This will be our final blog post here as we move our communication to our online learning Brightspace course. Please see below for a repeat of the message that you received by email earlier today.
Dear Parents and Students, Thank you for your patience as we have worked through some necessary planning in preparation for resuming structured learning opportunities for your child. We understand there has been plenty of uncertainty about what learning is going to look like moving forward. We can assure you that we are going to work on key learning outcomes at-home within the parameters established by the province and CBE. To help us understand your family’s access to technology, you have received an email from us today asking the following: § Does your child have access to a computer, laptop, iPad/tablet, smart phone? § Does your child have access to the Internet? § Does your device have access to a microphone and a camera? § How many children in the house are sharing technology? § Is your only option a paper-based education for your child? § How is your family doing? Is there anything your family needs? Starting Monday April 6, 2020, you will receive from us a weekly learning plan. Each week’s plan will highlight what we are working on, will include various resources and will explain the activities or tasks we would like your child to work on. It will also include how you can support and how we will be able to facilitate learning. We will primarily be communicating with you and your child via our Brightspace course which can be found on our school website. Please use the link for technical support with Brightspace. In time, we intend to supplement student learning with tools such as Google Classroom and if necessary, will replicate lessons into a paper format. Of course, you can always call us for support. Students and/or parents can reach out to us for help or for clarification via e-mail from Monday- Friday between 8am – 11am. We can be reached at: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] If the questions come in during the weekday, we expect to be able to answer most questions that same day. Tomorrow (Tuesday, Match 31) we will email you with more information about the format for learning and clarify our weekly schedule which will begin on April 6th, 2020. By Thursday we will be providing some online learning experiences to familiarize students with our new routines. We recognize this is new for most of us and we will engage in this new adventure together. We am here to support your child and look forward to being in regular contact while we learn and work from home. Thank you, Grade 5/6 Team Janelle Hastie [email protected] Jana Robb [email protected] Brandi O’Brien [email protected] Jessica Maheu [email protected]
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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] 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 have created mind maps to display their understanding. French: Students have continued to create Kindness Rocks and finger weaving bookmarks for our upcoming Agora. In addition, students have written reflections on both their Arrow Sash inspired bookmarks and the Kindness Rocks Project. Students have also been asked to study their French conjugations for être and avoir (which is in their French duotang) in preparation for an upcoming quiz to be completed by Monday. Math: 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 and their relationship to fractions later this week and next week. Grade 6: Students have been practicing modeling improper fractions and concerting them to mixed numbers and the reverse. This week they will also compare at improper fractions to mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators using a number line. We will begin looking at ratios, decimals and percentages later this week and next week. Science: Grade 5: This week, students have been continuing with their inquiries into Electricity and Magnetism by completing STEM centres exploring how to light a light bulb, how bulb holders work and the benefits and drawbacks of both series and parallel circuits. Students have also been working diligently to identify controlled, manipulated and responding variables in our experiments. Grade 6: Students are finishing up their Air and Aerodynamics centers and will begin focusing building understanding of foundational flight concepts . All centre work is now due. Students have been participating in experiments and demonstrations which reinforce concepts including how to use fruit oxidation and burning to prove there is oxygen or a lack of oxygen in the air, as well as Bernoulli's Principle. Humanties: Literacy: Students are continuing to explore functional writing through writing news articles. Students will be crafting their first news paper article around their experiences with Elder Shirley Hill. Social: Grade 5: Students have wrapped up their current indigenous studies and will be moving researching 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 asked to dress in their role by wearing a toga. 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. Patrick's Day 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. HUMANITIES HOMEWORK:
Grade 5's
Announcements and Reminders
This week at in Room 16/18 Gym: This week, we welcomed ELEV8 Lacrosse to teach us the skills and fundamentals of lacrosse. Students had a great time and learned a lot. French: Students have started finger weaving bookmarks and friendship bracelets for our upcoming Agora. Next week we will also be painting kindness rocks as part of our Entrepreneurial inquiries. Health: Students are continuing to examine their diets and the effects that different nutrients have on our bodies. Please use the healthy food checker to check labels of packaged foods this weekend in order to make informed choices about the food that we eat. Next week, we will continue to learn about healthy foods choices, focusing on raising awareness about the food we eat. 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. Grade 6 students have been determining improper fractions and their corresponding mixed numbers. Science: Grade 6: This week we have investigated what happens when air is compressed and how air can be used to lift water. Cutting Through Air Centre work should now be handed in. Grade 5: Students have now completed their Sticky Static investigations - this work should now be handed in. We have moved into working with our electricity kits which will use to complete hands-on experiments. Today we learned about what is inside of a dry cell battery, how a battery works and learned about Ohm's law. We also began to investigate how to light a light bulb using batteries and wire. Humanities: Literacy: We will begin 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. Grade 6 students are in the process of writing their first article, and Grade 5's have worked to extract the elements of news article out of a sample. Social Studies: Grade 5: Students have finished their art pieces and completed their biographies. If the biography is not finished, it is now overdue and expected on Monday morning. Please check with your child to ensure that this has been handed in. You can access the rubric and their work in progress through their google drive. Grade 6: Students have completed their course work on Ancient Athens. If your paragraph and flow chart have not been handed in, they are expected on Monday. Please check with your child to ensure that this has been handed in. You can access the rubric and their work in progress through their google drive. Next week we will be creating study notes in class in preparation for our unit test which will be next Thursday. Our agora event has been rescheduled to Monday, March 16. Students know their roles and should be researching costuming ideas in preparation for this event. Announcements and Reminders: If your child is going to be absent, or leaving early, please call the office in advance and if possible, email the homeroom teacher so that we will have your child prepared to be picked up. 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. Announcements and Reminders
