Ms. Parent's Grade 5/6 Blog

Weekly Update June 22 - June 26 Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,   This will be our last Weekly Update!  Can you believe it!  You all persevered through twelve weeks of remote online learning!  We are so proud of you for your effort, hard work and determination!  Our last week will be one of celebrations! We hope you will join us in our final farewell Google Meets!  Monday:   IPPs sent home electronically.  Tuesday:   This will be our Grade 6 Farewell Celebration for all Grade 5/6s to attend .  Grade 6s, please feel free to make this a special occasion.  Dress up if you like, or dress as you normally would!  However, you feel most comfortable!   Grade 6s are invited to join the GoogleMeet @ 10:40AM .   The rest of the class (Grade 5s), please join in promptly at 11AM!  * Join with the passcode pow56 Wednesday:   Grade 5/6 Year End Celebration (WARRENER/PALLESEN/GILBANK) GILBANK @ 10AM WARRENER/PALLESEN 12PM  Join your class online fo

Happy Thursday Grade 5/6 :) We are 100% sure that you will be happy to know that this is the last math lesson for the school year!!! Head on over to the Google Classroom and look for today’s Math Task #22. 

Hey, Champs! Today is a continuation of Wednesday’s tasks.  Please use this time to: 1) Fill in your CLASS COMPLIMENTS...please double and triple check each slide to make sure you have filled out a comment for everyone in the class :) Please double check each slide today as a couple of slides were accidentally deleted by someone yesterday (oops!). If you do accidentally make a mistake like that- please undo that action. 2) Work on your LAIR DESIGN CHALLENGE *Recess group today at 11am for Olivia, Ashlee, Madi, Sam, Sasha & Evelyn (code is posted in the classroom) Remember- Ms. Parent is away this afternoon

Hey Mathematicians! We all know what equivalent fractions are… check!  And we all know what decimal place values are… right? (Don't worry if you aren't 100% on decimals just yet...we've included a bit of a review for that.)  And we have been practicing the multiplication facts, or using a multiplication grid….check!  So let’s use these math skills to turn fractions into decimals!! Go to Classwork and look for today’s math lesson (Converting Fractions into Decimals) and Math Task #21. 

Happy Monday, Kiddos!   We have TWO TASKS ready for you today!   DESIGN A LAIR CHALLENGE :  Head over to Google Classroom to read your final Design Challenge for this year!  We are designing a lair!!  We can’t wait to see what you come up with!  We will share these in our Google Meets on Friday! CLASS COMPLIMENTS : Please visit this Google Doc in the classroom and write a kind compliment about your classmates.  You might write about a memory you share with them, what you will remember most about them or a thank you to them!  Please comment for every classmate!  Have fun!

Hey kiddos, Now that we’ve refreshed our brains on what we know about fractions, we’re going to start learning more about a special type of fraction-- equivalent fractions! Please check out our Google Classroom for today’s lesson and assignment! Oh! We almost forgot!! There is one extra assignment for everyone (yay!) ;) For our Meet tomorrow, we thought it would be funny if you could think of (or find) a funny joke to share during our circle :)

Good morning Grade 5/6s!  Today is a continuation of some work from Monday (diary writing from your book/movie character’s perspective in your sit spots) as well as your final chapter of Super Pizza :) We've added Head to the Google Classroom to access your daily tasks :) WINDOW HEART SCHOOL CHALLENGE  A couple of weeks ago, we discovered this amazing new book, “Window Hearts”.  We purchased a copy and then connected with the author to invite her to be a guest reader at Prince of Wales School. She took up our offer and here is her special appearance just for US!!!   Check out the video here and participate in our Window Heart Challenge !  Take a picture of your window hearts and send them to us!  We’ll make sure they become part of our Prince of Wales news story!

Hey kiddos! We are super excited to be starting our new fractions unit (well, half of us are anyway)! Please check out the Google Classroom for today’s lesson and task! Just a reminder to everyone- please ensure you are also checking your gmail accounts regularly!

