Weekly Update From Grade 4/5 - October 4th

Dear Parents/Guardians, 

Last week we had a very busy week at St. Augustine School. It was 'Treaty Recognition and Awareness Week.' We paid extra special attention to learning about the Residential School System and the diverse experiences of our Indigenous Canadians through guest speakers, stories and mini-history lessons. Together as a class we generated our class promise which we wrote up on an orange t-shirt and all signed: 

'St. Augustine's Gr. 4/5 Immersion class promises to continue to learn about Indigenous history, culture and traditions.  We promise to keep the conversation going throughout the year!'

Today in Language class, we finished our second last 'symbol' presentation. Only one more student to go!  We have learned so much about each other throughout these presentations. The symbols were all very meaningful and special and generated many interesting questions, comments and connections. Activities such as this help to build and strengthen our Grade 4/5 Immersion classroom family! 

A reminder to continue to support your child with their reading at home. Students should be completing forms for the '30 Book Challenge' on their own from home.  Our current class total is 29 books!  Whoo hoo!

A few students have expressed that they are having difficulty logging onto Hapara from home. All of the students are able to log in successfully from school and they all know their passwords.  Remember the new email domain for students (Firstname.Lastname@stu.ocsb.ca). Please write a note in your child's agenda if they are having difficulty logging into Hapara from home as it is very important that they are able to do so!  

Your child has new 'Word Study' words this week and will have their word study quiz on Thursday rather than Friday this week. IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT TODAY, PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY WRITE THESE WORDS IN THEIR AGENDAS. Here are the words: 

Grade 4 Words (al/il pattern):

• twelve, today, during, metaphor, simile, proposal, dental, gerbil, nasal, postal, hemisphere, population

Grade 5 Words (Suffix - ible):

• surprise, hesitate, tenant, exactly, remain, breathe, succeed, horrible, tangible, gullible, possible, invisible, specific, ancient, cliff

Last week the 'Hammerheads Cohort' got together and participated in a full block of S.T.E.M. activities. Some of the activities proved to be very challenging for the students but they persevered and tried their best. Perhaps ask your child about the recipe card challenge (How can you fit your body through a recipe card using only a pair of scissors, one card and keeping the recipe card in one place?), the 'Parachute Man' challenge or the LEGO brain teaser challenge. These are just three of the activities that they participated in!  

In Math Class this week we will continue to explore our angles unit, participate in SEL math lessons and daily number talks. 

A reminder that this coming Friday is a PD day for all OCSB students and Monday is a statuatory holiday.  

Wishing all of you a 'Happy Thanksgiving' this coming weekend!