Update February 26th — End of Migration Unit

Hello Everyone!

Thank you to all of the parents who came with us on the snow adventure field trip to Britannia Mines! We couldn’t do it without your support. We also want to thank the Suncrest PAC and Britannia Mines, as both provided financial help for us to do the trip.

The field trip marked the beginning of a new unit, but before we move on, we have some projects to finish!

  • Monday we have a unit quiz, which will be done online.
  • Everyone has memorized their character speech and will turn it in to Ms. D. We will finish costumes and props and then present our speeches as a group.
  • We are making a puppet pals presentation on a migratory animal. If your storyboard is complete, you can move on to making the presentation Monday.
  • We are working on our tiny house for math. If your rough draft is done, you can get the materials to start building the house on Monday!
  • We will spend time working on a French dialogue this week to say aloud with a partner.

Then, we will move on to our next units on Getting Our Needs and Wants Met!

Unit Focus Statement:  Humans create a variety of systems and tools to get their needs and wants met.

Areas of Inquiry:

  • Understanding Needs versus Wants
  • Systems we create to get our needs and wants met
  • Government systems 
  • Our use and management of natural resources (renewable/non-renewable)
  • How we use scientific information to get our needs and wants met (Identifying Rocks and Minerals, Geology, Geography, Chemistry, Elements)
  • Basics of economics and trade here and around the world
  • Math: Where’s the Money? Financial Literacy, Division, Excel, Spreadsheets
  • French: Using French language to talk about what we have or don’t have
  • Core Competency Focus: Critical Thinking

I look forward to posting some new pictures from our last two units in coming posts!

Also, please note:

Division 5 does not have student led conferences this week. We will have our conferences on April 11th between 3-7PM. I will send home a letter after the break to sign up for specific times. Please mark the date. Thank you!

Even though we do not have student led conferences this week, students are still having an early dismissal at 2PM Wednesday February 28th, and a late start of 9:55 AM on Thursday March 1st.

Thank you,

Ms. D