Jan 20 - 24

Science 

Explain the effects of thrust and drag on the flight of living things and objects. 

 

Explain the effects of lift and weight on the flight of living things and objects. 

 

Observe living things and objects in flight. 

 

Describe traditional or modern technologies developed by diverse cultures that reflect understanding of forces that affect flight. 

 

Construct a device that can fly. 

What Did Students Do?

Students investigated and applied their understanding of the four forces of flight (lift, weight, thrust, drag) through a variety of learning tasks this week. Students made paper airplanes and tested them. During this task, students folded a paper airplane, observed it in the air and made adjustments to improve the distance it flew. This was an opportunity for students to apply their scientific understanding to solve a problem. Students engaged in rich discussions with their classmates in determining how to improve their airplane design. Then, students created a visual journal page to explain how the forces of flight were acting upon their paper plane. 

Students also began researching traditional tools developed by various groups of people in the past and present. Students are learning about one of the following tools: atalatl, bow and arrow, fishing spear and slingshot. They are creating a slideshow slide to teach their peers about this tool, how it works, what is it made of and how people utilized this tool. They are working towards explaining how these tools are impacted by the forces of flight.

Then, during Makerspace, students were invited to create a glider. Students had reference tools to consider wing shape and wing span. They attached their wings to a fuselage (main body of the aircraft) and tested it. Once again, students observed, recorded and made adjustments to their designs. Students applied their knowledge of the forces of flight to adjust and improve their gliders.

Students had a great time inline skating this week! Ask them to tell you more about their experience. Coach Ashley taught students how to do really cool tricks and played a dodgeball game with them this week. Students also had the opportunity to support their Grade 2 buddies in getting their gear on. 

 

Coming Up at Sibbald          January 27th – Report Cards available through PowerSchool   January 30th – Grade 5 Field Trip to the Hangar Museum   January 31st – Professional Learning Day for teachers – no school for students  February 3rd – Fun Lunch   February 5th – Storyteller Jeff Stockton to visit Andrew Sibbald   February 6th – Storyteller Jeff Stockton to visit Andrew Sibbald   February 12th – School Council Meeting – Grades 3 and 5 to share Teacher Report   February 13 & 14th – Teacher's & Support Staff Convention – no school for students   February 17th – Family Day holiday – no school for staff or students

 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 progressed and evolved throughout the week. 

   

Green Communication Folders

Students did not bring green folders home today. They will come home next Friday. Please send back any folders and work samples that have not yet been returned. Thank you. 

Alien Inline Skating begins next week! Please have students dress in comfortable clothing on their skating days. 

Please send back field trip forms for the Hangar Flight Museum. We are in need of five volunteers per class so please email me if you are able to join us.

Coming Up at Sibbald         January 20th – K-5 Alien Inline Skating residency   January 27th – K-5 Alien Inline Skating residency   January 27th – Report Cards available through PowerSchool   January 30th – Grade 5 Field Trip to the Hangar Museum   January 31st – Professional Learning Day for teachers – no school for students  February 3rd – Fun Lunch   February 5th – Storyteller Jeff Stockton to visit Andrew Sibbald   February 6th – Storyteller Jeff Stockton to visit Andrew Sibbald   February 12th – School Council Meeting – Grades 3 and 5 to share Teacher Report   February 13 & 14th – Teacher's & Support Staff Convention – no school for students   February 17th – Family Day holiday – no school for staff or students

  Jan 6-10

Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful holiday season. 

ELAL

Students enhance the accuracy and artistry of expression through creative and critical thinking processes.

Establish a plot, point of view, setting, and problem through creative writing.

Create texts that show, rather than tell, story events.

What Did Students Do?

This week, students examined how to make engaging story beginnings to hook their readers. They learned about specific types of leads that they can us to craft a beginning. They browsed classroom and school library books to identify examples of these beginnings. Students experimented with creating great beginnings by using a picture prompt and tried to make three different beginnings based on the picture. See below for some examples of these story leads and some of the resources used to support student learning.

