September Learning Update

Hello Families,

Thanks to the families for attending the ‘Meet the Teacher’ evening on Thursday, September 18 and the Outdoor School Parent Information Meeting (Grade 5 and 6’s).

Each month you will receive a classroom update. This will provide an overview of topics and concepts covered in class and will outline learning activities for the upcoming month.

For the month of September, the students:

· Created our classroom learning community through discussions and activities based on our overarching idea of, ‘Well-Being is…’ by connecting this idea to the Indigenous Medicine Wheel

· Learned about the important parts of the brain and how each directly corresponds to personal learning needs

· Reviewed basic facts and place value by playing games

· Designed a self-portrait utilizing fractional Math and a variety of collaging techniques

Next month, we will be:

· Practicing reading comprehension strategies, such as making connections and predictions and identifying character feelings through class read alouds

· Focusing on using descriptive words, figurative language, voice and hooks in persuasive writing passages

· Developing understanding to represent numbers within 10 000 000 (Grade 5) and 1 000 000 000 (Grade 6) including developing basic fact fluency, 12X12 (Grade 5) and prime factorization (Grade 6)

· Learning about living systems and investigating the impact of plants and trees in ecosystems

Ask your child:

1. What is ‘mindfulness’? How does this relate to learning and our brains?

2. What is well-being? What are the four different components of well-being connected to the Medicine Wheel?

Please note:

· We will be going on a community walk on Friday, September 26, in honour of Orange Shirt Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

· There is no school on Monday, September 29. It is a Professional Development Day.

· There is no school on Tuesday, September 30 for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

· There is no school on Monday, October 13 – Thanksgiving Day and Monday, October 20 – Municipal Election.

· School Photos are on Tuesday, October 14.

· Please return the Acknowledgement of Risk forms for Outdoor School.

· Grade 5/6 Outdoor School October 27 - 31.

*L & L Students will be learning the same or similar concepts throughout the curriculum with personalized learning levels.

Respectfully,

Mr. Taven and Mrs. Gualtieri

Grade 5/6 Teachers - L & L Teacher