Week 4

Week 4 - 

Hello Room 6 and 7,
We will continue sharing our Learning Plans in Google Classroom. If you have more than one family member using Google Classroom and are having trouble switching between your various classrooms, we suggest one of you opening your classroom in Chrome and the other child opening it using Safari. 

To access your Google Classroom, students should have received an e mail in their CBE email account, it is the one with      username@educbe.ca   

We will have a Google Meet(ing) with each class (Mr. P on Monday at 1:00 and Mrs. Saunders on Monday at 2:00). We want to share some information with everyone and answer any questions you might have. 

Please follow our Google Meet Guidelines:

• Come in and mute your microphone until your teacher asks you to share
• Find a comfortable spot to sit for the entire meeting – please don’t move around your room or house. We love your pets and siblings, but these Class Google meets are not the time to share those special family members. 
• Please use the comments tab only for questions for the teacher not as a chat spot with your friends. 
• Come prepared to the meeting with your questions and any work you are asked to share.
• Stay focused on the meeting content as you would in a classroom.

As we asked for in previous weeks, we are looking for feedback if you have any. If you have time, we would love to hear from you. vipedenko@cbe.ab.ca or mlsaunders@cbe.ab.ca We are all figuring this out together and we want to make sure the work we are doing is working for you.

Take care, 

Mrs. Saunders & Mr. Pedenko

Week 3 - Beginning Google Classroom

Hello Room 6 and 7,
As your parents may have told you, this week we are switching to Google Classroom to deliver your Learning Plans. We believe our grade 5 and 6 students are ready to jump into Google Classroom so we will not be posting our learning plan here in the Blog. 

To access your Google Classroom, students should have received an e mail in their CBE email account, it is the one with      username@educbe.ca   

If your child did not receive the email to their gmail account please let us know and we can share the Learning Plan with you in a different way until you can get on to Google Classroom. 

If you are working on a tablet/phone you may want to download the Google Meet and Google Classroom apps before trying to enter the Classroom. 

We will have a Google Meet(ing) with each class (Mr. P on Tuesday at 1:30 and Mrs. Saunders on Tuesday at 2:30) next week to see how things are going and get a chance to practice what this tool will look like. 

As we asked for last week, we are looking for feedback if you have any. If you have time, we would love to hear from you. vipedenko@cbe.ab.ca or mlsaunders@cbe.ab.ca We are all figuring this out together and we want to make sure the work we are doing is working for you.

Take care, 

Mrs. Saunders & Mr. Pedenko

Week 2 Learning Plan - April 6 - 9

WEEK 2 Learning Plan (April 6th - 9th, 2020)    

Rooms 6 & 7 (Mrs. Saunders & Mr. Pedenko)

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JOKE OF THE WEEK: Q: Why did the melon jump into the lake?

                                  A: It wanted to be a water-melon.
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***PLEASE READ: We are providing you with this Weekly Learning Plan on Fridays, so that you can organize the tasks over the weekend with the support of your parents, and then begin them on the Monday after the weekend.  You do not need to complete everything on Monday - this weekly plan is meant to be done over the entire week (Monday - Friday), we want you to determine what you choose to complete each day over the week. Answers to many of the Literacy and Math activities will be posted on the Friday’s Learning Plan for the following week.

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LITERACY

Reading (30 minutes per day - so you will need to determine which activity you are going to do each day in order to complete the assigned sections by the following Monday): 

1) Hoot - Chapter 4

Click the link to listen to Chapter 4 Link

While you listen, you can read along online (please download the pdf). Go to page 15 of the pdf, about half way down, and you will see the word FOUR, start there: 

Written Copy of Hoot Link (***please download this pdf version for home use)

When you’re done listening to or reading Ch.4: First - Complete the 4 discussion questions from the ‘Hoot Discussions Questions’ booklet. You can write these in your black Writer’s/Journal notebook or create a Google Doc. Make sure you keep your work organized - Date and Chapter listed.  Second - In the ‘Hoot Booklet’ (the one with the owl on the front), please answer the questions in your booklet. You will need to refer to the PDF document in order to answer the questions.  2) Read Your Own Choice - this can be done as read to self or read to others. Please choose a book, magazine, cookbook - something that is not online. 
3) Raz Kids - please do 1 - 2 books per week - you may choose any books you want - Raz Kids Link

Mr. P - teacher code - vpedenko0

Mrs. Saunders - teacher code - mlsaunders

Writing (30 minutes per week): Please create a Google Doc titled - Weekly Journal Writing and share Google Doc with your teacher.