As the week went on, we introduced our writing project - Journey. We looked at the wordless picture book and discussed how the writing task would unfold. Students were provided with a brief outline for what the project would include. Throughout the project, students will learn, practice and apply narrative writing techniques such as using descriptive detail, dialogue, creating mood and using figurative language to engage readers. Students will have opportunities to conference with their teacher throughout the project to receive feedback.

Students began writing and crafted a beginning for their story. Ask them to tell you more about it. 

    

   

Ask Your Child:

-What picture prompt did you choose? 

-Tell me about your beginnings. 

-Tell me about French and the school supplies you learned

-Tell me about Science and the new unit that was started

-Tell me about Math and how to use the grid method to multiply

Green Communication Folders

Students brought home their communication folders on Friday. Please take a moment to review the work with your child. Please return the folders with work samples to school.

Alien Inline Skating Forms

Forms for this amazing opportunity went home this week. Please return ASAP.

Coming Up at Sibbald         January 20th – K-5 Alien Inline Skating residency   January 27th – K-5 Alien Inline Skating residency   January 27th – Report Cards available through PowerSchool   January 30th – Grade 5 Field Trip to the Hangar Museum   January 31st – Professional Learning Day for teachers – no school for students  February 3rd – Fun Lunch   February 5th – Storyteller Jeff Stockton to visit Andrew Sibbald   February 6th – Storyteller Jeff Stockton to visit Andrew Sibbald   February 12th – School Council Meeting – Grades 3 and 5 to share Teacher Report   February 13 & 14th – Teacher's & Support Staff Convention – no school for students   February 17th – Family Day holiday – no school for staff or students

 December 9 - 13

ELAL

Students enhance the accuracy and artistry of expression through creative and critical thinking processes.

Establish a plot, point of view, setting, and problem through creative writing.

What Did Students Do?:

On Monday and Tuesday, students were given a pre-assessment for narrative writing. Using a picture prompt they wrote a story about the picture. This gave us, as teachers the opportunity to see where our students are at with their writing and what next steps we need to take to further their skills in narrative writing. On Wednesday students examined the elements of a narrative story: beginning, middle, end, problem, solution, character, and setting. Students used graphic organizers to examine the parts of their own story. They then looked at non-examples of written stories and identified the parts that were weak or missing. 

Students engaged in rich conversations about these non-examples. They made connections to well-written stories and described how these had strong story elements. Students described how the non-examples felt flat and lacked the suspense that many good stories have. They recognized that the non-examples still had good elements to them, but did not fit the criteria for captivating or engaging storylines.

    

   

Ask Your Child:

-What picture prompt did you choose? 

-Tell me about your story.

-Tell me about packing bags and making cards for the Mustard Seed with your buddy class. 

-Which multiplication strategy do you find most effective for you - Lattice, traditional stacked, or grid?

-What did you learn in Science about Density this week? Tell me about using the Gizmo in Google Classroom. 

-What spirit day are you most excited about?

Student Voice Cookbooks

Our Student Voice group has created a cookbook that will be on sale next week for a donation of $5 or more.  Cookbooks will be on sale before the concerts. See The Monday Message for more information. Proceeds will go to The Mustard Seed. 

Coming Up:

Spirit Week - December 16 - 20th

Monday - Dress like your favourite holiday character

Tuesday - Silly Sweater Day

Wednesday - Dress To Impress Day

Thursday - Festive Hat and Hair Day

Friday - Pyjama Day

Winter Concerts:

Ms. Chen's class - Tuesday, December 17th

Mrs. Sampson's class - Wednesday, December 18th

Choir attends both nights

Last Day of Classes is Friday, December 20th

Winter Break - December 21 - January 5th

School Resumes - January 6th after Winter Break

  December 2- 6

Math
Students multiply natural numbers within 100 000, including standard algorithms.

