June 7th - 11th
Tornado Hunter
Our school was lucky enough to have Chris Chittick, Tornado Hunter Videographer, share their tornado hunting stories in an educational and entertaining way.
The Tornado Hunters have a combined 40+ years of chasing mother nature’s fury across North America. They have first hand knowledge of close to 400 tornadoes. Tornadoes range from EF0 to EF5 and the team was actually inside the largest tornado ever recorded, a 4.0 km wide tornado in Oklahoma. Beyond tornadoes they have experienced some of the most powerful lightning events, devastating hail, hurricanes and more.
Wellness Day
On Wednesday, the staff and students participated in a variety of activities focusing on mental and physical wellness. The day began with a school wide assembly to play an exciting game of Kahoot with Ms. Angela and then the students were introduced to the activites that were planned for the day.
The students participated in a Wellness Walk where they moved through stations to complete specific tasks. They also decorated Gratitude Jars and filled them with descriptions of things they are grateful for. We made Kool-Aid Playdoh for the students to use during mindful exercies. Finally, delcious watermelon cups were delivered for the students to enjoy!
A HUGE THANK YOU to the RBES Wellness Day team for planning a wonderful day!
RMS Transition Activity
Live Science Demo with Dr. Rai
On Friday we joined a Google Meet with another RMS Grade 5 teacher.
The Grade 4's enjoyed watching a live science experiment with Dr. Rai. The students are really looking forward to learning with Dr. Rai next year!
Language Arts
KidBlog
This week we completed:
Weekend Update
Free Write Friday
Please check out our class blog to see your child's writing.
Let's Go Camping
This week the students started a project-based unit in Language Arts called "Let's Go Camping." We began the unit by watching a cute story called "A Camping Spree with Magee" by Chris Van Dusen. Please click on the link to the left if you'd like to listen to the story as well.
Throughout this unit, we will be working through various activities that integrate elements of research and design in order to plan the ultimate camping trip. The students started by brainstorming everything they know about camping and then used online dictionaries to define a variety of vocabulary words. Using the Travel Alberta website, the students then choose four places they would like to camp and provided reasons for their choices.
Word Work
This week the students completed activites to review prefixes and suffixes.
You can view your child's work on Google Classroom.
Math
XtraMath Daily Practice
XtraMath is our daily math fact practice. The students should be on the division level at this point.
If your child is still on addition or subtraction, please have them practice these facts nightly.
Mathletics
Mathletics is a comprehensive online learning tool with lessons and activities specifically aligned to the Alberta math curriculum. Your child has been assigned activities that align to the lessons taught in class. Please have your child spend some time at home to complete these activities.
Jump Math
This week we started our Geometry unit. The following outcomes were covered:
- Sides and Vertices of 2-D Figures
- Introduction to Angles
- Congruency
- Symmetry and Paper Folding
The students reviewed what they have learned in math by playing a
couple Blookets.
Please click HERE if you would like to try out the Symmetry Blooket!
Science
We continued our study of Plant Growth and Changes and coverered the following topics.
- Replenishing Plants
- How are Seeds Distributed?
The studens reviewed what they have learned so far throughout the unit by playing a couple rounds of Blooket!
P.E.
This week in PE, the students used the pool noodles to participate in a variety of tag games. They enjoyed games such as Animal Tag, PacMan Tag, Survivor Tag and Frozen Tag.
Rad Raptor
Celebrating our Rad Raptors.
