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Welcome back after an extended weekend for out students!


Important updates and reminders:

  1. Ms. Paul - our student teacher from the University of Lethbridge has started her 5-weeks practicum with our grade 6 class.
  2. Next week on November 25th and 26th there will be Parent-Teacher Interviews. You will be able to book your appointment (virtual Teams Meeting) shortly after you receive an email from our school administration.
  3. The Poetry Booklets/ Projects are overdue - I will contact parents this week if your son/daughter needs to complete it during their own time.
  4. There will be a spelling test this week. The words will be poster here on this blog tomorrow.


Our Learning in the major 4 subject areas:
  • LA: Introduction to our novel study - Refugee by Alan Gratz
Students engaged in a quick book exploration to learn about the structure and main characters in our novel. We also discussed the setting in NAZI Germany, Cuba during the strikes of 1994 and Syria in 2015 during the Arab Spring.

  • Math: new unit Measurement - Today we reviewed the metric system and converted some basic units (mm - km)
Ask your child how many millimetres make up a cm, dm, m or km! 

  • Science: Human Interactions in the forest ecosystem 
In class we explored the three main human interactions with forests. 
These are:
  • forestry (lumber companies, harvesting and reforestation)
  • recreation (forests as spaces for outdoor activities, tourism)
  • conservation (forests as protected natural spaces)


Have a great afternoon and stay warm and dry!

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