Battle of the Books

We are loving the Battle of the Books competition this year! Every week it is our job to evaluate the books and vote for our favourite! 

Rock or Mineral?

Grade 4 kids learned that rocks and minerals are different! Rocks are made of 2+ substances, where minerals are the same substance throughout. After comparing this idea to food, we broke apart some rocks and minerals!  Can you tell which is which? 

Cloud Types

Today grade 5 students learned about the different cloud types! They had to find the main ideas from their textbook reading and then create a cloud using cotton balls! 

Community Cleanup

On Monday we took park in a school wide community cleanup in support of our community and Communities in Bloom! 

Unit 4- Weather

We have started our last science unit in grade 5! Our first experiment included warm and cool air! Students learned that warm air rises and that this correlates with wind and weather patterns. 

Book Review Presentations

To wrap up our Evaluating Reading Strategy, students were paired up to evaluate a picture book! They had to tell us the summary, the book's strengths and weakenesses, and their overall rating! This week they presented their Powerpoints to the class and they did a great job! 

Essays

Students have started their final essay this year. Grade 4 kids are writing about animals (animal habitat connection from science) and Grade 5 kids are writing about a province or territory (social connection)! So far we have researched and planned our paragraphs!