Good Morning Families,

The last 2 weeks have been busy with a lot of different learning happening.

Literacy

We have been writing about Asian and African elephants. We will be posting our posters on Iris early next week for you to see. We read everyday and get to read at a distance with our classmates and teacher.

Mathematics

We have been learning about division.  We have learned to break larger numbers into smaller groups.  We have also begun learning long division.  It is okay if we practice at home.

Science

We have been learning about waste, where it goes (the dump) and what happens to it. Glass bottles can take up to a million years to decompose so it is better to recycle them. We also learned that in the USA at UCLA they are using reusable take out containers. They are scanned like library books. It was pretty interesting. Clothes that come from China, that are polyester are more than likely made from recycled plastic bottles. Science has been pretty fun.

Social Studies

We have learned about the beaver and the buffalo and how the First Nations hunted and trapped them. We have also been learning about how the fur trade happened and how it worked. For example, the First Nations people traded beaver pelts for items like, pots, pans, and other items not normally used. Beaver fur is so popular in making hats in Europe at the time because the felt is waterproof. 

Music

We continue to learn about Canadian Musicians.  We are creating Google Slide Presentations that we will be showing to the class and putting on Iris next week.

We have been learning about squilts with Ms. Murphy. It is all about listening to music and drawing what or how you feel.

Phys. Ed

We have been doing basketball and next week we will start our units on dance and yoga. Please remember to wear comfortable clothes (no dresses or tight clothes).

Stay tuned for more interesting updates from Mrs. Mahon's Marvelous Monsters.

Have an amazing weekend.

Room 16 Monsters

 Hello Fabulous Families of Room 16,

Happy Friday the 13th!

This week we have spent a lot of time talking and writing about Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day happens on November 11th every year.  On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month we stay silent for 2 minutes to help us remember the soldiers who have fought in major conflicts around the world. We also learned the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, this was used when the allies communicated with each other during war. We got a chance to write our full names.  For example Cappy Smart School would be written as

Charlie Alpha Papa Papa Yankee   

Sierra Mike Alpha Romeo Tango

Sierra Charlie Hotel Oscar Oscar Lima

We have written about Ivan the Gorilla as well. He was the shopping mall gorilla that was eventually moved to the Atlanta Zoo.  We are currently reading the chapter book about him called, "The One and Only Ivan".

In mathematics we are learning to multiply numbers. First we multiply the ones. We have learned to multiply 2-digit by 1-digit and 2-digit by 2-digit.  Some of us are even trying to multiply larger numbers. If it is a single digit number, the we will only multiply the single digit.  If it is a 2-digit number, then we also have to multiply the tens.  We do some adding when we carry and to find the final product. 

We are learning about Waste in science. We have learned about biodegradable and non-biodegradable things.  We have talked about what goes in the black, blue and green bins that are collected every one to two weeks outside our houses. 

In Phys. Ed we continue to play a variety of tag games.  Ask me about them. We have also been learning how to throw and catch Frisbees.  We discovered that we do not throw Frisbees when it is really windy out.

We continue to draw different things, and this weeks focus was on poppies. 

Room 16 wants to welcome the wonderful Ms. Murphy to our school.  She joined us to teach us this week about using different symbols to create our own alphabet.

We have been studying Canadian Musicians in Music.  We can't wait to share our research projects with each other.

It has been a successful week of learning.  

Fabulous Friends of Room 16

 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

 Happy Friday,

Another week has passed and we have had 4 fabulous days of learning this week.  I hope that you are all enjoying the little bit of extra time you get to spend together.

We have finished up our graphing unit in math, and will be moving on to probability.  When they come home next week, don't forget to ask them about their learning.

In writing, we have continued to learn about gorillas and have begun learning about different rules when writing.  We have started with learning about the apostrophe.  Ask them when we use an apostrophe, and see what they remember.  We will continue with this throughout the year. Next week we will be writing about Orange Shirt Day.  It is on September 30.

In social studies we will be learning all about Terry Fox and what he did. We have also learned about the map of Canada, what is on our borders and the 10 provinces and 3 territories.  When we move forward we will learn all about Canada's and Alberta's history.

Wetlands is the focus in science. We are learning about the types of wetlands and will be learning about the animals that live in wetlands and their adaptations to live and survive. We also had a wonderful time have Inside Education join our classroom through Google Meet on Monday to share information on wetlands.

Scholastic book orders went home this week. Things look different as orders are now done online for all parents.  If you go to scholastic.ca, click on the link on the left hand side that is labeled "Parents New to Learning Club", it will guide you through making an account. Books you order for your child will now be shipped directly to your house.

Have a fabulous weekend, and I can't wait to see my wonderful students on Monday.

Mrs. Mahon

First Blog of the 20/21 School Year - Room 16

 Hi,

We have been learning about wetlands in science.  Wetlands have water and soil underneath it. There are wetlands in the middle of Canada around the Hudson Bay. Swampy wetlands are covered in trees. Wetlands is a safe place for animals to live.

We are learning about graphing in math.  We have done bar graphs, line graphs and we are learning about calendars and dates.

We have been learning about gorillas. Koko was a Lowland gorilla that could speak ASL (American Sign Language). We have learned a little bit of sign language ourselves. Koko learned her sign language from Francine Patterson. Koko was born on July 4, 1971 and died in her sleep on June 19, 2018. Gorillas are 98% genetically connected to humans. They eat bamboo, thistles and bugs. Gorillas can also get human diseases. Silverback gorillas are the leaders of the troops.

We are learning to draw different animals like frogs, gorillas and fish.  We learned to draw trees.  We are hoping to get outside more often to draw what we see in nature as we learn to protect and care for it.

We participate in modified circle time by sharing how our day went and other things we want our classmates to know.

In social we have been learning about the continents, and what borders the country of Canada. Next we will be learning about the provinces and territories.  We have had many discussions about what it means to be Canadian, and what we thought about what Canada is.

We are learning about friendships and respect.

In Phys Ed we have been playing Shadow RPS tag outside on the hill. We have learned to pass and trap a soccer ball, learning to not use our hands at all. 

Just a reminder, there is no school tomorrow, Friday, September 18, 2020.  

Stay tuned next week for an update from Room 16.

Mrs. Mahon's Marvelous Masked Monsters :)

Update

Hello Friends and Families,

It has been an awesome week.

We have planned and researched meals on flyers, and then priced out what it would cost to feed 4 people for under a day.  We used a limit of $100.00 and the students were really engaged in the activity and really excited to be able to add and subtract decimals.

We edited our writing a bit, did some free writing and learned more about the figures of speech (synonyms, antonyms and homonyms) from our wonderful Ms. Reid.

We have done more directed drawings of animals this week and learned how to draw a sea turtle and a sloth.  We are both creative and imaginative.

We began building/creating our 3D sections of our maps of Alberta and Canada in Social Studies.  It has been a fun-filled, creative learning experience.  We can't wait to show you what we have learned on the 19th/20th.

We have a field trip coming up on March 16th for the morning only.  Forms went home yesterday, are due back by the 13th and we need 2 - 3 volunteers from our classroom. Please let me know if you can.

Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming up on the 19th and 20th of March.  Please book in as soon as you can as time slots fill up fast, especially on Thursday.  If you are unable to book online, please let me know and I will help.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Mahon