Sources for our Remember Our Veterans Project

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/faces-of-war/025014-2000-e.html
http://www.warmuseum.ca/exhibitions/
http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/WWII/
http://www.canadianletters.ca/collections.php?warid=4
http://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/ressources/recommended-links/canadian-links/
http://www.canadianletters.ca/collections.php?warid=3
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/catorgories/war-conflict/first-world-war/the-first-world-war-canada-remembers/topic---the-first-world-war-Canada-remembers.html
http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/vimy_warrecordsoffice.htm
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/diarys,_memorials,_personal_reminiscences

Movember

A student from our class named Paige is raising money and awareness for men's health. The theme this year is Grow it, Wear it, Join it, And Donate to it. If you want to join go to Movember Canada then type in Paige and Friends and click join team. She is also doing something new this year, she will give a prize to the top boy and girl who raises the most money (not including herself). Keep up the good work! :)

Remembrance Day

The Remembrance Day assembly will be on Monday, November 10th. Everyone is welcome to bring a donation to wear a poppy. Parents are welcome to join us at the assembly. The MC's of the assembly will be two grade six students from our school. There will be no school on Tuesday, November 11th.

Welcome Miss Peever

Miss Peever will be joining us for 6-8 weeks.
  If you need to, please contract her at; mpeever@pembinatrails.ca .

"Light breeze, colourful leaves, bare trees, it must be autumn."










" When black cats prowl, and pumpkins gleam,
     May luck be yours, On Halloween."

 

 " When witches go riding, and black cats are seen,
  the moon laughs and whispers, "T'is near Hallow's Eve."

 

 

Intramurals

This year for intramurals the team names are;
Cookie Monster, Elmo, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.

Hope to see you at intramurals!

 

 

October Update

We have now finished our first set of Tri-Conferences and each student has identified individual learning goals to work towards for the coming months.  Well done!

It is also time to ramp up our preparations for this year's UNICEF fundraising campaign.  Once again students are hand making hemp and bead bracelets and  key-chains to sell to students and staff to raise money to support UNICEF in its efforts to make education available to children all over the world.  This supports our Social Studies work around "rights" and is a great connection to global citizenship.

Strong Beginnings

Thanks to all the parents who came out to the school for the "Meet the Teacher" evening. It was great to see everyone and have a chance to touch base about what our classroom community looks like and share our learning targets for the year. 
The next few days will provide us with the time to complete individualized reading and math assessments to facilitate effective planning to promote learning for all students; and improve overall curriculum implementation.

Enjoy the extra time with your families this weekend!

Overview of Curriculum

English Language Arts: 

All students will continue to develop effective strategies for reading and writing through daily instruction and focused practice. Please encourage your students to read at least 30 minutes a day at home every day. Any kind of reading is fine – information books, comic books, newspapers, magazines, novels . . . and will benefit your child more than any other academic activity.  Students will read from a variety of genres at reading levels appropriate to their individual learning needs. We will be investigating different formats of writing this year, including information reports, letters, personal narratives and creative fiction. Students will follow the writing process for major assignments, including pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing.  

Math:

There are three main components to our math program.

The first area is computations. Students in the middle years need to be flexible in working with numbers and have a solid understanding of mathematical operations. Fluency in basic math facts is essential.  Students should practice basic facts daily until mastered. All students will have an online Xtramath account to work on for homework, and optional booklets for additional practice. Students will develop a variety of personal strategies to solve increasingly complex operations. We will be working on computations throughout the year. 

The second area is new concepts.  Grade 5 and 6 students will work on the same essential skills within each concept area but with slightly different targets. Our first unit will focus on patterning and algebra. Students will learn to recognize and identify patterns in number relationships, create algebraic expressions to represent these patterns and predict future outcomes.

The final area is Problem Solving. Problem Solving will be integrated throughout the math program and is an important format for independently applying new concepts and computation strategies. If you can, try to relate math to real world situations that occur in your everyday life.

Social Studies:

 

The grade 5 and 6 Social Studies programs both have “citizenship” at their core – and involve skill and knowledge components. We will begin the year focusing on Canadian citizenship and the democratic election process to connect with our up-coming mayoral election, and ground us in the present. We will then move into our exploration of the historic events that have contributed to Canada’s growth as a nation while investigating the essential question “How do we know about our distant past?”

Science:

The middle science curriculum provides opportunities for students to investigate various branches of science, including Biology, Earth Sciences and Physics. The focus for our first unit of study will be the Diversity of Living Things – with a focus on the Plant Kingdom.  The science program includes knowledge targets as well as scientific process skills.