Dear Parents/Guardians,
We would like to thank you for being responsible with your health and the health of all our community members. The recent school closures have resulted in some creative thinking about how the duration of our cancellation can look. During class cancellations, the Grade 5/6 teachers are supportive of educational experiences at home. In the coming days, we will be communicating our plans as they are developed. In the meantime, Grade 5 families, we wanted you to know that we have been learning about:
In the meantime, Grade 6 families, we wanted you to know that we have been learning about:
It is suggested to maintain your child’s school routine Use school as the framework and honor what had been your child’s routine:
We are hoping you will share your learning experiences with us. Please feel free to send pictures or notes to us via our email contacts. Please watch for emails from the CBE, our school and us. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, Sincerely, Jana Robb [email protected] Janelle Hastie [email protected] Brandi O’Brien [email protected] Good afternoon,
Gym: This week students have been learning about Renbukai Karate. Karate training develops discipline, inner strength, improved self-confidence and self-esteem. Health: Students learned about different nutrients and which ones are the most important. They started creating a mind map to display their understanding. French: Students continued making Kindness Rocks and finger weaving bookmarks for our upcoming Agora. Math: Grade 5: Grade 5 students have been exploring fractions on a number line. They have been creating benchmarks and comparing fractions with like and unlike denominators. We will begin looking at decimals later this week. Grade 6: Grade 6 students have been looking at fractions on a number line, using like and unlike denominator. They have also been placing mixed numbers and improper fractions on a number line. We will begin looking at ratios, decimals and percentages later this week. Science: Grade 5: Students are starting to work through their EMMUE centers exploring light bulb holders, batteries and light bulbs. Grade 6: Students are finishing up their Air and Aerodynamics centers and will begin focusing their studies on flight. Humanties: Literacy: Students are continuing to looking at functional writing through writing news paper articles. Students will be writing their first news paper article around their experiences with Elder Shirley Hill. Social: Grade 5: Students have wrapped up their studies on indigenous studies, they will be moving their research into the Fur Trade. Grade 6: Students will be completing their Ancient Athens Unit with a test on Thursday. Students have been creating a study guide focusing on the key elements of Athens democracy. Agora Both Grade 5 and 6 students will be participating in our Ancient Athens Agora. Students have been given a specific role (Male/Female, citizen, metic or slave), they have been ask to dress in their role by wearing a ancient toga. Ask your child Kanto Sho Karate Over the next two weeks we will be welcoming Sensei Glen and Sensei Tannis from Kanto Sho Karate. Students will be training in the art of Renbukai Karate. Karate training develops discipline, inner strength, improved self confidence and self-esteem. http://renbukaikarate.com/ Learning Assembly North Haven will be having a Grade ½ Celebration of Learning this Friday, March 13th at 9:00am. Hope to see you there! St. Patricks School Dance We are going to have a St. Patrick’s School Dance hosted by our Parent Council Association on March 19th from 5:30-7:30. Tickets will be $2.00 at the door. Announcements and Reminders
North Haven Parent Association is hosting a Spring Fundraiser! A Big Deal Box Cards flyer is being sent home today. There are two boxes to choose from, Kids Birthday Cards and All Occasion Cards, with each set containing 30 cards for the cost of $30. Students may ask family and community members to join in on the cause. Please return the flyer (order form is on the back) in a Ziploc bag with the appropriate amount. This is a cash only event (no cheques please). Forms are to be returned by March 19th. The Parent Association will have a table for any further orders at our Saint Patrick’s Day dance on March 19th from 5:30-7:30. Order submissions will arrive at North Haven the week of April 6th. Large orders may be picked up at parent teacher conferences on April 9th if parents choose. Thanks for supporting North Haven! Tax receipts were sent home with many students yesterday. Thank you to all community members that were able to attend our performance last Friday with Shirley Hill, Indigenous Elder and Artist. We are excited to have another week with her where we will focus on Indigenous ways of knowing through the buffalo and regalia making. Our School Council and Parent Association Meeting is next week, Monday March 9th at 6pm in the North Haven learning commons. Everyone is welcome! Come join the conversation in regards to fundraisers, events, and residencies in our school. We are going to have a St. Patrick’s School Dance hosted by our Parent Council Association on March 19th from 5:30-7:30. Tickets will be $2.00 at the door. Good afternoon, Homework: Use the healthy food checker to check labels of several products that are currently in your