October 1st to 5th

We have been focusing on the following Learning Intentions this week:

• Understanding that wetlands store and filter water
• Examining the physical geography of Canada (7 Regions)
• Digital citizenship
• Using primary sources to interpret historical events and issues
• Learning to pull important information from current events and complete real world math problems, using that information
• Focusing on describing character attributes in writing activities
• Examining our role in making others feel they belong and are unique

Social

• We learned that there is 7 physical regions as shown on this map
• We have started to discuss our group project where we will research one of the regions and present our information to the class

Science

• We have started our research project on the Wetlands. Ask me what wetlands I am researching (bog, pond, fen, marsh/slough, swamp) 
• Ask me about some of the living and non-living things found in my wetlands
• We did a science experiment about Flooding and Filtration 

Here's some photos of the wetland lab we completed in science.  We learned that wetlands act like a sponge, both absorbing and storing water, as well as filtering out dirt and pollution.

Here is a photo of the bulletin board the whole school created for Orange Shirt Day!

Reminders

• No School Monday- due to Canadian Thanksgiving. Enjoy Thanksgiving with your family.
• Picture Day is coming up on October 17

• Please bring items to add to your passion art piece.
• Mr. Kinsman and Mrs. Pierce will be holding parent teacher conferences on October 18th.  You will be able to sign up beginning on October 11 at 4 pm.