Answer the following writing prompt in this Google Doc. Please write 1-2 complete paragraphs -  this needs to include: an opening sentence, 3 - 5 supporting details and a concluding sentence.  - People often help one another. Write to explain how you or someone you know helps others. -

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  MATHEMATICS Problem Solving: (approx. 30 minutes per week) If you are able to print, you can print this question, but you don’t have to. You can answer it in your math notebook as you look at the problem online.  The answer to this question will be shared next Friday. Problem Solving Link Math Topic:  Percent (approx. 60 - 90 minutes per week) 1) Lesson - Unit 5 - Page 186 - 187 (use link below to access the textbook online). Read over the lesson and answer the questions as you go (on paper if you like): Math Textbook Link
2) Work - Textbook (use the above link as well) - do this work in your graphing Math notebook: - Page 188 - #1, 2 and 4 - Page 189 #8, 9, 11 and 13 - Work In - Your ‘Percent Booklet’ (this came home with all of your stuff) Pages 1 and 2 Recognizing Percent, questions #1 - 5

3) Game/Mathletics:(15 minutes per day) Please use this resource as a supplement to the math lesson above. We have assigned you specific courses to complete, however these courses should serve as a review, not as new topics.  Mathletics Link    
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 OTHER LEARNING (may change every week)  1) Social Studies -  Please complete ‘History of New France’ (for question #4 - you may draw/sketch a picture instead of printing one) from the booklet that went home. See Chapter 3 in the Grade 5 textbook: Social Studies Textbook Link 2) Phys. Ed. - Try and get outside and go for a walk/hike/bike (weather-permitting) for at least a ½ hour or more every day.  Wave to neighbours and say hello.   3) Music - Please see Mr. O’Reilly’s blog for some learning in music. Music Blog Link

Dear Parents:  

As you know we have been given guidelines from Alberta Education that suggest we provide ~5 hours of schoolwork per week focused mainly on literacy and math. We will work to follow these guidelines and will continue integrating some of our science and social studies work that students have already started. Each week we also hope that you will be able to determine a schedule that works best for your family.  

If you have time, we would love to hear from you. vipedenko@cbe.ab.ca or mlsaunders@cbe.ab.ca We are all figuring this out together and we want to make sure the work we are doing is working for you. How did the week go? How was the workload? How did things go for your child?  We will do our best to adjust things for the weeks to come based on your feedback.

Take care, 

Mrs. Saunders & Mr. Pedenko. 

Week 1 - Welcome Back

Room and 6 and 7 Students:

This week’s learning plan is as follows:

1. Please answer these questions and email by Wednesday, April 1st:

Please discuss with your parents answers to the following questions and then prepare one (1) email to reply to your homeroom teacher: vipedenko@cbe.ab.ca or mlsaunders@cbe.ab.ca 

In the email, please let us know the following things:

1. How are things going? What have you been up to?  

2. What is your family plan for learning-from-home? When do you think you will do your schoolwork? Where do you plan to do your school work? What challenges do you think you may encounter with learning from home?  

3. ***What technology can you use for school work (eg. Computer, laptop, iPad, tablet etc.)? Do you have access to the internet? Is your only option a paper-based learning package? 

4. ***Do you have access to a printer?  

5. Are you able to log-in to your Google account? You will use your email address ending in @educbe.ca and your school password (just like logging-in to the Chromebooks and Laptops at school).  
6. Can you login to Raz Kids?
7. Can you login to Mathletics?

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2) Joke for this week: Q: What kind of dinosaur loves to sleep?

  A: A stega-snore-us.

3) Read 20 minutes every day - this can be ‘read to self’ or ‘read to others’

4) Play a math game or work on your basic facts - Grade 5 practice up to 9 x 9 and Grade 6 practice up to 12 x 12. You can make your own flashcards to practice

Saturated Solution Day

Agenda:

1) Treat Day has been postponed til later after March Break

2) Karen Gummo will be back with us next Wednesday - this is her final day. 

3) Chess Club will continue on Wednesdays at lunch - next week is the last week

Ask Me About
Literacy: Ask me about what happened in chapter 5 of  Hoot?
Also, how to write a lead paragraph for a News Article. What are the 5 W's? 
Science: Ask me about Saturated Solution. How do you create a saturated solution?  How is a solution different from a Mixture? What does dissolve mean?

The Mead of Poetry in The Viking View Newspaper

Agenda

1) Thursday is our Math/Science Curriculum night from 5 - 7pm. Feel free to bring your cans and bottles on this evening to place in our School Recycling Bin. 

2) Treat Day has been postponed til later after March Break

3) Karen Gummo will be back with us next Wednesday - this is her final day. 

4) Chess Club will continue on Wednesdays at lunch - next week is the last week

5) Simon Fraser Musical - is next Tuesday - March 17th. The grade 5/6 classes will walk down to view the presentation

Ask Me About:

Literacy: Ask me about how to use hyphens and dashes in my writing. 

Math: Ask me about our Balance problems - come and do some of your own tomorrow during curriculum night. 

Science: Ask me about the curriculum night ... tomorrow... Thursday March 12!

Social: Ask me about early exploration and about the resources that were first found? 

U of C Math Visit - So, is it better to go first or second?

1) Skiing and Snowboarding will continue on Monday for our last lesson. Students can bring some money for a small item on Monday if you and your parents want to do this. Don't forget to dress for the weather - wear layers to manage the changing temperatures! And make sure your progression card is still attached to your snow pants or jacket.

