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Hello parents, it is hard to believe, but we are nearing the end of yet another school year.  Here is what we have been studying in 5-22:

ELA:

The students continued to work on their newspaper article.  They will now type them on the computer.

FLA:

The students attended the movie Zarafa and wrote a report on the movie.  They have also been working on grammar and the novel Babouche est jalouse.

Arts:

The students painted a picture of a Seigneurie in Nouvelle-France while following certain criteria.  They also created an art project representing equivalent fractions.

Math:

They have continued to work on problem solving.  Please practice basic facts with your child as it becomes difficult to complete problem solving if the basic facts are unknown. The class has continued to study equivalent fractions as well as decimal numbers

  

Sciences humaines:

The students have begun looking at the Hudson Bay Company and their expansion in North America during the 18^th century as well as their competition with the North West Company.  As a class, we also begun to look at the animals, which were used during the Fur Trade.

Sciences de la nature:

We have been studying solids, liquids and gas.  We have looked at their properties (all matter has a mass and volume).  We have also studied different interactions between different substances so as to identify what those substances are.

Hygiene:

We have continued to study teeth.  M. Senecal has also come into the class to begin teaching Family Life.

We will be going to the Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival at Fort Gibraltar on May 10^th.  The fundamental objectives of the festival are human rights and respect for the individual.

Dates to remember:

May 7^th: Early dismissal

May 9^th: Divisional Heritage Fair

May 10^th: Grade 4 and 5 fieldtrip AM

May 20^th: Victoria Day

May 21^st: Early dismissal

May 24^th: Special Lunch and Assiniboine Children’s Centre is closed

May 30^th: Track and Field

Student contribution by Lauren and Hannah:

These are some of the things we did this month.  We just finished our Spring play.  Our reward was some yummy flower cake.  In the gym, the Divisional choir came and sang for the school.  In Math, we are learning fractions and decimal numbers.  In French we are reading a book called Babouche est jalouse.  In English we are writing our own newspaper article.