Congratulations
to Jasmeet for winning the Knowledgeable Award at this morning’s assembly!
We had two
sessions of inquiry time again today. In the morning we completed and reviewed yesterday’s
discussions of air pressure, Bernoulli’s Principle, and airfoils. Students
showed improved understanding today after having time to sleep on all this new
information. Later in the day, we made and tested a paper airfoil. Students
then drew, labeled, and explained (using scientific and technological
vocabulary) how Bernoulli’s Principle can be used to explain lift in an
airfoil. We used a checklist to help us ensure we had done this completely.
Some students have asked for a picture of today’s board work – please find
below. The sentences were constructed in collaboration with students. Students
should study this work, practice drawing and writing explanations, as well as
orally teaching someone else to prepare for Monday’s test on Bernoulli’s
Principle. Students should use the checklist they received in class today to
ensure they are fully describing Bernoulli’s Principle and its connection to
flight.
Grade 6s
attended French, music, gym, and math class today. In math, they
took up yesterday’s homework on the surface area of a rectangular prisms. The
surface area of the prism is given by the formula, SA = 2lh + 2 lw + 2
hw. They also discussed questions that involved finding the surface area
when the dimensions are doubled or tripled. For homework they are to complete
the review sheet and Q. 8a on textbook page 100. The tentative day for the unit
test is Thursday, November 7th.
Hot lunch payments are to be made through QuickBooks by November 6th.
Our collection of ‘Lost and Found’ items is piling up. Please make some
time to come into the school building and a look through the lost and found
items. These are now located in the GYM. On November 8th at 4pm
all left over items will be donated to the local Salvation Army.
Please send in newspapers if you have any. We need these for a Papier-mâché project we will be working on during this
unit.
Curling permission forms and waivers are past due tomorrow. Please return
these ASAP as we are curling on Tuesday, November 5th.
A couple of students have not completed their Polar Expression entry forms.
These are past due. Please submit these ASAP.
A number of parents have expressed an interest in attending the trip to the
Canadian Warplane museum. We already have enough parent volunteers, but I
understand the increased interest as it is a lovely place to visit. Parents who
would like, may attend if they are willing to pay the entry fee once we arrive
at the museum. You are still required to have a vulnerable sector check on file
in order to travel and be with students while on the trip. I believe there will
be sufficient space on the bus for parents to travel with us. Let me know if
this is something you would like to do.
The next Caribou Contest takes place on Wednesday, November 13th,
2019. Participants are to arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Bring a charged
device, preferably a laptop, iPad or Tablet. You have one hour to write the
test. This month’s test includes an interactive question. The interactive
question will differ by grade: Tangram for Grades 2 to 4, Chomp for Grades 5 to
10, and finally a GeomeTree construction involving triangles for Grades
11/12. You can practice these now on Caribou’s Games page. Let Caribou know if you have any problems with the games. Caribou strongly recommends familiarizing
yourselves with these games before the contest. Because certain games
pages can be used to solve the questions, these will be blocked from Tuesday
morning, November 12th, (start of the contest in the far East) to Thursday
evening, November 15th at 8 pm EST. For
Grades 3 to 12, there will be a history question about Emmy Noether. Students
in these grades should read the relevant section of Caribou’s History page
in your preferred language to prepare.
After-care payments for October are now due and should be paid by November
15th, 2019.
Homework and Reminders
·
Math:
o
Complete
review sheet
o
Complete
Q. 8a from the textbook page 100.
o
The
tentative day for the unit test is Thursday, November 7th.
·
Complete
the Polar Expressions entry form – past due
·
Canadian
Warplane Heritage Museum trip forms and payments are past due
·
Curling
trip permission and waivers are past due
·
Bring
in newspapers
·
Study
for Bernoulli’s Principle test on Monday, November 4th
Monday, November 4th –
Bernoulli’s
Principle Test
Tuesday, November 5th
·
Guy Fawkes Day
·
Curling trip, 12 noon – 3 pm
Thursday, November 7th
– House Game
Assembly, Math unit test
Friday, November 8th -
PD Day (No
school for students)
Monday, November 11th
– Remembrance
Day (No school)
Tuesday, November 12th
- Social Media
and Digital Citizenship Presentation for Grade 4 – 6 students
Wednesday, November 13th
·
Kindness Day
·
Caribou Contest, arrive 7:15 am for a 7:30 am
start. Bring own charged device
Thursday, November 14th - Science Fair Judging
Friday, November 15th -
Science Fair
Day
Wednesday, November 20th - Picture Retakes
Thursday, November 21st - Grade 6 Trip to Canadian
Warplane Heritage Museum (9:00 – 3:30 pm)
Saturday, November 23rd – Open House (10 am – 2 pm)
Tuesday, November 26th
·
Book Fair
·
Bake Sale
Wednesday, November 27th
·
Book Fair
·
Bake Sale
·
Casual Day
Thursday, November 28th
- Book Fair
Friday, November 29th -
Report Cards
go home
Monday, December 2nd -
Curling
Trip, 12 noon – 3 pm
Thursday, November 21st
– Canadian
Warplane Heritage Museum
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