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Dear Parents & Guardians,


Important updates and reminders:

1. There is no school on Thursday & Friday and on Monday February 21st.
We are heading into the long Family Day Weekend with teachers conference on the 17th and 18th this week. 

2. Today students had a combined Health and Science presentation provided by the Canadian Skin Cancer Foundation on Sun Safety.

3. Our Learning in class in a nutshell:

LA: 
Story writing and Conflict Comics
Students are creating a comic showing all 6 types of external in internal conflicts.
e.g. person versus nature / person vs supernatural / person vs self


Math:    
We started the new unit plotting points and transformation of shapes on a Cartesian Plane.
Students use the x and y coordinates of points.

Social Studies:
As part of the Black History Month every student is researching a famous person who has made a significant contribution to society. Ask your child who they chose to research and create a presentation about.


Science:

In class we are creating a slide show about our solar system.
Below is the rubric and some links to useful websites.

Research Resources:

 

Our Solar System

 

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/overview/

 

http://www.planetsforkids.org/

 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/our-solar-system/

 

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html

 

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

 

http://www.solarspace.co.uk/index.php

 

 

Seasons:

 

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/

 

http://www.skyscience.ca/seasons.html

 

https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/earth2.htm

 

 

Moon Phases

 

https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/canada/calgary

 

https://www.space.com/62-earths-moon-phases-monthly-lunar-cycles-infographic.html

 

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/understanding-phases-moon-20606

 

 

Space Exploration:

 

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/idealabs/walking_on_the_moon.html

 

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/index.html

 

 





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