2) Chess Club is on Wednesdays at lunch
3) Thursday is our Math/Science Curriculum night from 5 - 7pm. Feel free to bring your cans and bottles on this evening to place in our School Recycling Bin. 

4) Hoot Chapter 3 questions - except for the Venn Diagram - due on Tuesday

5) Room 6's Treat Day is on March 17th

6) Karen Gummo will be back with us on Tuesday or Wednesday

Stuffie Day

Agenda

1) Skiing and Snowboarding will continue next Monday for our last lesson. Students can bring some money for a small item on Monday if you and your parents want to do this. 

2) All grade 6s will go to Simon Fraser for a Jr. High tour tomorrow. The grade 6s will leave at 11:45 and will return to the school around 2 pm. They will be provided a hot dog lunch.
3) Chess Club is on Wednesdays at lunch
4) We will have a decimals quiz tomorrow
5) Sign and return your fractions quiz - also correct any errors you might have. 

6) Math Guest speakers will be joining us on Friday

Ask Me About:
Physical Education and Health: Ask me about skiing and snowboarding

Literacy: Ask me about the story we learned from Karen Gummo today. I can try retelling it too. 

The Wind Let us Down!!!

Agenda:Monday we begin our skiing and snowboarding lessons - come dressed and ready to go. Please bring a lunch, water bottle and extra socks and mitts (in case these get wet). Review the information form letter that was sent home last week. Students can not bring money to buy anything at the cafeteria at this time. Make sure your personal items are labelled with your name and school.  



1) Skiing and Snowboarding starts on Monday March 2, Tuesday March 3rd and Monday March 9th - Please come prepared for whatever the weather is on those days
2) All grade 6s will go to Simon Fraser for a Jr. High tour on Thursday March 5 in the afternoon. They will be provided a hot dog lunch.

3) Chess Club is on Wednesdays

4) Our writing workshops with Karen Gummo will begin next week.

5) We will have a decimals quiz next Thursday
6) Stuffie Day is March 4th
7) Sign and return your fractions quiz - also correct any errors you might have. 

8) Child Tax Receipts have been given out to students. 

Pink Shirt Day!!!

Agenda
1) Skiing and Snowboarding starts on Monday March 2, Tuesday March 3rd and Monday March 9th - Please come prepared for whatever the weather is on those days
2) All grade 6s will go to Simon Fraser for a Jr. High tour on Thursday March 5 in the afternoon. They will be provided a hot dog lunch.
3) Chess Club is on Wednesdays at lunch
4) Math Homework - page 10 in the decimals booklet
5) We will have a decimals quiz next Thursday
6) Stuffie Day is March 4th
7) Sign and return your fractions quiz - also correct any errors you might have. 

Ask Me About:
Literacy: Ask me about what pancakes have to do with our novel study.

Math: Ask me about what I think will be on our math quiz next week.

Physical Education: Ask me about Alien In Line skating.

Science: Ask me about what element are we using to name our Lab group.

Social: Ask me about why the French came to Canada.

The Sun Let us Down

Agenda:
1) Permission form for In-Line Skating must be handed in first thing Monday Morning!!! You can bring your own bike helmet, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist guards if you want. You can bring your own rollerblades but these need to be approved by the Alien InLine staff. 

2) Ski and Snowboard form is due Monday also

3) Treat Day is Tuesday Feb. 25 
4) 'Pink Shirt Day' is on Wednesday Feb. 26
5) Chess Club is on Wednesdays at lunch

6) Battle Bunny Books are due next Friday

7) Stuffie Day is March 4th

Zoom In To Science!

Agenda
1) Feb. 20th in the morning -  Solar Car Visit at 11 am
2) Treat Day is Feb. 25 
3) Pink Shirt Day is on Feb. 26
4) Alien In Line Skating is coming to our school next week. You can bring your own bike helmet, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist guards if you want. You cannot bring your own rollerblades. 
5) Chess Club is on Wednesdays at lunch
6) Math Homework - Problem Solving is due next Wednesday.
7) Stuffie Day is March 4th


Stay Tuned - the Ski and Snowboard field trip forms will be coming home soon. If you would like to
volunteer to be on the hill or in the lodge please let your classroom teacher know.




Ask Me About:
Literacy: Ask me about how to use a hyphen or a slash in my writing.

Math: Ask me about adding and subtracting decimals. 

Physical Education: Ask me about Jungle Safari!

Science: Ask me about what we saw under the microscope? And, which one was my favourite?

Please Read the Important Message Below - 

Parents of students in grades 4, 5 and 6 have received the Accountability Survey from the Alberta Government. We encourage you to complete the survey and return it to Alberta Education. To date we have only 4% of our parent responses returned.  

Your voice matters. Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your child is receiving. We also use the information gathered from the survey to inform our School Development plan each year. Please contact Mrs. Polski if you have questions about the survey.