Our class has preparing to share our engineering projects with other students. We are completing our project reports including our self-assessment of our building projects.  Please share your project report with a family member.  Discuss the task criteria, the rubrics and refer to the exemplars of excellence.  What have you earned for each section of your report: Proposal, Daily Reflections, Task Management and Collaboration? Can you support your thinking with specific examples?

Homework:
Learn how to read the electricity meter in your house by going to the following:
http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/energy-meter-madness
Be sure to try out Transmission and Electromagnets too.

Reminder:
- Telus Spark field trip is Thursday March 10.
- Sports Club is Thursday March 10.
- School Council is tonight (Tuesday March 8) at 6:30. Please invite your parents to attend! 

Our class has been busy preparing for our assembly on March 17! We have been researching interesting facts about the environment, recycling, waste and energy sources. Share with a family member the interesting Did You Know fact you will be sharing in our class iMovie. What are some ways that individuals, our class, our school and community can help protect the environment?

Homework: 
- Play Race to Zero subtraction with a family member.

Reminder:
- Telus Spark field trip is Thursday March 10.
- Sports Club is Thursday March 10.
- School Council is tonight (Tuesday March 8) at 6:30. Please invite your parents to attend!

Our class has been working on our adding and subtracting strategies with decimals in Math! We have been solving authentic problems using Boston Pizza menus to calculate our totals and change.  Some strategies we are using including regrouping, expanding numbers left to right and compensating to change numbers.  Explain to a family member how each of these strategies work. What other strategies do you use for addition of subtraction of decimals?

Homework: 
Try out your addition and subtraction strategies on the following link:
http://www.math-play.com/decimal-math-games.html

Reminder: 
- Our class is going to Telus Spark for a field trip on March 10! Please remember to return your signed Acknowledgment of Risk as soon as possible.

Our class has been working on our subtracting strategies in Math! We have been solving problems using regrouping, thinking of addition, and the zero zapper. Explain to a family member how each of these strategies work. What other strategies do you use for subtraction? How are these strategies similar to addition?

Homework: 
Try solving the Difference Sudoku puzzle:
http://nrich.maths.org/5798

Reminder: 
- Our class is going to Telus Spark for a field trip on March 10! Please remember to return your signed Acknowledgment of Risk as soon as possible.

Thank you for another wonderful week of learning! Excellent job reading with our buddy class for DEAR today. Be proud of your leadership. Share with a family member how you are ensuring that your buddy is engaged and interested. What questions are you asking your reading buddy when they
don't know a word?

  

Thank you for another wonderful week of learning! Excellent job reading with a buddy class for DEAR today. Be proud of your leadership.

In connection to Nutrition month, we have been discussing the meaning of 'Wellness'.  What does wellness mean to you?  What are you doing to ensure that you are well?  What goal would you like to work on as a healthy lifestyle choice?  What strategies do you have to achieve your goal?  Be prepared to share in class tomorrow.

Homework:
Read your new fiction book, from Books for Kids, for a Best Book project coming up this spring.

Reminder: 
- Please return your signed Telus Spark Acknowledgement of Risk forms to school as soon as possible.
-Our swimming report cards are coming home today!