Week of May 15th - May 19th

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 Hello families,

Thank goodness the smoke is clearing out! We got to go outside again today (hooray!) This week the Grade 6 students had their first PAT. I am very proud of them for the hard work they put in and I am sure it is a big relief for them to have this first one done. The rest of their exams are not scheduled until the last two weeks of school. 

In Social Studies, students have begun exploring Provincial Government. We will be learning about the different regulations around elections and the different areas of Provincial Government. We will also be participating in Student Vote next Friday and comparing the results to the actual election votes. In Science the students have been looking at footprints and the information you can gather from the size, stride, depth and type of shoe. 

We have moved into Poetry for ELA. Students have started creating poems about themselves to add to the art they are creating and next week we will be analyzing and critiquing poetry pieces. We have finished our figurative language review and students have already begun implementing this into their writing which has been wonderful to see. We will be working on reading comprehension strategies throughout the month as well. I have marked and handed back their book club submissions, please ask them how they did! They spent a lot of time on them/book club in general so I recommended they take them home to show you. 

In Math the Grade 5's continued their look into different kinds of lines and have begun conversations around probability. Grade 6 have been taking a look at both theoretical and experimental probability and have been tasked a project to graph their findings in a coin flip experiment. 

If you have any questions, please let me know. Happy long weekend!

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