Hello Families of Fabulous 4/5s,

We have been learning about wetlands in science. We are creating an informational cube to help us teach each other about different types of wetlands. We have been learning about animal food chains in the wetlands. We also wrote riddles about different animals.  We will be sharing our learning on Iris (stayed tuned for more information in the coming week).

We have been learning about gorillas and are now using the internet to help us create posters to display all the information we have learned.

We are playing different games with our friends in math.  We are learning place value.  We finished learning about patters.  We drew a giraffe to help show animals that have patterns in them.  We learned the 3 different ways to write numbers.  We write them in written form (one hundred twenty-three), standard form (123) and expanded form (100 + 20 +3).  We have also used dice to play games, we try to beat the teacher in math (ask me how).

In Physical Education we are playing different tag games and playing badminton. We play RPS Tag, Line Tag, Octopus Tag, British Bulldog Tag.

We have been learning about the land with Ms. Watkins.  We walked over a kilometer last week to help us learn about the land. We learned about Charlie Windjack.  He tried to walk home but due to hunger, cold and no water he didn't make it. It taught us about Residential Schools and their impact on Indigenous People.

Mrs. Mahon wants you to know that Parent/Teacher Conferences are online next Thursday evening and Friday morning.  You will be able to go online to MyCBEAccount to book a time when you would like to chat with her about our learning.  

Mrs Mahon's Grade 4/5 Class

 Happy Friday Families,

This week we have been learning about Terry Fox.  We used what we learned to write about our heroes.  A hero is someone who is a survivor, ordinary, someone who helps, creative, fun, someone who motivates you to do what you love, and is a fighter (in a good way). We finished off the week by participating in our own Terry Fox Run.  We ran over 1 and a half kilometers this morning.

We learned about Orange Shirt Day as well this week. We spent time with Ms. Watkins and she helped us learn about the meaning behind Orange Shirt Day. We read Shi-Shi Etko and When I was Eight to help us learn and understand more about Residential Schools and Reconciliation. We made our own memory bags and drew pictures of what is most important to us, as well, we wrote about how we might feel if we had to leave our families. 

In math we have learned about probability.  We use words to help us: likely, unlikely, equally likely, certain, impossible, possible. We were able to make our own spinners and come up with our own data to help us.

In art we drew our heroes, gorillas and canoes. We were able to draw our own shirt and it helped us talk about what school should be like.

We play a lot of non contact tag games in Phys. Ed.  Next week we will be doing other fun activities both inside and outside depending on the weather.

In health we are learning about feelings and how they impact us others around us.

We had our first practice/fire drill this week as well.  We did fabulous.

To finish off every afternoon we share about our favorite part of the day in our circle time.

Have a great weekend and stay tuned for more next week.

Mrs. Mahon's Marvelous Monsters