Social Studies: I can explain how our stories make up our identity; I can broaden my understanding of Canadian historical events. Citizenship in Learning: I can take action towards a cause. Hello Ramsay Families: In honour of Remembrance Day, we will be collecting items for the Veteran’s Food Bank. If you are able to contribute, please begin sending items to school on Monday, October 25 t h . We will continue to collect donations until Wednesday, November 10 th . Here is a list of their most desired contributions (new items only please): Gluten free non-perishable food Canned corn, mushrooms, beef, chilli or stew Canned ham or luncheon meat Juice Flour Unscented fabric softener and laundry detergent Unscented lotion Dishwasher pods Bandages Thank you in advance for supporting this worthy cause! Ramsay Staff
French: I can learn vocabulary for things around the house Students, this is a reminder that you will have your last French Quiz on Wednesday. You are expected to know the House vocabulary we've been practicing in class. The Quiz will be a simple matching test. Below is the picture of the vocabulary you need to be comfortable with, in case you'd like to practice. You will not need to know whether the items are masculine or feminine for the quiz.
Science: I can explain what a food web is and appreciate the need to protect all living components. SS: I can develop my connection with the land. Yesterday, Ms Elder read us a book called In the Woods by Lindsay Barrett George. In the book, the kids went on a walk through the woods. They saw scraps or things that creatures left behind. The kids used these things as evidence to try to find out which animal was there. We read this book so we could use the same detective skills and look for evidence of animals who have been there. We used the evidence to find out which animals were there to help us make our food webs. For example, if we found a nest in our chosen tree, we could find out which bird it was and put it in our food web. A food web is a diagram that shows the way the energy from the sun is passed down through different animals. It also shows which animals eat each other and which animal gets energy from plants. For example, if a bunny eats grass, and the gr...