Mrs. Higgs and Ms. Dick grade 5/6

 This week in math we worked on area and perimeter. Area is length x width and for perimeter of a rectangle we did 2(l+w). The grade 5's worked on designing a house and calculated the area or perimeter of rooms, furniture and walls. The grade 6's worked on area and perimeter of composite shapes. We then started learning about volume by building animals with cubes. In writing we did persuasive writing on if we like zoos or not. We gave reasons and examples to support our opinion. We used an OREO ( Opinion, Reason, Example, Opinion) and a checklist to make sure our writing was complete and we didn't leave anything out.  In science the grade 6's learned about chromatography. Chromatography is a way to find out what colours were combined to make one colour of ink (for example, black was made of blue, pink and a bit of red). We analyzed the tread on our shoes and used crayons to make shoe rubbings. We compared it with others to see the similarities, then Mrs. Higgs used 2 sh

 In social studies this week, the grade 6's have been learning about Greek democracy. We learned about citizens, medics and slaves. The grade 5's  are learning about  John A. MacDonald and Confederation. Confederation is the date that Canada became a country (July1st 1867). In gym we did gymnastics. We worked on balances. We did exercises at different levels (low, medium and high).  We also played Balance Wax Museum. In science the grade 6's made and recorded our own fingerprints. We looked at them to see what pattern they had. The types were loop, whorl, arch and composite. The grade 5's learned how to build open and closed circuits. We also learned how to use the correct symbols to draw a circuit.  In math we learned about rotational symmetry. We learned about shapes like parallelogram, trapezoid, rhombus, kite and quadrilaterals. We also defined several words such as congruent, parallel, intersect and right angles. In writing we worked on observing, wondering and inf