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Hi Grade 5 Families,

Please keep an eye out for an email from me this afternoon outlining some of the next steps for our learning adventures. I will also be phoning families over the next couple of days to check in and respond to any questions from the email. You need to know that you are missed at school but we are really excited about what lies ahead for us and will be sharing details with you through this coming week.

Ms. Raude

Spring Break

The past week has been a quiet one at school. I'm missing all of you and hoping you are all doing well. Enjoy the time you have off next week for Spring Break. Explore some of the things you love to do like reading, drawing, playing music, yo-yoing (is that a word?), building, etc. If you want to do some school activities, there's some ideas here. I'm going to spend some time with my dog Willow, learn some new piano pieces, start running again and FaceTime with my friends and family. Have a good break and I can't wait to see you all again!

Just doing some light reading!

Glenbow Field Trip

In order to learn more about Canada's history and the people who first lived here, the Grade 5 classes went on a field trip to the Glenbow. Students examined artifacts to see how cultures and ways of life of Aboriginal people differed across the country. They discussed how natural resources, climate and landscape all contributed to the types of food they ate, the clothing they wore, houses they built as well as the tools and art they created. After becoming experts on the ways of life in the north, east, south and west, students were able to inference which area specific artifacts were from.

food container

basket

moccasin

game

Students began designing and building their Rube Goldberg machines last week. Their design must have an end purpose and contain a circuit as well as a simple machine. In Math, we continued working on long division as well as practicing multiplication facts through games. Most students would benefit from additional practice with both. Each student has an account through Xtra Math (xtramath.org) and Prodigy (prodigygame.com) which they can use to keep up their multiplication and division skills. Students began developing an expository (informational) paragraph on a topic they know a lot about. They had to include an introductory sentence followed by 3 supporting details and a concluding statement. Some of the topics chosen were Minecraft, the importance of breakfast and safety. In Art, the children began creating a zentangle, which is a drawing with a lot of different textures in each section.It's extremely quiet here at school and I am missing you all! Stay healthy everyone.

Science study guide

Electricity Study Guide
1. Dangers of electrical scenarios
2. Closed and open circuits
3. Conductors, insulators
4. Symbols used for drawing diagrams of circuits
5. Reading electrical meters; how electricity is measured
6. How magnets and electricity are related; magnetic fields