Ms. Sleno

Grade 5 Teacher at Douglas Harkness School

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Our math Harkness Hour group is working on solving 2 step word problems using 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication. Our next step is to create our own word problems. @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Today students used the Kainai Plant Index to learn about different Indigenous plants and their medicinal uses. They used chalk pastels to create images of their chosen plants. @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Our student teacher Ms. Dhillon has been teaching us about food chains. Yesterday, we started creating ‘food tunnels’ to represent the transfer of energy between the sun, producers and consumers. @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Our student teacher Ms. Dhillon has been teaching Grade 5 about producers, consumers and decomposers. Today, students played a sorting game to test their knowledge. @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Our student teacher Ms. Dhillon led our class through a science activity that demonstrates how wetlands act like ‘filters’ to clean water. @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Grade 5 used oil pastels to create collaborative poppy art in honour of Remembrance Day @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Working on increasing and decreasing shape patterns before moving into more complex pattern concepts. @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Mr. Minia @DHSMinia]

Our 5s and 6s continue their targeted literacy goals for #HarknessHour. This group is focusing on understanding what the subject of a sentence is. @DHSMarasescu @DHSHainstock @DHSSleno

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Working on the box method for 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication in Math Harkness Hour. @DHarkness_CBE @DHSHainstock #HarknessHour #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Took advantage of the beautiful weather to do some one minute sketching and writing @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

For Terry Fox, we created ‘one pagers’ to represent our learning. @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

In Social Studies, we started learning about the physical regions of Canada. To begin, we used loose parts to recreate the map of Canada. @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Grade 5 has been busy over the past month! In math we’ve been learning how to use coordinate grids as well as the different types of transformations. @DHSHainstock @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

@firgeorge How was the birthday party??

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

@animepx27 @DHarkness_CBE Miss you too Yasmin 😭

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

And that’s a wrap on Grade 5! @DHarkness_CBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Art inspired by Canadian Indigenous artist Norval Morriseau. “I used the colours of the Medicine Wheel in my art to show mind, body, spirit and heart.” @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

Helping our kindergarten buddies with an exciting project 🥰 @DHSCariolato @DHSBains @DHSKhurana @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE

[Ms. Sleno @DHSSleno]

We used so many math skills in today’s task. Measuring, rounding decimals to the nearest whole number, multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit numbers and finding the volume of rectangular prisms! @DHarkness_CBE #WeAreCBE