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This week we are focusing on wrapping up activities and preparing for camp. Gym: We have wrapped up our hockey unit and will be learning Gaga Ball for the remainder of the week. Gaga ball will be a daily activity we will be playing at camp! Math: Students are starting to look into their measurement unit in preparation for camp activities. This week we are looking at the metric stair case and standard vs. nonstandard measurements. We will be creating an anchor flip chart as a tool to store all of our formulas and important information. Science: Grade 5: Students are continuing to work on their instruction manual for their weather instruments. Students will begin building their instruments after camp. Grade 6: Students are finishing up their constellation brochures. They will be handing them in this week! Social: Grade 5: Students are wrapping up their second last PITSTOP. After camp we will be finish our last region. They will be handing in their Interior Plains PITSTOP this week. Grade 6: Students have finished up their Iroquois Confederacy project. This week we will begin presentations and finish presentations after camp. Literacy: This week we have the privilege of working with Jeff Stockton focusing on oral story telling! Jeff will be teaching us element of oral story telling. Camp Preparation:
Healthy Hunger: Don't miss out on your child's Healthy Hunger Fun Lunches/Snacks! Your Parent Association is pleased to offer parents the opportunity to purchase a lunch or snack for their students.. The funds raised go to supporting your school through Parent Association initiatives. Please log into www.healthyhunger.ca If you do not already have an account, please register. ff you do, log in and add a lunch or snack. Payment is required at time of ordering. Any questions, please use the help button on the healthy hunger website. Friday snacks are available to all students in the school, including kindergarten. The lunch option is only available to those students at school over the lunch hour, including kindergarten students at Topp Kids. Friday December 13th KERNELS popcorn snack at recess Thursday December 19th SUBWAY lunch Litter-less Lunches At North Haven we have been working on ways to positively impact our school community. We noticed that many of the lunchroom bins for recycling are full of items that cannot be recycled. What ends up happening is that the recycling and the recycling bag have to be thrown in the regular garbage -every single day! This uses an expensive recycling bag. The same thing happens with compost and compost bags. That's a lot of bags being wasted! All students can help by taking home all of their lunch containers and peels to try to have garbage-less lunches at North Haven. Thank you for working to positively impact our school community!
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Reminders and Homework:
Reminder: Oral storytelling residency begins next week plus lots of preparations for camp. Please be sure to be here every day so as to not miss this important and exciting work! Humanities: This week we have been busy working on finishing up the regions of Canada Amazing Race activities and starting next PITSTOPS (Grade 5) and working on our Iroquois projects (Grade 6). Next week we will be working hard to get these projects as complete as possible before out week at camp. We have also been working on the seven steps of story ladder in preparation for next week's visit from Jeff Stockton, storyteller. Share your story orally with a parent this weekend! Math: We have been finishing up our first hand data surveys and some questions to reinforce these skills. Next week we will be moving onto linear measurement. Science: Grade 5's have mostly completed building their weather stations and will test them next week, Grade 6's are continuing work on their constellations brochures. Good afternoon:
Gym: We continued our hockey unit focusing on passing and shooting. French: We stared a new project focusing on weather and what clothes you should wear in different types of weather. Humanities: We studied our week 3 spelling test. In humanities we also focused on Indigenous stories. We looked at different stories focusing on the trickster character. We connected these stories through the characters, setting, morals and sequence of events. Tomorrow we will continue looking deeper into these stories to gain a better understanding of elements within an Indigenous story. Grade 5: Students wrapped up their Canadian Shield Pitstop and started their Interior Plains roadblock and detour. Grade 6: Students continued working in their Clans for their Iroquois Confederacy Project. Math: Students finished up their wellness graphing problem. This assignment is due tomorrow. Please make sure you child completes their homework tonight. Science: Grade 5: Student continued building their weather instrument manual. Grade 6: Students continued researching their guiding questions for the constellation brochure. Reminders: - Fun Lunch: Kernels Popcorn Friday Math - In Math students are working on developing surveys and examining the difference between first hand and second hand data. Students will be designing surveys about wellness choices such as exercise, sleep, screen time etc, and collecting first-hand data and graphing their results appropriately.
Science: Grade 5 - Students have been working to research how to build their weather instruments. This week, students will be building their instruction manuals. Next week students will be expected to bring in recycled materials to be used for building. Grade 6 - Students finished their Solar System Web Quest. Students will be moving into researching constellations. Humanities: Students constructed anchor charts to showcase and reinforce their understanding of figurative language. We will be moving into the study of Indigenous legends and oral storytelling int he coming weeks. Grade 5- Students are continuing to work through the regions of Canada, this week . focusing on the Canadian Shield Region, learning about geography, resources, tourism, culture and the various contributions of each region to Canada. Grade 6 - Students discussed a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting our Canadian Democracy and that of the Iroquois Confederacy. We will begin an Iroquois research project this week. Grade 6 Vaccinations: Today our health nurse talked to the grade 6 students about their upcoming vaccinations. Next Tuesday, November 12, the students will be getting their vaccinations. If you have not returned your forms, which were handed out back in September, please return those ASAP. Remembrance Day: Students who are in Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides, Brownies, Cadets, etc. can you please wear your uniforms on Friday, as you will be a part of our Remembrance day Processional. Homework: Lately, we are having lots of students not complete their homework. If your child is receiving lots of nightly homework (other than their problem of the week) they are not using their class time wisely. All tasks or assignments are designed to be completed in class. Please have a converstation with your child about the importance of getting their homework done in a timely manner. Homework: - Problem of the week. Students are still completing their problem of the week that was due Monday. Students need to complete this assignment and hand it in tomorrow. - Great Lakes PITSTOP. This was also due on Monday, this needs to be completed and due tomorrow. Camp Chief Hector Forms and money for Camp Chief Hector were due yesterday Monday Nov.4, 2019. Please contact Mrs. O'Brien with any questions/concerns and be sure to get your outstanding fees and forms back ASAP. Reminders:
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