In this month of hope and renewal, we are really starting to shine in 5B, making some great progress and becoming even more impressive young people!
April Dates to Remember:
Thursday April 3rd - Hot Lunch - Booster Juice
Wed April 9th - FIELD TRIP - Pronk Farm
Wed Apr 16th - Penitential Mass 2 pm
Fri Apr 18th - Good Friday - school closed
Mon Apr 21st- Easter Monday - school closed
Tues Apr 22nd - Earth Day assembly, kick-off for ICS Speech Contest
Thurs Apr 24th - Hot Lunch
Mon Apr 28th - Election Day (Q of A gym), Wrap Up of ‘Cool It!” Challenge
Tues Apr 29th - Selfie Party (reading celebration)
Wed Apr 30th - ICS Speech Contest - classroom presentations begin, BC Children’s Hospital Jeans Day Spirit Day
Cool It! - Climate project:
Our presenter returns via Zoom at the end fo the month. Remember, there are prizes for students who complete the most challenges (goal is 3-5) from the grid as well as prizes for photo submissions (please send to cool-it@bcsea.org ). The challenge is accessible and fillable online through our google classroom (hoping for limited printing here!). Parent signatures are required to confirm completion of the activities on the final document only (page 2).
March learning topics-
LA- Reading challenge (ongoing), Novel study (Owls in the Family), Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar throughout, reading aloud during lunchtimes (Pax)
Math- fractions, moving to division
Socials- history of discrimination/human rights in Canada
Cultural Studies- language
Religion- (Ms Rasmussen) - lent
Art- (Ms Rasmussen) - perspective
Music - (Dr. Nace) recorders
Career Ed- goal setting
ADST (Applied Design Skills Technology)- carpentry
Science - birds, simple machines, climate science, human body
Homework Update -
Jump Math will be sent home on most weekends going forward. Any other practice you can do with times tables and number facts helps a lot. Looking for any extra work, as usual please head to:
Mathletics https://login.mathletics.com/
Lexia - https://www.lexiacore5.com/
Hallow (for prayer and reflection) https://app.hallow.com/
Hit the Button https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Logins are most easily done through Clever, via Chrome. They also have their passwords in the front of their agendas. Hallow is free through school, so please login through Clever for that.
As always, I encourage you to reach out to me with any questions or concerns. Busy month ahead!
Warm regards,
Lindsay Boyd