What's up in Grade 5/6

We wrapped up our exhibition work with our evening performance, Speaking up, Speaking out,  on February 26th. I would like to thank everyone who was able to attend and celebrate with us. I extend an extra THANK YOU to all of the students for their hard work and dedication to learning.


English Language Arts 
This month we will focus on mastering the craft of writing realistic, fictional short stories. We have worked hard on mastering the planning of a story and are now working on writing introductions that develop context. 

Science
We are continuing our work of Sky Science. In February we tracked the phases of the moon and we are continuing our work with the study of planets in our solar system. The planet Venus has been easily visible, disguising itself as a bright star in the night sky these last couple of weeks. This has opened some wonderful conversations of star gazing in the class. 

Social Studies
We are shifting our focus from stories of Canadians to the history of democracy and the different levels of government. We will also look at the rights and freedoms that many of our historical Canadians fought for us to have.


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