Wetland Mural

Over the past few weeks, the class has been working on creating a wetland mural. They began by researching specific plants and invertebrates to find out what adaptations make them suited for wetlands. Then they created their bugs using various materials with the goal of making them look as realistic as possible. Check out their work below:

Students learned more about life cycles of invertebrates and animals in the wetland this week. On Tuesday, the class wrote a test on place value and estimation and a copy of it will be coming home next week. Students practiced various strategies for regrouping when adding and will continue working on this into next week. The class finished writing a paragraph desciribing a picture and will share their work with each other next week.  In Social Studies, the focus has been on diversity and students have received an assignment that is due next Friday. They will interview family members to find out their background and reasons for moving to Canada. On Friday the kids will share an artifact that represents their cultural background with all the Grade 5 classes. Please e-mail pictures of any priceless heirlooms or artifacts rather than send them to school.