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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
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