What did students do?

This week, students began working on multiplication. Students have been building their fact fluency of their basic multiplication facts. Students used cards, partner practice and games to begin building speed, accuracy and mental math strategies for specific times tables. Ask your child to tell you more about the times tables we have worked with and how they are progressing.

Students have also begun to work with learning about and using a variety of algorithms to find products. Students demonstrated their understanding of using the traditional method to multiply 2- by -1 digit multiplication equations. Students also learned how to use the grid method to multiply larger numbers. Students learned how the grid method works and used it as a strategy to work through 2-by-1 digit and 2-by-2 digit multiplication equations. Ask your child to tell you more about this algorithm. See if they can tell you about annexing zeros and how the grid method works.

Procedural fluency is a goal in our school development plan. See the graphic below. Students came to understand that proficient math thinkers have the ability to think flexibly, accurately and efficiently. Students will be given opportunities and direct instruction on building their procedural fluency.

Students had the opportunity to apply and build their procedural fluency in a math routine this week. 

Science

Students also had the opportunity to make Ooblek this week! Ask them more about this experience in Science and what we discussed this week (States of matter, phase changes and phase changes in the water cycle). Next week, we will circle back to this topic and discuss the science behind this Non-Newtonian Fluid. 

Upcoming Events

December 17th – Winter Concert (Save the date) 

December 18th – Winter Concert (Save the date) 

December 20th – Fun Snack  

December 20th – Last day of classes before Winter Break 

 

   

November 25-28

Social Studies

- value Canada’s physical geography and natural environment:  

• appreciate the variety and abundance of natural resources in Canada
• appreciate the diversity of geographic phenomena in Canada

- examine, critically, the physical geography of Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues: 

• What are the major geographical regions, landforms and bodies of water in Canada? 
• How do landforms, bodies of water and natural resources affect the quality of life in Canada? 
• How have natural disasters and severe weather been part of Canada’s physical geography? 
• What are the differences and similarities among the geographical regions of Canada? 
• How is the geographical region they live in different from other regions of Canada? 
• What are the factors that determine climate in the diverse geographical regions of Canada (e.g., latitude, water, mountains)? 

What did students do?

This week, students researched a geographical region of Canada. They looked at web resources to find information related to the regions landforms, climate/weather, recreational activities, history and natural resources. They also began working on designing a postcard to represent their region. Students will work towards synthesizing their research findings into a slideshow presentation. They will also work on writing an opinion piece related to their region in the coming weeks. 

Take a look at some research graphic organizers below and some postcards in progress. 

Upcoming Events

December 4th – Fun Lunch  

December 17th – Winter Concert (Save the date) 

December 18th – Winter Concert (Save the date) 

December 20th – Fun Snack  

December 20th – Last day of classes before Winter Break 

 

   

November 18-22

Science

Students investigate and interpret astronomical phenomena. 

Discuss observable features of lunar and solar eclipses and auroras. 

Explore Inuit, northern First Nations’, or Métis’ stories related to the midnight sun, the polar night, or the northern lights. 

Represent astronomical phenomena in a variety of ways. 

What did students do?

This week, students explored auroras through a scientific lens and an Indigenous lens. Students learned about the Northern Lights and how this phenomena can be explained using scientific terms and concepts. They also had an opportunity to explore a few different stories related to Indigenous viewpoints about the significance and meaning of auroras. Students took jot notes and responded to questions to represent their understanding. Students also had a chance to review their learning across this science unit - space. They had individual, partner and group opportunities to revisit, review and practice these concepts in preparation for their unit assessment.

Upcoming Events

November 27th – School Council Meeting – 7:00 pm (Kinder & Gr. 4 to present) 

November 29th – Professional Learning Day for staff  

December 4th – Fun Lunch  

December 17th – Winter Concert (Save the date) 

December 18th – Winter Concert (Save the date) 

December 20th – Fun Snack  

December 20th – Last day of classes before Winter Break