Oct. 3-7

We've had a short but exciting week in room 9. In math this week students learned how to do long division. Grade 5's learned how to divide by one digit number, while grade 6's learned how to divide by a double digit number. Grade 6's also learned how to solve questions using the order of operations. We're using the mnemonic device, "BEDMAS" to help remember the order. Next Friday there will be a quiz on number sense that will include place value, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and BEDMAS for grade 6's.

In language students handed in their reading letters to me. We also continued our work on narrative texts. Students have been exposed to several examples of narratives in order to develop an understanding of the key features, or characteristics, of narrative writing. Take a minute to ask your child about these features.

 In social studies the grade fives from Mr. Siefert's room joined the grade fives in room 9 to continue our unit on Canadian Government. The grade fives learned about the various responsibilities of the different levels of government. The grade sixes joined Mr. Siefert to learn about Canada's Interactions within the Global Community. They read fast facts about NATO and the UN and assessed their efficacy.

 In phys. ed. we continued a unit on football, and played several lead-up games that teach the skills needed to play football. We also participated in the Terry Fox run.

On Wednesday many students from room 9 participated in the cross country meet at Ashbridges Bay. Congratulations to all runners for their hard work and dedication!

Finally, we finished our 7 day program on mindfulness. We will continue to have 3 minutes of mindfulness between French and independent reading daily. Students can choose to participate or read. I'm hoping that students will begin to understand how they can use mindfulness as a powerful tool.


 Important Upcoming Dates:
Friday, Oct. 7: PA day
Monday, Oct. 10: Thanksgiving
Friday, Oct. 14: math quiz on number sense
Wed. Oct. 26th: Halloween Hullaballoo

Homework:
 There will be no homework folder this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Students are encouraged to review for the math quiz and to continue to read daily.