June 16 - 20, 2025

ELA

Write to inform, explain, describe, or report for a variety of purposes and audiences.

Develop a main idea or topic supported by facts, details, examples, and explanations.

Summarize and organize ideas gained from multiple sources, using a variety of methods or tools.


What students did:

Students had two projects they were working on this week in ELA. One project was an informational piece about the history of Lacrosse in Canada. This was directly linked to our Phys-Ed residency with ELEV8 Lacrosse. Students learned about the Indigenous roots of Lacrosse through their research. They took time to learn how it has changed and how it is played today. 

Students also wrote a letter to their grade 6 teacher this week. In their letters they shared their interests, about their family, their strengths in school and their areas for growth. They shared strategies that are effective for them and tools that help them learn. At the end of their letters, students shared questions they have, wonders, and what they are excited about. Their letters will be passed on to their grade 6 teachers. 





On Thursday, June 19th, we celebrated National Indigenous People's Day by inviting Jay Genaille to our school. Jay is a professional Hoop Dancer. His cultural background is Cree, Salteaux, and Anishnaabe. Jay was an inspiration to our students. He shared his incredible story and his amazing hoop dancing talent. We were all amazed by his skills and his passion. 




Coming Up at Sibbald    

June 24th – Gr. 5 Farewell – 1:15 p.m.    -Family and friends are welcome

June 25th – Report Cards visible to parents in PowerSchool   

June 26th – Last day of school for students – 12:00 dismissal   

June 27th – Appeals Day 8:00 – 1:00 p.m.   



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
Sunday, May 11, 2025   May 5-9 Wellness Students examine the effect of motivation on physical activity. Students analyze and apply strategies and tactics that support improved decision making in physical activities. Students demonstrate how collaboration influences physical activity. Students reflect and relate life experiences to perseverance and well-being. Students analyze responsibility and consider the impact on well-being. Students acknowledge and connect perspectives of self and others through communication and listening skills. Science Students analyze climate and connect it to weather conditions  What did students do? Wow, students had an incredible experience at Camp Chief Hector this week! I am sure your child has already shared many anecdotes and stories about their time at camp. This blog post will not be able to effectively capture the richness of each students' experience with their group and camp leader. However, I hope the photos and quotes will give you a gli...
Read more
Image
Jan 13 - 17, 2025 Phys-Ed Students analyze and apply strategies and tactics that support improved decision making in physical activities. Students demonstrate how collaboration influences physical activity. What Did Students Do? Students were involved in playing various territorial and invasion games such as Two-Ball, Castle, Tail Tag, and Three Ball. For all of these games, teamwork skills and strategizing was very important. Students needed to collaborate, communicate, and cooperate in order to achieve success. They were involved in kicking, running, throwing, and tagging. Each team needed to focus on defense while defending their territory and offense while invading the territory of the other team. With games such as two-ball there were many things happening all at once so they needed to be alert and aware. Students were engaged and excited to participate. We stopped regularly to evaluate what was working and what we needed to change so students had a voice in how the games progress...
Read more
Image
   Feb 3 - 7 Science What Did Students Do? This week, students investigated displacement, buoyancy, buoyant force and gravitational force in Science. They also had opportunities to predict and test materials to determine whether they sank or could float. Firstly, students developed their understanding that when an object is placed in water, water will be displaced. We did a demonstration with students where two balls of clay of the same weight were used. One stayed in a round ball shape. The other was shaped into a boat that could float. Ask your child to tell you more about the demonstration. Was the same amount of water displaced? Different? Then, students were given two pieces of tin foil of the same size. They had to use one piece to create something that could float and the other piece to make something that would sink. Ask them to tell you about what they created, how they adjusted it and what they noticed. Students learned about buoyant force and gravitational force. As...
Read more