This week at in Room 16/18 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 have finished have started finger weaving bookmarks for our upcoming Agora. On Thursday we will also be painting kindness rocks as part of our Entrepreneurial inquiries. 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. Grade 6 students have been determining improper fractions and their corresponding mixed numbers. Science: Grade 6: This week we have investigated what happens when air is compressed and how air can be used to lift water. Cutting Through Air Centre work should now be handed in. Grade 5: Students have now completed their Sticky Static investigations - this work should now be handed in. We have moved into working with our electricity kits which will use to complete hands-on experiments. Today we learned about what is inside of a dry cell battery, how a battery works and learned about Ohm's law. We also began to investigate how to light a light bulb using batteries and wire. Humanities: Literacy: We will begin 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. These will both be due on Friday. Announcements and Reminders: 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. This week, we will also be welcoming ELEV8 Lacrosse to teach us the skills and fundamentals of lacrosse. 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. 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 This week at North Haven: 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 worked on moving water by using static electricity today. Humanities: Literacy: We will begin 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. These will both be due on Friday. Announcements and Reminders: 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. This week, we will also be welcoming ELEV8 Lacrosse to teach us the skills and fundamentals of lacrosse. 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. This has been a busy week at North Haven. Thanks to everyone who came today to see the Indigenous dance performance today. The students did a great job this week of learning the dances and sharing in the experience with artist Shirley Hill. Remember that she will be here next week as well working on an art project with the students.
Homework: -all unfinished science center work for 6's -French scrapbooks (due Tuesday) -Frayer Models and homework blogs problem (due Monday) -overdue reflections on art pieces (Greek urns and Indigenous art) Summary of the Week: French: We continued working on our Scrapbook projects focusing on Carnaval du Quebec (Grade 6) and Festival de Voyageur (Grade 5). Scrapbook due date has been extended to Tuesday, March 3. Math: Grade 6 and Grade 5 Frayer Models were due today. All overdue submissions must be handed in on Monday. Homework Blogs problem solving is due on Monday March 2. Science: Grade 6- All experiment write-ups for Is Air Everywhere?, Air Mass, Walking Balloons and Adjust the Volume, and Cutting through Air centre work was due today. Any unfinished centers must be handed in on Monday. Grade 5 - We have begun our Electricity and Magnetism inquiry by delving into the vocabulary. This week we learned about atoms, protons, electrons and neutrons. We also learned a lot about how static electricity happens and how powerful it can be. Our static electricity inquiries will continue next week. We will also begin our explorations with our electricity and magnetism kits. Humanities: Grade 6's have completed their scratch art Greek urns featuring the day in the life of a metic, slave or citizen, as well as writing about them. Next week we will complete our flow charts detailing decision making processes in Ancient Greece, and move on to review of this unit. Grade 5's are continuing their exploration of Indigenous artists across Canada by undertaking a new art piece and featured artist. Narrative Writing: Both groups have been working really hard of writing stories with cohesive and effective plots. We have been practicing, analyzing student work and reflecting on how good writers make connections between characters and events to move the stories along effectively. Today we wrote a new story from start to finish in a timed writing assignment. Homework:
Gym: We continued our indigenous dancing 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 Scrapbook projects focusing on Carnaval du Quebec (Grade 6) and Festival de Voyageur (Grade 5). Scrapbooks are due on Thursday February 27. Math: Grade 6 - all work on order of operations and multiplication squares were due on Friday Grade 5 - take both your multiplication and division tests home for signing, return them signed by Thursday. Fractions, decimals (Gr.5) and Fractions, decimals, ratios, percents Frayer Models are due by Friday. Homework Blogs problem solving will be due on Monday March 2. Science: Grade 6- finish pink vocabulary sheets All experiment write-ups for Is Air Everywhere?, Air Mass, Walking Balloons and Adjust the Volume. Students will be looking into aerodynamics and how air affects how object move in the Cutting through Air centre work. This centre work will be due on Friday. This week we will also be looking at what happens when air is compressed. Grade 5 - 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. Spelling: (test this 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 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 Homework:
Math: Grade 6 - all work on order of operations and multiplication squares were due on Friday Grade 5 - take both your multiplication and division tests home for signing, return them signed by Thursday. Fractions, decimals (Gr.5) and Fractions, decimals, ratios, percents Frayer Models are due by Friday. Science: Grade 6- finish pink vocabulary sheets All experiment write-ups for Is Air Everywhere?, Air Mass, Walking Balloons and Adjust the Volume. Students will be looking into aerodynamics and how air affects how object move in the Cutting through Air centre work. This centre work will be due on Friday. This week we will also be looking at what happens when air is compressed. Grade 5 - 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. Spelling: (test this 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 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 |