June 2026

 This Month!

Math -  We will be working on our Financial Literacy unit.  We will be focusing on types of payments that can be made, barriers to access to money, and the concepts of taxes and interest.  We will be reviewing all of our units by creating math board games.

 Language Arts - We are focusing on our cursive handwriting skills and our keyboarding skills.  The students would benefit from practice at home as well.  We are reading a book called Ebb and Flow. It is written by an author in Waterloo.  We will be creating 'How To...' booklets using procedural writing.

Physical Education  - We will be working on our soccer and skipping skills this month.

Health - This is taught by Mrs Obergan

Visual Arts -  We will be creating collaborative pieces that join all the class pieces into one artpiece.

Social Studies

Grade 4 - We will be focusing on ancient civilizations.  Students will pick one ancient civilization and do an independent research project on it. 

Grade 5 -    We will be looking at the government of Canada and the roles and responsibilities of being a Canadian Citizen.

Science 

Grade 4's We will be focusing on the study of Rocks and Minerals.  We will be looking at identifying rocks and minerals and explaining how we use rocks and minerals in our every day products.

Grade 5's  We will be continuing our unit on Forces Acting On Structures.  We will be looking at protective equipment as well as natural forces that act on structures.  We will be looking at the definition of a structure and will be exploring the ideas of tension and compression.  At the end of the month we will be shifting our focus to Human Health and the Human Body.