Week of September 19th - September 23rd

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Hello families,

Thank you to everyone who came to Meet the Teacher! It was great to connect with you all and see each other in person. 

We have been working on our reading timelines this week and the students seem to love it. Although we didn't finish them for Thursday, the amount of time and effort they are putting in is definitely worth giving them a couple extra days to complete the task. I am sure they will be very happy to bring them home in a couple of weeks to show you as well. 

In Social Studies we have continued our focus on mapping. This is to ensure they are grounded in understanding Canada, how it is broken up and the different places we will be talking about as we discuss citizenship and government.

In Grade 6 Math we worked on comparing numbers this week and rounding. We completed our "Candy Rush" place value problem and students explored comparing and rounding decimal numbers. 

In Grade 5 Math they explored different ways to regroup numbers and worked on generating a shopping list of how they would spend 1 million dollars. 

Next week we will be going on TWO pond walks, on Wednesday and Thursday. Both walks will be after recess at 10:15-11:30. Please check the weather before these days. We will be spending the time discussing Science on Wednesday and doing work with Orange Shirt Day on Thursday. 

Let me know if you have any questions, 

Have a great weekend!

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