Cambrian Heights School Grade 5/6

Please ensure you have reviewed your child's Report Card. All signed envelopes need to be returned to school by Thursday!  Here is our Problem of the Week.  We will be posting a new problem weekly! Yesterday in Math, students created multiple rectangles/squares using the same area of 24cm^2. Today, students worked on understanding the relationship between area and perimeter. They did this by finding rectangles/squares that had the same numerical values for area and perimeter. 

Hello Grade 5/6 Families! Report cards went home today. Please ensure you have reviewed your child's learning progress. The envelopes need to be signed and returned to the school by Thursday January 30th.  Next week in math we will be focusing on multiplication, division, as well as area and perimeter.  In Literacy, students will be engaging in literature circles within their reading groups. They will also begin looking at creating dialogue within their stories.  In Social Studies, students will be looking at various constellations and retelling the stories. They will be investigating Indigenous perspectives and demonstrating an appreciation for their ways of knowing. In Science, students will be comparing stars in our night sky. They will be learning about the different types of stars, their properties and classifications. In French, students will be brainstorming vocabulary to use when ordering food in a restaurant. They will be creating a script with a peer...

  A new planning strategy called SSWsBut "The S is for someone, the other S is for somewhere, Ws is for wanted something, But this happened instead." - Fajer SSWsBut is "used to create ideas for stories." - Milli Constellations! "We learned about the constellations of stars." - Femi "How stars are made." - Lemar Our 5/6 students are learning about constellations and creating their own! They will verbally share their myths and legends about their constellations as the Greeks and Indigenous people once did!    Personification Writing!  "Like when you give an object human characteristics." - Anna Our 5/6 students are trying new ways of making their writing more creative and fun! We tried writing snapshot stories for some cool pictures! Atlas: " I was an Inuit tree once. People worshipped me . Praised me. Now I stand alone in what was once my friend’s home. Now it’s a desert of ...

WEEK AT A GLANCE - January 20 - 24 **Report cards will be sent home Friday, January 24** In Mathematics, we are continuing to build our understanding of fractions by relating them to decimals. We will be experimenting with our number line to show the similar and contrasting relationship between the two.  In Literacy, we are working towards revising our work to make sure it makes sense for our readers and our ideas connect. We will be introduced to a new tool that we can use for story writing, just in case you get stuck generating some new ideas for your character, setting, or problem. In Science, we will begin our exploration of constellations and their history and making indigenous connections to the night sky. Prepare to get your hands a little messy! ; ) In Humanities, we will be finishing up our research on the impact wildfires have on Canada, specifically the Cordillera region. Using our research, we will begin writing a narrative story that highligh...

Basic Facts!  "This week we did some basic facts tests this week on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division." - Ali We will be working on this weekly for the next few months to increase our speed of recall! Please look in your child's backpack on Tuesday January 21st for a copy of your child's basic facts assessments.  We ask that these be signed and returned to school. "We have started writing stories" - Liam N. "about different perspectives and how different animals or people feel about the impact of the fires" - Chloe Tying in current events, Grade 5/6 students have been exploring the impact of forest fires on people, plants, animals and overall ecosystems in Australia. Students have been sharing their own experiences with forest fires in British Columbia and Alberta (and even the current ones in Australia)! Students engaged in writing a first-person narrative based on a role they chose to re...