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Friday October 31, 2025

This Week: - in language arts we practiced our writing - in math we finished up our graphing unit. We also started to learn about patterns and review some ideas about counting and large numbers - in science we continued learning about earth four spheres - in social studies we started to learn about Canada. We talked about how Canada is divided up unto areas called provinces and territories. We created a map detailing all the provinces and territories. We also played some Canadian Provinces twister to help us remember all the provinces and territories. - we also learned about some Victorian architecture and combined it with the art of Monet to create spooky haunted houses. Next Week: - library Thursday Finish Up: - Canada Map due Monday

Friday, October 3, 2025

This Week: - in language arts this week we continued looking at non-fiction text features and what they are. We also worked on building our sentences so that we have complete sentences with punctuation that make sense. - in math we finished up our graphing unit. We will next be starting patterns and equations. - in science we learned about the four spheres that make up our earth's systems. We also started an experiment with pumpkins. It should be interesting (an disgusting) to see what happens to them. We also started learning about computer science and how computers work. We also learned about Damien Hirst and his use of dots in his art work. We combined this with our learning of binary to create some art work that has a code using dots, binary code and our own colour code. - in social studies we continued mapping and citizenship Notices: - we are all hoping the strike does not affect us too much and there will be an agreement soon! - At first, the information that ca...

Friday September 26, 2025

This Week: - in language arts this week we finished up our look at genres by doing our Book Tasting. We went to different tables and were able to read some different genres. - in math we continued with graphing by looking at how we can collect data and then represent it in a bar, dot or pictograph. - in science we've been learning about how earth's systems work to help organisms survive. We have been learning about the seasons, the salmon run, rivers, and hibernation work togehter to help with the survivial of brown bears. We have been following along and voting during Fat Bear Week, which is a challenge put on by the US National Parks Service to draw attention to the bears in Alaska. If you would like to vote on the final four visit https://explore.org/fat-bear-week . - in social studies we have been learning about mapping terms and doing some mapping of our world and continents. We have also been learning about residential schools and were able to participate in our...

Friday Sept. 19, 2025

This Week: - in language arts we talked about genres and types of sentences - in math we talked about how we can represent data using graphs. We did some practice reading graphs. We also reviewed addition and subtraction of larger numbers. Ask me if I have finish up! - in science we talked about the scientific method as a way to know things. We read the real life account of Ben Franklin and how he used the scientific method to discredit Dr. Mesmer. We then used the scientific method to find out how absorbent polyacrylate is. We made a hypothesis and diagrammed and tallied our observations. Ask me how many drops of water it took! - in social studies we continued our look at maps and how we know where we are. We read about how Australian aboriginals use dots paintings and art as maps and to tell stories that were important to them. We then made our own dot maps of places that were important to us. Next Week: - library on Thursday - Orange Shirt Day on Friday Sept. 26 Upcoming...

Friday Sept. 12, 2025

This Week: - in language arts we talked about different literary genres. We also continued reading our novel The Summer from the Black Lagoon. - we talked and discussed 'How do we know what we know?' this week. we talked about what data is and some ways that we gather data in both science and math. In math we talked about how we can do surveys to help us gather data. - in social studies we talked about how we know where we are through maps and representing information about places through maps - we also talked this week about how we can say kind things and that what we say matters. We looked at how we can say something through art and other ways. We read the book 'Say Something' by Peter Reynolds and then we learned about Greg Mike, a street artist from Atlanta, that uses his art to say something. We used his Larry Loudmouf creation to create our own Loudmoufs that could say something inspirational to our school community. - today we also completed the Ter...

Friday September 5, 2025

Welcome Back to School! We are all so excited to be back at school! We have had a super week and a half so far and look forward to a great year ahead of us. Some notes for this year: We will have library every Thursday as our schedule allows. Please make sure library books are kept in a safe place and returned when you are finished with them. Please do not bring toys or devices to school unless absolutely necessary. We would not like anything to get lost or stolen and they can sometimes be a distraction to our learning. We don't send a lot of homework home, but if students do not finish something, it will be sent home with them at the end of the week to be completed at home. Check the blog for any notifications of finish up work. Students are asked to be reading 20 minutes a night and practice their basic math facts as much as possible. This Week: - we had a great week coming back and getting to know each other! We are learning each other's names and have t...