January 21st - January 28th

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HOMEWORK:

• ELA/German: Get your nightly reading signed (monthly goal: 1000 minutes). 
• Math: Problem solving activities due Tuesday. Pages 1-6 from booklet) 
• Social: Grade 5: Finish Regions of Canada Website // Grade 6: Review for Quiz (worksheet + textbook + binder)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• SNOW ANGELS: WHEN IT SNOWS OVERNIGHT, PLEASE:
  Send your child to school equipped with a snow shovel,which (s)he will be bringing home at the end of the day.
• Mathletics: We have a new tool to foster our Math literacy at school and at home. Your child has obtained a password to access this website (glued on the 2nd page of their agenda). You can also get email updates to see your child's progress. More information here.
• HAIR MASSACURE: Please support our team, AVENA THE GREAT. We will be fundraising as a class. Some of us are "pinking" as well.

LEARNINGS:

• German: Verb tenses, pronouns. Strategies for guided reading: Inference.
• E.L.A: Daily 5 CAFE: Strategy: Inference, based on different novels. Common theme: The Hero's Journey.
• Science 5: Experiments with Electricity. Science 6: Sky Science: Moon phases.
• Social 5: Regions of Canada, creating a website about my assigned region. Social 6: Municipal Government, creating a website about how government works.
• Math: Problem solving activities integrating fractions, decimals and percentages.
• P.E.: Skating, Yoga, Floor Hockey
• Art: Color study, mixed media
• Leadership: Reading buddies
• Health: Growth vs. Fixed Mindset, Taking care of my body (nutrition, personal hygiene)

TESTS: 

Grade 6: Social Quiz on Wednesday, January 27th: Government 

Grade 5: Monday, January 25th- Friday 29th:

Regions of Canada Website presentations Schedule

Monday, January 25th:

HARRY + TIA, KONRAD + FELIX

Tuesday, January 26th:

MAX + ZILDJIAN, SAM + GRAYCE

Tuesday, February 2nd:
CORBIN + CHASE, HENRIK + GWEN

UPCOMING DATES & EVENTS:

Bake sale every Thursday. Bring a Loonie.

Running Club starts Monday, Jan. 11th

Skating every Friday from 10:30 to 11:30 

February 1st: NO SCHOOL, Professional Development Day.

GRADE 6 at CITY HALL

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