Good morning Grade 5/6 crew! We hope you all had an amazing weekend with your families and found ways to have fun in the sunshine and the rain :) We miss you all so much and we hope you have a great week of learning and adventures. Please head to the classroom to find your assignments for today! You will be: Writing a diary entry from your character’s perspective and Reading the second to last chapter in Super Pizza :) Don’t forget to check the week at a glance to see our “pop-in” meeting times (same code) and other important information! :)

Weekly Update June 8 - June 12 Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,  We are moving right along here!  Thank you for continued perseverance and commitment to your online learning.  Week At A Glance   Monday:  Character Pandemic Perspective Journal; Chapter 9:Super Pizza  Tuesday: New Math Unit: Fractions! Wednesday: Character Pandemic Perspective Journal; Chapter 10: Super Pizza Thursday: Exploring Equivalent Fractions Friday: Celebration Note to an Author + Google Meet at 10am (with a special guest?!) Open Google Meet Times:  Monday:  Open LA/Instruction Meet 10:30 (Warrener/Parent)     Open Google Meet 11:00AM (Gilbank)  Tuesday :   Open Math Meet 10:30 (Pallesen) (Invitational small group support will continue as scheduled for Monday - Thursday) This week in Language Arts, we will be completing the short story, “ The Awesomely Awkward Adventures of Super Pizza .”  Students should ensure that they are completing discussion questions and ass

Hey Grade 5/6 :) TODAY’S ASSIGNMENT Today we have opted to give you some WOW (work on work) time as there are lots of you who seem to have been pretty busy this week and need some time to get caught up.  We have also posted the next chapter and discussion questions for Super Pizza :).  OPTIONAL SCIENCE ACTIVITY  For those of you who are interested in trying a Science experiment, check out the SALT LAVA LAMP ACTIVITY below!  If you tackle this experiment, take a picture to share with us!  SALT LAVA LAMP

Good morning crew! We are wrapping up our study of Variables and Equations with a choice of three different activities. Go to Google Classroom and look for Math Task #18 - Fun with Variables and Equations.  Don't forget! If you are in Ms. Anderson or Ms. Parent's small online math group and you would like to attend - it starts at 11am (codes are the same each week). Otherwise- I will see you on Friday for our classroom Meet @10:00am

Happy Wednesday Grade 5/6s! Today, we want you to continue thinking about perspectives and how an idea or a lived experience can change based on who is telling the story. We know that there have been lots of changes to our lives in the last 12 weeks since we learned about COVID19 becoming a serious concern in our city, our province and the country as a whole (not to mention the world itself). Have you stopped to think how you experience these changes might differ from your parents? Or how a nurse or doctor might experience this unprecedented time compared to your teachers? How do you think a fictional character, like Harry Potter or Spiderman, might have felt if they fell out of a book or a television in your living on the day schools were cancelled? Get your sketchbooks, sketching pencils and guided drawing videos ready and head to the classroom to get your next assignment! We’ve included a few more comics from a Sunday newspaper (seeing a theme here?) to get you think

Good morning crew! I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend with your families :) WoW! Can you believe that we are on Week Ten of our learning together in this remote classroom ??  What a fantastic group of kids you have been! We are all so proud of you! You can head to the Google Classroom to find today's math lesson and assignment. In the meantime, here are a few comics that you might find in a Saturday or Sunday newspaper...which ties into our literacy focus for next week :)

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,  Welcome to Week 10 of our ongoing learning!  We hope the extra day off this week provided everyone with an enjoyable extended break.  Yearbooks Please remember that yearbooks are on sale now until June 12.  You can order and pay on your MyCBE/Powerschool account.   Google Classroom As a reminder, please ensure assignments are being “turned in” using Google Classroom.  This helps the teachers to ensure they are receiving assignments and to ensure students receive timely feedback.  Most of our students have become familiar with this procedure.  If you are unsure, please email your classroom teacher.   Week At A Glance Monday:  Non-instructional day (No online classes for students)  Tuesday: Preservation of Equality- Math Task #17 Wednesday: Chapter 7 Super Pizza/ Perspective Writing  (Gilbank Open Meet @ 11:00AM) Thursday:  Patterns and Relations - Wrap Up - Math Task #18   Friday:  Chapter 8 Super Pizza/ P

What a great way to start a new month!! Today is a non-instructional day for students.  Teachers will be working together, looking at data, and brainstorming ideas for the month of June.