February Overview

February is upon us and we have shifted from Social Studies back to Science, which will be a major cross curricular focus in conjunction with Language Arts, before Spring Break.  Here is the overview of the various curriculum topics we are focusing on.

1. Science: Biomes and Adaptations, including a written research report project on a chosen biome.
2. Math - Division (basic facts, as well as concepts and procedures, including multi-digit division).
3. Language Arts: Short Stories and Creative Writing, plus sentence structure and writing conventions.
4. Other ares: Spelling lessons, printing and handwriting practice, Math Games, simple French topics, Guided Reading leveled text activities, P.E. and DPA, two-dimensional Art along with basic digital music activities.

*Note: Check out the Biomes Link at the top of the page, where important resources will be posted.

January Overview

Welcome back to class after our two week break.  Here is the monthly curriculum overview for January.

Math: Multiplication - concepts, strategies, basic facts, and multi-digit.
Social Studies: The Age of Exploration, Contact and Conflict between First Nations and Europeans, and Resources in Canada
Science: Living Things and Their Environments (this will begin towards the end of the month)
Language Arts: Writing Conventions and Sentence Structure
Reading: Guided Reading groups continue, focusing on various reading comprehension strategies
Music: Music Theory using the synthesizer and recording software on the website soundtrap.com - students log in using their SD61learn.ca (Google) account.
Visual Arts: our investigation of 2D artwork continues...
Health: Various topics regarding well being, safety and healthy living - expect Friends for Life books to come home this month, which we are just about finished with.

*For music this term, it would be very helpful if students could bring from home a spare pair of earbuds.