Ms. Baker 5/6

 Hello families, PAT season is in full swing. I have been so proud of how seriously students are taking their exams and the effort they are putting in to have this be a good first standardized test experience for them. We are making sure to try and reduce stress as best of possible and taking trips outside to get fresh air while the weather is so nice.  Students are encouraged to finish up any last tasks they have left for the year. We are winding down quick here and with Sports Day and Farewell assemblies next week, we will be wrapping up our last assignments and projects Monday and Tuesday.  Sports Day is Tuesday afternoon! Stay tuned for more information to come out about the picnic lunch for parents to come to (unless it was already sent out, I am planning Sports Day and still somehow out of the loop).  Grade 6 Farewell will be on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30pm. Grade 6 families please, please, PLEASE if you haven't sent me a baby picture of your kid, do so this weekend. I have

 Hello families, This week students have been exploring connections in Social Studies and were challenged to write a speech for the Legislative Assembly based around an issue on Provincial Parks. The students that weren't able to complete it have been tasked it for homework this weekend. You can check in on Google Classroom to see how they are able to pick a position and use their understanding to persuade others.  In Math, the grade 6 students have finished up their graphing unit and we have begun reviewing topics. We have started back at place value and I will send home packets of their work at the end of the week for you to see how they are doing on their review. I placed a review checklist in Google Classroom for them to go through and identify areas they feel strongly in and areas they could use some extra review. Grade 5's have continued looking at volume and building to explore the concept of volume. They started looking at likely and unlikely outcomes in probability and

 Happy June! If you would like to order this month's fun lunch, head to  Healthy Hunger  to order before Saturday!  This week we have been spending more time with our poetry and how to respond and reflect to the poetry we are reading. We went to the pond and wrote some poetry as well amongst the ducks and geese. Students have continued their practice with figurative language and identifying its meaning and purpose within a text.  Grade 6's have been creating surveys for their class to complete so that they can create different graphs and present the information they have learned. This ties into their own understanding of how to create surveys, graphs and interpreting the information they have gathered. Grade 5's have been working on their probability skills and measurement as they have been exploring volume.  This week in Social Studies we have started to break down the processes within Provincial Government and the students created a voting brochure/pamphlet on Google Clas