home. Be prepared to discuss in health on Wednesday. https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/nutrition/HealthyEating/m/he/foodchecker.htm Gym: This week we have been wrapping up our basketball unit and moving into lacrosse! Wednesday and Thursday we will be welcoming ELEV8 Lacrosse to teach us the skills and fundamentals of lacrosse. French: Students finished their projects focusing on Carnaval du Quebec (Grade 6) and Festival de Voyageur (Grade 5). Students who finished have started finger weaving bookmarks for our upcoming Agora! Health: Students looked at the Canada food guide and their lunch to determine if items in their lunch are a "less often, sometimes choice or most of the time choice." Then, they looked at the nutritional guide on their items to determine how much fat, sugar, fibre and protein are in their items. Math: We have started our unit around fractions, decimals (both grades), percentages and ratios (grade 6). We started by using pattern blocks to build different fractions to visually represent different fractions. We started looking at fractions as a set and fractions as a whole and the definitions for numerator, denominator and equivalent fractions. Science: Grade 6: Students will be looking into aerodynamics and how air affects how object move in the Cutting through Air centre work. This week we will also be looking at what happens when air is compressed. Grade 5: We have begun our Electricity and Magnetism by looking at protons, neutrons and electrons. We will be working through Sticky Static to better understand these concepts! Many Classroom Chemistry tests have not been returned, please signed and return by Tomorrow. Humanties: Literacy: We have started our Functional Writing unit, News Articles, by learning about the News Article Triangle. This is an organizational tool that helps lay out your article. Over the next few weeks we will be looking at articles and the elements within them. We will then move to writing our own articles! Social Studies: Grade 5: Students have picked a new indigenous artists to study based on their location within Canada. The new Canadian artists students are studying are: Jordan Bennet a Mi'kmaq artist, Robert Charles Davidson a Haida artist and Delree Dumont Cree artist. Students have finished their art pieces and are working to complete their biographies. Grade 6: Students created a flow chart based on the structure of the government in ancient Athens. Students needed to include the roles of men, women, slaves, metics and citizens. They also needed to incorporate how the court, council and assembly affect democracy. Students wrote a paragraph explaining how Athenian government is a direct democracy and explained to what extent democratic ideals of equity and fairness played a part of the structure of government and society in ancient Athens. Shirley Hill Residency Thank you to all community members that were able to attend our performance last Friday with Shirley Hill, Indigenous Elder and Artist. We are excited to have another week with her where we will focus on Indigenous ways of knowing through the buffalo and regalia making. https://www.prancingdeerarts.com/landscapes Parent Council Our School Council and Parent Association Meeting is next week, Monday March 9th at 6pm in the North Haven learning commons. Everyone is welcome! Come join the conversation in regards to fundraisers, events, and residencies in our school. St. Patricks School Dance We are going to have a St. Patrick’s School Dance hosted by our Parent Council Association on March 19th from 5:30-7:30. Tickets will be $2.00 at the door. Good afternoon, Gym: We continued our indigenous dancing using regalia, with Shirley Hill. As a reminder we will be having a performance, Friday February 28 at 11:00 am. French: We continued working on our projects focusing on Carnaval du Quebec (Grade 6) and Festival de Voyageur (Grade 5). Students will be researching these festivals and displaying their work through different project styles. Math: We have started our unit around fractions, decimals (both grades), percentages and ratios (grade 6). We started looking at this unit through the lens of a SEEI models. Students needed to state, elaborate, exemplify and illustrate their understanding of fractions! Tomorrow we will be doing another SEEI model looking at decimals! Science: Grade 6: All experiment write-ups for Is Air Everywhere?, Air Mass, Walking Balloons and Adjust the Volume are due this week. Students will be looking into aerodynamics and how air affects how object move in the Cutting through Air centre work. This week we will also be looking at what happens when air is compressed. Grade 5: Please have your Classroom Chemistry tests signed and returned by Thursday this week. We have begun our Electricity and Magnetism inquiry by delving into the vocabulary. This week we will be learning about atoms, protons, electrons and neutrons. We will also be exploring our electricity and magnetism kits. Literacy support: Spelling test Thursday on list 5 Grade 5 list: measure, mixture, solution. suspension, crystallization, solute, solvent, supersaturated, evaporation, leavening Grade 6 list: aerodynamics, gravity, mass, exist, weight, expand, contract, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide Reading: Read 2 books on Razkids each weekend. Be