Sunday, October 30, 2016

Halloween

Tomorrow is Halloween...

There have been reminders on the announcements and communication from the office sent home regarding costumes. Below is a relevant bit of information that was sent out by the office:

"Students will be invited to watch the parade and are also welcome to wear simple costumes, black and orange or Pineland colours.  We ask that costumes not include ‘scary’ masks, props, blood or gore and be appropriate with the normal expectations of school. Any students who come to school with inappropriate costumes will be asked to change immediately. Students will be allowed to wear their costumes for the morning."
Our next bit of writing will focus on descriptive detail based on Halloween... So be observant while out trick-or-treating!
 

Friday, October 28, 2016

Apeldoorn Student Connections

Yesterday we had a wonderful presentation about the Netherlands and the special connections to Canada, primarily centred around WWII. Burlington is also the twin city of Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.

To further develop the relationship between the two countries and the two cities, our class will be partnered with a class in Apeldoorn and write back and forth to one another. The students will hopefully improve their letting/email writing skills as well as learning more about another country, more about their own country, and initiatives undergone by the government at home and abroad.

What we're up to

It has been busy at school and many learning opportunities keep presenting themselves. Below are some of the topics, activities, skills, ideas, etc. that we have been developing and sharing:

  • reading "Dunk" to develop reading strategies (Making Connections, Visualizing, Asking Questions / Predicting, Determining Important Details)
  • completing reading responses based on personal reading choices
  • continued using peer editing and revising to improve writing tasks (including working with class 5/6 FI)
  • improving basic Math computation skills (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing) and then experimenting with a variety of mental Math strategies to better understand computations (e.g., decomposing numbers, doubling and halving, finding compatible numbers)
Up next in Literacy and Numeracy:

  • letter writing for pen pals in the Netherlands
  • applying numeracy skills to identify, extend, and create numeric patterns
Also...
  • BRAVO has continued for the Grade 6s and issues related to alcohol and effects on the body has continued to be looked at by the Grade 5s
  • Invasion Territory games are the focus in Phys. Ed. as is the continued focus on active participation, safety, and fair play
  • for Science we have discussed the Big Ideas for the Grade 5 and Grade 6 units on Human Body Systems and Space respectively
Please discuss these concepts at home and if any questions or clarification is required, don't hesitate to contact me.

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