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?