Keels, and Stability and the Mi'kmaq People of Nova Scotia

Running Club notices came home today:

For the month of May, we are pleased to offer our students the opportunity to take part in our Running Club. This club will take place before school and will run on a drop-in basis. No registration required, just show up on the days that you can and run with us. Running Club will meet on the field behind the school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:45-9:05am beginning Thursday May 2^nd. We will run for approximately 15 minutes and then stretch. Students will be dismissed from the field at 9:05am to head down to the compound where their class meets for entry. We look forward to seeing you out on the field with us! 

Ms. Hennick and Mrs. Mann

Stability and Balance

https://www.sailboat-cruising.com/sailboat-keels.html

Today we got to experiment at changing the stability of something by adding a sail and then adding a keel. 

We looked at different shapes and types of keels.

We used cork, toothpicks, plasticine and paper to create a sail and a keel to see if these two things would improve the stability and make a cork float upwards instead of on its side. 

Ask me why I think a keel helps a boat with balance and stability? 

Acadian and Mi'kmaq People of Nova Scotia

Today we started finished our quilt piece for the Acadian people of Nova Scotia and looked at some of their traditions and what is happening to their French Language.

We also started learning about the Mi'kmaq people and their culture, traditions, history, homes and ways of living. 

Ask me what I remember most about each culture. We will continue learning more about these people all week, as well as the Scottish people of Nova Scotia. 

Inferring, Number Bonds and Waterproofing!!

Literacy

In literacy we are continuing to work on making inferences from what we have read:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to30AJm2epQ

We also looked at the difference between clues we might find in nonfiction text versus fiction. 

When we read nonfiction text we can often look for text features as clues to help us infer. 

We will continue practicing this important comprehension skill next week. 

Number Bond Strategy

This week we have been practicing using a new strategy for subtracting. 

Using number bonds to subtract:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klj6Hw3-TTE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GOOjx2Zbq0

Practice the way your child likes, and is most comfortable with at home so they can explain their math thinking and share what they know.

We have also been practicing our basic subtraction facts to twenty. It is very helpful when we are working with double digit numbers to know those facts. 

https://www.mathplayground.com/puzzle_pics_subtraction_facts_to_20.html

https://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_10.html
https://www.splashmath.com/subtraction-games


Science

Waterproofing Experiment!!
Yesterday we investigated different materials and which ones were waterproof and repelled water and which ones were NOT waterproofing and absorbed the water. 

Different Materials have different properties!

Next week we will think about what we learned and how we can use this knowledge to help us re-design our boats. 

Subtraction Games, Inferencing, Sinker or Float Experiments

Inferencing

I can make inferences when I read:

This week we will be reading new nonfiction articles about Nova Scotia's Geography. From these articles, after reading multiple times and making think notes we will be challenged to make inferences.



Subtraction games:
Math Links for Number Line Practice
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/FS_NumberLine_minus.htm

https://www.funbrain.com/games/line-jumper

Sinking and Floating

Today we were challenged with making something that sinks float. We had to hypothesis about what we were going to do and why we thought that might make the plasticine float:

Ask me what designs I tried, if they worked, and if they did not what I would try next time?

We decided that shape, size, even and stable walls, hollowness and no holes all helped make a successful floater.

Next we were challenged to make a floater sink!!

Through classroom discussion we agreed to try adding weight to our floaters to see if we could sink them this way. Ask me how many marbles or objects until my floater sank? Ask me some other ways I could have made a floater sink besides adding weight? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc1k-IVIM0U

Geography, Jobs and Resources of Nova Scotia, Testing my boat, Math word Problems!

Reminders:
If you have not done so already please return your StoryBook Theatre field trip forms and provide payment online.

Please return the Climbing Wall forms that came home yesterday in order for you child to be able to participate in this fun physical education unit during gym. 

