March 13-17

 This week in morning challenge we did number riddles. They got progressively harder each day.



In writing we worked on our Wonderopolis pages. We finished our paragraphs and added them into a template. We highlighted "Wonder Words" and linked them to a dictionary. Some of us started to make a quiz about our topic. We are recording our voices by reading our work, and adding in a video and pictures. 

On Monday, we looked up the meanings of Indigenous words that we use daily. For example, chinook, Deerfoot and Kananaskis. We wrote the meanings and drew a picture clue or added a photo. 



In math we were doing the distributive property to simplify algebraic equations. We combined like terms. We solved algebraic equations by using inverse operations to isolate the variable. 

For example, 2a + 4 = 16   a = 6

We worked on questions around the room. Next week we will be having a quiz on algebra.

Ms. D's group worked on defining different kinds of lines such as intersecting, parallel and perpendicular. We played a game where Ms. D stuck  3D shapes to our backs and we asked yes or no questions to figure out what shape we were. (For example, " Do I have faces? Do I have vertecies?")



In science the grade 6's went outside and examined footprints to determine if they were walking or running, walking backwards, or which direction they were going. The grade 5's learned how to light up a mini lightbulb with a D cell battery. We learned how electricity flows through a battery. 

In social studies the grade 5's made Flipgrids about the Loyalists. We had to answer 7 questions about the Loyalists and what they did. The grade 6's started a new unit on Ancient Greece. We will learn about democracy in Ancient Greece. 



In gym we started a skipping unit. On Pi Day, we went outside and made a giant pie with our feet in the snow. Then we played a tag game inside it. We had to stay inside the tracks.

On Wednesday, we got to go and watch the Spring Showcase about the colours of the rainbow. Lots of us got to see our brothers and sisters perform. 

Dictated by: Lillian, Wyatt, Ben and Zak

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