Week 35

We had a wonderful, creative, adventurous and exciting week!

In Science, we started our Plants unit. We made a concept map based on the Bill Nye video on plants. We learned that chlorophyll is very important in photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is a pigment that gives the plant's leaves their green colour and absorbs (soaks up/traps) sunlight. We reviewed the process of photosynthesis. In photosynthesis, plants need sunlight, water, nutrients and carbon dioxide (CO2) to make sugar (carbohydrates) and oxygen.

In Math, we had our practice check-in and our actual check-in quiz for our multiplication unit. The strategies we could use are the Standard algorithm, Partial products, Area model and Distributive property. We will be starting our division unit next week. 

In Social Studies, we finished writing our persuasive letter. We needed work on giving more information and adding details so the reader can visual what we are planning for our homesteads. 

We continued reading Chapter 10 in Ticket to Curlew. Gregor a boy that didn't speak English, surprisingly said his name for the first time. The Martingales lost their oxen that they need for farming in order to make money and buy food.

We had our field trip to OH Ranch. We learned that the NWMP had a routine every morning which involved getting water for shaving, making their bed and mopping the floors. The NWMP's job was to talk to the ranchers to make sure their ranches were safe and that they were being stewards of the land. They also wrote reports about losses, number of livestock (farm animals), document languages spoken, countries people came from and if they had any diseases. 

Passion Projects!

Aaryan's Passion Project was about Tornadoes. He talked about the different types of tornadoes: fire tornado (fire swirl), supercell, non-supercell and multiple vortex tornado. 

In Ethan's Passion Project we learned about the Humboldt Broncos and how they got into an accident on Highway SK 335. There were 13 survivors and 16 fatalities of the accident. 

Reminders:

• June 3-6 - Hoop dancing in Gym all week next week
• June 4 - Agricultural Program presentation
• June 7 - Evergreen Theatre Presentation
• June 12 - ALL Learning Commons books are due by June 12th. 
• Paren Volunteers needed for upcoming Heritage Park field trip on June 19th. Please let me know if you are able to join us!