Dear Royal Oak School,

We are excited to announce the approach of Canadian Children’s Literature Week at ROS during the week of May 6, 2019 - May 10, 2019. We have planned a variety of exciting activities to encourage and engage students in a love of literature. Each day of the week will have a special theme, as well as daily DEARs (Drop Everything And Read). The week will go as follows:

Monday, May 6th: Wear Royal Oak Blue Spirit Day - Let's spread community spirit! On the first day of Literacy Week, we encourage everyone to wear their Royal Oak Blue! Ms. Bradbury and Ms. Sparks will be joining various classes to read!

Tuesday, May 7th: Spring Into Reading Day - Spring is here, let’s welcome it! On the second day of Literacy Week, we want to see spring colours. Wear your Spring Colours and Spring outfits. Ms. Bradbury and Ms. Sparks will be joining various classes to read!

Wednesday, May 8th: Grow a Royal Reader Day - We are exalted to announce Grow a Royal Reader Day. On the third day of Literacy week, we encourage you to dress like royalty. Students will continue to celebrate reading and Spring with a royal planting session. Don’t forget to dig out your favourite royal outfit and dress like a Knight, Princess, Prince, King, Queen or Jester!

Thursday, May 9th: Cosy Up To A Book Day - Nothing beats cozying up to a good book in your pajamas! On the fourth day of Literacy week, we ask you to wear you favourite pajamas to school. As well, students will be visited by a guest author, Pamela McDowell.

Friday, May 10th: Dress Like Your Favourite Character Day - We want to find out who your favourite character is. On the fifth day of Literacy week, we ask that you please dress up like your favourite character. Please come to school already dressed up and bring your matching book to spread the love of our favourite books. Classes will get together with their buddy classes and teachers will share their all-time favourite books.

Thank You

East Coast

We continued to look at Nova Scotia and have been reading, drawing and discussing the Geography and Jobs and Resources of this Canadian Province.


Geography

Land

Bodies of Water

Climate

Plants

We looked specifically at important jobs and  natural resources of this area and why they are important to people who live in Nova Scotia:

We looked at the definition of Natural Resources and talked about what resources Nova Scotia has. We learned about Fish and Seafood, especially LOBSTER! We looked at why seafood and fish are an important Natural Resource for Nova Scotia and how they bring in lots of money to Nova Scotia.

We talked about how natural resources provide jobs for the people and we watched a video from an Acadian Lobster Fisherman explaining his job and how it has changed over time. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jfhLWAXsdw

We also looked at a video of an Acadian family making their own lobster traps. In the past lobster traps were made with wood and some people still make them this way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uthliNUDwxk

Live Lobster Traphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVWAQosA6Q



Testing my Boat Design-Thinking like a Naval Architect!

Today we got to test our first boat design. After designing like a Naval Architect


After testing for specific requirements such as:

Stability
Floating/Buoyancy
Load/Cargo
Movement
Shape

We each had to fill out a self-assessment on how or first prototype had done:

Ask me how my testing went and what I want to re-design when I create my next prototype?

Over the next few weeks we will be learning many scientific concepts in relation to boats and buoyancy. We will then apply what we have learned to re-design our perfect east coast boat! 

Buoyancy

Today we tested the buoyancy of different materials. We had to make a hypothesis and test things from around our classroom to see if they were buoyant or not! Some things were surprising because they seemed heavy and we thought that they would sink (pumpkin, orange) but they floated. 

We talked about Buoyant Force, Gravitational Force and Density as important scientific vocabulary:

Buoyancy Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMlXU97E-uQ
Ask me which items surprised me when they sank or when they floated? 


Math Word Problems:

We are continuing to practice using CUBES as a strategy to help us extract the pertinent information from word problems in order to figure out what the question is asking us to solve:

When we follow these steps we are more likely to find the information that we need in order to successfully solve the problem. 

We have also been focusing on using the number line to subtract.

CLEAN TEETH SPECIAL VISIT

Today we had a special visit from the dental hygienist and the dentist to help us remember how to better take care of our teeth and have good oral hygiene. Ask me what I learned?