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Week 4 September 21-24

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  🌟 Grade 5 Weekly Update 📚 What We're Learning Tim's Camp! Students learned about a variety of social-emotional skills, including respect, communication, teamwork, and how to deal with disappointment. Through discussions and activities, students explored how these skills can help them build positive relationships, work effectively with others, and navigate challenging situations at school and beyond. 🔬 Science This week: We started our earth systems unit. Students learned about the difference between weather and climate ➗ Math This week: Students continued learning about place value and expressing numbers using digits and words. 🗣️ ELA This week: We talking about Orange Shirt Day and students created leaves to go onto a whole school project called The Tree of Reconciliation. Students also worked on a multi paragraph writing task answering the question: What does every child deserve? 🎵 Music This week: Students started a body percussion unit. Body percussion is the art o...

Week 3 September 14-18

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  🌟 Grade 5 Weekly Update Hello Grade 5 Families! 👋 We had a busy third week! This week students participated in the Alberta Literacy and Numeracy Screening for grade 5 students. It was A LOT but they pushed through! 📚 What We're Learning ➗ Math This week: Students continued practicing writing and building numbers in a variety of ways 🗣️ ELA/ art This week: Students reflected on the life of Terry Fox and the incredible impact he still has today. More literacy games and stations Finishing bookmarks! Learning "welcome" or "hello" in different languages Terry Fox Run 📢 Announcements & Reminders Important Dates 📅 September 24 from 5:00 – 7:00 : Welcome to the New Year Open House (No sign up is required for this. More information will be sent next week.) 📅 September 25 – NO SCHOOL – Non-Instruction Day 📅 September 28 – Picture Day 📅 September 29 – Orange Shirt Day 📅 September 30 – NO SCHOOL – National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Reminders If you...