Grade 5-1 and 5-2

It's Halloween tomorrow! Here is what you need to know: Students can wear their costumes all day so feel free to come dressed up in the morning! Students are also able to change at lunchtime if needed. No full face masks or weapons are allowed, for student safety (makeup is okay). The servery will be serving snacks and drinks. Students are welcome to bring around $3.00 in order to purchase these items. There is a dance in the afternoon in the gym. Grade 5 students are welcome to attend this but have alternate options, like watching a Halloween movie or going to a games room in the Grade 5 hallway. Have a Happy Halloween!

Housekeeping -Map quiz re-do #2 is on Monday, October 29th at 8am. This is the only time there will be a second attempt at a makeup quiz. -Odes and Natural Resources Pamphlets are overdue in HUMS HUMS We did a quick review in the form of a sticky note check-in on natural resources We have been exploring the regional map of Canada in class We wrapped up our Exploring Canada's Regions slideshow where we put to use some of our new note-taking skills We started our BIG TASK that will take us into December! Our first part is doing research on one of the six regions of Canada that was assigned to us We are getting used to using the coloured booklets that are provided for this project along with the checklists inside of them to help guide our work We are continuing to read Holes and are getting close to being finished! Stanley and Zero seem to be in quite the pickle at the moment! We will be watching the movie after we finish the book so we can compare and contrast the similar...

A huge thank you to the parent volunteers for coming with us to Fort Calgary today. The day was fantastic and the kids loved it. Without your continued support we could not provide these opportunities to our kids. A huge thank you from both Mrs. Croswell and Mrs. Simmons! We learned lots at Fort Calgary today about Canada's history and the settlement of the West. This will come in handy when we start our unit on Canadian History in the new year. We really enjoyed getting to see real artifacts, putting on skits, and dressing up in NWMP gear!

Housekeeping: -Remember we have a field trip on Monday! Please dress in layers so we can be prepared for warm or cool weather. Make sure to have a FULL lunch and water bottle with you. -Makeup Quiz for Mapping: Wednesday, Oct. 24th in the morning at 8:00am (you can show up a bit earlier if you need to) in Mrs. Croswell's room. -Odes are due, typed, on Wednesday, October 24th in Humanities. -5-1 and 5-2 Science: Water cycles are due into Mrs. Simmons on Thursday, Oct 25th. Please remember to fully colour the picture and background. The definitions can be found on the Math/Science page on the blog. - 5-1 Desperately needs cardboard egg cartons! If you have some and can send them in we would be most grateful! HUMS We finished our first quiz this week! Everyone can breath - we did it! We have discussed some of the results of the quiz. To see your mark, please log into your Power School account and look at the "Map Quiz - Provinces, Territories, and Capital Cities" and...

Math 5-1 and 5-2: Ask the students about their work in the Icarus problem today. I don't think any of us could save the life of poor Icarus! Next week we will see if we can save the life of his father, Daedalus...Take a look at the Math Pickle Site  or watch the Ted Ed video on the Myth of Icarus and Daedalus.

5-2 is still looking for volunteers to come on the field trip! We need two more. Please email bpcroswell@cbe.ab.ca if you have a current police check on file with the school and can come along. HUMS Natural Resources pamphlets are due Wednesday, Oct. 17th Map Quiz on Thursday, Oct 18th. This is a closed-book quiz. CTF SEWING - 5-2 Today we finished up our first round of CTF and completed our pillowcases or bags (although most preferred to wear them as a hat!). We had a blast learning how to use the sewing machines to make our own projects. Those that did not finish today will have a lunch hour provided to them next week where they can finish up.

Housekeeping: - Humanities due dates : Natural resources pamphlet due Oct. 17th and Map quiz on Oct. 18th -Please return field trip forms as soon as you can! - Science due dates: October 16th for the Letter to the Prime Minister. -Mrs. Croswell is still looking for volunteers for Fort Calgary on October 22nd. Please email if you are able to come along! -If you are busy preparing your costume for Halloween, please no masks or weapons along with your costumes at school! HUMS In Humanities, we have been exploring the map of Canada as well as the natural resources our country has to offer. We will be looking more deeply at resources as we move into our large task on regions. For natural resources, we spent time looking at the types (renewable and non-renewable) as well as what they are and what they can be used for. Students are also encouraged to try to think more deeply on the subject by considering how to responsibly use non-renewable resources and where the things around us co...

5-1 and 5-2: Students will be attending a field trip on Oct 22nd to Fort Calgary. Paperwork will be coming home tomorrow and the fee will appear online and can be paid through the CBE account as of tomorrow. We are still looking for volunteers! If you are able to volunteer please email Mrs. Simmons (sesimmons@cbe.ab.ca) or Mrs. Croswell (bpcroswell@cbe.ab.ca). Thank you in advance! 5-1 Health: Students have been asked to think about their goals that they want to establish for the next couple of weeks and months. They will be looking at building 4 goals in total. These will be S.M.A.R.T. goals based on the following information. Students have been asked to think about their goals tonight and come prepared to begin writing some of them down tomorrow.

Housekeeping Items: -Photos have been sent home. Be on the lookout! -We have a field trip coming up to Fort Calgary on October 22nd and will be looking for 4-5 volunteers from each home room to come with us. Email your homeroom teacher if you are able to come along! -HUMS Take Home Question this weekend! Please bring your orange duotang back on Tuesday. -Information sessions regarding this year's musical (Annie Jr.) will be on Oct. 10th and 11th next week in the drama room. Students interested should attend one of these sessions. HUMS We have begun looking at the political map of Canada as well as important bodies of water on the map of Canada. It is important to become familiar with all of the provinces, territories, capital cities, and bodies of water just like it is to become familiar with the multiplication table in math. Memorizing these elements will help us when we move forward into Canadian history later in the year. We talk a lot about various areas of Canada where...

Reminders:  All Book Orders are due by Friday, Oct 5th, 2018.  Titans Snack on Thursday, Oct 4th.  Titan Lunch next week. Order now on www.healthyhunger.ca Snow and Schools: All Calgary Board of Education schools are open to provide a warm and safe place for attending students. We are closely monitoring the weather conditions and have been in close contact with our yellow school bus providers to determine the best decisions for getting home tonight and coming to school tomorrow morning. We respect that parents/guardians can make their own decisions about their children based on what is best for their family. If you would like to pick your child up early from school today, you are welcome to do so. Our yellow school buses will be running today but we expect delays, particularly for schools with a later dismissal. You can use the   MyBusStop app   to see real-time information about your child’s yellow school bus. You can get the code from your sch...

Important Dates: October 4th - Titan Snack October 8th - Thanksgiving (don't come to school!) October 18th - Titan Lunch. You can place your order on www.healthyhunger.ca up to one week before. Don't miss out! Student Demographic Reports: Each student will be bringing home a demographic report today. Please check it over carefully and update as needed. There is a signature required on the last page. Once checked and signed please send back to the homeroom teacher. 5-1 and 5-2 Math: We started a fun new challenge in math today. Part of this work is around using Nerd candies. The kids were banned from eating the nerds because so many people will be counting them, chance of allergies, and germs....But I did tell the kids if they want to eat the nerds then they need to convince an adult at home to buy them for them. If parents or guardians do feel inclined to buy them a package of nerds I would love it if they would count all the nerds first. I would love to see if their at...