Weekly Update - March 13

Thank you again to all families who joined us this afternoon for student-led conferences! 

Highlights of the Week: 

• ELAL – students finished up their final drafts of their persuasive writing and convinced us to give them the reading lounge areas back. We will continue to work through persuasive writing next week on new topics of their choice! 
• Math – We started area and perimeter this week. Students started the week off with making name art using grid paper. They had to find the area and perimeter of each letter. Students also used manipulatives to look at the relationship between area and perimeter of rectangles and learned about finding area of parallelograms and triangles. 
• Science –  
• Grade 6 – students finished up their research projects on their cities. We will continue looking at the influences of climate around the world next week!  
• Grade 5 – students worked through their city research this week and wrote paragraphs comparing their Canadian city to Calgary. 
• Social –  
• Grade 5 – Students continued their projects on trade and markets. 
• Grade 6 – Students continued their projects on election processes for either federal, provincial, or municipal areas. 

How you can support at home: 

• Homework – Students were sent home area and perimeter practice.  
• Math – Work on division and multiplication fact families. 
• ELAL – Continue reading out loud with your child and identify character traits.  

Important Dates:  

• Healthy Hunger (Jelly Donuts) – Mar 18 
• Spring Break – Mar 23-27 
• Classes Resume – Mar 30 
• Good Friday (No School) – April 3 
• Sound Kreations Residency – April 6-10 
• Healthy Hunger (Mucho Burrito) – April 9 
• Open Minds – Youth Singers Field Trip – April 13-17 
• Youth Singers Performance – April 17 
• Parent Council – April 23 
• Spring Dance – April 30 

Grade 6 PAT Dates: 

• ELAL Part A (Writing) – May 25 **updated date 
• ELAL Part B (Reading) – June 4 
• Social (**Field Test) – June 11 
• Science – June 12 
• Math Part A (Computations) – June 15 
• Math Part B (All Stems) – June 18 

Reminders: 

• Open Minds – Youth Singers Field Trip 
• Please send forms back as soon as possible. If you are wanting to volunteer, please sign up at this link volunteersignup.org/FR9DD or send me an email.
• Human Sexuality Forms – please make sure this form is sent back. If you need a new form, please reach out.  
• TRS Flex Time – Wednesdays until 4pm in the library with Mr. B and Ms. Hassen 

Learning Intention of the Week – Spring Equinox Representation 

Students created an image today that represented the transition from Winter to Spring in time for Spring Equinox next week. This transition also ties into our read aloud, Barren Grounds as the main characters are fighting to bring the Green Time back to the Misewa community who have been stuck in the White Time for several years. Students created their image within a circle by intertwining images that represented both spring and winter.