Hello Families,
This week was another great week. A few of the interesting things that we did were:
- continuing to practice our cursive writing by working on both upper and lowercase letters.
- creating presentations based on the Seven Sacred Teachings in small groups and presented them to the class. Student groups focused on one teaching, read a related story to discover the moral and then came up with their own real world examples of how they can demonstrate these teachings themselves. There were great connections being made and the collaboration within the groups was kind and supportive.
- Starting back up with daily Guest Reader. Each day students sign up to a read short story to their peers. Participation allows to students to practice reading with fluency, appropriate volume, expression and being in front of an audience. Following each reading the class provides the readers with feedback in the form of two stars and one wish, so that students can apply it when preparing and presenting during their next reading.
- finishing off our learning specifically focused on multiplication, however this is not the end of multiplication, as it is woven throughout the curriculum. Students will continue to build their confidence and fluency by frequently playing math games in class. Math game bags will also be coming home soon to, (on rotation), as discussed at conferences in November.
- continuing our exploration of Canada's evolution over time, by looking at the history of voting rights, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and how the physical geography of the land and natural resources influenced where settlements were established.
*** As discusses at Parent-Teacher Conferences, I have sent home a bit of homework this weekend to be completed and returned on Monday. It is a short reading comprehension. This takes should take approximately 15-20 minutes. The purpose of this small task is to help students get used to setting aside some time outside of school hours to complete work, in order to help prepare them for the homework demands of middle school. ***
UPDATES:
- A resource guide from Child Safe Canada regarding 2023 Winter and Spring sessionscame home today
- Dear Grade 5/6 families,
A reminder that the Recorder unit for students in rooms 7, 16, and 17 will be starting on February 1.
If your student has a recorder from a previous year, it can be brought to school at any time up until February 1. I have encouraged the students to look for their recorders this week so that they have the ability to order before the deadline if they can't find them.
If you wish to purchase a new recorder at a cost of $6.50, it is possible to do so in Powerschool until January 23. I will place the recorder order on January 24 so we will hopefully have them by February 1.
Thank you,
Julie Kawchuk
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