due on Tuesday. We will get more class time to work on it.

Computers - We officially started our keyboarding work on typing.com today. All students should have completed their 3-minute typing test, and started on your first lesson (F, J, and Spacebar). Remember you can always log on to typing.com at home to continue your practice.

Wednesday, June 19th, 2024

 Swimming Field Trip on Friday! 

    >Return all permission forms by tomorrow

    >Busses leave school at 11am for Riversdale outdoor pool

    >Picnic in park (hot lunch or bring a lunch

    >Pack for swimming/outdoor activity for the afternoon

Math - We had time to complete all questions in our Grade 5/6 numeracy reviews today. Finish all remaining questions for tomorrow. Tomorrow we write our final Basic Concepts of Math assessment.

Computers - We wrote our final 3-Minute typing test today. Bring up your results at home to show your family how much you have improved since your first September test! Remember: Your account will not be deactivated at the end of the school year, so feel free to log in any time in the future and keep practicing!

Art - Finish all art assignments in your Portfolio by the end of the day Friday.

Religion - Hand in Letter to Myself and Reflection Journals on Friday.

ELA - Last book review due Friday (Graphic novel ok for June). 

Term 3 Portfolios will be filled and sent home on Monday.

Monday, April 29th, 2024

 Grade 5's: Band Recruitment on May 6th. Return your band forms beforehand!

Math: We moved on to the second half of this unit, and started discussion probability language. Complete the following questions for tomorrow:

 Gr 5: Pg 274 – 275, Qs 1-3, 5-7 (4)

 Gr 6: 273 – 275, Qs 1-5, 9 (6, 8)

Religion - We reviewed the Gospel passages that describe the Risen Jesus, and completed a short activity with it.

Word Work - Grade 5's worked on strategies to add more detail to sentences. We also all have a spelling quiz in a week, on May 6th.

ELA - We had time to finish our Canva profiles today! This task is due on Wednesday. Also, our April book reviews are due tomorrow!

Popcorn fundraiser orders are due on Friday.

Tuesday, February 6th, 2024

 Teacher Job Action this week:

Tomorrow: Schools are closed, no classes.
Thursday: No lunch supervision available at school. All staff and students will be leaving the school over the lunch break. Busses will take bus students home at the end of morning classes. School will run as usual in the afternoon, but there will not be bussing for the afternoon. An email was sent to parents with more details.

Math - Grade 5's continued practicing comparing fractions and decimals together, while Grade 6's started learning about Percent, and how to relate this to fractions or decimals. Complete the following text questions for Thursday:
G 5: page 195, Q’s 1-8.
G 6: page 188, Q’s 1-9.

ELA - Students had time to work on their Section 6 questions for their novel study. This assignment is due on Thursday. (With no school tomorrow, make sure to complete this as homework! You can access it at home on the Edsby ELA class page.)

Social Studies - We discussed the lifestyle of Indigenous peoples in Canada prior to contact with Europeans, as well as first-contact. Complete the handout in your unit workbooks titled "Beginning of the Treaties of Saskatchewan" for Thursday.

Computers - We continued on Typing.com today. Complete up to the end of the "Easy Top Row Words" lesson for next week.