sure to complete the comprehension questions! Humanties: Literacy: All students worked this week to analyze previous PAT stories to help them understand students work from a different perspective. Students assessed 3 different stories based on a picture prompt. It was great for the students to view work from a assessors viewpoint. Humanities: Grade 5: Students have picked a new indigenous artists to study based on their location within Canada. The new Canadian artists students are studying are: Jordan Bennet a Mi'kmaq artist, Robert Charles Davidson a Haida artist and Delree Dumont Cree artist. Students will be creating art pieces and biographies based on these 3 artists. Grade 6: Students created a flow chart based on the structure of the government in ancient Athens. Students needed to include the roles of men, women, slaves, metics and citizens. They also needed to incorporate how the court, council and assembly affect democracy. Pink Shirt Day This year, Pink Shirt Day, or Anti-Bullying Day, is on February 26. It is a day when people come together by wearing pink shirts to school or work to show they are against bullying. The focus for 2020 is "lift each other up." North Haven Leadership students will be back on the 'kindness patrol' all week, looking for evidence of students making kind choices to lift each other up. Please talk as a family about the huge positive impact that choosing kindness can have on the life of another person. Residency Next Week: For the next two weeks we will be welcoming Shirley Hill for a residency. Please see below for further information on Shirley and her work with Indigenous dancing and regalia making. https://www.prancingdeerarts.com/landscapes It's been a busy short week at North Haven. Students have been working hard on French scrapbooks, division, story writing, research, art projects and more. Please see below for important updates on homework and upcoming events next week.
Homework: Math: Grade 6's - finish all work on order of operations and multiplication squares Grade 5's take tests home for signing, return them signed on Monday Science: Grade 6's - finish pink vocabulary sheets Grade 5's study for classroom chemistry test next week Spelling: (test next Thursday on list 5) Grade 5 list: measure, mixture, solution. suspension, crystallization, solute, solvent, supersaturated, evaporation, leavening Grade 6 list: aerodynamics, gravity, mass, exist, weight, expand, contract, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide Reading: Read 2 books on Razkids over the weekend. Be sure to complete the comprehension questions! IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pink Shirt Day This year, Pink Shirt Day, or Anti-Bullying Day, is on February 26. It is a day when people come together by wearing pink shirts to school or work to show they are against bullying. The focus for 2020 is "lift each other up." North Haven Leadership students will be back on the 'kindness patrol' all week, looking for evidence of students making kind choices to lift each other up. Please talk as a family about the huge positive impact that choosing kindness can have on the life of another person. Residency Next Week: For the next two weeks we will be welcoming Shirley Hill for a residency. Please see below for further information on Shirley and her work with Indigenous dancing and regalia making. https://www.prancingdeerarts.com/landscapes Good afternoon,
I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend! It sounds like there was a good balance between family time and some downtime for relaxing! Literacy: Students worked through a news article, pulling out information focusing on "who, what, where, when and why" and then answered come comprehension questions to support their understanding of the article. French: Students continued working on their Festival du Voyageur or Carnaval de Quebec Scrapbook project. Gym: Students worked on their offensive and defensive skills today. This week we will be moving into a scrimmage later this week. We will also be stared basketball intramurals this Thursday. Math: Today we looked at order of operations by using BEDMAS (Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction) within different algebraic questions. Students worked through a variety of questions determining which operation needs to come first. Science: Grade 5: Students debriefed their cookie challenge from last week, this allowed them to identify some strengths and challenges. It also allowed them to share their observations and conclusions. Grade 6: Reviewed different vocabulary words through their vocabulary sheets, if these are not finished they are now homework due tomorrow. They then began their second lab where they started writing their hypothesis and gathering supplies for "Does Air have Mass?" Tomorrow they will continue working through this lab. Humanities - Social Studies: Grade 5: Students handed in their indigenous paragraphs, if they were not handed in today they are homework due tomorrow. They then began identifying different indigenous communities on a map of Canada. Grade 6: Students picked a group if individuals to further study within our Ancient Athens unit. Students picked from Males or Females, citizens, slaves or metics. They will be using this information to develop an art project later this week. Reminders: