Insulation Device

Our Science Centre trip!

Please send students...

It is definitely the holiday season!! One little thing that I ask all the students to bring is a set of ear bud headphones in a zip-lock bag. In the next little while we will be using these with the laptops so that all the students can work independently and at their own pace on certain assignments.

Thanks!

Updated blog!

So I have updated the blog and this will be a tool that the class will rely on for assignments, due dates and events! However THIS DOES NOT replace the agenda. It only is a tool for the parents and for the students to ask questions or make a comment on different posts. Posts will be coming fairly frequently

Art assignment!

Please complete the following assignment. Due Wednesday, December 8. We will be working on this on Dec. 2 and Dec.6. If it is not complete it will need to be completed at home or at school when you have extra time.

You will need headphones for this assignment.

Picasso art assignment!

Here is a cool game I found while searching online!! You get to play other students from around the world!

http://mathplayground.com/ASB_GrandPrixMultiplication.html

Nov. 25

Canadian Web quest


Please complete the following activity and bring me the answer for your prize.

Use the site below to find the answers.

Click Here

Water Nov.23

Please complete the following questions.

Search on Google.ca for the answer

1:: What is the percentage of saltwater vs. freshwater in the world?

2:: Find a name and a brief description of a disease associated with contaminated water.

3:: What percentage of the world’s fresh water is ready for people to drink?

4:: How many people on the planet do not have access to clean drinking water?


Please answer these questions by pushing the comment button below, and writing you and your partners numbers at the top, and your answers underneath.


Once you and your partner have completed these questions try the following activity and see approximately how much water your family uses in a week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/5086298.stm

Oct.25

http://www.mathplayground.com


Because of the great success of the Unit 1 math test the students have earned a fun math class.

We will begin Unit 2: Whole numbers on Tuesday!



Note for parents:

I will be sending home your students math test in the next few days to be signed and brought back. Thanks!

Oct.21

Math test tomorrow!! These math tests will be sent home to be signed.
Unit 2 starting next week!

Students are learning how to make power point presentations in our social studies class. They will be presenting their research to the class next week.

In science we are continuing with the unit on the human body. We are moving on to our muscles as well as what our skin does.


You will notice that some assignments will be posted on the class blog. This is used when the students are asked to use the school laptops so that we can do out best to save some trees!

Oct.18

Coat of Arms Research


You are responsible for researching your specific coat of arms for the province that you chose last week.

On a piece of loose leaf paper you and your partner need to research your provincial coat of arms and find out what each symbol means.

You and your partner will be responsible for presenting your information to the class where you will be evaluated.

Thursday Oct. 14

After the long weekend all the students were very eager to tell me what they got up to!
We are continuing with our unit in social about Canada, including how to read scale maps, symbols, provinces/cities etc. The latest project that the students are completing is researching the provincial coat of arms and explaining what the symbols mean.
In science we have just completed the circulatory system and moving on to the nervous system.
In art we have began graffiti art! This project started with each student making some sort of shape or line on each of their classmates papers. Then the student found a portion of the paper that they wanted to color. This will be displayed in the next week or so as a class collage.
Math unit 1 is coming to the end and in the next few days we will be reviewing as well as studying for the upcoming test on Friday, Oct.22.

In the next few weeks I will be sending home some dates when we are going skating so make sure you child has skates and a helmet to wear.

Thanks!
Mr. Nelson

Thanksgiving week!

This week I got the students to complete a math assessment. We will be marking this on Friday to see what needs to be adjusted in the math program.

In social we have started a venture into map and object scale.

We are continuing with the human body unit in science and are on to the respiratory system!

Just a reminder that Friday is a day off!!

Another week!

Starting the second week we have started a social studies map assignment. The students were asked to answer 4 questions about various maps found in an atlas that was provided.

Later next week we will be starting a math assessment that will allow our school to review strategies that could have been forgotten in years past. The grade 5 assessment focuses on multiplication skills.

Track and field Friday!

Bieber Fever?!

Back to school today!!

I assigned pg. 15 #1,2,3ac,4ab . Some students were able to complete this however a few need to complete this for tomorrow.

We started a new unit today about Canada. Physical properties, important places, what it means to be Canadian, etc. I'm very excited about this unit and I hope the students are as well!


By the end of the day a few students seemed to have Bieber Fever! haha

Science- Cells

Today I assigned a short worksheet for the students to complete. We took a few notes as well as had a short demonstration of what makes up a cell. Students handed in this sheet before they left for the day.


Treaty 4 tomorrow with Mrs. White. I will see the students on Thursday!

Hello!

Hello students and parents!!

I am very excited to begin teaching you in the afternoon starting this upcoming week! I will be responsible for teaching math, science, phys ed, as well as social. I look forward to meeting all of you!! See you on Monday!!

Feel free to contact me at any time!