Last Unit of the Year!

Hello Everyone,

While we still have some odds and ends we are finishing from the last unit, including our mathematics on financial literacy, we are ready to move on to a new unit. Here are the details, and we started off with a bang this week by having Andrew from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Vancouver Chapter come and present about astronomy, stars, and more! You can find out about events they have at SFU Starry nights and more by visiting their website. Everyone had some great questions, and he really enjoyed his visit!

ART AND SCIENCE….

Unit Focus Statement: Humans use their senses, creativity, and the arts to observe and explain the natural world.

Key Concepts: Connection (Relationships), Patterns, Order vs Chaos

An Inquiry Into:

  • Oral and written storytelling
  • How the arts are used to explain our world
  • How we would survive in space
  • The relationship between the moon, sun, Earth, tides, seasons, and time
  • Forces and mathematics behind rockets
  • Our senses and how they are used to make observations
  • French pronunciation through basic poetry

Activities Coming Up:

  • Finishing first draft of our Superheroes stories/essays for review by Ms. D and then revising them over the next two weeks
  • Reviewing for a Math Quiz Friday, May 11th, on decimals, multiplication, percentages, finding the best deal.
  • Creating our banner for the musical performance, as well as flowers for decoration as part of the set in the gym.
  • Looking at creation stories from First Nations and cultures around the world
  • Discussing what we would need to survive in space and making a prototype of a spaceship using a wide variety of tools and materials with our visiting Applied Design consultant, Mr. McKillop, on June 13th
  • Creating paper rockets and shooting them up into the air with an air compressor!
  • You Do the Math: Rockets with a variety of math concepts around rockets, along with some additional material on rocket trajectory
  • Creating Science poetry and talking about literary devices
  • Creating a multi-media canvas to talk about a scientific concept
  • If time: Creating mini reader’s theatre scripts on science concepts or from science-related stories and picture books

Important Dates: Early Dismissal/No School in RED

  • Musical on May 16th at 7:00 PM, arrival time 6:30 PM — notice coming with two tickets per family
  • Victoria Day May 21st no school
  • Dragon Boating May 23, May 28, and June 1 in the morning.
  • Early Dismissal 2PM on June 1st
  • Pro-D on June 4th, no School
  • Volunteer Tea for Parents June 6th 2PM — invite to come soon
  • Sports Day June 15th with a buddy class! Early dismissal at 1PM.
  • Possible End of Year activity on June 19th, TBD.
  • Independent Project. Research, notes, and bibliography due June 11th. Presentation on June 22nd 12-2:30 PM.
  • Recognition Assembly on June 25th, Monday
  • Last day 9-10 AM on June 29th, Report Cards Distributed (they will not be ready to give out until then due to our report card review process)

Looking forward to our last seven weeks together!

Ms. D