Pink Shirt Day | Wed., Feb. 26 This year, Pink Shirt Day is Feb. 26. Wearing pink demonstrates understanding of the importance of promoting healthy relationships & actively working toward creating learning & work environments that are safe & where bullying behaviours cannot exist. The Bullying Helpline (1-888-456-2323) is available 24 / 7 & offers help in more than 170 languages. The Bullying Online Chat is at alberta.ca/bullying-find-supports. If staff, students or families require help or information regarding bullying or abuse, they can anonymously call trained staff at any time of day or chat online from noon to 8 p.m. Link: https://www.alberta.ca/pink-shirt-day-alberta.aspx PAT Information In May and June of this year, students in Grade 6 throughout the province will write provincial achievement tests in four subject areas: language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Results from these tests will provide Alberta Education, school administrators, teachers, parents, students, and the public with information about what students know and can do in relation to provincial standards at the end of Grade 6. These results can be used to improve learning opportunities for students. The specific dates are as follows: May 6: English Language Arts Part A June 16: English Language Arts Part B June 17: Science June 18: Social Studies June 19: Math Part A June 22: Math Part B Good afternoon,
This week and next week are short weeks due to Teachers Convention and Family Day. There is no school Thursday Feb. 13, Friday Feb. 14 and Monday Feb 17. Gym: Basketball, this week we are working on developing our shooting skills. We will be focusing on layups and free throws. Next week we will be moving into a game setting! Health: We worked on strong roots and healthy relationships. Students have been focusing on how to foster healthy relationships with others around them. French: We are starting a new project Carnaval du Quebec (Grade 6) and Festival de Voyageur (Grade 5). Students will be researching these festivals and displaying their work through different project styles. Library: Today we went to library, please look for new books coming home. As a reminder book are to be brought back for return or renewal each Monday, this will ensure our books are checked out accurately and that there are no overdue books! Math: Today we had a division quiz focusing on long division and big 7. Students displayed their understanding in the technique they felt most comfortable about. on Wednesday students will be having a multiplication quiz, also focusing on the strategy they feel most comfortable with. Next week we will be moving into fractions, decimals, percentages and ratios (grade 6). Humanities: Grade 5: Students completed their study on their Indigenous group of Canada. Today, they finished editing and handing in their work. If they did not hand in their paragraph today at the end of class, it is homework. Any corrections or edits that need to be done are due tomorrow. Grade 6: Students finished and self assessed their Athens Mapping project. If this was not completed in class today it is now homework, due tomorrow. Students then looked into different structures and functions of the democratic system within Ancient Athens. Science: Grade 5: Students were introduced to a new activity today. We started this activity by looking at different fractions and how to reduce or double them. We then moved into learning about our new project "Cookie Chemistry". Students started converting measurements to allow for a smaller batch of cookies. Students have been asked to bring in ingredients for the recipe according to the measurements they have. Please see the recipe below for measurements: 1 and 1/8 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter (softened) 3/8 cup (6 tablespoons) granulated white sugar 3/8 cup (6 tablespoons) cup packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 large egg 1 cups chocolate chips -supplied by Mrs. Hastie Groups have decided which ingredient they will remove or which they will add to see what effect this will have to the chemical reaction during baking. Additionally students have been asked to bring baking equipment such as large and small mixing bowls, cookie sheets, measuring cups and measuring spoons, whisks, spatulas. Please label all supplies with your child's name. Baking day will be Wednesday so all supplies need to be in on Tuesday please. Grade 6: Students were introduced to two new units today - Air, Aerodynamics and Flight. We by examining different properties of air and vocabulary around these two units. Reminders: Healthy Hunger! The Parent Association is offering 4 more options in February and March. Please sign up at www.healthyhunger.ca Proceeds of these Fun Lunches and Snacks help the school directly. Snacks costs as little as $2, and both lunches have a small option so students don't have to order a full meal if they choose. February 21- Kernels Popcorn February 27- Little Ceases March 13- Kernels Popcorn March 18- Edo Japan Please see yesterday's blog for important info for the week.
Please note the following upcoming tests and deadlines: Wednesday - Grade 6 - unit test on evidence and investigation Friday - division quiz, all grade 5's and 6's (Big 7 and Long Division) Friday - haunted house stories and illustrations due |