Friday September 27

We had a lot of fun this week in Grade 5!

We were asked to put forth some names for our wonderful outdoor space and the school would vote. We read the story 'The Gardener', which is about a young girl who moves from the country into the city and misses the connection with nature. So, she decides to plant flowers all over the rooftop patio and the space that she created was beautiful...just like ours! Once we read the story, it inspired us to name our beautiful space. The two ideas we came up with were 'Nature's Secret Kingdom' and 'Elements of Peace'. We can't wait to find out what some of the others were as well.

This week, we also had our first community walk. We walked up the hill where we sat quietly and sketched our surroundings. After that, we walked down 32nd Ave to 36 St near the LRT crossing. There, we took a moment to sketch our surroundings again. It was amazing to see the comparison between the quiet, peaceful hill and the busy streets with ringing bells and honking horns. The picked a beautiful fall day to do our walk. A nice treat before our big snowfall that is in our forecast!

This week for social studies we looked at the pros and cons of online platforms and discussed where we get our news and information from and how do we know its real.  We also reviewed the levels of government in Canada and what each level is responsible for. 

We began math and students are learning about place value and the value of numbers and the ways they can show us the value through base ten blocks,  place value chart, expanded form and various equations with different operations. 

NOTE:

1.) Please dress your child in appropriate fall/winter clothing. We live in Calgary and the weather is unpredictable and cold. Please make sure your child comes to school with winter jackets and boots if needed but also toques, gloves, and scarf.  We will be outdoors for recess and lunch if the weather is -20 and below. 

2.) Parents/Guardians can you make sure you pack enough food and snacks for your child. They are growing and may need more food/snacks. 

Looking Ahead: 

Monday, September 30th, 2019 ORANGE SHIRT DAY, Students wear an orange shirt to school if they want. 

Friday, October 11th, 2019 Non-Instructional Day, No school for students. 

Monday, October 7-10th, 2019 SAFETY WEEK, School will have lockdown and fire drill practice.

Monday, October 14th, 2019 THANKSGIVING,  No school for students and teachers

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 AUTHOR VISIT,  Marty Chan

Community Walk tomorrow.

Hello Lovely Room 8 & 9 Families,

Tomorrow around 11 am-2:15 pm all grade 5 TLC students and teachers will be going on a community walk around the neighborhood of CJM. Please make sure your child wears weather-appropriate outdoor clothing. If you have any questions, concerns or comments please let your student's classroom teacher know. 

Ms. Moir and Ms. Gill

#Climate Emergency

Hello Beautiful Room 8&9 Families,

Your grade 5 student has something important to share with you.


Greta's Speach at UN Summit


Greta's Commercial

Thursday September 19

Hello Families of Room 8 & 9,

This week began with an important lesson in having a Growth mindset vs. Fixed mindset. Here is the Ted Talk video we watched to begin our discussion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiEeMN7vbQ

Kids also did a T chart about  Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindset followed by reflection.

This linked in very well with our book The Little Hummingbird who definitely had a Growth mindset! Students also finished their Humming bird drawing. 

We brainstormed effective and ineffective communication and ways that we can turn our ineffective communication into effective communication! We also looked at how animals communicate, including the hummingbird. Did you know that some animals have different ways of 'voting' to make decisions for the group? One example was the African Wild Dogs who decide to go on a hunt by sneezing.

Speaking of voting, we are preparing for the upcoming election by engaging in discussions about democracy in Canada. We are very lucky that we have the right to vote as a Canadian citizen. We learned about three types of decision-making: autocratic, consensus, and democratic.

We are ending off our week excited to meet our families at our open house and sharing our wonderful "home away from home" with all of you!


NOTE: Homework will becoming the first week of October.



Looking Ahead:

Monday, September 30th, 2019 ORANGE SHIRT DAY

October 11th, NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAY--> No school

October 14th-17th STUDENT VOTE🗳 WEEK

October 14th, THANKSGIVING DAY---> NO SCHOOL

October 22nd,  Photo Day

Friday September 13

Hello Room 8 & 9 Families,

This week we finally had a gym and music and all the students were really happy about it:)
In music, they learned an indigenous Cree Song and listened to some drumming along with Mrs. Layton.

We finished up our name tags for our coat hooks, and are continuing to complete bookmarks and our time capsule. We read a Newsella article in groups of 3 and reviewed why annotating articles is important.  We started to look at supporting details within articles and our own paragraphs.

We watched a video on Terry Fox and even heard an audio recording from his brother Fred Fox. All grade 5 students wrote a letter to Terry and focused on why they would tell him or ask him if he was still alive.

We played Rainbow Logic, a strategy and communication game.

Our school theme this year is COMMUNICATION. We brainstormed what does communication means and the different forms that come to mind.

Please look at each teacher's twitter pages below to see all the cool things we do at our school and classroom.

Looking Ahead:

Thursday, September 19th, 2019 Early Dismissal. School is over at 12pm.

Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 4:00pm-7:15pm is our CJM Open House.

All CJM families WELCOMED!!!

Please come and see your child's classroom and teachers, but also explorer our beautiful learning commons, hallways, and new outdoor space. Please also feel free to see other classrooms and teachers as well as the gym.

Friday, September 20th, 2019 NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS

Monday, September 30th, 2019 ORANGE SHIRT DAY

Terry Fox Run!!!!

Terry Fox Run this Friday!!!!!

Hello Room 8 & 9 Families :) 

Reminder this Friday we will have a school-wide Terry Fox Run/Walk.

Here is some information about who Terry Fox is: 

Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, on July 28, 1958.  He was only 21 years old when he began his Marathon of Hope in 1980.  Terry’s goal was to raise awareness and $1 from every Canadian for cancer research.  Let’s continue Terry’s goal and help raise as much money as we can at CJM this week. Remember that any amount that you can donate is appreciated.

See the link below for some videos to learn more about Terry Fox and The Terry Fox Run (Whenever you have time): https://www.terryfox.org/schoolrun/educators_organizers/schoolvideos/

Please Note the Following:

-Our dismissal time remains at 1:00pm.

-Dress for the weather.

-TLC students may wear casual attire.

WELCOME ROOM 8 & 9 Students and Families!!!

It is the beginning of another new year and Ms. Gill and Ms. Moir are excited to be teaching grade 5 TLC together. 

We have so many things going on in our classroom on a daily basis and we will do our best to share some of the most exciting events with you! Our goal is to share at least once a week if possible more. 

Explorer our blog and notice both teacher twitter accounts at the bottom. 

Stay tuned for homework information, right now we are all about building community and getting to know one another😊

Ms. Moir & Ms. Gill